RACE TO POLE (10 Laps)

The Race To Pole saw all drivers using the medium tyre compound for this ten-lap dash to the chequered flag. Ash Sutton lined up on the third row of the grid (6th) with a solitary second per lap of boost available to him. Dan Cammish had five seconds per lap at his disposal as he lined up in tenth place. Both Lewis Selby (15th) and Sam Osborne (18th) had the full twenty seconds per lap available to them.

The start of the race was a mixed affair for the Napa Racing UK crew, with Sutton climbing to fifth place by the end of the opening lap, and Selby found himself up in 14th. However, Cammish dropped down to 11th and Osborne fell down to twentieth place.

Osborne did get by the WSR BMW 330i M Sport of Lewis Gilbert on the second lap, before he had a good battle with Adam Morgan (Mercedes A35 Saloon) for the remainder of the race.

Selby had a good battle throughout and was up into thirteenth place by the end of lap three, after he’d followed Charles Rainford (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) in getting past Morgan on the run through Hawthorns and Westfield. That was where Selby would finish, as he drove a solid race.

Following Cammish’s unfortunate start, the number 27 Ford Focus Titanium went on to fight it out with the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Dexter Patterson. Cammish also drove a solid race to see the chequered flag just outside the top ten.

Champion Sutton had an interesting Race To Pole, and he’d climbed to fourth by lap three when Ricky Collard (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) ran wide at Paddock Hill Bend. However, he eventually lost out to the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Mikey Doble on the sixth lap.

With Doble pulling away, Sutton was embroiled in a brilliant battle with Collard (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N), Daryl De Leon (WSR BMW 330i M Sport), and the Mercedes of Dan Rowbottom. Unfortunately, the number five Ford picked up a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits (lap 8).

That meant that Dan Cammish was promoted to 10th place, as Ash Sutton finished behind in eleventh despite actually finishing fifth at the chequered flag. Lewis Selby finished in 13th, with Sam Osborne further back in nineteenth place.

RACE 1 (15 Laps)

With the ambient temperature being very cold on Sunday morning, the BTCC field worked vigorously to warm up their tyres on the formation lap of the opening race.

Dan Cammish (10th) had three laps of boost available to him, with Ash Sutton (11th) just the one lap of boost. Lewis Selby (16th) and Sam Osborne (19th) both had the full ten laps of boost at their disposal, and all four Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums were booted with the medium tyres.

The start saw Sutton climb up to seventh place, but Cammish dropped down a place to 11th. Osborne got away well to climb up into 16th, but Selby ran wide at the Druids hairpin to drop down the field.

Lap two saw Osborne having a great battle with Dan Lloyd (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N), before Cammish got by Dexter Patterson (Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon) on the next lap. Meanwhile, Selby was running in 20th and hunting down the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Nic Hamilton.

The fourth lap saw the Napa Racing UK Fords promoted up a spot each, after Aron Taylor-Smith (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport) pulled off into the pits with a problem. Selby also overtook Hamilton, as Tom Chilton (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) got by Osborne. Cammish was running in eighth, while Sutton was chasing after De Leon and Collard up ahead.

Sutton got by the WSR BMW 330i M Sport of De Leon on lap six, before running on to see the chequered flag in fifth place. Cammish eventually finished 8th after using all three of his boost laps early on in the race. Selby finished in 16th place after battling with the Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Ryan Bensley, but Osborne received a 5-second penalty (lap 12) for exceeding track limits and finished in fifteenth place.

RACE 2 (15 Laps)

The penultimate race of the season was another fifteen lap affair, with three of the Napa Racing UK Fords all equipped with the full ten laps worth of boost (Cammish, Osborne, and Selby). Sutton had five laps of boost at his disposal, and both he and Cammish were on the medium tyres. Osborne and Selby, meanwhile, opted for the soft tyre compound which they hoped would help them get through the field.

The start saw Ash Sutton get by Aiden Moffat’s Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon at Druids, with Sam Osborne advancing to thirteenth place. Dan Cammish and Lewis Selby on the other hand maintained their starting positions, as the field raced by to start the second lap.

Selby got into 15th on lap two, before Osborne overtook Tom Chilton (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) on the next lap. Sutton dived up the inside of Ricky Collard (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) at Paddock Hill Bend (lap 4) to take third place, while Cammish got by Aiden Moffat (Audi A3 Saloon) to take seventh. He then went on to get past Collard on the run down Hawthorn Hill (lap 7) to go on and finish sixth.

Osborne gained a place on lap ten when Adam Morgan (Mercedes A35 Saloon) ran wide exiting Paddock Hill Bend, before Selby took 14th place away from Dan Rowbottom (Mercedes A35 Saloon) on the next lap.

Dan Lloyd was hit with a penalty for exceeding track limits at the end, which meant that Osborne and Selby gained a position each at the chequered flag to finish 10th and 13th respectively. Cammish saw the chequered flag in sixth, as Sutton claimed another podium to finish third.

RACE 3 (18 Laps)

The 30th and final race of the BTCC season was the Reversed Grid Race. The four Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums lined up on the grid as follows: Dan Cammish 4th with six laps of boost (soft tyres); Ash Sutton 7th with three laps of boost (soft tyres); Sam Osborne 10th with ten laps of boost (medium tyres); and Lewis Selby 13th with ten laps of boost (medium tyres).

The start of the race was immediately interrupted by a Safety Car, after Selby got trapped in-between the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N duo of Tom Ingram and Tom Chilton in the breaking zone for Paddock Hill Bend. Sadly, all three were eliminated from the race.

Racing resumed on the seventh of a now 18-lap race, with Cammish third, Sutton fourth, and Osborne in tenth place. Sutton overtook Cammish at Surtees before then getting by Patterson (Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon) on the pit straight. Osborne meanwhile lost out to both Charles Rainford (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) and Aron Taylor-Smith (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport).

Lap nine saw Sutton drop to ninth after Ricky Collard (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) forced him off-track. That promoted Cammish back into third place as Osborne lost out to Dan Lloyd (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N) further back.

Cammish then overtook Patterson at Druids on the tenth lap, as Sutton got by both Rainford and Taylor-Smith. However, the Safety Car was deployed two laps later after Rowbottom’s Mercedes A35 Saloon pulled off with its front brakes on fire.

Racing resumed on lap fifteen and Sutton was up to sixth place after Morgan had squeezed the Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook off on the pit straight duo to Collard deliberately slowing down on the restart lap… an act that the Team Vertu driver would come to regret.

Sutton’s restart lap was a good one, as he went on to pass both Morgan and Moffat before the Cooper Straight. He then took third place away from Dexter Patterson at Paddock Hill Bend on lap 16, before overtaking Cammish at Druids on the final lap.

However, his teammate returned the favour at Westfield to lead Sutton home in an excellent second place. Osborne meanwhile came home in fourteenth place, as the curtain closed on his BTCC career. That became thirteenth when another driver was penalised after the race.

Collard’s antics on the restart lap cost him the race win, after he was handed a five-second penalty for a Safety Car Restart Procedural Infringement, which meant that Cammish won the race and Sutton finished behind in second place.

As the dust settles on another thrilling BTCC campaign, Champion Ash Sutton finishes with 516 points in the Drivers Championship. Dan Cammish finished third with 372 points, while Sam Osborne (76 points) and Lewis Selby (46 points) finished in 17th and nineteenth respectively.

Alliance Racing/Ford claimed the Manufacturers/Constructors title with 910 points, while Napa Racing UK sealed the Teams Championship with 766 points.

