One Motorsport will continue their push for silverware in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship this weekend (June 21-22) as the 2025 season reaches the halfway marker at Oulton Park.

The Honda Civic Type R squad heads to the Cheshire venue in a buoyant mood after Josh Cook and Stephen Jelley each produced a battling display last time out at Thruxton - all of which resulted in Cook snaring a second podium of the year and two Independent race wins.

Now poised to take on the undulating challenge that Oulton Park’s 2.226-mile Island layout presents, the Brackley-based outfit are hungry to speed into the series’ annual summer break with even more results to celebrate.

Having been a winner at the circuit last year, Cook will undoubtedly be one to watch over the course of the coming weekend as he looks to continue his rise in the Drivers’ Championship standings.

The 34-year-old bounced back from a high-speed crash in treacherous conditions at Thruxton when qualifying to produce 27 overtakes on race day, which in-turn allowed him to scoop three trophies.

Cook’s charge was helped by the inspiring effort and dedication by the team to repair his car overnight and since then additional developments have been carried out ahead of this weekend, leaving Cook relishing at what could be achieved this time out.

On the other side of the garage, Jelley left Thruxton with renewed optimism as he made progress with his front-wheel-drive machine - where he narrowly missed out on the points-scoring positions in all three races.

Keen to get back inside the points and fighting towards the top ten, the Leicestershire racer will take confidence from the fact that Oulton Park has been a happy hunting ground for him in the past - with two of his four career wins coming at the picturesque circuit.

Qualifying at Oulton Park will be broadcast on the ITV Sport YouTube channel on Saturday from 15:00 before all three races are aired LIVE on ITV4 and ITVX on Sunday. Race one is scheduled to begin at 12:20 ahead of race two at 14:40 and race three at 17:05.

Stephen Jelley, #12 One Motorsport driver, said: "I think if you ask most drivers on the grid where Oulton Park ranks on the calendar I imagine most will place it very high. It’s a really technical circuit that doesn’t provide much respite, meaning each and every lap is busy behind the wheel. My last two BTCC wins have come at the circuit so I’m going there with fond memories and feeling positive that we can put three strong results on the board. At Thruxton we made some good progress with the car and I'm hopeful we can make another step forward ahead of the summer break. It goes without saying that if we can qualify a bit higher up then that'll make the world of difference to how our race day could pan out, so that's the aim."

Josh Cook, #66 One Motorsport driver, said: "Oulton Park is a circuit I’ve always enjoyed racing at and it has a bit of everything; it’s quite old school, technical and undulating. We’ve seen in the past that the racing is always super close around there so qualifying up towards the front on Saturday will be as important as ever this weekend. As a team we’re chipping away to extract the maximum from the car all the time and so far it’s been great to reward everyone’s hard work with a few trophies. Going into the weekend I think we should have a good race car to battle for those top positions so I’ll be going all-out for more podiums and importantly that first win of the season!"

NAPA Racing UK enjoyed a fine weekend on track at the fastest circuit on the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship calendar, with two wins from three at Thruxton. The Hampshire venue also saw the NAPA Racing-Alliance Racing team celebrate the milestone of 100 BTCC starts together.  

Qualifying itself would be a massive challenge as torrential rain that had been forecast arrived just before the session got underway.

Although Sam Osborne dropped out in Q1 to qualify in 21st place, Ash Sutton, Dan Cammish and Dan Rowbottom all made it through the first part of the session unscathed, although Rowbottom was then knocked out in Q2 to leave him tenth on the grid for the opening race.

Sutton then stormed to an impressive pole position in the Quick Six shootout to put himself at the front of the field for Sunday’s opening race, with Cammish only missing out on making it a front-row lock-out by 0.020s.

Conditions couldn’t have been any different for race day, with Sutton leading the field away at the start before an early caution period, unfortunately caused by Max Hall’s spinning Cupra, collecting Osborne.

After the restart, Sutton went wheel-to-wheel with title rival Tom Ingram trying to take the lead before contact between the pair at the final chicane meant they would both shortcut, with Ingram managing to get ahead into the lead. Sutton kept him honest, with Cammish following behind, until a loss of power mid-way through the race saw him slip back down to fourth spot.

Instead, it was Cammish who emerged as the best of the NAPA Racing drivers in second spot, with Rowbottom putting on a strong showing as he climbed his way through to finish in fifth.

Race two would be decided at the start, and in favour of Sutton as he rocketed away from the line to jump from fourth to first within half a lap of the lights going out. Once at the front, he quickly used a lap of turbo boost to break away from the chasing pack as he scored a third win of the campaign.

A difficult opening lap for Cammish had seen him shuffled back down to seventh, with Rowbottom amongst those drivers to have got ahead of the #27 car on the first tour. Battling throughout with Jake Hill, Rowbottom would come out on top of that fight to snare fourth spot, with a recovering Cammish also getting ahead of the BMW late on to take fifth.

Both would then gain an additional place after the race when Josh Cook was excluded for a technical infringement, giving Rowbo and Cammish a double podium for NAPA Racing UK.

It was a tricky race for Osborne, with contact seeing him off the road and into pits to remove debris from his radiator, which saw him finish a lap down in 20th spot

With the top six on the grid reversed for race three, hopes were high of another strong result to finish the weekend, and so it proved with Rowbottom fighting his way to a second win of the campaign.

From fifth on the grid, he enjoyed a strong opening lap to climb into second spot before overhauling Hill on lap two and was never headed despite a safety car period backing up the field at the half-way stage.

