LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ finished the year inside the top half of the Teams’ championship with race-winning duo Josh Cook and Aiden Moffat providing the squad with many memorable moments along the way.
Donington Park
Moffat would triumph in the curtain-raising trip to the Leicestershire circuit on his first weekend in a brand-new car. Starting on the front row in the final race of the day alongside former WTCC Champion Rob Huff in identical Toyota machinery, the #16 was poised for a great result.
As the lights went out, the Dalkeith-born racer was jumped off the line by the fast-starting BMWs of Adam Morgan and Colin Turkington. Dropping to fourth did not phase Moffat as he would charge past both Team BMW drivers after a lock up from Morgan.
Trading positions lap after lap, Moffat and Huff would fiercely battle it out for top spot with the former ending up on top. Taking the fifth BTCC win of his 11-year career, Moffat would leave Donington fifth in the Drivers’ standings.
Snetterton
In far from ideal conditions, the final bout at the Norfolk circuit saw a masterful drive from both LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ racers. Starting on dry tyres on a wet circuit, the duo would shine on a drying track.
Starting on the front row, Moffat would see a spinning Sam Osborne ahead into the first turn, before taking a sizeable lead through the first sector. The trickiest track conditions were in the final segment of the circuit and two-time winner on the day, Jake Hill, would take the lead of a third successive race.
Chasing down Hill as the circuit would dry, the #16 would slide wide letting through Huff, before both would past the eventual Drivers’ champion. Also following past Hill was a fast-charging Cook from seventh on the grid to complete a double podium for the team.
Oulton Park
A race that was won in a mind-blowing opening lap as the #66 would lead into lap two, having started from eighth. After missing a first corner collision ahead, having already gained three places off the line, Cook was on a charge against his fellow title contenders.
Incredibly, by the time the ITV feed cut back to the live pictures after a replay of the first corner incident, the then 18-time BTCC race winner had already passed Ash Sutton, Dan Cammish and Hill. Not only pulling off three moves in quick succession, but immediately onto the rear bumper of Tom Ingram vying for the lead.
Heading into Lodge on the first tour of the Cheshire-based circuit, the #66 was through with arguably the best first lap of any driver all season. Cook’s raw speed continued as he would build a comfortable eight second advantage all the way to the chequered flag.
Croft
The Bath-born racer charged to another race two victory from eighth on the grid, impressively repeating the feat from the previous event. Following Huff through the field once again, it was not until the pair had reached the front before the spectacle truly got underway.
Heading into the high-speed supposedly ‘single line’ chicane the #66 got a tremendous run on the #12 as the latter defended the inside, before the pair pulled off some of the best side-by-side racing of the season.
With arguably one of the standout moves of 2024, Cook impressively once again completed a charge from eighth to first. Holding off Huff and eventual third-place finisher Dan Rowbottom, the win was even sweeter for the now 20-time BTCC winner as the podium was covered by just 0.954 seconds.
