Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing's Mikey Doble has taken a memorable maiden victory with a lights to flag triumph in Round 9 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton.
It's 1001 days since an Independent team has taken an overall race win in the BTCC and it's the first for the Power Maxed Racing squad since Jason Plato at Brands Hatch in 2019... 156 races ago.
Doble – starting from pole position – never put a wheel wrong, even when he had four-time BTCC champion Ash Sutton and multiple race winner Josh Cook closing him down.
Sutton made an outrageous start, coming from tenth on the grid through to fourth on the opening lap, with Cook's Honda immediately ahead of him.
The Goodyear soft-shod duo of Cook and Sutton were soon into second and third respectively as the old friends swapped positions on a couple of occasions.
Sutton eventually made the move for second stick and he attacked Doble's Vauxhall Astra in the closing laps, but the #116 ran wide at the Wilson hairpin on the penultimate lap and the fight was over.
The podium was completed by Sutton and Cook, but there was an even bigger headline behind as Team VERTU's Tom Ingram stormed from 24th on the grid to an incredible fourth at the finish.
NAPA Racing UK's Sam Osborne was a fantastic fifth, ahead of team-mate Dan Cammish.
There was another intra-team battle for seventh as LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR's Charles Rainford continued to attack his championship winning team-mate Jake Hill. The pair crossed the line separated by just 0.085s as the young rookie got the better of the #1 Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport man.
Ronan Pearson (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA) and Aiden Moffat (LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR) finalised the top ten positions.
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2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Snetterton – Race 3 – Final Classification:
| P/ | No/ | Name/ | Entry/ | Laps/ | Time/ | Gap/ | Best/ | On/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Mikey DOBLE | Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing | 15 | 32:04.228 | 1:55.577 | 7 | |
| 2 | 116 | Ashley SUTTON | NAPA Racing UK | 15 | 32:04.998 | 0.770 | 1:54.946 | 8 |
| 3 | 66 | Josh COOK | One Motorsport | 15 | 32:07.109 | 2.881 | 1:55.666 | 8 |
| 4 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | Team VERTU | 15 | 32:12.823 | 8.595 | 1:55.733 | 11 |
| 5 | 77 | Sam OSBORNE | NAPA Racing UK | 15 | 32:13.268 | 9.040 | 1:56.063 | 12 |
| 6 | 27 | Dan CAMMISH | NAPA Racing UK | 15 | 32:19.292 | 15.064 | 1:55.802 | 9 |
| 7 | 99 | Charles RAINFORD | LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR | 15 | 32:21.622 | 17.394 | 1:56.499 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Ronan PEARSON | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | 15 | 32:22.423 | 18.195 | 1:56.476 | 10 |
| 9 | 1 | Jake HILL | Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport | 15 | 32:22.707 | 18.479 | 1:56.326 | 10 |
| 10 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR | 15 | 32:23.199 | 18.971 | 1:56.640 | 15 |
| 11 | 40 | Árón TAYLOR-SMITH | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | 15 | 32:24.520 | 20.292 | 1:56.930 | 10 |
| 12 | 52 | Gordon SHEDDEN | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | 15 | 32:25.741 | 21.513 | 1:56.391 | 9 |
| 13 | 17 | Dexter PATTERSON | ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport | 15 | 32:27.228 | 23.000 | 1:57.237 | 11 |
| 14 | 93 | Max HALL | ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport | 15 | 32:27.838 | 23.610 | 1:56.823 | 10 |
| 15 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | Team VERTU | 15 | 32:33.189 | 28.961 | 1:58.006 | 11 |
| 16 | 123 | Daniel LLOYD | Restart Racing | 15 | 32:35.979 | 31.751 | 1:58.042 | 13 |
| 17 | 32 | Daniel ROWBOTTOM | NAPA Racing UK | 15 | 32:37.079 | 32.851 | 1:58.286 | 15 |
| 18 | 3 | Tom CHILTON | Team VERTU | 15 | 32:45.346 | 41.118 | 1:58.899 | 13 |
| 19 | 2 | Daryl DELEON | WSR | 15 | 32:45.602 | 41.374 | 1:58.901 | 9 |
| 20 | 54 | Ryan BENSLEY | Team VERTU | 15 | 32:48.033 | 43.805 | 1:58.493 | 10 |
| 21 | 50 | Nick HALSTEAD | Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing | 15 | 33:06.419 | 1:02.191 | 2:00.656 | 10 |
| 22 | 28 | Nicolas HAMILTON | Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock | 15 | 33:10.826 | 1:06.598 | 2:00.390 | 12 |
| DNF | 132 | James DORLIN | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA | 11 | 24:41.013 | 4 Laps | 1:58.350 | 7 |
| DNF | 22 | Chris SMILEY | Restart Racing | 11 | 30:40.859 | 4 Laps | 1:58.078 | 11 |
| DNF | 12 | Stephen JELLEY | One Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 |
