in Nurburgring 24-Hours Calum Lockie teamed up with Bill Cameron and Willie Moore to contest the gruelling Nurburgring 24-Hour race last weekend (23/24 May) and came away with the accolade of being the first all-British team home, taking 22nd place overall and 12th in class.The Tread Racing 997-model Porsche 911GT3 Cup car was one of nearly 200 cars in the field for the toughest 24-hour race in the world and the event marked Calum's 12th 24-hour race. "The entry was phenomenally competitive, with far more manufacturer entries than before. There were 23 cars in our class, including five works-assisted Audi R8s," said Calum.The team recognised that they could not rival the works teams in out-and-out pace, so elected to run at a consistent pace in the race and aim for the minimum amount of time in the pits. "We decided to do the minimum pre-race miles and play the long game; we knew we couldn't beat the works teams."Moore ran the qualifying lap on new tyres to put them 37th and Lockie later matched the time on old tyres as well as setting their fastest lap in the wet night practice. "We were in the right place on the grid," said Calum.Into the race, Moore ran the first stint followed by Cameron, with Lockie taking the third slot. "Bill did a great solid stint," said Calum, who then took the car up to 26th place in his first stint. "Then Willie had a good run and got us up to 20th. The night stints went really well."However, the team's only problem of the race came shortly before daylight when Moore was hit from behind by another car. With a puncture and broken rear suspension, he limped the car back to the pits and the team worked for 33 minutes to repair the damage. "The guys did a very good job because the handling was perfect after the accident," said Calum, whose next stint ran into the early daylight during which he was running fifth fastest overall, before the ambient temperature started to climb."We were getting airborne five times a lap and at one point the car was taking off at 162mph," said Lockie. "We were touching 180mph on the straight, but the car ran like clockwork and was mechanically perfect. Bill took the last stint and brought the car to the flag in 22nd place overall and 12th in class. We were first or second of the non-works backed cars and were behind five Audis and four Manthey Porsches in class. We reckon that without the delay we would have finished 14th overall."My thanks are due to Bill for putting me in the car and to Willie, Helen, Martin and the crew as well as Melindi for all the support," said Calum. Trade support for Calum Lockie comes from Dunlop, Grand Prix Racewear, Brian James Trailers and Motul Oil.