British GT drivers sit atop both Sunoco UK Challenge standings after Oulton Park, with 2015 winner Phil Keen leading the Whelen points, and Flick Haigh and Adam Balon sharing 240’s summit!
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Posted by British GT Championship on Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Official standings for Sunoco Whelen Challenge 2018, 2nd April 2018.
| Standings | Name | Team | Series | Average Points |
| 1 | Phil Keen | Barwell Motorsport | British GT3 | 112.75 |
| 2 | Nicolai Kjaergaard | Carlin Motorsport | British F3 | 102.50 |
| 3 | Linus Lundqvist | Double R Racing | British F3 | 87.50 |
| 4 | Ben Barnicoat | Track-Club | British GT4 | 79.75 |
| 5 | Yelmer Buurman | ERC Sport | British GT3 | 77.00 |
| 6 | Scott Malvern | Team Parker Racing | British GT4 | 77.00 |
| 7 | Jack Mitchell | Century Motorsport | British GT4 | 74.25 |
| 8 | Darren Turner | Beechdean AMR | British GT3 | 71.50 |
| 9 | Jonny Adam | Optimum Motorsport | British GT3 | 66.00 |
| 10 | Michael O’Brien | Tolman Motorsort | British GT4 | 59.40 |
| 11 | Charlie Fagg | Tolman Motorsort | British GT4 | 59.40 |
| 12 | Will Burns | HHC Mptorsport | British GT4 | 57.75 |
| 13 | Marco Sorensen | TF Sport | British GT3 | 55.00 |
| 14 | Billy Monger | Carlin Motorsport | British F3 | 50.00 |
| 15 | Patrick Kujala | Barwell Motorsport | British GT3 | 49.50 |
| 16 | Callum Macleod | Team Parker Racing | British GT3 | 49.50 |
| 17 | Kush Maini | Lanan Racing | British F3 | 45.00 |
| 18 | Joe Osborne | Tolman Motorsport | British GT4 | 44.00 |
| 19 | Clement Novalak | Carlin Motorsport | British F3 | 42.50 |
| 20 | Nicki Thiim | TF Sport | British GT3 | 41.25 |
| 21 | Jamie Chadwick | Douglas Motorsport | British F3 | 40.00 |
| 22 | Callum Pointon | HHC Mptorsport | British GT4 | 39.60 |
| 23 | Patrik Matthiesen | HHC Motorsport | British GT4 | 39.60 |
| 24 | Mike Robinson | Balfe Motorsport | British GT4 | 35.75 |
| 25 | Krishnaraaj Mahadik | Double R Racing | British F3 | 35.00 |
| 26 | Jonny Cocker | Barwell Motorsport | British GT3 | 33.00 |
| 27 | Martin Plowman | UltraTek Racing Team RjN | British GT4 | 30.25 |
| 28 | Tristan Charpentier | Fortec Motorsports | British F3 | 22.50 |
| 29 | Sun Yue Yang | Carlin Motorsport | British F3 | 22.50 |
| 30 | Jordan Albert | Tolman Motorsort | British GT4 | 22.28 |
| 31 | Lewis Proctor | Tolman Motorsort | British GT4 | 22.28 |
| 32 | Ben Tuck | Century Motorsport | British GT4 | 17.33 |
| 33 | Ben Green | Century Motorsport | British GT4 | 17.33 |
| 34 | Maxime Martin | Jetstream Motorsport | British GT3 | 16.50 |
| 35 | Michael Broadhurst | Fox Motorsport | British GT4 | 16.50 |
| Rob Bell | Balfe Motorsport | British GT3 | 13.75 | |
| 36 | Tom Wood | Academy Motorsport | British GT4 | 9.90 |
| 37 | Jan Janck | Academy Motorsport | British GT4 | 9.90 |
| 38 | Ryan Ratcliffe | Team Parker Racing | British GT3 | 2.75 |
| 39 | Manuel Maldonado | Fortec Motorsports | British F3 | 2.50 |
| 40 | Sasakorn Chaimongkol | Hillspeed | British F3 | 2.50 |
| 41 | Ben Hurst | Hillspeed | British F3 | 0.00 |
| 42 | Pavan Ravishankar | Double R Racing | British F3 | 0.00 |
| 43 | Arvin Esmaeili | Douglas Motorsport | British F3 | 0.00 |
| 44 | Chia Wing Hoong | Chris Dittmann Racing | British F3 | 0.00 |
| 45 | Finlay Hutchinson | Equipe Verschuur | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 46 | Daniel McKay | Equipe Verschuur | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 47 | Callum Hawkins-Row | Team Hard Racing | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 48 | Matthew George | Invictus Games Racing | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 49 | Jesse Antilla | UltraTek Racing Team RjN | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 50 | Will Moore | Academy Motorsport | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 51 | Matt Nicoll-Jones | Academy Motorsport | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 52 | Sennan Fielding | Stellar Motorsport | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 53 | Alex Quin | Stellar Motorsport | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 54 | Dean Mcdonald | Steller Performance | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 55 | Benjamin Wallace | Team Hard Racing | British GT4 | 0.00 |