Lewis Selby finished as the runner up in the Jack Sears Trophy with 376 points, while Sam Osborne took third place with 333 points.

As we celebrate the team’s and driver’s successes this season, we also take this opportunity to thank Sam Osborne for everything. We also wish him nothing but the very best for whatever his future holds. Thank you Sam.

By Chris Palmer

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Race One (Round 18)

Saturday’s opening race was eventually won by EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme driver Nathan Edwards. Joe Tanner brought his Napa Racing UK JCW MINI home in ninth place, with Cameron Richardson finishing further back.

However Tanner was victorious in the Directors’ Cup race, but Will Crooks (EXCLER8 Motorsport) remained at the top of the JCW Directors Cup table with a sizeable lead.

Race Two (Round 19)

The penultimate Power Maxed MINI Challenge series race saw Tanner start well to take the lead going into the Druids hairpin on a cold, but sunny Sunday morning.

Championship protagonist Tom Ovenden (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) got by Tanner on the inside at Dingle Dell, before Pro Alloys Racing driver Max Edmundson followed the EXCLER8 MINI through to drop Tanner down to third.

He (Tanner) then had a good battle with Josh Porter (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) following a Safety Car restart, but the Napa Racing UK MINI ran wide at Graham Hill Bend to drop behind Sam Gornall (Pro Alloys Racing) in fourth place.

Fifth eventually became seventh, after Harry Campey (EXCLER8 Motorsport) and Archie Johnson (Jamsport Racing UK) got by before the chequered flag.

Meanwhile, Cameron Richardson drove a solid race to see the chequered flag inside the top ten.

Race Three (Round 20)

The final 20-minute race of the season was a rather processional affair for large portions, with both Napa Racing UK MINIs eventually finishing outside the top ten.

Joe Tanner started the race in 15th place on the grid, with teammate Cameron Richardson behind in sixteenth. Both were promoted a place after Alex Brandham (OX4Racing) pulled out with a problem on the formation lap.

By the end of the opening lap, Tanner found himself in 13th with Richardson right behind. They would remain that way until Richardson got by on the ninth lap. The duo then overtook EXCLER8 Motorsport driver Will Crooks on the next lap, before Ned Anthony (Pro Alloys Racing) got by Tanner on the penultimate lap.

As the final lap of the season reached the chequered flag, Cameron Richardson finished 11th and Joe Tanner two places back in thirteenth place.

The final JCW Drivers Championship table sees Tanner finish in tenth place with 480 points, while Richardson finished with 466 points in 11th. Tanner remained second in the JCW Directors Cup table with 768 points, while Napa Racing UK finished in fifth place of the JCW Teams Championship with 946 points.

By Chris Palmer

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RACE 1 (22 Laps)

The first 22-lap race of Sunday saw three of the Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums start on the medium tyre compound. Lewis Selby was the odd man out, as he opted for the soft tyres to go together with the 14 laps of boost he had available to him as he lined up in 13th place.

Sam Osborne also had 14 laps of boost at his disposal as he started 21st, while Ash Sutton (14th) and Dan Cammish (15th) both had four laps and five laps available respectively.

By the end of the opening lap, Sutton had launched himself into the top ten (9th), while Selby (13th) and Cammish (17th) had mixed starts. Osborne meanwhile had climbed up to eighteenth by the start of lap two.

Both Sutton and Tom Ingram (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) got sideways at Luffield courtesy of the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Aron Taylor-Smith, which put the championship leader back down behind teammate Selby. However, he ran wide on the next lap which enabled Sutton to get back up into 11th before he lost out to Cammish on the Wellington Straight on lap three.

Osborne was having a torrid time in his Ford and had dropped behind the Audi A3 Saloon of Nick Halstead by lap six, before the Ford pulled into the pits to retire from the race eight laps later.

Selby went on to lose out to Restart Racing duo Chris Smiley and Dan Lloyd, before the former also got by Sutton on the eleventh lap. Three laps later saw Sutton and Cammish work together in brilliant fashion to enable Sutton to return the favour on Smiley through Woodcote to take 12th on the pit straight. That soon became 11th place when Cammish also pulled into the pits on lap seventeen to leave Sutton and Selby to fly the Napa flag for the remainder of the race.

Lewis Selby then got by Lloyd (lap 18) and Dexter Patterson (lap 19) for 13th place, as Sutton defended vigorously from the Hyundia i30N of Smiley, which was then aided by the attention of Selby’s Ford attacking the rear bumper of Smiley (lap 20).

His attention on the back of the Hyundia opened Selby up to an attack from the Hyundia of Tom Ingram on the penultimate lap, which the Team Vertu driver duly took, before Smiley got by Sutton on the pit straight at the start of the final lap. Sutton then finished in 12th place following an excellent drag race to the line with the Hyundia duo of Smiley and Ingram, as Selby took the final championship point to see the chequered flag in fifteenth.

RACE 2 (22 Laps)

Round 26 of the season would be a race that saw Ash Sutton and the Napa Racing UK team rewrite the history books, as the championship leader became the greatest driver in the history of the BTCC.

He started the race in 12th place with teammates Selby (15th), Cammish (21st), and Osborne (23rd) all behind him on the grid. All four Ford Focus Titaniums were on the soft tyres, and all had the full allocation of 14 laps of boost available to them.

They all got away well as the lights went out, with Sutton up into 8th by the end of the opening lap. Teammates Selby (14th), Cammish (16th), and Osborne (18th) also made good progress as the Fords showed their pace.

By the time the field reached Beckett’s on lap two, Sutton had got by both Gordon Shedden (Toyota Corolla GR Sport) and Charles Rainford (BMW 330i M Sport), before he got by the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook at Brooklands. Cammish got by the Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Ryan Bensley, before Osborne lost out to Dexter Patterson’s Audi A3 Saloon.

A blistering opening four laps by Sutton were completed when he overtook Mikey Doble (Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon) on the entrance to Beckett’s, before he set after the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Chilton. He got a great run on the exit of Luffield and Woodcote to complete the move at Copse at the start of lap six, while Cammish and Selby were chasing Smiley further back.

Lap seven saw Sutton take second place away from the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Aiden Moffat on the Wellington Straight, before Cammish also got by the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook (lap 8).

Sutton’s masterclass was completed when he threw the BMW 330i M Sport of Daryl De Leon the dummy at Copse to take the lead of the race in a brilliant move on lap nine. It would be a lead that he’d maintain to the chequered flag.

Further back, Selby was having a good race with the Hyundia of Ingram, while Cammish relieved Smiley of 11th place (lap 10). The number 27 Ford Focus Titanium then got by Mikey Doble with a great move on the pit straight (lap 13), before he got by the Toyota of Shedden on the Wellington Straight (lap 14).

Teammates Selby was defending from the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Nic Hamilton, while Osborne remained in a frustrated 19th. Osborne did eventually get 18th place off of Lewis Gilbert, while Selby was having a terrific ding-dong with Cook and Doble (lap 18).

Cammish passed Tom Chilton for 8th place on lap 15, before both he and Aron Taylor-Smith (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport) got by Aiden Moffat’s Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon at Beckett’s (Taylor-Smith) and the Wellington Straight (Cammish), before Cammish took sixth place off of Taylor-Smith on the penultimate lap.

Sam Osborne saw the chequered flag in a disappointing 17th, while Lewis Selby finished in 13th after penalties to other drivers. Dan Cammish drove an excellent race to climb 15 places to finish in sixth place, but the race belonged to Ash Sutton as he took his ninth win of the season and the fastest lap.

