RJN take second at Nogaro

2:54pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

As RJN Motorsport prepared for the last three races of the GT4 European Cup at Nogaro, in France, driver Alex Buncombe knew he needed a string of top placings to take second place in the championship.

And after a difficult qualifying the Stanford in the Vale team achieved these results with a win in the first long race, second in the first sprint race after starting from the back of the grid and another win in the second sprint race to secure second place in the drivers' and teams' championship.

Buncombe said: “I knew I would have to work hard in these races especially tough with the start from the back in the second race, but I kept close as I could to the others and I am very happy with the results I achieved”.

RJN managing director Bob Neville said: “We are of course delighted with these race results and in particular we are very pleased with our fastest race lap of the weekend of 1:37.10 which is a lap time that would have been respectable in qualifying for the FIA GT3 Race”.

“These results took us to second place in the championship for Alex Buncombe and the RJN Motorsport team having competed in only four out of the six rounds of the championship due to losing a GT4 car early in the year in a testing accident.

"We also scored the most wins with six victories and three other podiums, we very much look forward to continuing this success next year."

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