| 56 | Devan Modell | RJN Motorsport | British GT3 | 0.00 |
| 57 | Struan Moore | RJN Motorsport | British GT3 | 0.00 |
IT is one of the most brutal track races on the calendar, but the Rolex 24 at
Daytona is becoming one of the biggest tick boxes for Scottish drivers.
The likes of DARIO FRANCHITTI and RYAN DALZIEL have been overall winners while
ROBIN LIDDELL and ALLAN McNISH have also had class wins.
Dalziel, Liddell and Sunoco Challenge winner JONNY ADAM were fighting it out
for Scottish pride last weekend — and it was typically tough fare.
Torrential rain had hampered all the teams’ preparations with many drivers
going into the race with just a couple of dry laps. But while the Patron ESM
car took the victory, the overall winner was the race itself. Here’s how the
Scots got on.
ENDURANCE ace RYAN DALZIEL admitted his Florida Racing crew produced a
miracle as they took a hard-fought podium in the Rolex 24.
The 2010 winner had to dig deep as he and MARC GOOSSENS and RYAN
HUNTER-REAY defied a lack of preparation time and pace to stay on the
lead lap after 24 hours in Florida.
Relieved Dalziel said: “We are thrilled. It is always nice to get on the
podium. It is a big race and my home race and a home race for Florida Racing
team. There are a lot of positives and good points for the championship so
we will bank it. We are proud of what we accomplished and we look forward to
Sebring.
Source : The Sun Online
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer’s MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038.[1]
Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the period between the First and Second World Wars when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship. Used as a military vehicle storage depot during World War II, it fell into disrepair until bought by local construction entrepreneur Tom Wheatcroft. Revived under his ownership in the 1970s, it hosted a single Formula One race, but became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championship.
Leased by Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd in 2007 the hope that Formula One racing could return to the track, the incomplete venture failed to raise sufficient financial backing during the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. DVLL consequently lost the rights to the British rounds of both Formula 1 and MotoGP, and in its bankruptcy returned the track to the Wheatcroft family in December 2009.
Under Wheatcroft’s ownership, the venue has undergone significant work, with the track restored to use in 2010, before major upgrades in the following five years. At the end of 2010, it was announced that Donington would become home to an annual historic motorsport event, the Donington Historic Festival, with new events constantly being added. Since 2010, significant investment across the venue has seen major improvements made to its infrastructure,[2] while the circuit has become a regular fixture for top class motorcycling in the form of the Superbike World Championship.
Rick Parfitt Jnr has been crowned the 2018 Sunoco 240 Challenge champion after his only remaining rivals, Jessica Hawkins and Matt Hammond, failed to score enough points during their Mini Challenge Cooper class season finale at Snetterton last weekend.
The prize sees this year’s British GT3 champion travel to South Florida in January to drive a GT4 car in the Rolex 24 At Daytona’s 240-minute BMW Endurance Challenge support race, which is also the opening round of 2018’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. A comprehensive test programme during the traditional ‘Roar Before the Rolex 24’ is included, along with flights and accommodation.
