Inside BTCC - Issue 25 - BTCC 2013 at Rockingham

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PREVIEW / AIDEN MOFFAT / SUPPORT RACES / MUCH ROCKINGHAM

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The BTCC title race continued to hot up at Knockhill, with Andrew Jordan closing in on Matt Neal at the head of the standings and Colin Turkington taking a double win that showed he is very much a contender for honours.

Alongside the latest news from the BTCC and updates from the TOCA support package, we also fire ten quick questions at IP Tech Race Engineering’s grid girl Victoria in the first of a new series of features.

With Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato also in the mix, it remains to be seen what twists and turns will come at Rockingham this weekend in the latest three rounds of the season.

On one final note, congratulations to Julie Bacon, Mark Wright, Nikki Rogers, Chris Ritchie and Ian Joyner who all won tickets to catch the action at Rockingham in our recent competition – enjoy the chance to see the action trackside!

In this edition of Inside BTCC, we recap what happened at Knockhill and preview what is to come in Corby, while we also have a full round-up of the results so far that have set up such a fascinating fight for the title.

We speak to Mat Jackson’s father Tony about the career of the Airwaves Racing man, see what Aiden Moffat thought about his record-breaking BTCC debut and hear from Jack Goff ahead of his return to action.

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MOFFAT TAKES PLACE IN HISTORY Young Scot races on home track

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A FATHER’S TALE Tony Jackson on son Mat’s career

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ONSLOW-COLE TO AIRWAVES Eventful few days for TO-C

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NEWS IN BRIEF Latest news from the paddock

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GOFF AIMS TO BOUNCE BACK Team HARD. racer on missing Knockhill

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KNOCKHILL ROUND-UP Double for Turkington

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BEHIND EVERY MAN...

Meet Victoria Gibson

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SUPPORT RACES Rounding up the action from the support formulae

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ROCKINGHAM PREVIEW Looking ahead to Rockingham

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ABOUT INSIDE BTCC...

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To get in touch, please email: CONTACT@INSIDEBTCC.COM. Written, produced and edited by Matt Salisbury and Matt Lamprell.

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MOFFAT TAKES PLACE IN HISTORY...

Scottish teenager becomes a BTCC record breaker on a challenging debut weekend at Knockhill

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Aiden Moffat insists there is plenty more to come on the back of a challenging debut in the British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill.

At the age of just 16 years, ten months and 28 days, Moffat broke Tom Chilton’s record when he joined the field in Scotland at the wheel of his Finesse Motorsport-run Chevrolet Cruze, with his first weekend in the series turning into something of a baptism of fire.

The late nature of his deal to become the latest contender in the Jack Sears Trophy meant Moffat went into the weekend without the opportunity to test the Cruze, which had been raced earlier in the year

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Adam on hand to provide advice, Moffat’s weekend looked set to start in solid fashion as he matched the pace of his S2000 rivals in the early part of first practice.

However, things then went awry when an engine issue forced the former MINI racer to return to the pits, where it was determined that the damage sustained would be enough to rule him out of the remainder of Saturday’s running.

With repairs carried out overnight, Moffat took his place on the grid for race one and successfully made it to the finish despite being down on power – crossing the line third in class and 21st overall.

While that meant a disappointing end to his debut weekend, Moffat refused to be too downbeat given the manner in which the deal had been put together in the first place.

However, a suspension issue then saw Moffat retire early on in race two, with damage to the subframe from the resultant accident preventing him from starting race three.

“It was a very hard weekend,” he said. “It was a last minute deal so there was no time for testing and it was a gamble that I would be able to learn the car on Saturday. Engine issues unfortunately meant that we couldn’t.

We were there or thereabouts before the problems, but others got quicker as the day went on and we had to sit and watch. I also missed out on the chance to learn about the car ahead of race day.

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also had some understeer in the corners, which didn’t help. In the second race, we’d turned up the boost and thought we had a chance to make some good progress, but then coming into the chicane, something in the suspension broke and that was game over.

“It’s not how I wanted it to go, but it was still a great experience and I can’t be down about it all. I’m on the grid racing a touring car at the age of 16 which no-one Inside BTCC

else has gone before; it’s just a shame that I didn’t get the track time I needed.”

