Lloyd and Jessica Bäckman give WestCoast a 1-2 finish

WestCoast Racing secured a 1-2 finish in the second TCR UK race at Brands Hatch, with championship leader Daniel Lloyd taking a sixth victory in a row to extend his lead in the standings.
Lloyd’s Volkswagen Golf GTI started from the fifth row of the grid, but made a strong start and cut through the field, eventually besting a stoic defence from the Cupra of Carl Swift into Graham Hill Bend.
Teammate Jessica Bäckman followed Lloyd through to claim her first podium in the championship, while Howard Fuller emerged on top of a duel for the final spot on the rostrum with Stewart Lines. Swift drove valiantly but was unfortunate to pull off at Surtees in the closing stages with a suspected front-right suspension problem, whilst contact between Lines and Andreas Bäckman on the exit of Druids similarly prevented the latter from challenging for silverware.
Ollie Taylor saw out a strong weekend with fifth in the Pyro Motorsport-run Honda Civic FK7, though team-mate Finlay Crocker’s obvious pace went unrewarded and a spin at McLaren’s forced the Scottish racer into the pits and out of contention.
Darelle Wilson put in a season-best showing in the Vauxhall Astra, claiming sixth ahead of Lewis Kent’s Hyundai i30 N, which started well but fell back and eventually took seventh via a trip to the pit lane for a tyre change.
Lloyd’s tally in the standings went up to 273 points against Taylor’s 174; the Bäckmans follow with Andreas and Jessica split by just three points, 143 to 140.
The TCR UK championship will be back in action at Castle Combe on 14/15 July.