WE CAME, WE RACED, WE WON!
DUTCH SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE STOLEN BY BRITISH TEAM!
In the inaugural year of contesting their BMW E36 GTR run
by Butler Motorsport - Tony Brown and Ian White (both twice Porsche
Champions in the UK) not only won their class in the Dutch Supercar
Championship but have secured more points than any other
competitor in all four classes to take the Dutch Supercar Challenge title
overall!
The final round of the Championship was at Assen in Holland at the weekend,
where in the 2 one hour races Tony and Ian only needed to finish the first
race to get a points lead enough to win their class overall.
Tony secured pole position and Ian started the first race, dropping to 4th
to keep out of trouble but quickly reeling in the leaders to pit at half
time 3rd in class. After the pit stop Tony took over and they dropped back
to 4th in class but as the race unfolded he climbed to 2nd overall.
With
the Supersport II division Class win already in the bag, the duo looked to
see where they were in the overall title and in order to secure a lead where
the other contenders couldn't catch them they had to finish 3rd in class in
the final race. This was a tall order as due to their previous success, they
now faced a pit stop 30 seconds longer than any other competitor in their
class!
Tony took the start on the 2nd hour long race and led into the first corner
but dropped back to 4th to keep out of trouble and go for the title. By half
time Tony had got back up to 3rd in class and after Ian took over with only
one place lost at the pit stop, Ian took back 3rd position. As problems
hampered the class leaders the duo were able to steal 2nd on the last lap
and secure the title good and proper!
Throughout the year the consistently quick duo have had to race on many
European circuits they have never visited before, yet they always qualified
in the top 3 and maintained consistent podium finishes in the highly
competitive series. The Supersport II division itself has had 8 different
winners, mainly due to the pit stop penalty seconds given to previous
winners and it therefore gets more and more difficult to maintain results.
The Dutch Supercar Challenge Championship was contested across Europe by no
less than 86 International Teams, supporting 169 drivers in 140 cars from 20
different manufacturers and goes to prove what a fantastic achievement this
was.
Tony & Ian would like to thank Clayton Holdings for their support and Butler
Motorsport for their immaculate car preparation. The Championship winning
BMW GTR is now For Sale and ready to win in 2008!
Silverstone - Supersport, Group 2, Race 1, Friday afternoon. Sept 2005
In the Supersport class, the whole race was a terrific battle
between Peter van der Kolk in the fast Braincard BMW Compact, Scott Grant in a
BMW E36 and the Tony Brown team – Ian White in the bright yellow BMW GTR. In the
end, Van der Kolk managed to take the lead and Scott Grant fell behind because
of an overheated engine. German Martin Roos, owner of Team RED with three Lotus
Exiges, managed to achieve third place on the podium.
Result Supersport, Group 2:
1.
Peter van der Kolk
, BMW Compact
, 20 laps
2.
Tony Brown- Ian White
, BMW GTR 3.2
, at 2.942
3.
Martin Roos
, Lotus Exige
, at 4.437
4. Scott Grant , BMW E36 M3 , at 20.395
Clayton Holdings Limited -
3rd in class at Oulton Park July 2004
Round 4 - Spa-Francorchamps, May 17-19 2002
Round 9, Pembrey, August 31/September 1
Final round, Donington Park, October 12
NEW LAP RECORD OF 1:23.175 FOR TONY BROWN AT
DONINGTON ON 14.4.02