Moffat will now hope to kick-start his BTCC career in earnest during the latter part of the season, with plans in place to contest the final two rounds of the year at Silverstone and Brands Hatch.

The 16-year-old had been due to compete at Rockingham but will instead miss the race weekend to

focus on his commitments racing back in Scotland.

“I know I can go faster in the car but I just didn’t have the time [at Knockhill] to build up the pace,” he said. “There is some set-up work to do that we missed out on because of the lost time in practice and I know that I’m nowhere near my potential. There is a lot more to come in the remaining races for sure.”

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TONY JACKSON A FATHER’S TALE...

Inside BTCC talks to Tony Jackson about the career of son Mat, who has firmly established himself on the touring car grid since making his debut back in 2007…

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Since bursting onto the scene with a trip to the podium on his BTCC debut, Mat Jackson has firmly established himself as one of the top drivers on the grid.

round of the season at Knockhill, Inside BTCC took the chance to sit down with Jackson’s father Tony about the 32-yearold’s career to date…

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Runner-up in the standings back in 2008, Jackson has gone on to take 19 career wins to date and broke a record back in 2009 when he picked up eight consecutive podium finishes driving an RMLrun Chevrolet Lacetti.

Since 2010, Jackson has been part of the Motorbase line-up and is now working with the team on the development of the NGTC-spec Ford Focus it debuted in the series last year.

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When Mat was young, what was it that made you realise that he wanted to be a racing driver.

Tony Jackson: As a youngster, Mat was a very accomplished athlete. He would run for Warwickshire and then he suffered an injury to his knee that required some surgery, and it took away some of his confidence at things like running and football.

As an eleven-year-old, we realised he wasn’t getting

much satisfaction out of life and that it was all school and no play. We asked him what he’d like to do and he said there was a lad at school who went go-kart racing and seemed to have good fun doing it. That lad was Robbie Kerr, who is now a well-known figure in British motorsport.

We ended up with a few go-karts, as we also have an older son called Dan, and we went off doing some club racing. Mat was instantly a success, and as a novice with no proper training, he was able to keep up with the seeded drivers. He got pushed off a lot for it if I remember rightly! It was all good run but there was no career plan or anything like that, it was just a means to have some family fun.

Of course, the karting grew legs and we ended up doing the British Championship in Juniors with Mat and also in Seniors with Dan. Then we did the Irish championship and Mat got involved in Europe in Formula A Karts.

Karting was never kind to Mat as his weight was always advancing quicker than the weight limits in the karts. At 140 kilos, it starts to tell!

We took the view that he should move out of karts when he was sixteen and a half and he went into the Formula Honda championship where he was immediately successful. He was second in his first year and we thought about Formula Renault but it wasn’t on the radar as a career

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move and it seemed a bit serious, so we went to Renault Clios instead.

There was a little interlude in the Fiesta Winter Series with Colin Stancombe and his team but the decision was to go with the Clios as the next step and head to tin-tops.

Inside BTCC: When Mat said he fancied karting, was there part of you that was worried about cost?

Tony Jackson: Not really as it was never thought of in that way. It was just a case of getting a second-hand go-kart to do some practice days. We didn’t think of the career path and the financial involvement there was. There was never a grand plan to Inside BTCC 12

make it in motorsport, it was a means to an end.

Mat was in a black hole, so to speak, and it was a way of moving things forward. The whole family enjoyed it and it became the centre of attention.

Inside BTCC: Do you think the family business played a part?

but it was a case of no money, no talent and no hope really! It was a short-lived career…

Mat just proved to be very talented and the arrangement was that they could go karting as much as they liked but it was race on Sunday and school on Monday. Racing wasn’t allowed to be dominant in that side of things.

were all heavily involved.

When mat did the Production Class in the BTCC, people said to him ‘Keep doing what you are doing and you’ll get a works drive’ but the works drives evaporated.

We decided he should go back to university to get a degree and we went down to see him to be told by the university that they didn’t see him that often.