Parfitt Jnr becomes the first amateur to win Sunoco’s 240 competition based on results accrued during a British GT campaign. Equally, he is the series’ first representative to claim the 240 Challenge title after both Team Parker Racing co-driver Seb Morris and Jonny Adam won Whelen’s 2017 and ’16 equivalents, while no other driver has become champion while co-driving with a reigning or former Challenge winner.
2018’s edition will also go down as the closest in Sunoco Whelen and 240 Challenge history, with just 0.42 points separating Parfitt Jnr from Mini Challenge JCW champion Brett Smith in the final reckoning.
Hawkins and Hammond entered their final weekend battling each other for both the Sunoco 240 Challenge crown and Mini Challenge Cooper class title. Each required exceptional outings if they were to score the 375 points (out of a maximum 420) necessary to leapfrog ahead of Parfitt Jnr. As a result, the pair could have prevented each other from winning the Challenge by sharing pole positions, fastest race laps and wins, but ultimately it was Sam Weller who gatecrashed the party by annexing all three victories and a pole position.
Hawkins therefore finished third in the final 240 standings and 6.81 points behind Parfitt Jnr, while Hammond was one place and a further 0.22 marks adrift. However, he did at least do enough to win this year’s Mini Challenge Cooper Pro class title.
Rick Parfitt Jnr, 2018 Sunoco 240 Challenge Champion: “I’m totally over the moon to have won the Sunoco 240 Challenge, which is the icing on the cake of what has been a very tough year for me. I’d like to congratulate everyone who took part and will attempt to do you all proud! What a year it’s been: becoming the first driver to win both a British GT3 and GT4 title, helping Bentley and Team Parker claim their maiden British GT Championship crowns, British GT Pro/Am winner with Seb [Morris] and now the Sunoco 240 Challenge champion – it simply cannot get any better than that! Thank you to everyone who has supported me this year – I am hugely humbled and immensely grateful. Needless to say I can’t wait to race at the incredible Daytona International Speedway and be part of one of the world’s biggest motorsport events.”
Anders Hildebrand, Anglo American Oil Company Ltd Managing Director: “What a season for Rick and the 240 Challenge, which has been incredibly competitive from the very start! A stellar British GT campaign meant he was a contender throughout the year, although finishing one position lower at Donington would have actually seen Brett [Smith] win the competition. That’s how close it’s been! Rick maintains British GT’s recent run of winners, and his experience of both GT3 and GT4 means I’m confident he’ll be immediately on the pace at Daytona in January. I’ve no doubt he’ll be learning as much as he can from Seb [Morris] who performed so well there as our out-going Whelen champion earlier this year. Speaking of which, our attention now switches to the Sunoco Whelen Challenge where Stuart Moseley is aiming to prevent another British GT champion – Stuart Middleton – from winning a fully-funded Cadillac DPi drive in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.”
Moseley – who currently trails Middleton by 7.85 points – will have one more chance to overturn his deficit during Radical European Masters’ Barcelona season finale on October 28/29. He requires 329 points of the maximum 420 available, 120 of which can be banked with three fastest laps and same number of pole positions. That leaves 209 more marks to find across the weekend’s three races. Two seconds and a sixth would, for instance, be enough, but with grid numbers and his co-driver’s performance outside of Moseley’s control, there are no guarantees.
Current Sunoco Whelen Challenge standings
Racer Class Now Rounds left Max points Min points
Stuart Middleton British GT4PRO 78.10 finished
Will Tregurtha British GT4PRO 75.90 finished
Stuart Moseley Radical Euro 70.25 3 84.20 56.20
Matt Bell LMP3 Cup 68.21 finished
Colin Noble Jnr LMP3 Cup 68.08 finished
Next races:
Snetterton 14-15 Oct GT Cup / Radical Challenge / Mini Cooper
Oulton 20-21 Oct Britcar Endurance
Barcelona 27-29 Oct Radical EuroMasters
What are the Sunoco Challenges?
The Sunoco Challenges provide an accurate assessment and comparison of performances across multiple championships during any given season. Points are awarded for qualifying and race results, including fastest lap, which are then converted into an individual average score for each competing driver over the course of a full campaign.
