BWRDC Junior Champion Cassey Watson commits to the 2008 Junior Ginetta Championship

BWRDC Junior Champion and Student with the Race Driver’s Academy Cassey Watson, 16, has committed to the 2008 Junior Ginetta Championship and to York based team Tockwith Motorsport.This is not the first time the Worcestershire teenager has raced a Ginetta, having used the category twice before to break some impressive records. In 2006 Cassey drove six consecutive races in 3 different cars at the MSVR Junior Festival to break the record for most races in 24 hours. Then in 2007 she returned to attempt to become the first driver to stand on the podium in all 3 Junior Championships, SAXMAX, TCar & Ginetta, a feat she acheived at the very first attempt at Anglessey in round 1.

2008 will be Cassey’s last year as a Junior so this time she has commited to a full championship campaign and will run in a team for the first time.

Cassey says, “We have had 4 test days with Tockwith Motorsport so far and being in a team enviroment is filling me with confidence. Simon, (Simon Moore Team Owner), is terrific to work with and has already set the car up perfectly for me, this is the best car I have driven and I can’t wait for the season to start.”

The high profile BTCC support championship gets under way 29th March at Brands Hatch where Cassey will find herself going head to head for victory against a Motorsport Dynasty. Josh Hill, son of F1 World Champion Damon and grandson to legend Graham Hill, will also be on the grid.

Cassey said, “We already knew that the championship would receive massively increased coverage when it became part of the BTCC package, the biggest domestic championship. Then we heard about a massive TV deal with ITV4. However now with the famous Hill name back on the grid the eyes of the world will be on us, I can’t wait!”