The 2025 TOCA Night of Champions at Silverstone in November will celebrate the best moments from this season, and the Fans' Choice Award gives you the power to decide which achievement deserves recognition. This year's theme focuses on 'New Winners' – and what a year it's been, with four drivers claiming their first-ever BTCC victories, the most since 2018.
Your vote will determine who takes home this prestigious award. Will it be the performance itself, or the journey that led to that unforgettable moment? The choice is yours, and today we're highlighting one of those breakthrough victories: Daryl DeLeon's sensational drive at Brands Hatch.
WSR's Daryl DeLeon scored his first ever Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship win amid a frenetic second encounter around the 1.21-mile Brands Hatch Indy circuit.
The young BMW star made a stellar getaway – critically jumping fellow soft tyre runner Adam Morgan for fifth place in the early running – as the front three made a solid start on the harder Goodyear compound.
Pole-sitter Jake Hill (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport) fended off BMW stablemate Charles Rainford (LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR) but it was NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish that was on the charge as he moved into second, while third placed Tom Ingram (Team VERTU) began to drop down the order.
The delta between those running the hard tyre versus those running the soft was there for all to see, but the race was thrown into a safety car stalemate after an incident involving two team-mates.
The Un-Limited Motorsport duo of Dexter Patterson and Max Hall got into eachother at Paddock Hill Bend, which fired both Cupra Leons off and into the gravel. A minor altercation between the two ensued after they exited their cars while recovery teams moved in to retrieve their stricken machines.
If that wasn't bizarre enough then the following incident left fans aghast as Cammish's NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ground to halt just as the cars were about to restart. Running in second, Cammish was arguably the favourite to win the race and perfectly poised to attack Hill's #1 BMW, but something failed on his car and he came to a halt in the middle of the track, eventually being collected by Aiden Moffat's LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR BMW.
A disconsolate Cammish walked back to the pits as the action kicked off yet again in the background. DeLeon immediately nipped by Hill to take P1, as the latter then held up the chasing pack just enough for his WSR team-mate to scamper away.
Team VERTU's Morgan eventually made it through to second but it was too late to challenge for victory, with the #33 having to settle for second ahead of the charging Ash Sutton (NAPA Racing UK).
The four-time champion blitzed his way from tenth on the grid and was arguably the fastest car on the track as the chequered flag fell, taking his 100th BTCC podium on NAPA's 100th birthday weekend.
Chris Smiley (Restart Racing), Moffat and Josh Cook (One Motorsport) had further relegated Rainford and Hill by the finish, whilst Daniel Rowbottom (NAPA Racing UK) and Ronan Pearson (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA) rounded out the top ten.
It was all eyes, however, on the BTCC's third youngest race winner of all-time – DeLeon – as BMW made it two out of two at Brands Hatch.
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Come back throughout today for photos from DeLeon's maiden victory!