That means each race weekend offers drivers an equal chance to climb and drop down their respective Sunoco Challenge table. It also ensures that performances are taken into consideration across an entire season while placing less emphasis on one-off or unfair results.
As in previous years this season’s Sunoco Whelen Challenge champion will win a fully funded drive aboard a Whelen-sponsored prototype in the 2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Meanwhile, Sunoco’s 240 Challenge champion will contest the 240-minute Daytona support race held over the same January weekend at the wheel of a Sunoco-liveried GT4 car.
Reigning British GT4 champion Stuart Middleton has become the youngest driver ever to win the Sunoco Whelen Challenge after his only remaining rival, Stuart Moseley, was unable to score enough points during the final round of his Radical European Masters campaign last weekend.
The 17-year-old is now guaranteed a fully funded prize drive at the world-famous Rolex 24 At Daytona. The package, worth an estimated $250,000, includes testing at the South Florida venue later this year before taking part in the official ‘Roar Before the Rolex 24’ in early January. That’s followed by the race itself on January 27/28.
Middleton joins the front-running Action Express Racing squad whose Whelen-sponsored Cadillac DPi VR is completely different to the Ginetta G55 GT4 he’s driven in British GT this year. The Cadillac – a sports-prototype built specifically for long-distance racing – features a 6.2-litre V8 engine and produces roughly 600bhp, twice the power of the Ginetta. The Cadillac will also approach speeds of 200mph on Daytona’s famous oval banking.
The incredible opportunity sees the teenager from Ashington, in Northumberland, paired with three superstar co-drivers who will share the #31 Cadillac during the twice-around-the-clock enduro. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr is also a former Sunoco Whelen Challenge champion, while Mike Conway raced in IndyCar before joining Toyota’s factory LMP1 programme. Team stalwart and 2016 IMSA champion Eric Curran completes the formidable line-up.
Indeed, the combination of Action Express Racing, Cadillac and talented driver crew offers Middleton a realistic chance of claiming a podium on debut. Last year’s Sunoco Whelen Challenge winner Seb Morris led the race aboard the same car before reliability issues stymied the team’s progress, while Nasr’s third place from 2012 remains the best result in the competition’s nine-year history.
Middleton’s success was built on a standout maiden British GT4 campaign alongside HHC Motorsport co-driver Will Tregurtha, who finished second in the final Sunoco Whelen Challenge standings by just 2.2 points. Together they became the youngest driver crew in terms of combined age to win a British GT title and were both also elevated to BRDC Rising Star status.
Moseley, meanwhile, required an exceptional final Radical European Masters outing at Barcelona to have any hope of surpassing Middleton’s 78.1-point average score. His chances were scuppered by the event’s low entry count, which restricted the number of Sunoco Whelen Challenge points available for pole positions, race results and fastest laps. He fought valiantly to record three poles, a fastest lap and two podiums, while a broken upright denied him a near certain victory in Race 2. Nevertheless, even with a minimum of 10 cars on the grid, his weekend results wouldn’t have been sufficient to overturn Middleton’s advantage. He therefore ends the season third overall, 9.7 points behind the winner.
Middleton continues British GT’s run of Sunoco Whelen Challenge success after Morris and Jonny Adam claimed the prize for their performances during 2016 and 2015, respectively. He also joins reigning British GT3 champion Rick Parfitt Jnr at Daytona after the amateur driver claimed this year’s Sunoco 240 Challenge title. As reward, the 43-year-old is contesting the 240-minute BMW Endurance Challenge support race, which is also the opening round of 2018’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, aboard a GT4 car.
Stuart Middleton, 2018 Sunoco Whelen Challenge champion: “I’m ecstatic, speechless to be honest. This is such a huge prize and an incredible opportunity for me so early in my career, I can’t thank Anders Hildebrand and everyone at Anglo-American Oil enough. Being part of the Action Express team with Felipe, Mike and Eric is just amazing… it hasn’t quite sunk in yet.
