Jonathan Ridley-Holloway Gets Superb Top 7 Finish For Clio Cup
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Jun 02, 2008
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Ridley-Holloway Promotes ‘Devon Pride’
This weekend’s races at Croft saw the roof of Jonathan’s Clio Cup race car adorned with the Flag of Devon – St Petroc’s Cross – as the young saloon car star bids to promote his Devonian roots through his racing.
Taking into account his season’s best result during round 10 on Sunday, the presence of the flag looks to have already had a major bearing on his level of success and Jonathan is now aiming to attract increased support for his racing career from local businesses.
“This weekend was the first this year where I’ve run with the Flag of Devon on the roof of my car and it coincided with my best ever result in Clios – hopefully that kind of luck will continue”, said Jonathan, “We’re making good progress so hopefully we’ll be able to attract some additional local sponsors to help us make even bigger strides in 2009.”
Jonathan will be back behind the wheel of his race car in double-quick time this week in preparation for the weekend’s 11th and 12th rounds of the 2008 season which will take place at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit in Northamptonshire.
After official testing on Friday, 6th June, the TCR driver will take part in qualifying on Saturday, 7th June, at approximately 17.45. Both races are then scheduled for Sunday, 8th June, with round 11 expected to commence at 09.50 and round 12 timetabled to get underway at around 15.45.
Away from its regular slot on the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship package, the Clio Cup will compete at Silverstone next weekend as support to the pan-European World Series by Renault category and also the Eurocup Megane Trophy.
Some 150,000 spectators are expected to attend the hugely popular event, attendance figures which place the British round of the World Series by Renault second only to the Formula One British Grand Prix. At the corresponding event in 2007, which was held at Donington Park, around 135,000 enthusiasts filed through the gates