Sutton’s exploits saw him clinch a 56th career BTCC race win and a record breaking fifth BTCC Championship title.

RACE 3 (22 Laps)

The final race of the weekend was the usual Reversed Grid Race, which took place on a wet track. Dan Cammish lined up in fourth place of the grid (with 10 laps of boost), while Ash Sutton started ninth (with 4 laps of boost). Both Lewis Selby and Sam Osborne had 14 laps of boost at their disposal, as they started 13th and 17th respectively.

Unfortunately Cammish bogged down at the start to end up down in tenth place by the end of the opening while, in contrast, Sutton was up into 8th, Osborne in 13th, and Selby down in 15th.

Lap two saw Sutton swiftly get by Josh Cook and Charles Rainford for sixth place, while both Cammish (9th) and Osborne (12th) also gained another place each. However, Selby found himself down in 16th after losing out to the Audi A3 Saloon of Dexter Patterson, before dropping another spot courtesy of Lewis Gilbert’s WSR BMW 330i M Sport.

Sutton then overtook the Mercedes A35 Saloon of Adam Morgan on the third lap, before getting by the Toyota of Aron Taylor-Smith on the next lap. Lap nine then saw him take a podium spot away from Dan Rowbottom, while Osborne got by Rainford at Beckett’s to take 12th place on the next lap.

However Rainford returned the favour on lap eleven, while Dan Lloyd relegated Selby to 18th place as teammate Cammish was fighting with Gordon Shedden and Rowbottom up ahead.

Sutton dived up the inside of Aiden Moffat (Audi A3 Saloon) at Luffield to take second place on lap thirteen, just as Selby lost out to the Toyota of Ryan Bensley, Lewis Gilbert (BMW 330i M Sport), and the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Nic Hamilton to start lap 15 down in 20th.

Dan Cammish took sixth place away from Rowbottom to chase after Shedden and Taylor-Smith (lap 15), before Rainford tapped Osborne into a well-controlled slide at Brooklands on lap 18. Thankfully, Osborne was able to continue and he eventually finished inside the points (14th) after getting by Dexter Patterson.

Lewis Selby finished in 21st after being pipped to the line by Hamilton, as Cammish took fifth place away from Taylor-Smith on the exit of Beckett’s on lap 19 to score some good points.

Ash Sutton meanwhile finished in an excellent second place, behind the Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram, as the Napa Racing UK team secured the Manufacturers/Constructors and Teams’ Championship titles in what has been a superb season for the crew.

Sutton’s drive to the title has seen him register nine victories and ten second place finishes in 27 races, as he finished the weekend with 468 points in the Drivers’ Championship. Teammate Dan Cammish sits in third place with 331 points, while Sam Osborne occupies 18th with 65 points. Lewis Selby remains right behind Osborne with 43 points (19th).

Alliance Racing/Ford have clinched the Manufacturers/Constructors Championship with 817 points, while Napa Racing UK clinch the Teams’ Championship with 699 points.

Lewis Selby’s efforts saw him secure the overall Jack Sears Trophy win for the Silverstone National rounds, as he occupies second in the table with 348 points. Sam Osborne’s struggles continued, as he remained in fifth place of the Jack Sears Trophy table with 284 points.

By Chris Palmer

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Race One (Round 15)

The Napa Racing UK MINI duo of Joe Tanner and Cameron Richardson qualified in tenth and fourteenth respectively, yet were both disqualified along with several other drivers for apparently not wearing the correct fire-proof clothing.

Both Napa MINIs carved their way through the field on Saturday’s un-televised race, with Tanner seeing the chequered flag inside the top ten (ninth) and Richardson finishing in thirteenth place.

Race Two (Round 16)

The second 20-minute race of the weekend took place on Sunday morning, with Joe Tanner beginning lap two in 11th and Cameron Richardson four places behind his teammate after a mixed start for the duo.

By the time the field of JCW MINIs reached the Wellington Straight, Tanner was back up to ninth while Richardson had dropped behind the BPC Motorsport MINI of Charlie Hand at Brooklands. Both drivers were promoted a spot each when the Safety Car was deployed after two drivers had off-track excursions with 17 minutes still to race.

Racing eventually resumed with seven minutes remaining, as Tanner gave Tom Ovenden (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) a hard time, while Richardson got the better of EXCLER8 Motorsport driver Olivier Algieri.

However, Algieri returned the favour on Richardson further around the lap, before Harry Hickton (Harry Hickton Motorsport) ran wide enabling the Napa Racing UK duo to get by and up into seventh and twelfth respectively.

Cameron Richardson stole 11th off of Will Crooks (EXCLER8 Motorsport) on the last lap, while up ahead saw Joe Tanner take the chequered flag in seventh place.

Race Three (Round 17)

The final 20-minute Power Maxed MINI Challenge race of the weekend saw the Napa Racing UK duo line up on the tenth row, with Cameron Richardson in 19th and Joe Tanner behind in 20th place.

Both got away well, with Tanner launching himself up into 14th to chase the Pro Alloys Racing MINI of Owen Hillman, while Richardson remained 19th and was fighting with Harry Hickton. He then got by Cemil Cipa (EXCLER8 Motorsport) to start lap six in 18th.

The next lap saw Tanner lose out to Charlie Hand and Hickton, before Richardson got by Alex Brandham (OX4Racing). Tanner then got by Hillman’s Pro Alloys Racing MINI (lap 9), as rain began to fall onto the circuit.

That rain started to slow the field down, which hindered the progress of Tanner and Richardson, although the latter did also manage to get by Hillman to finish the race in fifteenth place on the road. However at the end of the race, a few drivers received penalties, which meant that Tanner finished in 11th and Richardson 14th.

With one more weekend of racing remaining, the Napa Racing UK duo sit in 11th (Joe Tanner) and 12th (Cameron Richardson) of the JCW Drivers Championship with 400 and 395 points respectively. Tanner sits in second place of the JCW Directors Cup with 668 points, while Napa Racing UK finished the weekend in fifth place of the JCW Teams Championship, with 795 points.

There’s still plenty to race for as the final three rounds take place at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on the 10th and 11th of October.

By Chris Palmer

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RACE TO POLE (11 Laps)

Saturday’s Race To Pole was an uninterrupted 11-lap charge, which started brightly before turning into a rather processional run to the chequered flag. The starting grid saw the four Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums line up in second (Dan Cammish), fifth (Ash Sutton), fourteenth (Sam Osborne), and 17th (Lewis Selby). All were on the soft tyres and both Osborne and Selby had the full quota of twenty seconds of boost per lap available. Sutton had his usual solitary second, while Cammish had five seconds per lap at his disposal.

The start saw both Cammish, Sutton, and Selby get away well, but Osborne dropped down to 17th place. Sutton was up into the podium places by the time he reached the Jim Clark Esses, having passed the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram and the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Mikey Doble.

Doble lost power on the second lap which promoted Selby into 14th, but Osborne fell another place while Cammish and Sutton were swarming all over the back of Josh Cook’s Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota GR Sport.

However, no further progress would be made by the Napa Racing UK Fords, as Dan Cammish took the chequered flag in a comfortable second with Ash Sutton behind him. Lewis Selby finished 14th, while Sam Osborne finished in 18th place.

RACE TO POLE (11 Laps)

Saturday’s Race To Pole was an uninterrupted 11-lap charge, which started brightly before turning into a rather processional run to the chequered flag. The starting grid saw the four Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums line up in second (Dan Cammish), fifth (Ash Sutton), fourteenth (Sam Osborne), and 17th (Lewis Selby). All were on the soft tyres and both Osborne and Selby had the full quota of twenty seconds of boost per lap available. Sutton had his usual solitary second, while Cammish had five seconds per lap at his disposal.

