Daniel Lloyd to make BTCC debut at Croft

Daniel Lloyd is going to make his British Touring Car Championship debut at Croft next weekend for Triple Eight.
“It’s absolutely amazing to be making my BTCC debut, a real dream come true,” said Lloyd.

“At the start of the year I never thought I’d have the opportunity to test a touring car, let alone to make my race debut in one – and especially with Triple Eight, as far as I’m concerned it’s the best team on the grid,” continue Lloyd.

Lloyd tested for Triple Eight at Rockingham two weeks ago where he performed well. Team boss Ian Harrison was impressed by the pace of Lloyd during the test session.

“At Rockingham Daniel did a very good job in the test and we’re all very excited about getting such a quick young guy in the car at Croft. We’re always looking for fresh, new talent and he proved on his test debut he can adapt to a car he hasn’t driven before.

His pace at Rockingham was completely genuine, which was impressive, so he needs to get as much mileage under his belt as possible in the two practice sessions at Croft and then build on that through qualifying and the races. It’s going to be tough but hopefully it’ll be a good weekend for all of us,” said Harrison.

The 18-year-old Lloyd is expecting a tough time in his first ever BTCC race.

“It’s going to be very tough, we’re under no illusions as to how competitive the BTCC is, but I’m confident we can give a good account of ourselves at Croft. I like the track and it’s worked out really well that we have this opportunity at one of my local circuits, hopefully we’ll have plenty of support,” said Lloyd.