“My first season in GT4 with my fantastic team-mate Will Tregurtha was just amazing, we couldn’t believe how competitive we were right from the first round and that was without hardly any testing before the season started. The year just got better and better for us and as well as the GT4 title, the Sunoco prize started to become a possibility too.
“To win the championship in our rookie year was more than we could have hoped for, and for me to now win the Sunoco Whelen Challenge is the icing on the cake. I really want to grab this chance with both hands and do the very best I can, although it’s not going to be easy.
“This is a huge step-up for me: not only will it be my first ever 24-hour race but it’s going to be in one of the biggest and most demanding races in the world with some of the very best drivers and teams on the planet. It’s going to be amazing driving at Daytona too, something I never realistically thought might happen in my career – this is such a special moment for me and I’m absolutely delighted.”
Anders Hildebrand, Anglo American Oil Company Ltd Managing Director: “Giving young drivers like Stuart an incredible opportunity is exactly what the Sunoco Whelen Challenge is all about! 12 months ago, racing in Ginetta Juniors, the chance to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona would have been unthinkable. And even at the start of this year I’m sure it would have seemed a distant dream. But here he is, on the cusp of competing in one of the world’s most famous endurance events aboard a car and alongside drivers that have a genuine chance of success. It’s incredible.
“This was the first year that we extended the senior competition to professional GT4 drivers, and Stuart – as well as his British GT co-driver Will – has fully justified our decision. I also think having Felipe in the team will be a huge benefit to Stuart, who is by far our youngest winner since Felipe claimed the 2012 title. I can’t wait to see how he compares against a very quick and seasoned sportscar racing line-up.”
The Sunoco Whelen and 240 Challenges will return in 2018. In the meantime stay tuned for further updates concerning Middleton and Parfitt Jnr’s Daytona adventure.
What are the Sunoco Challenges?
The Sunoco Challenges provide an accurate assessment and comparison of performances across multiple championships during any given season. Points are awarded for qualifying and race results, including fastest lap, which are then converted into an individual average score for each competing driver over the course of a full campaign.
That means each race weekend offers drivers an equal chance to climb and drop down their respective Sunoco Challenge table. It also ensures that performances are taken into consideration across an entire season while placing less emphasis on one-off or unfair results.
As in previous years this season’s Sunoco Whelen Challenge champion will win a fully funded drive aboard a Whelen-sponsored Cadillac DPi sports-prototype in the 2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Meanwhile, Sunoco’s 240 Challenge champion will contest the 240-minute Daytona support race held over the same January weekend at the wheel of a Sunoco-liveried GT4 car.
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2017 Sunoco Whelen Challenge winner Stuart Middleton set new records at the famous Daytona International Speedway by becoming the youngest driver to claim a podium place this century.
The reigning GT4 British GT champion made a fairy-tale debut at the Florida-based track, getting behind the wheel of his Cadillac DPI car to complete the final stint of the race. The distinctively red liveried Whelen Engineering backed-car had to back off in the final hours of the race to preserve the engine, ensuring the car was unable to challenge the race leader, and sister Action Express Racing car for overall honours.
2012 Sunoco Challenge winner Felipe Nasr started the race from seventh place on the grid but was on the move as soon as the race got underway at 2:40pm local time. By the end of lap one he was up to third place and in second by the end of his first triple stint in the car. He handed over to Stuart to take over the reins and the 18-year old delivered a mature drive, setting consistent times, and returning the car unblemished after two hours of hard racing.
Driving duties were shared from then on between Eric Curran, Mike Conway and Nasr as Stuart did his best to stave off the flu. As dawn broke the car was holding third place with Nasr again behind the wheel but as the morning progressed the second placed Acura dropped away, promoting the number 31 car to second. A brief visit to the pit garage during a full course yellow allowed the team to solve a cooling issue without losing much time.
The four drivers then split the remaining running as the Rolex clock counted down but, crucially, Stuart would have to run again as he had not completed the two hours mandated by IMSA. As a result the youngster had the honour of completing the final stint of the race and taking the chequered flag.
With 808 laps completed of the 3.56 mile circuit a new distance record was set but Stuart also set new records of his own, becoming the highest placed Sunoco Whelen Challenge winner, beating the previous third place set by teammate Nasr in 2012, but more importantly the youngest overall podium visitor of the 21st century.
