The 360 Racing duo of Jacek Zielonka and Jason Rishover were both on the pace in the Radical Cup UK at Snetterton, with Zielonka just missing out on another podium finish.
Fifth quickest after Saturday morning’s qualifying, Zielonka was fairly happy. “The car was good and pleased to be close to the top five,” he said.
Rishover was seventh but lost some of his times due to track limit infringements, “I was happy with car, but disappointed to lose possibly my best times,” he added.
As the lights went out both drivers made excellent starts, with Zielonka fourth and Rishover holding his place in seventh.
But as the lead trio made an early escape Zielonka had Chris Preen closing on him, while Rishover was caught up in a three-way fight for sixth.
By lap nine Preen was really piling the pressure on Zielonka, and with Peter Tyler having spun, Rishover was free to challenge Williams for sixth again.
Over the final laps Zielonka had to make his SR3 as wide as he possibly could, but his defence held and he retained fourth place to the flag, with just 0.107 secs to spare. “30 minutes of defending, so tired now but a great race,” he said.
Rishover mounted his challenge for Williams’ sixth place at Oggies with a couple of laps to go, “I went for the inside but was too quick and lost the rear end on the exit,” he explained after dropping to eighth.
At the start of the second race Rishover was quickly into a strong fourth, but couldn’t match the lead trio’s pace.