The start saw both Cammish, Sutton, and Selby get away well, but Osborne dropped down to 17th place. Sutton was up into the podium places by the time he reached the Jim Clark Esses, having passed the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram and the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Mikey Doble.

Doble lost power on the second lap which promoted Selby into 14th, but Osborne fell another place while Cammish and Sutton were swarming all over the back of Josh Cook’s Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota GR Sport.

However, no further progress would be made by the Napa Racing UK Fords, as Dan Cammish took the chequered flag in a comfortable second with Ash Sutton behind him. Lewis Selby finished 14th, while Sam Osborne finished in 18th place.

RACE 2 (15 Laps)

Round 23 saw Ash Sutton start in second place. He had two laps of boost available and had to use the less-favoured hard tyres. His teammates were all on the soft tyres with Dan Cammish (4 laps of boost) starting 4th, Sam Osborne (10 laps of boost) starting 15th, and Lewis Selby (10 laps of boost) starting from 18th.

The start was a mixed event for the team, with Sutton getting by the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook on the outside at Tower Bend to take a lead that he wouldn’t relinquish. Osborne also got away well to jump up to eleventh by the end of the opening lap.

In contrast, Cammish got swamped at the start as his hard tyres struggled for grip. He’d find himself down in 8th place by lap three, while Selby had another excursion off of the circuit to drop to the back end of the field.

Lap five saw Osborne have to pit, while Selby was in 17th and fighting with Dexter Patterson. Cammish meanwhile was involved in an exciting battle with Aiden Moffat (Audi A3 Saloon) and the WSR BMW 330i M Sport of Charles Rainford. The number 27 Ford Focus Titanium got by Rainford at Sunny In (lap 5), before then taking sixth place off of Josh Cook on the pit straight (lap 6).

Cammish overtook Ingram on lap nine, although he did unintentionally tap the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N driver off of the track. Selby was fighting with Daryl De Leon (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) and got by at the final hairpin, however he remained 16th because Chris Smiley (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N) sneaked past the squabbling pair!

Up front meanwhile saw Sutton pull out a 4.7 lead over the Mercedes A35 Saloon of Dan Rowbottom, who had also been hit with a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits! Sadly, Sutton’s teammate Selby was also given such a penalty just as he lost out to the BMW of De Leon (lap 13).

Osborne eventually saw the chequered flag in 18th place, ahead of Nic Hamilton (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N), while Selby finished one place ahead of his teammate. Cammish finished in a hard-fought fourth, as Sutton took another excellent victory to score his sixteenth podium finish of the season. The win was his eighth of the campaign and the 55th BTCC win of his career.

RACE 3 (18 Laps)

The third and final race of the weekend was the usual Reversed Grid Race. Dan Cammish started seventh (hard tyres and 4 laps of boost), Ash Sutton tenth (soft tyres and 1 lap of boost), Lewis Selby 17th (hard tyres), and Sam Osborne in 18th place (soft tyres). Both Selby and Osborne had the full ten laps of boost at their disposal.

The start proved to be a nightmare for the Napa Racing UK crew, with three of the Fords involved in opening lap clashes. Cammish got too high on the curb at Clervaux, which threw his Ford Focus Titanium into the innocent Ricky Collard (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N). Sutton also got caught up in the accident, while Aron Taylor-Smith found himself off track only to bounce back onto the tarmac and collect Selby’s Ford!

The Safety Car was obviously deployed, as Sutton and Cammish pitted for repairs. The latter returned albeit a lap down, Sutton on the other hand was able to return to set the fastest lap (lap 12) before retiring his Ford.

Once racing resumed on lap seven (of a now 18-lap race) Osborne was in 15th, Selby 17th, and Cammish at the back of the field. And by lap nine, Osborne had despatched Nic Hamilton, Daryl De Leon, and Lewis Gilbert to find himself up inside the top twelve.

When Tom Ingram and Dan Rowbottom both suffered separate incidents, Osborne was up into ninth place just as Selby overtook Nick Halstead (Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon) for 17th (lap 10).

Osborne then forced his way past the BMW of Charles Rainford, before losing out to Lloyd (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N) and pulling into the pits with damage on the 14th lap. Sadly, that’s where Osborne’s frustrating weekend came to an end.

Lewis Selby got by Rainford on lap 15 and would then take the chequered flag to finish 14th, after Hamilton and a few other drivers were penalised for track limit offences. Dan Cammish, meanwhile, finished in a disappointing 18th place.

After another busy weekend of racing and panel bashing (in traditional BTCC style), Ash Sutton leads the Drivers’ Championship from teammate Dan Cammish with 424 points to 309 points. Sam Osborne sits in 18th with 62 points, and Lewis Selby 19th with 37 points.

Alliance Racing/Ford lead the Manufacturers/Constructors Championship with 733 points, and Napa Racing UK lead the Teams Championship with 637 points. Meanwhile in the Jack Sears Trophy table, Selby has 298 points (second) while Osborne has 251 points (fifth).

Next up sees the crew take on the Silverstone National Circuit for the penultimate group of races of the season.

By Chris Palmer

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RACE TO POLE (11 Laps)

The 9-lap Race To Pole saw the afternoon’s racing at Donington Park interrupted by the Safety Car. All four Napa Racing UK Fords were booted with the medium tyres for this session, which would end up becoming an 11-lap race.

All Fords got away well and, by the time the field reached The Esses, Cammish was up into fourth place with Sutton right behind in fifth. Osborne was up to 11th, with Selby two places further back. However, the Safety Car was deployed on the next lap after Mikey Doble’s Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon had stopped with a problem.

Racing resumed on lap four, which resulted in Cammish and Sutton getting boxed in behind the defensive Josh Cook (Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport), which enabled the Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport duo of Gordon Shedden and Aron Taylor-Smith bully their past the championship leader on the run through the Redgate, Holly Wood, and Craner Curves complex. Yet in typical Sutton fashion, he had the speed to maintain his position as the group reached McLeans.

Further back saw Osborne lose out to the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram, while Selby had dropped back to fourteenth. That became 13th on the next lap, after Daryl De Leon lost power in his WSR BMW 330i M Sport, which resulted in another Safety Car intervention.

At the restart on the seventh lap, Sutton dived up the inside of teammate Cammish at the Old Hairpin to take fourth place. Meanwhile, Selby was forced to take avoiding action to miss the luckless and power-less Tom Chilton (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N), which put the Ford driver back into 13th place and Osborne into the top ten.

He (Osborne) went on to fight with and succeed in getting by the Audi A3 Saloon of Dexter Patterson at the Melbourne Hairpin (lap 8), as Selby lost out to the recovering Dolby on Starkey’s Straight. Up ahead saw Cammish defending his place from Shedden, while Sutton was putting the pressure on Cook’s Toyota Corolla GR Sport for third.

And that’s how the Napa Racing UK Fords finished at the chequered flag – Sutton (4th), Cammish (5th), Osborne (9th), and Selby (17th).

RACE 1 (17 Laps)

On the run to the grid for the first race of the weekend, Sam Osborne’s Ford Focus Titanium rolled to a hault with a problem. Sadly the number 77 couldn’t get going again, which meant Osborne would have to miss out. And it wouldn’t be the only problem for Osborne, who had a torrid time at Donington Park.