Tony Jackson: Inside BTCC: People often ask if we guided him in this direction. I was always interested in motorsport and Dan was into trials riding and scrambling. Mat had his own motorbikes when he was younger as well, so there was mechanical interest. His grandfather was also into speedway so I suppose there is motorsport in the DNA. I had a go myself

At what point did you realise it could be more than a hobby?

Tony Jackson: When he was in karting everyone wanted him to drive for them but we always had our own team – right through to joining the BTCC. We did our own thing in the garage and

We got him on the phone to see where he was and he was at Silverstone – you could hear the cars in the background. He had made the decision that he wanted to be in motorsport and he worked at Rockingham as well. Then he told me SEAT were running a championship with £100,000 prize money and I think my initial reaction to it was ‘And?’. He said he www.insidebtcc.com

could win it and we were persuaded to put the team back together, which is what we did.

BTCC was still a huge step to take. So how difficult was the decision to get the BMW and make the step into touring cars?

Inside BTCC: Tony Jackson: Did you expect the SEAT Cupra Championship to go as well as it did?

Tony Jackson: Did we have any expectations? Mat did, definitely. He was confident he could win it and my role was to get the team together and to get the car working as best we could. That was the challenge for us, and Mat delivered on track. I think he won 19 races in two years and the prize money was very helpful!

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We take it very seriously and didn’t go into it light heartedly. We knew we were going up against some of the best touring car teams in the world, and in that situation, you have to be confident in yourself that you know the basics and can deliver.

The results speak for themselves and in 2007 at the first round, he was on the podium twice [although he was later excluded from race one for ignoring a black and orange flag – Ed]. He clearly had no qualms about his ability and we never worried about his ability.

Inside BTCC: As his dad, you expect him to win races but going up against teams like Triple Eight, WSR and Dynamics and against drivers like Jason Plato, Matt Neal and Fabrizio Giovanardi, did you think the results would come so quickly?

Tony Jackson: We knew Mat was a championship winner in the SEATs and that that would translate into the BTCC. He’d already tested with SEAT thanks to his success in the Cupra Championship and had been on the pace, so we knew that if we provided the goods, he could do it.

If we could give him a car at 90 per cent, we knew he could add the rest.

Maybe it came from being in a family team, but Mat could always drive around a problem. Back in 2007, he would come on the radio and say the car was doing something and our response would be to say ‘Okay Mat – well get on with it then’.

At Oulton Park, ahead of his first win, we dropped the car off the jacks and Mat came on the radio and said ‘The dash and data has shut down’. We asked if the engine ran and when he said it did, we told him to think of it as a go-kart and to win. He held off Plato with no dash and won the race by feel.

Maybe we should have switched it off more often!

Mat has always been an exciting driver to watch and there was a lot of satisfaction involved.

Whatever effort we put in,

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Inside BTCC: He’s established himself as one of the top drivers in the series and had been in contention for the championship before, but it’s fair to say that it hasn’t always been easy…

Tony Jackson: There is no such thing as an easy ride in the BTCC and anyone who thinks there is, is quite foolish.

It is a challenge and it evolves all the time, even over the course of a season. You can think you are on top of things after a few rounds, but can be at the back of the pile a few races later. It is always moving and you have to be on top of your game and always aware of what could happen next.

Inside BTCC: Aside from the family team, he’s run with the likes of RML and Motorbase. How much has he been able to develop from working with those kind of teams.

Tony Jackson: When he first left the family team and moved to RML, it brought him on no end. He always could understand the car well but it allowed him to take that next step. Alongside his racing commitments, he is now a test driver with McLaren, which is an indication of how he can work on car development as engineers need to know that they can trust the information that is being fed back to them by a driver.

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What is the career highlight?

Tony Jackson: It has to be the BTCC wins. We don’t forget the karting wins and the trophies are on display in the workshop but the highlight has to be 2008 with BMW Dealer Team UK when he finished second to Giovanardi. It was the sum of a lot of effort to get there.

Inside BTCC: This season has been a tough one, but what do you expect in the remainder?

potential has been a bit elusive for the team. I feel for them, as they have worked so hard on the car and are so passionate, and it takes it out of a team when they don’t get the results that they expect.

We’ve seen the car on the pace and then for no reason, it isn’t as quick.

