The penultimate weekend of UK Fun Cup racing meant a visit to Silverstone

Mark Holme once again had Nick Nunn sharing, and after qualifying they were 10th quickest. “We had good pace and were in the pack with a tow. We made some changes after Brands Hatch, but needed to rely on Tom’s strategy for a good result,” said Holme.

“I did three laps and then came in and we practiced driver changes, all good though,” Nunn added.

In the grid draw they drew 15th place, not great but better than most of the season. It was Nunn taking the wheel for the first stint too.

For the first few laps he was in 14th place, the middle of a huge train of cars, but by lap five he was heading pitwards with a puncture. “Another car ran wide and came back onto the track having contact with Nick, and it took the tyre valve out,” Holme explained.

They rejoined in last place a lap down, but still had the pace to circulate with the leaders, before make the first mandatory stop for Nunn to hand to Holme in 19h place.

Holme had gained another place by the end of the first hour, but by half distance they had clawed their way back to 14th and continued to lap at top six pace.

Nunn took the car into the final hour still 14th, with Holme then taking the final stint to bring the car to the flag. There was a late safety car intervention which closed the field up again, but Holme had made another place just before the caution and by time the green flag was waved for the sprint to the flag, he was 12th.

“We have got to be happy with that result, given our start to the race. We had the pace to run with the top six all day, Nick drove a blinder and was back to his best. Avoided trouble apart from Nick getting a track limit penalty, which was disappointing. The strategy was good enough for our best result of the year, so quite satisfying,” Holme concluded.

With just the Oulton Park double header finale to complete the season, Viking are 12th overall in the Championship and seventh in the Masters Class.