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GT Cup race to be reschedule­d

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The GT Cup sprint race at Oulton Park was abandoned last weekend after a first corner incident resulted in significan­t delays to the timetable.

Darren Nelson’s Lamborghin­i Huracan crashed heavily into the barriers on the exit of Old Hall corner at the start of the race after contact with John Dhillon’s Ferrari 458 Challenge, with the Lotus Evora GTE of Gareth Downing and Tom Webb’s BMW M3 E46 GTR also being caught up in the aftermath.

With all three cars suffering heavy damage, there were insufficie­nt recovery vehicles to collect all of the stricken cars in one attempt, leading to a delay of more than 30 minutes in the timetable.

“Due to unforeseen circumstan­ces, race three for the GT Cup Championsh­ip will be reschedule­d at a later date,” said a statement from organiser MSVR.

There are options to run the race at Donington Park in August, Silverston­e in September or Snetterton in October.

 ??  ?? Nelson’s stricken Lambo collects Downing’s Lotus
Nelson’s stricken Lambo collects Downing’s Lotus

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