But they are getting closer and I’m sure we’ll see much better results moving forwards. The championship is out of reach but there is the chance to put in some strong drives, and to add more podiums, which Mat is dying to do.

Tony Jackson: The NGTC car is a complex piece of equipment and finding the window to get the car working to its full

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Tom Onslow-Cole looked set to miss the remainder of the 2013 season after calling time on his programme with Team HARD.

but of course the car was brand new on the eve of the season, so it’s important that the car is completely ready for the start of next year.

However, just days later, he was unveiled as the driver of Airwaves Racing’s third NGTC-spec Ford Focus for the last three rounds of the year.

“I’m a racer so it’s always tough to make a decision that means we won’t be racing for the rest of the year, but if it gives both the team and I the best possible chance of winning in 2014 then it has to be the right decision.

Onslow-Cole joined Team Hard at the start of the year to drive its new VW Passat and scored podium finishes at both Thruxton and Croft with the new car.

However, with the team having to carry out development of the NGTCspec machine on race weekends, Onslow-Cole took the decision not to compete at Rockingham, Silverstone and Brands Hatch as the team works on developing the car.

“When you look at the project things started really well with the VW Passat,” he said. “To score podiums in one of the first events of the season was great, but it has been tough to develop the car over race weekends.

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“I would like to thank Tony and everyone at Team HARD for what they’ve achieved so far this season and hopefully the team will produce the tools to fight at the front on a consistent basis next year.

“Obviously this turn of events negates our longterm deal and puts me in a position where I need to reassess my future in the BTCC. Hopefully we can look at the situation when the dust has settled and the team’s plans for 2014 are clear.”

That reassessment did not take long, as the Airwaves news soon followed.

“Wow, it’s been an emotional week of ups and downs”,

he said. “I’m so happy to be back on the grid and I am ever thankful to David [Bartrum] and everyone at Airwaves that made this possible.”

“Motorbase are a great team and I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on the Ford Focus NGTC. Unfortunately there isn’t the chance to test before Rockingham but with the help of Mat, Aron and the team I’m sure I’ll get up to speed quickly.”

Airwaves Racing boss David Bartrum has come close to running Onslow-Cole in the BTCC previously and is pleased with the way the deal worked out.

“We’ve been approached by quite a few people in regards to the third NGTC car, and I wanted to put it out for the right type of driver. To suddenly find Tom available was both quite a shock and at the same time a nice surprise as he’s the perfect fit with our team. I am over the moon that I’ve been able to put together what could be possibly be the strongest driver line up in the BTCC.”

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EVENTFUL FEW DAYS SEES ONSLOW-COLE JOIN AIRWAVES RACING replaced at Team HARD at Rockingham by Andy Wilmot, who will make his debut in the series at the wheel of the PPCGB/Kraftwerk Racing VW. The 32-year-old has previously competed in Ford Fiestas and the VW Cup, where he was the first driver to be signed by Tony Gilham when he created the team.

“It’s the dream for any tin top driver to be in the BTCC,” he said. “I signed with Tony two years ago and it was always in the pipeline to progress from the VW Cup to the BTCC and I am just delighted to have been given this opportunity.

“It’s great for my CV and hopefully something that will interest prospective sponsors as I’d love to be in the series full time next year.

Of course the step up to the BTCC is huge and I won’t be putting too much pressure on myself. I’ll probably be anxious to try and score some points but I want to enjoy the experience and take it from there.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF NEWS IN BRIEF Smith hit with penalty Aron Smith has become the third driver to be hit with a six place grid penalty for driving infringements after picking up two endorsements at Knockhill.

The Airwaves Racing man was handed three points on his competition licence alongside a £500 fine for contact with Mike Bushell in the final race of the weekend in Scotland, and was also handed a separate reprimand for a clash with Warren Scott.

Having previously picked up two points on his licence and a reprimand for an incident at Donington Park, Smith has become the latest driver to fall foul of the new regulation introduced this year whereby three penalties for incidents relating to driving standards automatically Inside BTCC 16

triggers a six place grid penalty.

Pirtek Racing pair Jeff Smith and Andrew Jordan had previously incurred six place drops.

Fuller’s seasonal bow confirmed Howard Fuller will finally make his first appearance of the 2013 season when he joins the grid in one of the two RCIB Insurance Vauxhall Insignias at Rockingham.