Cammish would also make forward progress and cleared Hill after the restart to sit in second spot before losing out to Ingram late on when the Hyundai driver was able to benefit from having additional boost in reserve, with Cammish having to settle for the final step of the podium.

Sutton had also been firmly in contention for the podium places before contact with Hill’s BMW 330i M Sport at Noble resulted in a high-speed spin across the grass. The #116 collected his Focus and managed to recover through to fifth at the finish. Osborne was finally able to score the kind of result his pace deserved as he worked his way from the back of the pack to finish in eleventh.

Kwik Fit, the UK’s leading car servicing and repair company and title sponsor of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), hosted a day of educational events with an exciting motorsport twist for all age groups at Thruxton Circuit last Friday (6 June).

50 children aged 10-to-11-years old from local primary schools attended the ‘Kids in Motorsport’ day which aims to showcase the potential future career avenues within the motorsport industry.

The day began with four engaging workshops designed with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in mind. These included a media workshop with motorsport presenter Isi Browning; CPR and first aid with the TOCA Medical Team; a racing simulator experience with Pure Sims and an interactive overview of race car engineering with Driven By Us.

Paddock tours were next on the agenda with a behind-the-scenes look at teams and suppliers in the British Touring Car Championship. This included a tour of reigning BTCC Champion, Jake Hill’s race car and team area. After this, the children were treated to a lesson about race tyres courtesy of Goodyear, the exclusive race tyre supplier for the championship.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the race paddock, five lucky Kwik Fit apprentices got to put their training to the test with a host of hands-on activities within the Goodyear race tyre facility, designed to complement and develop skills they have learnt in their apprenticeship.

Kwik Fit’s apprenticeship programme is highly regarded in the automotive industry. Over 4,000 people have started their careers as a Kwik Fit apprentice, with many progressing to a wide range of senior roles, both within Kwik Fit and other organisations in the sector.

The Kwik Fit apprentices had hands on experience with some BTCC race teams, NAPA Racing UK, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA – as well as Goodyear - where they were able to get involved in race car preparation, pit stop tyre changes, race tyre fitting and engineering comparisons between race and road cars. They also received insights as to how the BTCC is run, with highlights from TOCA Medical, TOCA Technical – all ending with some fun on the BTCC racing simulators.

Once again, Kwik Fit has chosen as its charity partner Air Ambulances UK which supports vital rescue services all over the country. Both the children and apprentices spent time with the Air Ambulance volunteers at Thruxton circuit to learn more about their critical work and have a go on their helicopter simulator.

This is the third consecutive year of Kwik Fit hosting educational events at BTCC race weekends with hundreds of children and young adults benefiting from these unique motorsport workshops.

Michael Butler, Goodyear BTCC Event Leader, said: “I really enjoy being involved in the Kwik Fit educational events, as I feel like I’m giving something back. I explain what we do, what we bring to the track, our experience and we try to engage the apprentices and the children as much as possible through asking questions since this is a truly unique experience.

Hopefully, some of these young people will consider a career in motorsport in the future, as the industry is in need of the next generation of mechanics, engineers and tyre specialists.”

Tom Gentle, Head of Retail Marketing at Kwik Fit, added: “We are delighted to have run these educational events across the BTCC Thruxton race weekend, which provides a reflection of future career paths within the automotive and motorsport industries. With both the kids and apprentice events being tailored to maximise engagement and learning, we hope we have inspired the next generation in both the schools and our centres. This is another brilliant example of how mutually beneficial our partnership is with the BTCC.”

Restart Racing returned to action at Thruxton for the fourth event of the 2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. Known for being the UK’s fastest circuit and its high-speed layout, Thruxton always rewards commitment which both Daniel Lloyd and Chris Smiley provided plenty in their Hyundai i 30 Ns.

The team arrived in Hampshire leading the Independent Teams’ Championship and just two points off the lead in the Independent Drivers’ standings.But qualifying delivered a curveball, as a British summer storm soaked the circuit moments before the session. With no previous wet running in the 2025-spec cars, both drivers struggled in the conditions and were left disappointed with Lloyd qualifying 15th and Smiley 17th.

Race one saw both drivers avoid an early incident, one that eliminated several cars and brought out an early safety car. Smiley moved forward consistently throughout the race, making a number of strong overtakes to end the opening bout 12th on the road.

Lloyd also battled his way back from a tough start to climb into the points by the flag. Post-race penalties promoted both drivers up a place, securing a 11th and 13th place finish, whilst pushing both onto the Independents’ podium, behind the fast charging Josh Cook. 

The second race of the day followed a similar theme. After a cautious opening lap, both drivers picked off places steadily through the field. Smiley ran well on the fringes of the top ten while Lloyd gained ground with some clean and well-timed passes.

At the chequered flag, the #22 finished 10th and #123 12th, but more post-race disqualifications elevated the pair to eighth and 10th overall. The disqualification for Cook also meant that Smiley claimed his fourth Independent win of the season, and the team celebrated their third one–two Independent finish of the campaign.

Despite narrowly missing out on the partially reverse-grid race draw, race three promised more of the same. Lloyd made a lightning start from the fifth row and charged into the top eight with Smiley finding himself in a scrap with a pair of BMW 330i M Sports, coming out on top and quickly moved forward back into the top 10 to join Lloyd.

The pair ran line astern in seventh and eighth before a safety car bunched the field. On the restart, they capitalised on to competitiveness ahead, with Jake Hill and Ash Sutton colliding at Noble and both Restart Racing drivers avoiding the spinning cars to move into fifth and sixth.