Stuart Middleton – #31 Action Express Cadillac DPI
“First and foremost I have to thank everyone for getting me here. The opportunity to race in the Rolex 24 is crazy. It’s something I couldn’t picture this time last year so to finish in P2 is just unbelievable, it has been an incredible 24 hours. It was a big learning curve for me, I was having to learn the car, the track, the tyres and the team throughout the weekend. I couldn’t have asked for better team-mates than these guys and the Action Express Racing team did a fantastic job.
“This will look very good on my CV. To race against some of the best drivers in the prototype world is insane to me. I’m very happy with how it went and hopefully it is something that we can build on going forward. It feels incredible and hopefully there is more to come in the future, I’ll try and do all I can to build on the momentum.”
Anders Hildebrand – Managing Director, Anglo American Oil Company
“That was a happy ending. I don’t think I’ve ever been quite so nervous. Stuart had a really good stint but beat himself down because Simon Pagenaud turned into him and they had contact. He was not happy with himself but from where we were watching he was amazing. He cut through traffic, overtook other guys, reeled in Pagenaud and it was an amazing drive.
“He was relieved that he didn’t crash the car, but they were leading the race until the car started to get hot which ruled them out of the win. We got the call from the team that they needed to put him in for another stint and he did extremely well. He did exactly what he needed to and brought it home in second for the chequered flag. It’s a happy, happy ending.”
Rick Parfitt Jnr. showed his class in the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge race at Daytona, battling his way through the opening stints of the race in the top six. The Nottingham-based driver started the race from fourth on the grid as the cars crossed the line to start the 240-minute epic.
He lost out in the opening laps, dropping down the order as cold tyres prevented him from attacking in the same way as his rivals. By the forty-minute mark a Full Course Yellow period was declared after a car spun on the back straight, allowing Rick to pit the Audi from tenth place. The new rubber clearly suited the British GT Champion as, when the track went green, he vaulted up to fifth place, just behind the leading gaggle of cars.
After a strong second stint the car spluttered to a halt on the back straight having run out of fuel. The team were able to recover the car to the pits, allowing Darren Jorgensen to take over driving duties after the car was refuelled. Pro driver Cameron Lawrence jumped in to finish the race in 27th place but it was definitely a case of what could have been. The pace was clearly in the car and drivers but Rick can be satisfied that he did and outstanding job on his US racing debut.
Rick Parfitt Jnr. – #13 GMG Racing Audi R8
“At the beginning I just got mugged, I had no grip. All the way through you could just see in the mid corner to exit it just didn’t have the bite that the Mustangs have. We can go through the twisty stuff better, and I can really get them on the brakes by stepping it on its nose and getting around.
“I was running consistent low 1:58s which was pretty quick but it’s a very tricky car, very snappy, so I had to be careful with it. I was just trying to keep it as tidy as possible, I didn’t feel that I could be aggressive with the car. I could do very good, consistent laps but to go on the offensive we needed that extra bit of bite on the car, so I could pull people in and out-brake them. The Mustangs could do that, and I couldn’t get the power down to match them.
“It was a good debut, two Audis in the top six so that’s good going and for me, a 43-year old singer from the UK, to be going quicker than the young factory drivers I’ve got to be fairly happy with that.
“I couldn’t have done this without Sunoco, thank you so, so much. It is a once in a lifetime experience so for all the young racers, this is brilliant so go for it. It’s an utterly incredible experience.”
Anders Hildebrand – Managing Director, Anglo American Oil Company
“It was an interesting race. Rick started fourth after an amazing qualifying. Quite soon we could see he was struggling with grip as it was the first-time the car had run with new tyres and full tanks, so he couldn’t push as hard as he wanted. He kept the car safe and didn’t hit anyone but dropped down to 13th however when he pitted the car was transformed. It was disappointing end to his time in the car when it ran out of fuel, but he did an amazing job. I’m really pleased for him, he’s such a great ambassador for us, and such a professional, both inside and outside the car.”