Fuller was due to compete in selected events this year in a Team HARD. Volkswagen but has instead been given the opportunity to run in the Insignia in the next two rounds – with his deal also including the Silverstone race weekend.

The 21-year-old will drive the car that was previously raced by James

Cole, Robb Holland and Paul O’Neill; the latter having turned down the chance to race at Rockingham because of his commitments with ITV. “Tony has given me the opportunity and I am absolutely delighted,” Fuller said. “It has been a little tough watching the season at times but we knew the chance would come so now I just can’t wait to get out there.

“I think we did a pretty solid job last year and although I’m still relatively new to the BTCC, I’m not new to racing. I’ll just approach it like it’s another race and I’ll be out to do the best job I can do.”

Fuller was one of the drivers to test the Insignia during the two-day Dunlop tyre test at Snetterton during the summer break.

Kaye warms up with Barcelona 24H run Having been forced to miss the Knockhill weekend with a knee injury, James Kaye returned to action ahead of Rockingham with an outing in the Barcelona 24 Hours.

The AmDTuning.com driver joined the UAEbased Memac Oglivy Duel Racing team for the race, which saw him share a SEAT Leon Supercopa with Ramzi Moutran, Nabil Moutran, Sami Moutran and Phil Quaife.

The quintet qualified second in the A3T class thanks to Kaye’s best lap in the session, which proved to be the 37th best lap time of the 230 drivers to post a time during practice and qualifying.

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Chilton joins WTCC winners list Former BTCC Independents’ champion has become the latest driver from the series to taste success on the world stage having taken a maiden victory in the World Touring Car Championship.

The former Team Aon driver clinched pole position for the most recent round of the season in the USA and then saw off the challenge of the Honda of former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro to win the first race of the weekend at Sonoma Raceway.

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lit and I had to make sure I made no mistakes whatsoever, which is very hard to do here. You can’t just go flat out every lap – you have to preserve the tyres or else they just give up.

“What a place to win my first WTCC race; it’s a really cool place and I really love this track – it’s mega!”

Chilton joins the likes of Yvan Muller, Rob Huff, Andy Priaulx, Alain Menu and Gabriele Tarquini in winning races in both series.

Thorne pulls plug on BTCC plans John Thorne has revealed that he has ended his hopes of making a return to the BTCC with his Thorney Motorsport team.

The team entered the series last year with the

Vauxhall Insignia now being run by Team HARD., but failed to appear on the grid this season despite stating an intention to lodge an entry.

Having failed to put a programme together, Thorne said the time was now right to give up on hopes of a return.

“We did our best but time has come to accept defeat and move on,” he said. “In the last few months we’ve been trying to gain some sponsors for the BTCC project but its proved a fruitless exercise and we’ve decided that empty promises just lead to raised - and then dashed – hopes, so we’ve decided to pull the plug on any future plans to come back into the BTCC.

we did but ultimately we failed, we failed to achieve what we really wanted and that was a full team entry into the best touring car championship in the world.

“From a business perspective the costs of the programme were way in excess that what were reasonably expecting and the whole programme got very close to bankrupting us as a business. The bottom line is that we didn’t have the funds to execute the program as required, so we had to bail on the first two cars and now are having to bail on the idea of carrying on at all.”

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GOFF AIMS TO BOUNCE BACK

Having been forced to miss the Knockhill rounds of the season, Jack Goff insists he is determined shine in the final three meetings of his maiden BTCC campaign…

Jack Goff says he is keen to end his BTCC campaign on a high after the disappointment of being forced to miss the Knockhill weekend due to budget concerns.

Those issues meant the reigning Renault Clio Cup champion was unable to compete in the three Scottish races, with newcomer Kieran Gallagher instead getting behind the wheel of the Team HARD.-run Vauxhall Insignia that Goff had raced through the opening six meetings of the season.

Although not taking part himself, Goff still made the trip north to watch on from the sidelines but admitted it had been a painful experience to see someone else on track in ‘his’ car.

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on Saturday,” he said.

“However, when the car fired up for qualifying, that was when I realised just how gutted I was that I wasn’t taking part.