As the race entered its final stages, Sutton began a recovery drive and passed both cars, with Smiley settling for sixth on the road and Lloyd in seventh. With plenty of penalties dished out over the course of the weekend, it would next be the latter who would incur a post-race penalty. A five-second time penalty for being outside of his grid box at the start of the race relegated him to 10th.

Initially, it looked like another strong result with another Independent win for Smiley until post-race scrutineering revealed the car to be underweight. The #22 was disqualified from the final result, promoting Lloyd to ninth, but the team lost their seventh Independent win of the year.

Chris Smiley, #22, Restart Racing said: “Overall, a pretty steady day. In race one, we came from 17th to 11th, moved forward and scored some solid points for the Independents’ Championship. Race two, we moved forward again and finished eighth, winning the Independents’, which was really good for that championship fight.

"In race three, we gained a few more places to finish sixth overall. We also won the Independents’ class on the road, but unfortunately, the car was found to be slightly underweight after the race.

"It’s a really frustrating way to end the day, especially when we were on course for strong points and making good progress in the championship. But the boys have worked their socks off all weekend. They’ve put in a huge effort, and it was just an honest mistake.

"I’m absolutely gutted, but we’ll reset and head to Oulton Park, a track I really like, and I’m confident we can be right back in the fight in a few weeks’ time. That’s racing sometimes.”

Daniel Lloyd, #123, Restart Racing said: “Tough race day, to be honest. We were definitely lacking a bit of pace at the start, and we made a lot of changes to the car throughout the day to try and improve it, which we did, especially by race three.

"Overall, some good points scored, even if it wasn’t quite where we wanted to be. Race three was a big step forward in terms of performance. Unfortunately, I was just over the line in my grid box again, which I’m really kicking myself about because I got a mega start and got up to sixth early on.

"I let Chris through and brought the car home the best I could, and we ended up 10th. Not a disaster by any means, but I’m frustrated because I think we had a real shot at a much stronger result in that last race.

"Still, we’ve learned a lot, and we know we’ll be stronger at Oulton Park. We’re in a good place in the points for the teams’ championship, so we’ll take the positives and move on.”

Restart Racing joins the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship once again in just over one weeks time at Oulton Park, June 21–22.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA came away buoyed by its performance in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton last weekend (7-8 June), after battling up at the sharp end come rain and shine around the fastest circuit in the country.
 
Mastering the most challenging conditions of the season so far, BTCC rookie James Dorlin turned heads as he advanced through both Part 1 and Part 2 to book a berth in the ‘Quick Six’ shootout for the first time in the UK’s premier motorsport series. He proceeded to secure a fine fifth on the grid behind the wheel of his British-built, Speedworks Motorsport-prepared Toyota Corolla GR Sport – with Gordon Shedden in close company in ninth.
 
Under sunny skies the next day – and in front of the live ITV4 television cameras and a huge trackside crowd – Dorlin continued to hold his own in race one. Confidently taking the fight to his more experienced rivals, the 26-year-old Yorkshireman finished less than three seconds adrift of the podium in seventh as he hassled defending champion Jake Hill right to the chequered flag.
 
Dorlin replicated that result following a similarly feisty showing in race two, earning him pole position for the partially reversed-grid finale. Despite having to give best to Hill’s fast-starting rear wheel-drive BMW at lights-out, the series rookie was once again running solidly inside the leading pack when a high-pressure fuel pump failure sidelined him on only lap four.
 
While understandably disappointing, that sad ending did not take the shine off an otherwise excellent weekend, and team-mate Árón Taylor-Smith was another of the Toyota quartet to shine. After being relegated to the back row of the grid due to his car failing post-qualifying ride-height checks – the legacy of splitter damage caused by a snapped tension cable – the 35-year-old Irishman scythed through to 12^th in the curtain-raising contest.
 
He continued to climb the order in race two and was on-course to finish seventh – just ahead of Dorlin –  until he picked up a last lap puncture, but undeterred, from 17^th on the grid for race three, Taylor-Smith produced another crowd-pleasing charge to wind up a stellar sixth.
 
The reigning Independents’ Trophy winner was joined in the top ten in the final contest by Shedden, as the series returnee grittily salvaged a clutch of points after encountering misfortune in races one and two. In the first of them, the three-time BTCC title-holder initially rose to seventh before being spun, pitching his Corolla off the circuit; in the second, he was seen off-track, this time in avoidance of somebody else’s accident at Church, the quickest corner in the country...
 
Fellow Scot Pearson, meanwhile, struggled in qualifying, leaving him a frustrated 22^nd on the grid for the opener, from where he worked his way up to 16^th – just one spot shy of a points-paying finish – prior to improving further to 14^th in race two. The 23-year-old Fife native had hauled himself onto the fringes of the top ten in the finale when contact sent his bonnet skywards, prompting an early bath.
 
Gordon Shedden, Driver, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, said: “Ultimately, Thruxton was another disappointing weekend, as not for the first time this season, we were denied a shot at better results through no fault of our own. The weather was pretty horrendous in qualifying, but ninth was a solid outcome – and we actually had the potential to be a little bit further forward still, I would say.
 
“I got a good start in race one to make up a couple of places and we were running well, until Senna Proctor got all excited and took me out at Goodwood. It was lucky we didn’t sustain more damage than we did, but irrespective of that, it destroyed our weekend yet again, which was massively frustrating.
 
“Then in race two, I had to go off to avoid another car spinning right in front of me, and the BTCC is so competitive these days that it’s a tough ask to come through the field from the back, but we stayed out of trouble in a busy race three and that at least earned us a top ten finish and a handful of points.”
 
