11 July 2025
The Team Viking/Ursus Capital quartet of Mark Holme, Colin Kingsnorth, Nick Nunn and Craig Butterworth, came home in 32nd place at the annual Spa 25hrs Fun Cup race last weekend, out of 115 starters.
“We did qualifying session one and just scraped into the top group with five minutes to go. So we got into the A group for the next session and I was fairly consistent, as there was only time for one driver, setting my best time of the weekend in the dry session,” Holme explained.
In the draw for the race starting grid they pulled out 47th and it was Holme that took the opening stint. After the first hour they were 36th, before completing his 90 minute drive to hand over to Nunn.
“I fell into a dangerous group as we pushed on, I could see there would be some carnage, so dropped out of and became a follower for self-preservation,” he added.
At the three-hour mark they were a flattering 10th overall as they left their fuel stop until virtually the last opportunity.
It had started to rain during Nunn’s stint and continued for the rest of the race, as they continued to run inside the top 30, reaching half distance in 18th place.
“It was important for us that strategy calls found us opportunities. The car was good all weekend and maybe we didn’t race at 100% or we may have been off. Probably our true position was around 26th, but we had some bad luck when Craig was black flagged in his final stint. It lost us another three laps,” said Holme.
It was odd circumstances, there was a car off at Les Fagnes and yellow flags out, I braked harder so slow down but touched the gravel and it was deemed inappropriate,” Butterworth added.
“So Colin went in for the last stint and came home 32nd.” It was our best result as the whole team drove well,” Holme concluded.
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Team Viking Ursus Capital Racing’s regular duo of Mark Holme and Colin Kingsnorth were joined by ex Monaco F3 winner Alan Ferte for 12 hours of Fun Cup racing at the former home of the French Grand Prix Circuit, Magny Cours.
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Team Viking Ursus Capital continued their Fun Cup France campaign with an eight hour race at the Spa Francorchamps Circuit in the Belgian Ardennes.
Regular drivers Mark Holme and Colin Kingsnorth were joined by Nick Nunn, who previously raced with the team in the UK Fun Cup Championship. Nunn is due to share the car again later this season in the 25hrs race at Spa.
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The Team Viking Ursus Capital duo of Mark Holme and Colin Kingsnorth started their Fun Cup France campaign in mixed weather conditions at the Paul Ricard Circuit.
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Mark Holme had Jonny Hoad joining him at Nogaro for the latest French Fun Cup round with Team Viking Ursus Capital, standing in for the absent Colin Kingsnorth.
Read More23 August 2024
“Just another example of the Clerk of the Course sucking the life from club level motor sport !!!”
A post-race penalty robbed Ka Taclysm’s, aka Team Viking Racing’s Mark Holme and Nick Nunn of a podium place at Snetterton, after they finished third in the second of the weekends two three hour races.
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115 teams lined up on the famous Le Mans Circuit, for a non-Championship Fun Cup race to open the World Famous Le Mans 24hrs weekend.
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