Battle for Jack Sears Trophy closes up at Knockhill
Motorbase Performance’s Liam Griffin knocked the gap down to just four wins between himself and JWT Performance driver Lea Wood in the Jack Sears Trophy for Super 2000 specification cars, but that gap could have been two victories if it hadn’t been for a late race incident with BTCC new boy Kieran Gallagher.
Griffin won the first two races of the day in the Super 2000 class, leading title rival Lea Wood across the line both times.
After Wood had taken a dominant three wins at Snetterton, it was possible for Wood to extend up to an eight win lead if he repeated the feat at Knockhill, but Griffin managed to peg it back to a four cup lead, which could have been two until he was hit in the rear-right quarter at the hairpin on lap 21 by Kieran Gallagher’s Tony Gilham Racing Vauxhall Insignia.
“Two great wins but still a disappointing end to what could have been a very, very good weekend,” said Griffin. “I’ve had Lea (Wood) behind me for the last three races and dealt with it fine but for Gallagher to come out and do that is just unnecessary.
“I would have been two points away from Lea and now I’m four, it just makes it a whole lot harder to close the gap and make the championship challenge at the end. Race three was there for the taking, but unfortunately Gallagher put paid to that. I’m a bit annoyed to be fair.”
Wood now leads the Trophy with ten victories, with Griffin the closest on six. With just nine races remaining, the Trophy is now between Wood, Griffin and AmD Tuning’s James Kaye, who missed the Knockhill weekend, though Kaye would have to win every remaining race in order to secure the title.
