16-17 April 2011

Steve Quick finally took the victory his recent form has promised in the Elise Trophy at Silverstone this weekend but the focus was firmly on former Formula Palmer Audi racer Emma Selway, who became the first female winner after more than a hundred rounds of LoTRDC races. Selway’s achievement followed two fighting performances.

Both races were full of action and featured Snetterton frontrunners Ken Savage, Luigi Mazza and Stuart Rowland. The trio fought over first place in the first encounter and contact between the former pair at Brooklands ended Savage's race. Selway ascended the order and finished third, and taking heart from this result she took advantage of the reverse top ten grid in race two to lead early on and despite challenges from Savage, Quick and Mazza, she held out to take victory.

In Lotus Cup UK, Mark Fullalove dominated the field to win by a minute from Simon Deacon and Marcus Jewell, the latter pair spending the race in each other's company. This followed a 5-way battle for second in the early running but a shorter-than-regulation pitstop dropped the Steve Williams/Pete Storey pairing from second. The other two competitors involved in this tussle and just finishing off the podium were Exige class winners Glenn Sherwood and Jamie Stanley and Open winners Paul McNeily and BJ Chong.

Production fell to the charging Selway once more after another fighting drive, taking Quick right at the end as Phil Bennett and Clive Dunster's shared drive claimed third.