Exciting first year Ginetta Junior Championship racer Jamie Caroline delivered a remarkable podium finishing performance for Total Control Racing during round seven of the season at Oulton Park on Sunday, 8th June, after a spirited charge through the order from an uncharacteristic 16th on the grid.During the all-important qualifying session at the Cheshire venue’s full International Circuit on Saturday, 7th June, the 15-year-old was on course for a clear pole position in tricky, wet conditions but his car was tagged after an unfortunate excursion early in the session – knocking him out of the remainder of the period and ultimately leading to an eighth row start for race one.Determined to make light work of his rivals in the dry seven lap contest on Sunday, the TCR racer made outstanding progress on the first lap to slice his way through into the top eight and at the exit of Cascades on lap two he gained two more places thanks to lightning reactions.When Jack Rawles lost the rear of his car, Caroline and others had to dart to the right onto the grass to avoid a collision but he kept his foot planted and rejoined the track in sixth. Then, a bit further behind, a multi-car tangle at the exit of Shell Oils Hairpin led to the appearance of the Safety Car.When the action resumed on lap five, Caroline had a late dive on the brakes into Old Hall to try and take fifth and repeated the same attempt a lap later but to no avail. Unfortunately hitting the kerbs on the inside during the second move, Caroline lost ground but quickly re-took sixth at Island Bend.Grabbing fifth on the final tour at the chicane, the car racing rookie then benefitted from a tangle at the final corner, Lodge, to nip through and grab a sensational third place – his fourth consecutive podium – despite contact to the left-rear of his Ginetta from the rejoining Lando Norris.Consistent team-mate Matt Chapman earned his fifth and sixth top 10 results of the campaign in the two Oulton Park encounters – the latter coming at the expense of Caroline who was unfortunately removed from the results of round eight on Sunday afternoon following an incident.In the first race, Chapman lined up 12th on the grid and enjoyed a strong first lap to move up into 11th position before then climbing into 10th just prior to the Safety Car re-start when one car spun out. Elbowed back to 11th shortly after, the Oxford 14-year-old remained hot on the heels of Brazil’s Pedro Cardoso and took the flag just 0.6 seconds adrift.In round eight, Chapman lined-up 10th on the grid but was unfortunately elbowed back to 14th by the end of lap two and so had to mount a determined recovery. Moving into 12th a lap later, the TCR racer then managed to take 11th place on the penultimate tour where he remained to the finish.Post-race, though, he was elevated into the top 10 when officials chose to exclude Caroline from his fifth place finish due to contact earlier in the race. Delivering another superb drive through the order from 16th on the grid, Caroline and the team did appeal the decision but to no avail.“It’s very disappointing Jamie was taken out of the race two results, we did appeal but they withheld it”, commented TCR team principal Lee Brookes, “He’d produced another fantastic drive from lower down the grid, his pace was fantastic again this weekend. His podium in race one was sensational, it could have been two wins if he’d started at the front.“Matt was consistently strong again, not quite where he was at Thruxton but still some good points for the championship. He’s improving his driving all the time and at Croft we’re confident he can be in the top 10 again, hopefully moving up towards the top six.”Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire will host rounds nine and 10 of the Ginetta Junior Championship season over the weekend 28th/29th June. Before then, Total Control Racing’s Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge squad will return to action at Snetterton in Norfolk on 21st/22nd June.