Popular series is boasting a stunning entry of top drivers and teams
It really is quite some list of drivers. Often championships are incorrectly described as having a ‘strong’ entry, but that is genuinely the case for the Ginetta GT5 Challenge this year. And it’s all the more impressive when you consider it’s for a series that doesn’t always command a huge amount of attention.
Two Junior Saloon Car champions (Katie Milner and Will Dyrdal), a JSCC title contender (Gordie Mutch), a Fiesta Junior frontrunner (Josh Hislop), three Ginetta Junior graduates (Scott McKenna, Connor Grady and Charlie Digby), a world and European karting champion (Brett Ward) and last year’s GT5 runner-up (Shane Stoney). That is surely the definition of a strong entry.
The list goes on far beyond those names too, with the grid close to being full. That may not be a surprise for a category that regularly boasts packed fields, but it is the quality of this year’s entry in particular that makes it stand out.
And it’s not just on the drivers front that it’s proving a hit. Some big and successful teams also compete too. You’ve got the likes of GT regulars Century Motorsport, Optimum Motorsport and Fox Motorsport, along with the racing arm of Ginetta’s track day operators W2R Motorsport, and previous GT5 title winner Xentek Motorsport. And for this year, successful squad HHC Motorsport has decided to return for the first time since 2012.
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