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Returning triple champion Gordon Shedden hit the front in the second free practice session of the weekend at Thruxton ahead of the opening rounds of the British Touring Car Championship season. The Team Dynamics driver was unable to match the pace set by Ash Sutton earlier in the day as wet weather conditions continued to … More »

    0 Colin Turkington receives a hefty 17-second time penalty for contact with defending champion Ash Sutton during the first BTCC race at Thruxton. Team BMWs Colin Turkington has been handed a 17-second post-race penalty for contact with defending champion Ash Sutton during the opening British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton. With Sutton leading Turkington into Campbell corner on lap one, Turkington made contact with the race leader whilst defending his own position against Josh...

15 hours ago Josh Cook expects to be well in the fight for victory in the opening rounds of the new BTCC season after a strong performance in qualifying at Thruxton. The BTC Racing driver backed up a solid performance in the two practice sessions – which included going second quickest in FP2 – with a strong run in qualifying. Mixed conditions at the fastest circuit on the calendar left drivers chasing a quick time late on after switching to slick tyres, and Cook came close to snaring pole w...

    0 Josh Cook continues to dominate at Thruxton with a second BTCC victory of the day ahead of BTC Racing team mate Dan Cammish. Josh Cook continued his rich vein of form at Thruxton after leading home a triumphant BTC Racing 1-2 result ahead of Dan Cammish to record his second British Touring Car Championship race victory at Thruxton. Following what proved to be an incident packed season opener, race two turned out to be just as dramatic after a huge shunt involving Andy Neate, Glynn Ged...

    0 Josh Cook profits from the first lap drama to win the opening BTCC race of 2021 at Thruxton. BTC Racings Josh Cook has won the opening round of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship after taking a convincing victory in race one at Thruxton. Despite initially dropping to third behind the fast-starting BMW of Colin Turkington off the start-line, Cooks afternoon was immediately made all the more easier after contact between race leader Ash Sutton and Turkington, saw the Honda driver ...

    0 Ash Sutton prevails in the changeable conditions to take a magnificent first BTCC win of the year at Thruxton. Defending British Touring Car champion Ash Sutton has opened his 2021 victory account with a sensational win in the changeable conditions at Thruxton. Sutton started the race from fourth on the grid but capitalised on the unpredictable conditions to secure his first win of the year ahead of two-time champion Jason Plato in second. Rain showers which ranged in duration and int...

Ash Sutton wins mixed weather finale 2 weeks ago Ash Sutton secured victory in wet-dry-wet finale at Thruxton which jumbled up the order in the British Touring Car Championship. With Andy Neate and Glynn Geddie both missing after the race two accident, there was extra spice added to proceedings when rain started to fall shortly before the start – leaving teams to decide whether to go with wet tyres or gamble with slicks given that part of the circuit was wet, and part was dry. As it was, half...

Colin Turkington handed race one penalty 1 week ago Colin Turkington has lost his fourth place finish in the first BTCC race of the weekend at Thruxton after picking up a post-race penalty. Turkington was deemed to be at fault for the incident on lap one that saw Ash Sutton spin to the back of the field. The 17 second time penalty drops Turkington behind Sutton in the end results, but he will still carry ballast for fourth into race two.

Photo: BTCC Media Despite saying he was ‘gutted’ to miss out on pole position for the British Touring Car Championship season opener by a small margin, Josh Cook was overall pleased with a front-row starting position for race one. Cook has never previously qualified on the front row at his home circuit in his six years in the BTCC to-date, but the 29-year-old has claimed half of his eight BTCC race wins at the Hampshire circuit. In tricky wet and drying conditions on Saturday, Cook na...

Thruxton thriller set to kickstart new BTCC campaign 17 hours ago The new British Touring Car Championship season kicks off this weekend at Thruxton, with a full grid of 29 cars ready to do battle on the quickest circuit on the calendar. Although no fans will be in attendance – hopefully the final time that will be the case – there is set to be plenty of action for those watching live on ITV4 to enjoy after a busy winter that saw a raft of chances across the grid. That is most notably true ...