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 another breakthrough victory: Charles Rainford's sensational first win in just his sixth BTCC start.
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR's Charles Rainford joined the BTCC winners ranks to provide BMW with a cleansweep of victories at Brands Hatch today.
WSR earlier became the most successful team in BTCC history – now with 135 wins, including two new race winners and victories in all three races, but that doesn't tell the full story of an incredible day of racing and indeed this final contest.
NAPA Racing UK's Dan Rowbottom held the lead initially from pole position while Rainford was immediately disposing of stablemate Jake Hill on the run through Surtees. The young rookie then wasted no time in turning second into first as he fired his BMW 330e M Sport up the inside of Rowbottom's #32 Ford Focus through Paddock Hill Bend on lap two.
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport's Hill relegated the fading Rowbottom and he then set about attacking his younger team-mate. The gap fluctuated back and forth – often through the use of the TOCA Turbo Boost – but the battle was finally decided due to a heart-in-mouth moment later in the contest.
Back-marker Max Hall (ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport) ran through the gravel on the approach to Clarke Curve and immediately returned to the track right in front of the oncoming Hill. The reigning champion escaped but the delay left him in the clutches of the charging Tom Ingram – the Team VERTU star having surged from 11th on the grid into the podium positions.
The pair touched at Druids on the penultimate lap but Hill again held on to grab second as Ingram rounded out the rostrum.
Ash Sutton's #100 NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus came alive in the second half of the contest as he impressively grabbed fourth from Restart Racing's Chris Smiley, whilst One Motorsport's Josh Cook was sixth.
A cracking late move from Team VERTU's Tom Chilton helped him to take seventh from LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR's Aiden Moffat, whilst Rowbottom and three-time champion Gordon Shedden completed the top ten.
Vote for the 2025 BTCC Fans' Choice Award here.
Come back throughout today for video and photos from the new winner's fantastic victory!
