CAMELFORD racing driver, Tyrone Lufferelli, has picked up the overall winner trophy of the 2017 Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship at the Copthorne Hotel in Cardiff on Saturday, November 18.

Lufferelli, 21, competed in the BT class, which means that his car’s engine — a Peugeot 106 — must be between a 1600 and 2,000 cc and use treaded tyres.

There are 12 rounds held across six weekends throughout the year with the ten best scores counting.

Such was Lufferelli’s dominance, he won his class at every event and finished on an astonishing 231 points from ten events, 57 points ahead of the runner-up in the BT category, Colin Dunn and 34 points ahead of Dave Scaramanga in the overall standings.

Luferelli was delighted with his campaign and is already targeting next year when he looks to compete in the BS category, which will see him use the same car but with slick tyres instead of the normal treaded tyres.

He said: “It feels absolutely brilliant to win the championship and it was great to pick up the trophies in Cardiff the other night.

“The reliability of my car throughout the year was important and I just kept plodding along and made sure I was consistent.

“I’m changing class next year, which means that I’ll be using actual racing tyres but I’m looking forward to the challenge and trying to defend my title.”

Being based down in North Cornwall means that Tyrone has to do plenty of travelling. However, his father Fabio and sister Melissa compete as well in the Category M class (which is for cars with motorcycle engines) while mum Karin comes along as well making it a big family weekend.

Fabio himself won that category and finished sixth overall, sister Melissa came as runner-up in that category, eighth overall and won the ‘Best Lady’ trophy while Karin picked up the President Award for all of her help towards keeping the family racing.

The family run Highfield Motors in Camelford where Luffarelli works as a mechanic and he admits that he spends a lot of time preparing the car.

Even though he’s won the title and there is no prize money involved, it doesn’t deter them.

He said: “We have to put in lots of time and effort but we all really enjoy it. “Thankfully I’ve got a few sponsors who I’m extremely grateful for but we have to spend a lot of time prepping it.

“However it’s great that all the family come along. We make a weekend of it and have a laugh so it’s great fun.

“I also take part in a couple of other competitions as well so we’re always competing somewhere and hopefully next year can go as well as this.”