Sutton ready for success at Knockhill
After scoring two fourth place finishes and a fifth last time out at Croft, we caught up with reigning Kwik Fit British Touring Car Champion Ash Sutton. The NAPA Racing UK driver talks on his weekend at the North Yorkshire circuit, the championship landscape heading into the latter stages of the season and his love and recent success at Knockhill.
The #1 has only one victory to his name this season but thanks to the ten podiums he still sits third in the standings. Along with this Sutton has endured two non-score finishes so far this season whereas the three drivers behind in the standings all have one. It is a different approach to last year but one that leaves the four-time champion still in the hunt for his record-breaking fifth.
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Tin Top Tuesday: Listen again
Oulton Park set the scene for a rollercoaster weekend that sees the 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship head into the summer break.
The Cheshire-based circuit delivered once again with its formidable undulating characteristics coming to light. The run down to Island Bend, up over Hill Top and into the braking zone at Hislops were where the main talking points took place for the battles out in front.
As we begin the five-week break before heading to Croft (27-28 July), take a listen to the latest instalment of TinTop Tuesday that was aired earlier this week (Tuesday 25 June).
The podcast hosted a number of familiar voices with Mikey Doble (Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing), scoring his first BTCC podium at Oulton Park, being the first guest on the show.
"For a driver in the British Touring Car Championship, getting on the podium for your first time is one of those moments that you just never really forget." said Doble. "Getting the pole before a podium is probably not the order in which I might have anticipated those two achievements when I started!"
Christian Dick (Team Principal, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK and LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ) is the next guest on the show, calling in from Portugal making the most of the summer break right from the off after spells of illness so far this season. The head of the Speedworks-run outfit talks on running four cars, up from three in 2023, Rob Huff settling into the team, Josh Cook being the third Toyota winner this season and more.
Alan Hyde also caught up Árón Taylor-Smith (Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing) leader of the Independents Trophy. Along with Taylor-Smith, Chris Smiley (Restart Racing) also joined the show coming off the back of his highest scoring weekend for the newly formed team, leaving Oulton Park with over triple the points of any weekend this season.
Listen to the full show below...
Qualifying in Quotes: Oulton Park
Yesterday arguably proved to be one of the best qualifying sessions of the season so far with the BTCC's big guns trading blows, as the Oulton Park Qualifying lap record fell a number of times.
The top spot eventually went to Tom Ingram, as the Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS' claimed his third pole position of the season, ahead of NAPA Racing UK duo – Ash Sutton and Dan Cammish.
We caught up with the top three drivers to get their thoughts after the session...
Pole Position – Tom Ingram
2nd – Ash Sutton
3rd – Dan Cammish
Qualifying in Quotes: Thruxton
Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS' Tom Ingram became the first driver to claim two positions this season, as the 2022 champ mastered the fastest circuit in the UK on Saturday afternoon.
NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish and Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport's Jake Hill completed the top three at Thruxton, here's what the drivers had to say after qualifying...
1st - Tom Ingram
2nd - Dan Cammish
3rd - Jake Hill
The best way to keep across any BTCC weekend is by listening to our live audio commentary via the LIVE section on the BTCC website, where the circuit commentators and our pitlane guru Alan Hyde bring you the latest action from FP1 all the way through to the final race on Sunday.
If you missed last weekend's racing then we have you covered or of course if you simply want to listen again then this is the post for you... below are our audio podcasts of every race from Snetterton:
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Qualifying in Quotes: Snetterton
As we prepare for the opening race of the day we look back at yesterday's qualifying session at Snetterton.
Our Media Team caught up with the top three drivers after the session...
1st - Jake Hill
2nd - Ash Sutton
3rd - Adam Morgan
The hugely popular Bobby Thompson is back in the BTCC thanks to the recent announcement that Zeus Cloud Racing with WSR would be joining the grid from Snetterton onwards.
We caught up with the Essex racer as he looks ahead to arguably the biggest opportunity in his career so far...
Listen Again: Brands Hatch Indy
The best way to keep across any BTCC weekend is by listening to our live audio commentary via the LIVE section on the BTCC website, where the circuit commentators and our pitlane guru Alan Hyde bring you the latest action from FP1 all the way through to the final race on Sunday.
If you missed last weekend's racing then we have you covered or of course if you simply want to listen again then this is the post for you... below are our audio podcasts of every race from Brands Hatch:
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3