Árón Taylor-Smith, Driver, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, said: “At last, everything is starting to click! The failure in qualifying was tough to take after showing promise in free practice, but the three races were great. We picked our way through the pack to make up 11 places in the first one, in race two we were on for a really strong result until we got the puncture on the final lap and then in race three we achieved our best result of the season so far. We never gave up and kept on fighting despite the setbacks along the way.
 
“In the same vein, everyone at Speedworks has been working tirelessly to improve the car, and we made significant changes to the set-up of my Corolla for the weekend that yielded a huge step in the right direction. Thruxton was the first time all year that it felt like it was properly my car, enabling me to disengage my brain and simply focus on maximising performance, which is a real breakthrough.
 
“I’ve had similar ‘eureka’ moments at other teams in the past, and good things have always followed. Thruxton was the most successful and positive weekend we’ve had all year, and I’m really proud of everybody involved. I feel like the tide has turned now and the car is in the window where I need it, meaning we can truly kick on from here. This is just the beginning...”
 
Ronan Pearson, Driver, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, said: “We honestly seem to have no luck whatsoever! Saturday was a very difficult day; we struggled with the set-up – I didn’t have the same good feeling in the car that I had at Snetterton, which made things difficult – and then an ill-timed red flag in Q1 when I was on a quicker lap didn’t help either, as we would have been on the cusp of making it through to Q2 at the very least.
 
“We gradually found our feet on Sunday; we made up a few places in race one, and while race two was a bit of a slog, the balance of the Corolla was mega towards the end and it felt better still in race three, which was reflected in our pace. I was able to pull off some fantastic overtakes to get into the top ten, the car was in a really good window and I was confident of continuing to move forward until the contact happened, which was totally needless and frankly disappointing at this level.
 
“So overall, it was another weekend of ‘what could have been’, but looking at the bigger picture, it seemed more positive for the team as a whole, which is obviously encouraging. Thank you as ever to my car crew for all of their efforts; they put in so much work and really deserve to be rewarded for that at some point, but nothing goes unnoticed and I truly appreciate everything they do.”
 
James Dorlin, Driver, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, said: “Finally, a bit of luck went our way – although the changeable weather in free practice and having to take the engine out after FP2 because of a crack in the exhaust manifold obviously didn’t make for the most ideal start to my ‘Thruxton in a touring car’ adventure!
 
“We didn’t even know if we’d be out in time for qualifying, but the Speedworks guys did a mega job under huge pressure to get my Corolla ready with only five minutes to spare and I was delighted that I could repay them. The conditions were horrible – even on the straights, the car was aquaplaning everywhere – but what the rain also did was level the playing field a bit and I was over-the-moon to end up fifth.
 
“Having not got much dry running during practice to know what we were doing in terms of set-up, it was a bit of a guessing game in race one and we struggled with understeer and turn-in at the front, but we developed the car throughout the day to the point where it was at its best in race three, and I genuinely think a top four finish was on the cards until we were forced to retire.
 
“I was gutted not to be able to capitalise upon my first BTCC pole, but it was still a fantastic weekend overall – the best so far. That’s credit to everybody’s hard work and shows we’re on the right track with what we’re doing. I think people thought we might drop back from where we were in qualifying, but we didn’t – we stayed up there and showed our true potential. The results in the first few events didn’t reflect what we’re capable of, but this is where we should be and where we deserve to be. Now let’s keep the momentum going!”

Team VERTU has now taken victory at every circuit on the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship calendar after securing a second win of the 2025 season at Thruxton.

The high-speed Hampshire circuit was the only venue where the EXCELR8-run team had yet to make it onto the top step, but it headed into round four of the year in confident mood with a revised driver line-up including Tom Ingram, Tom Chilton, Adam Morgan and returnee Senna Proctor.

The quartet were on the pace from the moment the weekend kicked off, with all four drivers lapping within six-tenths of a second during free practice.

The four Hyundais all ended up in the same group for the first stage of qualifying, which was held in heavy rain conditions that would only get worse as the session progressed. Ingram, Proctor and Chilton were able to make it through to Q2 – the latter on his final lap – but Morgan would have to settle for 16th on the grid for the opening race after a spin in the tricky conditions.

Chilton would then fall in Q2 to end up seventh on the grid, with Ingram going on to snare a front-row spot in the Quick Six shootout and Proctor ending up in sixth having lost his best time for causing a red flag when his car stopped on track in Q3.

Improved conditions awaited the drivers on race day and Ingram took full advantage with a fine drive to victory in the opening race. After contact with title rival Ash Sutton as the pair diced for the lead at the chicane after an early safety car, Ingram emerged out front and held off his rival until the closing stages when an issue for Sutton allowed him to ease off and take the flag for a first win of the campaign.

The other trio would spend much of the race running together on track, with Morgan coming through well from his qualifying performance to take the flag in eighth spot, just ahead of Proctor after his first BTCC race since 2021 ended in ninth. Chilton would take the flag in tenth, but a track limits time penalty resulted in him being demoted back to 15th place.

Ingram would lose the lead of race two at the start, but ran in second throughout for another strong haul of points whilst Proctor also continued to impress on his return as he gained three places from his starting position to be classified in sixth.

Morgan had survived being run off track at the chicane to cross the line in eighth, but he would this time be hit with a track limits penalty to drop to twelfth, with disappointment for Chilton after two separate spins at some of the quickest parts of the circuit led to him coming in to retire.

With the top seven reversed for the final race of the weekend, Proctor started on the front row of the grid but a sluggish start dropped him down the order and left Ingram to lead the Team VERTU challenge. Sitting fifth after a mid-race caution, Ingram was lucky to avoid getting caught up in contact between Sutton and Jake Hill ahead to nip through into third, and used his additional turbo boost late on to get ahead of Dan Cammish and repeat his race two result in second spot.