The three remaining Ford Focus Titaniums lined up in fourth (Ash Sutton), fifth (Dan Cammish], and 17th (Lewis Selby). Both Sutton and Cammish were on medium tyres and had one lap of boost (Sutton) and three laps of boost (Cammish) available respectively. Selby meanwhile, plumped for the hard tyre compound and had the full quota of ten laps worth of boost at his disposal for this 14-lapper.

Cammish held station at the start of the race, while Sutton followed the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook in getting past the Mercedes A35 Saloon of Dan Rowbottom on the run through the Craner Curves.

The second lap saw the Safety Car deployed after Lewis Gilbert suffered a huge crash at the Melbourne Hairpin on the opening lap. Thankfully Gilbert was alright, but his WSR BMW 330i M Sport was a right off.

Lap six saw racing resume, before the Safety Car was straight back out due to Tom Chilton’s Hyundia i30N grinding to a halt! The Team Vertu driver managed to get going again, which enabled the race to continue on the eighth lap.

Cammish lost out to the Toyota of Gordon Shedden (lap 9), while Sutton was defending the advances of Rowbottom. Lewis Selby was keeping a watching brief of the two squabbling Audis of Mikey Doble and Aiden Moffat, while keeping tabs on the charging Charles Rainford (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) behind. The number 15 Ford then overtook Chris Smiley (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N) on the next lap.

The three Fords were each promoted up a spot after Josh Cook slowed with a problem on lap eleven, before Lewis Selby found himself in the middle of a fierce battle on the next lap. First he got a terrific run on the Audi A3 Saloon of Mikey Doble through the Old Hairpin, which enabled the Ford to get by at McLeans. However Doble returned the favour at Coppice, which left Selby vulnerable to an attack from the WSR BMW 330i M Sport of Charles Rainford. And the BMW’s straightline speed advantage meant that Selby lost another position on the race down Starkey’s Straight.

He (Selby) lost out to Smiley (Hyundia i30N) on the next lap, before fending off Dan Lloyd (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N) and the BMW 330i M Sport of Daryl De Leon to take the chequered flag inside the points (14th).

Up ahead, Dan Cammish lunged down the inside of Rowbottom (Mercedes A35 Saloon) at the Melbourne Hairpin to steal fourth place, as Ash Sutton finished in a comfortable second.

RACE 2 (14 Laps)

The second BTCC race of the day saw the luckless number 77 Ford Focus Titanium of Sam Osborne pull off the track with another problem on the formation lap! That left his teammates a man down once again, as they took to the grid in second place (Ash Sutton, with two laps of boost available and hard tyres), fourth (Dan Cammish, with four laps of boost and medium tyres), and 13th (Lewis Selby, with ten laps of boost and medium tyres).

This 14-lap race marked Cammish’s 200th competitive race, and he started well to get by the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Gordon Shedden on the opening lap. Up ahead saw Ash Sutton take the lead away from the Mercedes A35 Saloon of Adam Morgan with a brilliant pass.

Further back saw Lewis Selby lose out to Daryl De Leon (WSR BMW 330i M Sport), but the Napa Racing UK driver gained two places at the expense of Tom Chilton and Mikey Doble on the second lap. Unfortunately, Selby’s race was all but ruined on lap three when he was hit with a 10-second penalty for a false start. He’d go on to finish in a disappointing seventeenth.

Cammish took his third place back on lap three, after getting by Morgan at Redgate. He then followed the other Mercedes A35 Saloon of Dan Rowbottom in getting by teammate Sutton (lap 4). The number 27 Ford Focus Titanium then fed Rowbottom the dummy at Goddards to take the lead of the race.

Sutton meanwhile was having a good old ding-dong with his championship rival Tom Ingram (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N) and, when Rowbottom slowed down on lap ten, the championship leader found himself in second place once again and followed his teammate home for an Alliance Racing/Napa Racing UK 1-2.

Not only was the race number 200 for Dan Cammish, but the win was his eighteenth BTCC race victory! So, despite the struggles of the other two Fords (Osborne and Selby), there was plenty to smile about for the crew.

RACE 3 (14 Laps)

The final race of the weekend was the usual Reversed Grid Race. Ash Sutton lined up in 9th place (with 2 laps of boost and medium tyres), while Dan Cammish (one lap of boost and hard tyres) lined up directly behind him. Lewis Selby started from 17th (with 10 laps of boost and medium tyres), and Sam Osborne took to the grid in 22nd place. He was on the medium tyre compound and also had the full ten laps of boost available.

By the end of the opening lap, Sutton had climbed to seventh, Selby was up into 16th and Osborne found himself in 17th after overtaking five cars! However, Cammish got swamped at the start of the race and had dropped to 14th by the start of lap two.

Lap three saw Sutton’s teammates all gain a place after Rowbottom entered the pits to serve a 10-second penalty for a false start. Sutton meanwhile was inside a group of five drivers fighting for third place. He gained one place (6th) after getting by Tom Ingram (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N), just as Selby overtook Cammish further back.

The next lap saw Sutton lose ground and find himself in ninth place, which soon became seventh once again after the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Ricky Collard ran wide while exiting The Esses (lap 5).

In contrast to the previous race, Cammish’s Ford Focus Titanium appeared to be struggling and he lost out to both Ryan Bensley (Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport) and Nic Hamilton (Team Vertu Hyundia i30) on lap seven. But he did return the favour on Hamilton on the following lap.

Ash Sutton was now swarming all over the back of the squabbling Toyota of Gordon Shedden and Audi of Dexter Patterson, and he made a good move on lap nine to get by the latter through Redgate and Holly Wood. Sutton then completed the move at the Craner Curves, before then having to defend firmly from the charging Charles Rainford (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) a few laps later (lap 11).

On the last lap of the race, Sutton dived down the inside of the Toyota of Shedden at Redgate to steal fifth place. While in similar fashion, Cammish stole the last point (15th) away from the Hyundia i30N of Hamilton on the line! Selby and Osborne, meanwhile, took the chequered flag in 12th and 14th places respectively.

As the dust settles after another weekend of excellent racing, there were mixed emotions within the Alliance Racing/Napa Racing UK camp. Yet from the highs of finishing 1-2 in the second race, to the misfortune of Sam Osborne in particular, the crew still remains at the helm of the Manufacturers/Constructors Championship and Teams Championship tables with 658 and 571 points respectively.

Ash Sutton still leads the Drivers’ Championship with 377 points, with Dan Cammish on 274 points in third. Sam Osborne sits in 18th with sixty points, while Lewis Selby occupies nineteenth with 34 points.

Having missed the previous round due to illness, plus his misfortune in today’s races, Sam Osborne has lost ground to the leaders (Dexter Patterson and James Dorlin) in the Jack Sears Trophy race. He has dropped to fifth with his 221 points, while Lewis Selby finished the day in third with 255 points.

By Chris Palmer

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RACE TO POLE (20 Laps)

The Race To Pole was a 17-lap race to determine the grid for Sunday’s main racing at this short circuit, and all drivers were booted with the soft tyre compound. Dan Cammish had five seconds per lap of boost available, while Ash Sutton had just the solitary second per lap available. Both Sam Osborne and Lewis Selby had twenty seconds per lap at their disposal.

The start saw all four Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums gain places, as the Safety Car was deployed due to Josh Cook crashing out of the contest. That meant that we’d have a 20-lap race, which restarted on the seventh lap.

