“Lanik closes his Clio Cup season with podium spots”
“NIKI LANIK completed the Clio Cup season in tremendous form. The 21-year-old Austrian from Ashurst Wood claimed two pole positions and two podium finishes in the final rounds of the series at Brands Hatch.”
“The Miracle Drywash-sponsored driver was the top man in qualifying, claiming pole by 0.152 seconds from double Clio Cup champion Paul Rivett.”
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“The only person to head Rivett all weekend was Niki Lanik, the Austrian giving the single-car Stancombe Vehicle Engineering outfit a welcome boost by qualifying on pole for both races.”
“As the safety car appeared, the running order was Rivett from charging Boston, poleman Lanik, Glew, Bradley and Alex MacDowall.”
“…allowed Boston some much-needed breathing space, as Lanik quickly recovered and began reeling him in at quite a rate.”
“NIKI Lanik picked up two podium finishes in the final rounds of the ELF Clio Cup at Brands Hatch. The 21-year-old Ashurst Wood racer finished his season with two pole positions and a second and third at Brands Hatch.”
“The Miracle Drywash-sponsored team finished in the top five overall with four podiums and a bucketload of top six finishes this season.”
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AUSTRIAN race driver, Niki Lanik promoting the international Youth For Human Rights campaign, finished off his season in the 2008 ELF Clio Cup with 2 pole positions, a 2nd and 3rd place finish last weekend at the famous Brands Hatch racing circuit in Kent. Despite 4 non-finishes at the beginning of the season, the Miracle Drywash-sponsored team finished in the top 5 overall with 4 podium finishes and many more top 6 finishes. The Clio Cup, acting as a support race to the British Touring Car Championship, attracted 20,000 spectators and was filmed by ITV4 bringing huge coverage around the five million mark per season.
LANIK was already on top of the time sheets on Friday’s test day, being 3rd quickest on old tyres in the first session, and 1st quickest in the second session with a pair of new slicks. 21-year old Niki went out for the 30 minute qualifying session on Saturday noon, setting decent lap times with older tyres, being only 0.012 seconds off pole position. Niki then had two sets of brand new slicks and put in 3 laps under the 53-second mark making him the quickest driver and securing pole position by over 0.152 seconds in front of double-Clio Cup champion, Paul Rivett. “The car felt great, and I really felt like I had the pace today, and that definitely showed as I’ve qualifed on pole for both rounds!” commented Niki on his quick times.
“NIKI LANIK has moved into sixth place in the Clio Cup ahead of the final two rounds at Brands Hatch this weekend. The 21-year-old Austrian, who lives in Forest Row, produced another mature drive at the penultimate meeting of the series at Silverstone.”
“Lanik, who races for a humanitarian cause of promoting Human Rights, qualified 8th and 7th for the two races.”
“It was still a decent result but things got even better in race two when Lanik drove superbly to finish fifth ahead of two of the top drivers in the championship in double Clio champion Paul Rivett and former Touring Car racer Matt Allison.”