The mid-race caution had unfortunately been caused by an off for Morgan at turn one that saw him go into the tyres whilst running inside the top ten, putting him into retirement.

Proctor and Chilton ended the weekend on a high however with the former scoring fourth spot to cap a solid return to competition and Chilton showing what might have been as he climbed 14 spots from the back of the field to finish up in eighth place.

Tom Chilton, #3 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“It was nice to end the weekend with a strong run through the field from the back of the grid, but fundamentally for me, it’s been a bad day at the office. When you have those in a normal job, you can sometimes get away with it but here, it’s in front of a huge crowd of people!

“The penalty in race one was frustrating because it cost us a lot of ground, and then in race two, we’d made some changes to the car and unfortunately, changing circuit conditions meant it just didn’t work in our favour and I had a couple of spins. We pushed hard in race three which was a good way to finish, but this weekend has hurt in terms of the championship and I have to aim to bounce back when we get to Oulton Park.”

Senna Proctor, #18 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“My return to the series could certainly have gone a lot worse, and I think three top ten finishes gives me a good platform to build on. To be honest, I’d say that I overperformed in qualifying to get into the Quick Six but then underperformed a little in races, although that is largely down to the fact that I’ve not been in a BTCC car for three years and have a little bit of rustiness to get rid of.

“That was definitely the case in race three at the start, but I know there is a lot more to come over the remainder of the season. The car is fantastic and so much different to when I previously raced it during its debut season. It might be the same shape as it was in 2020 but under the skin, it’s changed in pretty much every way. The team has done a fantastic job with it, and credit to them – so I can’t wait to really get the best out of it as I get back up to speed.”

Adam Morgan, #33 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“After two really good rounds, Thruxton has been more of a challenge and it’s certainly not been our day. We were on the back foot a bit after a difficult qualifying session in the rain but we saw that the pace was there in race one to come through into the top ten.

“From there however, it didn’t go to plan and we were lucky to escape the issue with Jake at the chicane given that I had to straight line the corner and go through the foam barriers. After the penalty dropped me back to twelfth, I was hopeful of pushing into the top ten again in race three and it was going well until I got a fraction of a tyre onto the grass and then I was just a passenger.

“I’m so frustrated with myself for the mistake, and sorry to the team for the error.”

Tom Ingram, #80 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“I’m really pleased with the weekend and coming away from it with a front row start, a win and two second places is great. We’ve scored a good haul of points, although it’s slightly bonkers that we’ve done that have still only clawed back six points in the championship – which shows how tough it is this year.

“The only real issue we faced was in race three where we didn’t quite have the pace from earlier in the day but we had luck on our side with the incident between Ash and Jake – although it was also slightly scary as I had to just stay on the throttle and hope I didn’t get collected by one of them coming back on track. It helped bring us back into the fight for the podium and we made the most of the turbo boost to get second late on.

“It’s good to get that first win of the season under my belt, and to give the team a first win at Thruxton, and we’ll look to add to it at Oulton Park next time out.”

Daryl DeLeon scored his first Jack Sears Trophy round victory on what was a hard-fought day of racing for WSR in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at the series’ fastest circuit, Thruxton.
 
The Cambridgeshire racer, who took a maiden overall race win at Brands Hatch in May, was on strong race day form at the Hampshire speedbowl. Securing his best Thruxton BTCC finish with 10th spot in race one and bettered it with ninth in race two.
 
Having to drive his BMW 330i M Sport off-track at the complex to avoid his WSR stablemate Charles Rainford after contact another driver, DeLeon lost ground but did recover to finish 14th.
 
The 19-year old also recorded three second-place finishes in the Jack Sears Trophy (JST), giving him the event win and an increased 19-point advantage in the category standings over Rainford.
 
The Horsham racer’s race day was one of recovery after he spun at race one’s opening corner and fell to the back of the order.
 
Rainford recovered to 17th by the chequered flag and continued his progress to take 11th in race two. The #99's misfortune continued in race three, requiring a pitstop after more contact that resulted in a frustrating 19th-place finish.
 
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR team-mate Aiden Moffat drove to three points finishes as the Edinburgh racer fought hard in the midfield. Moffat’s recovery from 20th to 14th made him the biggest gainer in the opening bout and he added 12th and 13th spots in the races that followed.
 
Reigning champion Jake Hill was similarly frustrated as he battled to sixth and fifth-place finishes in the first two races of the day. Taking the lead in the finale from the second row of the partially-reversed grid, Hill came into contact with Ash Sutton caused an unplanned pitstop to remove debris from his BMW’s radiator.
 
The #1 is fifth in the Drivers’ Championship as the series prepares to head to Oulton Park – the scene of one of Hill’s finest victories last year – in a fortnight.
 
Daryl DeLeon, WSR, said: “I’m really happy to have won the Jack Sears Trophy here – the first time I’ve done it over a full weekend. I took a different approach here, have learnt loads and really progressed myself as a driver. I’ve had a 10th, a ninth and a 14th. Unfortunately, I had to go off to avoid an incident in the last race. I can’t wait for Oulton Park.”
 
Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with WSR, said: “We’ve been all aboard the struggle bus this weekend; all four of us. The BMW was okay in all three races, but it’s been hard to race against some of the other cars due to the straightline speed deficit we have to them. The chassis felt good in the high-speed sections, but on the straights it was tough. I can’t wait for Oulton Park.”
 