Both Cammish and Sutton got by the Audi A3 Saloon of Dexter Patterson as rain began to fall. By lap nine, the Napa Racing UK duo found themselves stuck in a train behind the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram, Mikey Doble (Audi A3 Saloon), and the Restart Racing Hyundia i30N of James Dorlin. Further back saw Osborne and Selby stuck behind Aron Taylor-Smith and Dexter Patterson, before Lewis Gilbert (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) got by Selby on lap thirteen.

Up ahead saw Cammish follow Ingram to get by Dorlin’s Hyundia i30N at Clark’s corner, but Sutton couldn’t make his move on the Restart Racing driver through Hislops stick, so settled in behind until another opportunity presented itself.

Dorlin’s superior boost helped him to get by Cammish on the pit straight (lap 14), however, both Cammish and Sutton overtook the Hyundia on the run through Duffus Dip and Leslie’s. Meanwhile, Selby got by his teammate Osborne at Taylor’s Hairpin on lap 16, before Ryan Bensley (Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport) overtook the number 77 Ford Focus Titanium at Duffus Dip on the next lap. Osborne did return the favour on Bensley on the pit straight to claim 18th place on the last lap, while Selby finished 17th, Sutton 11th, and Cammish 10th on what was a difficult Saturday for the Napa Racing UK drivers.

RACE 1 (27 Laps)

The first race of Sunday saw the majority of the grid on the wet tyres due to rain. That included the Napa Racing UK Fords, which lined up in 10th (Cammish), 11th (Sutton), 17th (Selby), and 18th (Osborne). Both Sam Osborne and Lewis Selby had the full allocation of ten laps of boost available, while Dan Cammish had five laps and Ash Sutton just the one lap at his disposal for this 24-lap race.

Despite visibility being a challenge, all four Ford Focus Titaniums got off the line well as the lights went out. By the start of the second lap Ash Sutton had risen to ninth, but Dan Cammish had dropped back to 11th place. Sam Osborne was up to 15th, while Lewis Selby had fallen down to nineteenth place in this fiercely competitive BTCC field.

Sutton got by the Audi A3 Saloon of Mikey Doble at Leslie’s to begin fighting with the BMW 330i M Sport of Daryl De Leon, Chris Smiley’s Restart Racing Hyundia i30N, and the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Tom Ingram on the run through Taylor’s Hairpin. Dan Cammish meanwhile was keeping a watching brief behind.

Cammish relieved Doble of ninth place on lap four, while Sutton got by De Leon on the line to begin lap five in 6th place. Further back, Osborne got by James Dorlin to take 14th place on the run down Hislops and, by the end of the next lap, he’d find himself up in 12th. Unfortunately, Cammish was then hit with a 10-second penalty for a false start which ended any possibility of him reaching the podium.

Sutton was now embroiled in a battle with the BMW 330i M Sport of Charles Rainford and the Team Vertu Hyundia i30N of Ricky Collard for fourth place, and he got by Rainford on the run through Clark’s and Hislops (lap 8). He then took fourth away from Collard with a brilliant move through Leslie’s on the 10th lap. And now in clear air, he took the fastest lap away from teammate Cammish (lap 11).

Cammish meanwhile remained in his position, as he was stuck behind Tom Ingram and Charles Rainford. Sam Osborne was also stuck in his position at this point (lap 8), while Lewis Selby was fighting with the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Josh Cook further back. He did claim 18th place when Chris Smiley was pushed off wide earlier in the lap though, before both he and Osborne were promoted a place when Rainford had to pit his BMW 330i M Sport (lap 15).

Lap seventeen saw the Safety Car deployed after Cook had pushed Lewis Gilbert (WSR BMW 330i M Sport) off and out of the race, which promoted Selby another place to just outside the points. The race resumed on lap 23 of what would now be a 27-lap race and, when De Leon understeered wide while exiting Butcher’s, Osborne was promoted to 12th place on the penultimate lap.

Sutton took the chequered flag in a solid fourth place, while Cammish finished 7th on the road. Sadly his penalty dropped him down to 18th place, while Osborne and Selby finished 10th and 14th respectively.

RACE 2 (27 Laps)

The second 24-lap race saw a virtually dry track and all four Napa Racing UK Fords on the soft tyres. Ash Sutton started 4th (with 7 laps of boost available), Sam Osborne started 10th (with 14 laps of boost).  Lewis Selby was 13th on the grid (with 14 laps of boost), while Dan Cammish started down in 18th (with 14 laps of boost).

Ash Sutton got away well to snatch third place off of Gordon Shedden (Toyota Corolla GR Sport), before the Safety Car was deployed for the stricken Audi A3 Saloon of Aiden Moffat. The other three Ford Focus Titaniums all climbed the field at the start, with Osborne up to 7th, Selby in 12th, and Cammish right behind him in 13th place.

Racing resumed on lap six of what would now be a 27-lap race, and on the run through McIntyre’s, Sutton got past the Plato Racing Mercedes A35 Saloon of Dan Rowbottom on the next lap. Osborne was looking particularly feisty as he battled with the Audi A3 Saloons of Dexter Patterson and Mikey Doble, while Cammish and Selby got by Aron Taylor-Smith (Toyota Corolla GR Sport) and Josh Cook (Speedworks Corolla Racing Toyota Corolla GR Sport) respectively.

Laps nine and ten saw Sam Osborne lose out to De Leon and his teammate Dan Cammish, before Lewis Selby lost out to the BMW 330i M Sport of Charles Rainford on the next lap. Up front meanwhile, Ash Sutton pulled out to break late to take the lead of the race away from Adam Morgan (Plato Racing Mercedes A35 Saloon) on the entrance to Taylor’s Hairpin.

With a ten-car train stuck behind the Toyota Corolla GR Sport of Gordon Shedden, Osborne would drop behind De Leon, Taylor-Smith, and Rainford as cars began tripping over each other (lap 12). But both he and teammate Selby did get back past Chris Smiley and Aron Taylor-Smith two laps later.

With Cammish getting bottled up behind the Audi A3 Saloon of Dexter Patterson, Rainford got a good launch out of the hairpin to overtake the number 27 Ford Focus Titanium on the run up the pit straight (lap 17), before Smiley tried to get by Cammish on the 22nd lap as well, only to crash out of the race with a broken left front! Thus, prompting another Safety Car intervention on the next lap.

Racing resumed on the penultimate lap, leaving the field to fight it out in a one-lap dash to the finish. Sutton took the chequered flag to secure his seventh win of the season as well as the fastest lap. Meanwhile, his teammates all finished line asturn, with Cammish finishing 9th, Osborne 10th, and Selby 11th. Ash Sutton’s victory was the 54th of his career, which ties him with Gordon Shedden in the all-time winners list.

RACE 3 (24 Laps)

The final race of the weekend was the usual Reversed Grid Race. This 24-lapper saw the Napa Racing UK drivers all on the medium tyre compound, while three of them had the full allocation of 14 laps of boost available to them. Ash Sutton was the odd man out with just four laps of boost at his disposal.

They lined up with Lewis Selby in second place, Sam Osborne third, Dan Cammish fourth, and Ash Sutton in 12th as the sun was shining for the weekend’s curtain closer.

They all got away well at the start to maintain position, except Sutton who’d already jumped up into ninth place. Cammish would get by Osborne at the Taylor’s Hairpin on lap three, before the number 77 Ford slid off into the gravel after a little tap from Dexter Patterson at McIntyre’s (lap 5). Osborne would then pit before enduring a rather lonely race to take the chequered flag in 21st place.

