The British Automobile Racing Club took centre stage at the Home of British Motor Racing, Silverstone, this past Saturday (April 5) for a full-throttle day of competition that was headlined by the Britcar Endurance Championship and Classic 2CV Racing Club.

Hot on the heels of the Club’s season-opener at Donington Park last month, two more championships lifted the curtain on their respective campaigns – utilising the International layout of the world-renowned Northamptonshire venue in the process.

Embarking on a new era that has involved the amalgamation of what was the British Endurance Championship and Britcar Trophy Championship, the Britcar Endurance Championship made an instant impression with two captivating 50-minutes contests.

Boasting a bumper grid that was made up of returning race winners, credible contenders and a number of new faces, the multi-class series was undoubtedly back and better than ever.

The opening day of the season arguably belonged to Toro Verde GT as Steve Gambrell and British Touring Car Championship race winner Daniel Lloyd joined forces to reign supreme in their potent Porsche 991.2.

Narrowly pipping the FF Corse & Red River Sport duo of Bonamy Grimes and Johnny Mowlem to pole position in qualifying, Gambrell and Lloyd wasted no time in pulling clear of the opposition in race one as they went on to triumph by almost 40 seconds.

Behind them the AMSPEED pairing Dom Malone and Adam Smalley hustled their Porsche 991 Cup car to second overall whilst fellow Porsche 991 Cup competitors Mark Cunningham and Peter Cunningham completed the podium in third.

Race two would prove to be a slightly closer affair at the front however the result remained the same as Gambrell and Lloyd didn’t put a wheel wrong to score a second win of the day ahead of Malone and Smalley and the aforementioned Cunningham’s.

Some of the closest racing that played out around the iconic 1.850-mile layout was provided by the Classic 2CV Racing Club which, like Britcar, was also hitting the track for the first time in 2025.

Brian Heerey claimed the bragging rights in the day’s opening contest as he fended off the advances of former champion Kris Tovey and serial winner Nick Crispin to triumph; albeit there was a little under half a second separating the trio at the chequered flag.

Heerey was unable to repeat his heroics later in the afternoon however as Andrew Bull came to the fore with an exemplary drive to open his account for the season. Bull beat Ethan Sparrow by four tenths of a second while Crispin once again completed the podium in third.

Rounding out the action at Silverstone on the BARC bill were also races from the The Super Series by the British Superkart Racing Club and the Monoposto Championship.

Liam Morley charged to a brace of race wins in the Superkarts before Matt Robinson snapped his winning streak in the final encounter. Over in the Monoposto series, George Line made a winning start as he bagged two wins of his own.

If you missed any of the action from Silverstone then head across to YouTube where you can watch it all at the click of a button.

To view the full classification of results from each session at Silverstone, head to https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/251463.