Charles Rainford, LKQ Euro Car Parts with WSR, said: “Unfortunately we’ve been really unlucky today. I was taken out at the start of Race One so started last for Race Two, fought my way back to 11th – which is where I qualified – and then got taken out of Race Three as well, so to say that I’m deflated is an understatement. We were looking forward to here and had some good pace in the dry on Saturday. Bring on Oulton Park – a place I love.”
 
Aiden Moffat, LKQ Euro Car Parts with WSR, said: “Thruxton’s all about taking risks and we sure took one today. Anything could have happened, especially bouncing over the kerbs through Church. Straightline speed was an issue all weekend. The BMW felt good over one lap but getting the set-up right to protect the rear tyres wasn’t easy. I’m not sorry to see the back of this place for another year.”

Ingram, Sutton and Rowbottom all win at Thruxton

The race for the 2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship continues to take shape with the top three drivers in the overall standings all winning at Thruxton today (8 June).

A first victory of the season for Tom Ingram and two second places produced one of the largest points hauls of the season so far, as he drew to within nine points of four-time champion Ash Sutton.

NAPA Racing UK's Sutton claimed his third triumph of the campaign before team-mate Dan Rowbottom won for the second successive event – following his race two success at Snetterton – as he climbed up to third in the Drivers' standings.

It wasn't just the points battle that intensified as Sutton and Ingram clashed twice during the day, before reigning champion Jake Hill also had his own contact with Sutton's #116 Ford Focus.

It seems the gloves are off as we move towards the midway stage of the 2025 season, which has already included an incredible nine different races winners from the 12 races so far.

Aside from the main title tussle, there are similar scraps in both the Manufacturers'/Constructors' and Teams' championships, with the Alliance Racing/Ford and its NAPA Racing UK outfit holding a slender advantage in each.

Chris Smiley and Restart Racing top the Independents' tables, whilst WSR's Daryl DeLeon extended his lead in the Jack Sears Trophy.

Oulton Park closes out the first half of the 30-race season with another triple header on the 21/22 June.

Ingram makes it nine different winners in nine races

Team VERTU's Ingram became the ninth different winner in as many races, after the former champion got by pole-sitter Sutton in the opener at Thruxton.

Sutton faded from second with an air intake issue as NAPA Racing UK team-mate Dan Cammish secured the place, whilst One Motorsport's Josh Cook claimed a hugely popular podium following his high-speed accident in qualifying yesterday.

There was an early dispute between Ingram and Sutton with the former believing he had passed the #116 machine prior to the safety car boards being shown, which was due to an incident involving ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport's Max Hall and NAPA Racing UK's Sam Osborne.

Forced to give the place back, the two were at it again shortly after as Sutton's car slid into Ingram's machine at the final chicane, forcing both cars off-track.

Ingram returned in the lead, as Sutton began to slip back into the clutches of Cammish, who had since recaptured third after Mikey Doble's Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall ran deep into the complex following the restart.

Worse was to follow for Doble as he pulled off with an engine issue, whilst a now down-on-power Sutton dropped into fourth behind Cammish and Cook.

Cook's charge was phenomenal, particularly when you consider he was in hospital yesterday following his sizeable shunt in qualifying. Heavy bruising to his foot was not enough to keep the Thruxton specialist at bay, and the #66 made the most of the opportunity by storming from 14th on the grid to third.

Fast-starting Sutton secures stunning race two win

NAPA Racing UK star Sutton produced one of the finest opening laps in recent memory as he immediately blasted his Ford Focus from fourth on the grid into a commanding lead, from which the four-time champ romped on to take his third victory of the season.

Pole-sitter Ingram seemed to make a solid start but no sooner had the Team VERTU racer reached turn one that Sutton had surged in-between team-mate Cammish and One Motorsport's Cook, before he weaved inside his title rival on the run through Allard.

Sutton never looked back, immediately pulling a gap as he maintained station back to Ingram and Cook until the finish – the latter two also comfortably taking second and third respectively. 

There was post-race drama, however, when Cook's Honda Civic Type R was excluded from the final result for failing ride height checks.

Retrospectively, it was the fight for the final podium position that produced the most entertainment as NAPA Racing UK's Rowbottom and Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport's Hill swapped positions on a number of occasions.

Both endured a wild moment when fluid was dropped on the circuit from Doble's Vauxhall, as Rowbottom took a trip across the grass on the exit of Allard, but the score was settled late on as the the #32 Ford secured the position.

Hill unfortunately slipped back another place as the BMW faded slightly late on, with NAPA Racing UK's Cammish fighting back to claim fourth.

Another win for rejuvenated Rowbottom

NAPA Racing UK's Rowbottom became a 2025 double race winner after triumphing in the final encounter at Thruxton.

Pole-sitter James Dorlin made a steady start but he was immediately passed by Hill in the charging Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW, and the young TOYOTA GAZOO Racing with IAA rookie then dropped to third as Rowbottom lined him up through the complex on the first lap.

Rowbottom had been a regular mover at Segrave corner throughout the weekend and he repeated the trick to snatch the lead in the reverse-grid race around the fastest circuit in the country.

Hill kept a tight line exiting the inside of the complex, which immediately became the outside for Segrave, as Rowbottom launched his #32 Ford Focus down the inside of the BMW 330i M Sport.

Cammish made it a NAPA Racing UK one-two shortly after as Hill dropped to third, and further frustration followed for the reigning champion after contact with old adversary Sutton.

The Hill-Sutton incident was the notable moment in the final half of the race as the #1 BMW wriggled through Noble, making contact with Sutton's Ford Focus. Hill's car ran across the grass, whilst Sutton expertly recovered from a full 360 degree spin.

Hill pitted with grass having filled the radiator, whilst Sutton made a charging drive back to finish fifth.