Both Cammish and Selby lost out to the soft-tyred Mercedes A35 Saloon of Adam Morgan on laps seven and nine respectively, but Cammish did get by his teammate Selby as well (lap 9). Unfortunately the next lap was a difficult one for the Napa Racing UK crew, as Selby lost out to Dexter Patterson and Charles Rainford, while Sutton got bullied by Daryl De Leon, Josh Cook, Mikey Doble, and Tom Ingram, before then losing out to Aiden Moffat’s Audi A3 Saloon on the pit straight (lap 11)!

By lap twelve the championship leader found himself to be the meat in a Restart Racing sandwich, as both Chris Smiley and James Dorlin force their way past the Ford Focus Titanium on the pit straight. Sutton was having none of it though, and he returned the favour on Dorlin on the run through the Butcher’s and Black Circles Chicane complex.

Lewis Selby lost out to Dan Rowbottom, Daryl De Leon, and Josh Cook (lap 14), before defending desperately from the fast Hyundias of Ricky Collard and Tom Ingram (lap 16). Collard eventually got by the Ford at Duffus Dip on the next lap, but Selby put in a superb defensive drive to keep Ingram at bay! But he eventually lost out to the championship challenger on the next lap, which also saw Mikey Doble get by as well.

Ash Sutton got past the Audi A3 Saloon of Aiden Moffat on lap nineteen, before getting by Selby on the run down Hislops and into the Taylor’s Hairpin on the next lap. The Napa Racing UK duo had ran out of boost by this point, which meant they’d make no further progress up the field.

Meanwhile, Dan Cammish remained in third place and was chasing after Adam Morgan and Tom Chilton. And that’s where he’d finish to take the chequered flag to score a solid podium position. Ash Sutton finished in 12th, with Lewis Selby fending off the Restart Racing duo to finish behind his teammate in 13th. Sam Osborne recovered from his earlier excursion to finish 21st.

As the dust settled in Scotland, Ash Sutton remains at the summit of the Drivers’ Championship table with 327 points. Dan Cammish remains third with 233 points, while Sam Osborne is 18th (54 points) and Lewis Selby 20th (27 points).

Alliance Racing/Ford lead the race for the Manufacturers/Constructors Championship with 564 points, while Napa Racing UK lead the Teams Championship with 493 points.

The Jack Sears Trophy table sees Sam Osborne in third place with 208 points, while Lewis Selby is right behind his teammate in fourth with 206 points.

By Chris Palmer

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Race Two (Round 13)

The first 20-minute Power Maxed MINI Challenge Series race of Sunday saw Cameron Richardson start ninth and Joe Tanner line up in 15th place. Most of the grid were booted with the intermediate tyres, but Tanner was one of a few who pitted on the formation laps to gamble on slick tyres. It was a move that meant he’d start from the back of the grid.

Richardson got himself up into 8th by the end of the opening lap, but Tanner remained at the back as he struggled to get heat into his slick tyres. Jamsport Racing UK driver Archie Johnson got by Richardson on the run through Clark’s on the second lap to leave the Napa Racing UK racer to fight it out with Nathan Edwards (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) and Will Crooks (EXCLER8 Motorsport). Meanwhile, Tanner was down in 19th and chasing EXCLER8 Motorsport driver Olivier Algieri.

The fourth lap saw Richardson lose out to Edwards on the run through McIntyre’s, Butcher’s, and the Black Circles Chicane complex, before Harry Hicton (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) got by on lap seven. But, the Napa Racing UK driver returned the favour through Hislops two laps later, while Tanner had climbed up to 17th by lap 11.

By lap thirteen both Hicton and Crooks had got past Richardson, leaving him to fight the incoming Algieri. That was a short-lived fight though, as the EXCLER8 Motorsport driver got by quickly. Yet Richardson was back up another spot on the next lap, after Crooks ran wide at Duffus Dip before a good move up the inside at the same corner on lap 17 put Richardson back up into 11th place.

As the chequered flag flew on lap twenty, Cameron Richardson finished ninth after Sam Gornall (Pro Alloys Racing) had dropped out of the race and Olivier Algieri received a penalty. Joe Tanner meanwhile finished in a frustrating sixteenth.

Race Three (Round 14)

The final 20-minute Power Maxed MINI Challenge Series race of the weekend saw the Napa Racing UK duo start in 12th (Joe Tanner) and 14th (Cameron Richardson) of the grid. Both MINIs got away well, with Tanner climbing up into ninth and Richardson up a spot in 13th by the start of the second lap.

However, while battling with Charlie Hand (BPC Motorsport) on lap two, Tanner lost out to Harry Campey (EXCLER8 Motorsport) on the run down Hislops to complete the move into Taylor’s Hairpin. Two laps later saw the Safety Car deployed after Gerry Hendry got beached in the gravel. The marshals helped Hendry to get going again and racing was able to continue on lap six.

Both Napa Racing UK MINIs were promoted up a place each when Sam Gornall pulled off the circuit with a problem (lap 8), before EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme driver Josh Porter got past Tanner as they sped down Hislops two laps later. It got worse for Tanner afterwards, as he was hit with a 5-second penalty for exceeding track limits (lap 12). He then found himself down in tenth place after Pro Alloys Racing driver Ned Anthony got by at the end of the lap.

With Tanner suffering from his misfortune, Richardson had climbed back into the top ten after Charlie Hand dropped out with an overheating engine. Sadly by lap 16, Tanner had also dropped out of the race to leave Richardson to fly the Napa Racing UK flag for the remainder of the race. And he went on to finish in tenth place on the road, which became ninth after Olivier Algieri received a penalty.

As the sun began to set on Knockhill, the Napa Racing UK MINI duo were lined together in the JCW Drivers Championship. Cameron Richardson sits in 11th place with 347 points, while Joe Tanner sits behind him in 12th with 318 points.

Tanner sits in third place of the JCW Directors Cup table with 524 points, while Napa Racing UK occupies fifth place in the JCW Teams Championship with 665 points.

By Chris Palmer

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RACE 1 (16 Laps)

Sunday’s opening race saw Ash Sutton start in third place with one lap of boost available. Behind him were teammates Dan Cammish (4th with three laps of boost), Senna Proctor (5th with ten laps of boost), and Lewis Selby (16th with ten laps of boost).

Both Sutton and Cammish got good launches when the lights went out, but Proctor bogged down at the start. However, the number 18 Ford Focus Titanium recovered well to start lap two in fourth place. Sutton and Cammish took the fight to Josh Cook (Speedworks Corolla GR Sport) and Tom Ingram (Team Vertu Hyundia i30N), with Sutton making a brilliant move on the latter on the run through Noble to take second place. Meanwhile, Selby lost out to the Power Maxed Racing Audi A3 Saloon of Aiden Moffat to start the second lap in 17th.

Dan Cammish had to take action to avoid Ingram, who’d gone off at Goodwood, to start lap two in fifth place, right behind teammate Senna Proctor. Further back, Lewis Selby was struggling and lost out to the Team Vertu duo of Tom Chilton and Ricky Collard. But he was back up in 18th place, after Gordon Shedden (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport) fell down the field on the sixth lap.

By lap nine, Ash Sutton had closed to within 0.7-seconds of leader Josh Cook’s Toyota Corolla GR Sport, while Senna Proctor remained within touching distance of the Plato Racing Mercedes A35 Saloon of Dan Rowbottom. Dan Cammish was defending vigorously from the recovering Tom Ingram and Adam Morgan, while Lewis Selby was driving his own race in 18th.

The following lap saw Ingram get by Cammish with an excellent pass on the run through the Campbell, Cobb, and Seagrave complex. Adam Morgan tried to take advantage too, but Cammish put in a brilliant defensive drive through Goodwood and Village to thwart the Plato Racing driver.

