As we draw closer to the final two race weekends of the 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, we’re taking a look back at the story so far in each of the respective championships before the final push for glory.

Continuing with the Jack Sears Trophy, click here to see the story of the first half of the season, and read on for the most recent updates…

Croft - Rounds 16-17-18

Mikey Doble, #88, headed into the second half of the season with nine victories from the first fifteen races. The Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing driver continued his fine form as the BTCC returned from the mid-season break by extending his championship leap with a further two wins and a third place.

Ronan Pearson, #14, also carried over his form from the first half of the campaign to retain second-place in the standings. Unfortunately for the Scot, despite a win and a second-place finish, a non-score in race two would hinder his chance of chasing down Doble in the championship.

Doble’s lead had grown to the point that the gap from himself to Pearson in second is only one point fewer than the gap from Pearson to Scott Sumpton in fifth place. As Pearson failed to score in race two, Sam Osborne, #77, closed the gap with two second-place finishes.

2024 Jack Sears Trophy Standings - Event 6

Knockhill - Rounds 19-20-21

A trip to the Fife-based circuit was a weekend of attrition for the Jack Sears Trophy competitors. Both Doble and Pearson scored a victory apiece, a fourth-place finish and a non-score, cancelling each other out to remain 69 points apart.

Osborne in third capitalised on the championship leading duo’s shortcomings, closing in on the pair by the 17 points across a day that also included a victory for the NAPA Racing UK man.

Fourth place in the standings continued to be held by Daryl DeLeon, #18, who is tied for the most non-scoring rounds in the championship along with Nick Halstead, a big deciding factor in how the Jack Sears Trophy unfolds.

The championship battle would go on to take a big swing entering the next event…

2024 Jack Sears Trophy Standings - Event 7

Donington Park GP - Rounds 22-23-24

The news came at the beginning of the eighth event week that by mutual consent, Pearson and EXCELR8 would bring an early end to his programme in the 2024 season effective from the weekend’s meeting at Donington Park.

For Doble at the top of the standings, the events would mean that his 69-point lead heading into the weekend would become a 93-point lead by the time racing was done on the Leicestershire circuit.

Osborne would go on to take second place in the standings after finishing on the podium in all three races with one a victory. Despite the NAPA Racing UK driver’s great form and finishing in tenth in all three races overall, the gap from himself to Doble had increased by three points.

Replacing Pearson in the Hyundai i30N was Dan Zelos, the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Champion, who impressed on debut taking home two class podium finishes.

The gap at the top of the championship now stands at 93 points with 120 on offer at the final two events of the season. Doble and Osborne will continue the battle for Jack Sears Trophy glory at Silverstone (21—22 September).

2024 Jack Sears Trophy Standings - Event 8