With more boost remaining in the closing laps, Team VERTU's Tom Ingram hauled in Cammish's Ford ahead of him, before making a routine move into the final chicane. Ingram's collection of 55 points was the largest haul of the day, whilst Cammish claimed his second podium from the three races.

Senna Proctor completed a good return to action with a brilliant fight back to fourth place. The Team VERTU star was shuffled down to seventh on the opening tour, but the Yorkshireman scrapped well to grab his highest result of the day ahead of four-time champ Sutton.

Tom Ingram, Team VERTU, said: "A win and two second places, you can’t ask for much more than that. It has been a really good haul of points, but amazingly after such a good day we’ve only clawed back six points on Ash (Sutton), which seems bonkers. Fairly action packed to be honest, I’ve not been that fussed about it but it’s good to get the first win of the year."

Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK, said: "I would love to be able to talk you through that start in race two, but I don’t know how I did it myself. Mega to get that done and bring the car home. I was shocked myself, but then it was about ticking the boxes… lead a lap, get fastest lap and win the race. If I didn’t have the issue in the first race then we may be could have won that too, but we’ve definitely turned a corner since Brands."

Dan Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK, said: "It was a great way to end the day. We’ve had a good points haul this weekend, I’m really pleased and we’ve just got to try and keep eeking the points out of Ash (Sutton), he’s got a bit of a head start but we’ll do our best. We’ve got a long way to go, we’re trying to show that we are here and that we mean business. I don’t care if I win this championship with one win or no wins, ultimately that’s the goal and we’ll keep pushing for it."

2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 1 – Thruxton

1. Tom Ingram, Team VERTU 19 Laps
2. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +1.214s
3. Josh Cook, One Motorsport +5.189s
4. Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK +6.007s
5. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK +6.563s
6. Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport +7.447s
7. James Dorlin, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA +7.921s
8. Adam Morgan, Team VERTU +8.264s
9. Senna Proctor, Team VERTU +9.790s
10. Daryl DeLeon, WSR +14.306s

2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 2 – Thruxton

1. Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK 16 Laps
2. Tom Ingram, Team VERTU +3.875s
3. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK +11.754s
4. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +13.281s
5. Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport +13.752s
6. Senna Proctor, Team VERTU +15.627s
7. James Dorlin, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA +18.334s
8. Chris Smiley, Restart Racing +20.718s
9. Daryl DeLeon, WSR +21.659s
10. Daniel Lloyd, Restart Racing +21.699s

2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 3 – Thruxton

1. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK 18 Laps
2. Tom Ingram, Team VERTU +2.260s
3. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +3.278s
4. Senna Proctor, Team VERTU +3.771s
5. Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK +6.991s
6. Árón Taylor-Smith, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA +10.341s
7. Josh Cook, One Motorsport +12.083s
8. Tom Chilton, Team VERTU +13.483s
9. Daniel Lloyd, Restart Racing +13.996s
10. Gordon Shedden, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA +18.971s

Penalties:

Race One

Senna Proctor received an official reprimand and two penalty points on his license in Round 10 of the championship, for causing a collision with Gordon Shedden.

Race Two

Josh Cook was disqualified from Round 11 of the championship, for failing the ride height check at the end of the race.

Jake Hill received a verbal warning in Round 11 of the championship, for causing a collision with Adam Morgan.

Race Three

Chris Smiley was disqualified from Round 12 of the championship, for failing the weight check at the end of the race.

Jake Hill received an official reprimand and two penalty points on his license in Round 12 of the championship, for causing a collision with Ash Sutton.

Daryl DeLeon received an official reprimand and two penalty points on his license in Round 12 of the championship, for causing a collision with Ronan Pearson.

NAPA Racing UK's Dan Rowbottom became a 2025 double race winner after triumphing in the final Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton.

Pole-sitter James Dorlin made a steady start but he was immediately passed by Jake Hill in the charging Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW, and the young TOYOTA GAZOO Racing with IAA rookie then dropped to third as Rowbottom lined him up through the Complex on the first lap.

Rowbottom had been a regular mover at Segrave corner throughout the weekend and he repeated the trick again to secure the win in the reversed-grid race around the fastest circuit in the country.

Hill kept a tight line exiting the inside of the Complex, which immediately became the outside for Segrave, as Rowbottom launched his #32 Ford Focus down the inside of the BMW 330i M Sport.

Dan Cammish made it a NAPA Racing UK one-two shortly after as Hill dropped to third, and worse was to follow for the reigning champion following contact with old adversary Ash Sutton.

The incident followed a significant shunt for Adam Morgan as the Team VERTU man rounded off a forgettable weekend by dropping a wheel on the grass through Allard. The #33 Hyundai immediately spun off before hitting the barrier, bringing about the only safety car period of the contest.

The Hill-Sutton incident was the notable moment in the final half of the race as the #1 BMW wriggled through Noble, making contact with Sutton's Ford Focus. Hill's car ran across the grass, whilst Sutton expertly recovered from a full 360 degree spin.

Hill pitted with grass having filled the radiator, whilst Sutton made a charging drive back to finish fifth.

With more boost remaining in the closing laps, Team VERTU's Tom Ingram hauled in Cammish's Ford ahead of him, before making a routine move into the final chicane. Ingram's points haul of 55 was the biggest throughout the day, whilst Cammish claimed his second podium from the triple header.

Senna Proctor completed a good return to action with a brilliant fight back to fourth place. The Team VERTU star was shuffled down to seventh on the opening tour but the Yorkshireman scrapped well to grab his highest result of the day ahead of four-time champ Sutton.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA's Árón Taylor-Smith was sixth, securing the best result of the season so far for the Speedworks-run squad.