Sadly, the number 27 Ford Focus Titanium had run out of boost by lap eleven leaving Cammish powerless to keep Morgan at bay. Subsequently, he dropped down to seventh at Club, which is where he’d finish the race.

Ash Sutton took the chequered flag in second to secure yet another podium finish, as Senna Proctor’s impressive drive saw him finish in fourth place. Lewis Selby finished in 17th, after the Hyundia i30N of Ricky Collard was hit with a penalty for exceeding track limits.

RACE 2 (16 Laps)

The start of the second race saw all drivers remain on the hard tyres, as the Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums lined up on the grid in second (Ash Sutton), fourth (Senna Proctor), seventh (Dan Cammish), and 18th (Lewis Selby). Selby was the only Ford equipped with the full ten laps of boost, while Cammish had eight, Proctor had four, and Sutton had two laps at his disposal.

Selby’s start was aided by Aiden Moffat dropping to the back of the grid after encountering a problem on the formation lap. Selby made a good start to remain in 17th place while up ahead, Sutton got away well to take the lead of the race away from the Toyota of Josh Cook on the run up Brooklands. Cammish finished the opening lap in sixth place, while Proctor was directly behind the number 27 Ford.

Lap two saw the Restart Racing Hyundia i30N of James Dorlin get by Proctor, before Gordon Shedden overtook Selby on the next lap. Up ahead though saw Cammish get by the Plato Racing Mercedes of Adam Morgan at Club to take fifth place.

Mikey Doble (Audi A3 Saloon) got by Senna Proctor on the run through Brooklands and into the Club chicane to drop the number 18 Ford down to ninth on lap four, before the Ford was tagged from behind on the following lap to spin off track and down into fifteenth place! Sadly, that’s where Proctor would finish this race as he took the chequered flag three places ahead of teammate Selby (18th).

Dan Cammish pulled off a superb pass on the outside of the Plato Racing Mercedes of Dan Rowbottom at Club to claim fourth on lap seven. Cammish would go on to swarm all over the rear bumper of Cook’s Toyota Corolla GR Sport for the final podium spot. And he did claim that podium place at the chequered flag, after Tom Ingram received a penalty for exceeding track limits.

Meanwhile, Ash Sutton took another victory to maintain his superb record this season, as he continued to stretch his lead in the Drivers’ Championship table.

RACE 3 (19 Laps)

The third and final race of the weekend at Thruxton was the usual Reversed Grid Race. The Napa Racing UK Ford Focus Titaniums lined up on the grid as follows: Dan Cammish (4th, with three laps of boost available), Ash Sutton (6th, with one lap of boost available), Senna Proctor (15th, with ten laps of boost available), and Lewis Selby (18th, with ten laps of boost available).

Once again, all four Napa Racing UK Fords got away well with Sutton getting the better of Josh Cook swiftly. Both Sutton and Cammish got by the Plato Racing Mercedes of Rowbottom on the run through Goodwood and Village, as the duo entered Church corner in third (Cammish) and fourth (Sutton). The latter then got a good run on his teammate Cammish to take third place at the Club chicane in what was a lively first lap.

Further back, Proctor had jumped up into eighth place while Selby found himself inside the points paying positions (15th) by the end of the opening lap.

However, racing was interrupted by the Safety Car at the start of lap two after several cars had come together. Sadly, Lewis Selby’s Ford Focus Titanium was one of the victims, with what appeared to be a broken rear toe link ending his race prematurely.

Racing eventually resumed on the ninth (of now 19) lap with Sutton third, Cammish fourth, and Proctor eighth. On the exit of Church, Sutton got a great run to take second place away from James Dorlin (Restart Racing Hyundia i30N).

Dan Cammish then took third away from the Restart Racing driver on the inside of the pit straight on the following lap, while Senna Proctor overtook Gordon Shedden (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport) before the Club chicane. Proctor followed that up by getting by Rowbottom on lap eleven, then Dorlin on the exit of Church to take fifth place before the end of lap twelve.

The three remaining Ford Focus Titaniums ran to the end of the race to take the chequered flag in second (Ash Sutton), third (Dan Cammish), and fifth places (Senna Proctor) in what were a (relatively) quiet remaining laps in what had been a brilliant race for the Napa Racing UK/Alliance Racing squad.

As the dust settled on another thrilling BTCC spectacle at Thruxton, Ash Sutton remains at the helm of the Drivers’ Championship table with 284 points. Dan Cammish sits in third with 208 points, while Senna Proctor jumped straight into 19th with 31 points. He is flanked by the remaining Napa Racing UK drivers on either side, with Sam Osborne in 18th with 42 points, and Lewis Selby in 20th with 17 points.

Alliance Racing/Ford lead the Manufacturer/Constructors table with 483 points, as well as the Teams’ table with 430 points.

Sam Osborne’s absence meant that he lost ground in the Jack Sears Trophy, as he dropped to fourth place with 166 points. Meanwhile, Lewis Selby occupies fifth with his tally of 159 points.

By Chris Palmer

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Race One (Round 10)

Saturday’s un-televised Round Ten saw Napa Racing UK’s Joe Tanner execute a superb drive to finish on the podium in the first twenty-minute Power Maxed MINI Challenge race at Oulton Park.

Having picked up splitter damage during the opening exchanges, Tanner drove an excellent defensive race to keep the EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme MINI of Tom Ovenden behind, as he took the chequered flag in second place behind Sam Gornall (Pro Alloys Racing).

Cam Richardson finished in a solid seventh place, behind Olivier Algieri (EXCLER8 Motorsport) and in front of the Pro Alloys Racing MINI of Max Edmundson.

Race Two (Round 11)

Sunday’s second Power Maxed MINI Challenge race (Round 11) saw Joe Tanner start on the second row (third), while Cam Richardson lined up his number 15 Napa Racing UK MINI in eleventh.

The latter held position at the start of this twenty-minute race, which served up thirteen laps of exciting MINI racing. He was fighting hard with Archie Johnson, until the Jamsport Racing UK driver slithered wide at Lodge Corner to promote Richardson into the top ten.

Meanwhile, Tanner also got away well to get ahead of the Pro Alloys Racing MINI of Sam Gornall at Old Hall Corner, only to lose out to the number 96 at Cascades to start lap two in third.

Charlie Hand (BPC Motorsport) was proving to be quite a handful in Tanner’s mirrors and, when Gornall pushed race leader Josh Porter (EXCLER8 Driver Development Programme) off at Lodge Corner on the fourth lap, Hand snuck his MINI by the number 11 racer of Tanner.

The Napa Racing UK driver continued to chase Hand’s BPC Motorsport machine, but ultimately had to settle for a second podium (3rd place) finish of his weekend.

Cam Richardson, meanwhile, chased after eighth place throughout the remainder of the race and was rewarded for his efforts when the Pro Alloys Racing MINI of Max Edmundson locked up and went off the track at Island Bend.

After a solid weekend’s racing from both Napa Racing UK MINI drivers, Joe Tanner leads his teammate in the JCW Drivers’ Championship with 278 points to 269 points… that translates to eleventh place for Tannner and twelfth place for Richardson.

Tanner occupies second place in the JCW Directors Cup with 450 points, while Napa Racing UK sits in fifth place of the JCW Teams’ Championship with 547 points.

The Power Maxed MINI Challenge series now takes its mid-summer break, and will return to action at Knockhill on the 8-9th of August.

By Chris Palmer

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