Dan Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK, said:

Tom Ingram, Team VERTU, said:

Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK, said:

2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Thruxton – Race 2 – Classification:

P/	No/	Name/	Entry/	Laps/	Time/	Gap/	Best/	On/
1	32	Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	18	24:29.588		1:15.784	4
2	80	Tom INGRAM	Team VERTU	18	24:31.848	2.260	1:16.079	3
3	27	Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	18	24:32.866	3.278	1:16.006	2
4	18	Senna PROCTOR	Team VERTU	18	24:33.359	3.771	1:16.452	14
5	116	Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	18	24:36.579	6.991	1:15.708	3
6	40	Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	18	24:39.929	10.341	1:16.848	6
7	66	Josh COOK	One Motorsport	18	24:41.671	12.083	1:16.767	3
8	3	Tom CHILTON	Team VERTU	18	24:43.071	13.483	1:16.813	3
9	123	Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	18	24:43.584	13.996	1:16.885	4
10	52	Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	18	24:44.390	14.802	1:16.836	2
11	77	Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	18	24:48.482	18.894	1:16.174	3
12	16	Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	18	24:48.962	19.374	1:17.253	4
13	88	Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	18	24:49.371	19.783	1:16.945	2
14	2	Daryl DELEON	WSR	18	24:49.536	19.948	1:16.771	3
15	12	Stephen JELLEY	One Motorsport	18	24:49.770	20.182	1:16.781	3
16	17	Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	18	24:52.503	22.915	1:17.520	3
17	28	Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	18	25:02.614	33.026	1:17.954	3
18	1	Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	18	25:18.880	49.292	1:16.073	4
19	99	Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	17	24:51.841	1 Lap	1:16.964	4
DNF	132	James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	3	4:07.401	15 Laps	1:17.743	2
DQ	22	Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	0	0			0
DNF	14	Ronan PEARSON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	11	16:04.600	7 Laps	1:16.899	5
DNF	33	Adam MORGAN	Team VERTU	7	9:09.352	11 Laps	1:16.557	3

NAPA Racing UK star Ash Sutton produced one of the finest opening laps in living memory as he blasted his #116 Ford Focus from fourth on the grid into a commanding lead, from which the four-time champ romped on to take his third Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship victory of the season.

Pole-sitter Tom Ingram seemed to make a solid start but no sooner had the Team VERTU racer reached turn one that Sutton had surged in-between team-mate Dan Cammish and One Motorsport's Josh Cook, before he weaved inside his title rival on the run through Allard.

Sutton never looked back, immediately pulling a gap as he maintained station back to Ingram and Cook until the finish – the latter two also comfortably taking second and third respectively.

There was post-race drama, however, when Cook's #66 machine was excluded from the final result for failing the ride height checks.

Retrospectively, it was the fight for the final podium position that produced the most entertainment as NAPA Racing UK's Dan Rowbottom and Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport's Jake Hill swapped positions on a number of occasions. Both endured a wild moment with fluid on the circuit dropped from Mikey Doble's Vauxhall, as Rowbottom took a trip across the grass on the exit of Allard, but the score was settled late on as the the #32 Ford secured the position.

Hill unfortunately slipped back another place as the BMW faded slightly late on, with NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish fighting back to claim fourth.

Senna Proctor has starred on his return to the series this weekend as the Team VERTU driver snatched sixth.

James Dorlin continued to be the Toyota flag bearer with eighth for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, whilst Restart Racing's Chris Smiley, WSR's Daryl DeLeon and Restart Racing's Daniel Lloyd completed the top ten positions.

Ash Sutton said:

Tom Ingram said:

Dan Rowbottom said:

2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Thruxton – Race 2 – Classification:

P/	No/	Name/	Entry/	Laps/	Time/	Gap/	Best/	On/
1	116	Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	16	20:37.454		1:15.254	2
2	80	Tom INGRAM	Team VERTU	16	20:41.329	3.875	1:15.791	3
3	66	Josh COOK	One Motorsport	16	20:46.529	9.075	1:15.978	4
4	32	Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	16	20:49.208	11.754	1:15.957	2
5	27	Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	16	20:50.735	13.281	1:16.079	2
6	1	Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	16	20:51.206	13.752	1:15.970	2
7	18	Senna PROCTOR	Team VERTU	16	20:53.081	15.627	1:16.468	3
8	132	James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	16	20:55.788	18.334	1:17.219	4
9	22	Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	16	20:58.172	20.718	1:16.929	3
10	2	Daryl DELEON	WSR	16	20:59.113	21.659	1:16.695	4
11	123	Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	16	20:59.153	21.699	1:16.967	5
12	99	Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	16	21:01.942	24.488	1:16.927	3
13	33	Adam MORGAN	Team VERTU	16	21:03.233	25.779	1:15.982	2
14	16	Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	16	21:04.189	26.735	1:17.017	5
15	14	Ronan PEARSON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	16	21:04.449	26.995	1:17.035	4
16	17	Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	16	21:10.398	32.944	1:17.246	4
17	12	Stephen JELLEY	One Motorsport	16	21:15.011	37.557	1:17.120	5
18	40	Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	16	21:21.087	43.633	1:16.893	2
19	28	Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	16	21:34.625	57.171	1:18.721	4
20	52	Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	16	21:56.057	1:18.603	1:17.648	13
21	77	Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	15	21:11.799	1 Lap	1:17.180	5
DNF	88	Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	7	9:15.878	9 Laps	1:16.447	4
DNF	3	Tom CHILTON	Team VERTU	6	9:59.197	10 Laps	1:17.251	2