Watching the car then head out to the grid on race day, I really, really wished I was out on track.

“It’s not a nice feeling when you’ve been in a car all season and then someone else is there in your place, but the funds

just weren’t quite there.”

The fact that Goff was forced to miss the Knockhill weekend was all the more galling given that the 22-year-old looked well set to shine in the second half of the year following a strong showing in mid-season testing at Snetterton.

While the opening half of the year had yielded just a single top ten finish – in

round eight at Thruxton – there had been flashes of the speed that had carried Goff to the Clio title, which was then shown again during the two-day Dunlop tyre test.

It ended with Goff third quickest behind the two works MGs in the hands of Jason Plato and Sam Tordoff, and that form was carried into the race weekend – where he took a personal best of eighth in qualifying.

That gave the rookie a better qualifying average (up to that point) than Rob Austin, who would then go on to secure pole position in Scotland.

Although race day didn’t provide the desired results, Goff admitted that the fact that the team was now starting to unlock the potential in the Insignia made the fact he was forced onto the sidelines even more difficult. www.insidebtcc.com

“The test day had been really good for us,” he reflected. “We didn’t quite have the car dialed in when we headed back to Snetterton for the race weekend, but we qualified well in P8 and it looked good for race day, although we had some reliability issues that held us back. That is something that happens in motorsport, and when it does, you just have to crack on with it.

“There is no doubt that it’s been a massive challenge for me this season as my first go in the car was when we got to Brands Hatch so I had no chance to do any pre-season testing. It’s been a huge learning curve but we’ve been improving all the time.

heading in the right direction with the car. It is now becoming more competitive, which makes it more frustrating to have had to step aside.”

Having been able to put the funds together for the final three rounds of the year, Goff will now return to action at Rockingham, where his aim will be to turn his potential on-track into points on the board to add to the 25 points

scored so far.

“I think we’ve been unlucky,” he said when asked if he felt he had performed better this season than his points tally would suggest.

“We’ve had a few DNFs because of reliability issues and have lost some points when we’ve been in a good position.

There were also races like Thruxton where we got pole for race three

thanks to the reverse grid draw and then got taken off, which cost us points.

We’ve certainly missed out on some top ten finishes, but you can always say ‘what if’ when you look back at things. “[However] I’m on track now and I’m raring to go! I obviously hope to be a front-runner in the BTCC in the future but for now it’s all about pushing for the rest of the year before coming back even stronger in 2014.

“The next one is always the most important and I love Rockingham – I had two pole positions there last season and it’s a really great track. It suits my style and I seem to go well there so I am really looking forward to it.”

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TURK’S DELIGHT

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TWO MORE WINS FOR TURKINGTON BRING EBAY RACER INTO TITLE CONTENTION AS SEASON ENTERS CRUCIAL PERIOD

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TITLE RACE HOTS UP IN SCOTLAND THIRD RACE EXCLUSION CASTS ONLY CLOUD ON TURKINGTON’S GLORIOUS WEEKEND

The eBay Motors driver enjoyed a superb weekend in Soctland, although it was marred by exclusion from the final race for a boost infringement on his BMW. RACE ONE Colin Turkington took his fourth win of the year in the opening race at Knockhill, ahead of local favourite Gordon Shedden.

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first time in the WIX Racing Audi.

He led the race into SEAT Curve on the opening lap but quickly came under pressure from Turkington in second.

The eBay Motors driver challenged for the lead at the end of lap one, before making the pass at the hairpin on lap two. That change at the front also allowed Gordon Shedden, Jason Plato and Matt Neal to close in and saw the top five all running together.

Neal and Plato clashed at Clark’s on the third lap, with Plato just managing to hold on to his

MG and keep it pointing in the right direction. However, it was enough to drop him back from Neal and take the pressure off the Honda driver.

Meanwhile, Gordon Shedden made the most of his intimate knowledge of the Knockhill track, passing Austin’s Audi when he braked a fraction of a second earlier than the Honda for the chicane. Austin stuck with Shedden – all the way to the end of the race in fact – but couldn’t find a way past.

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Colin Turkington hauled himself into title contention with two wins at Knockhill.

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in the BTCC for the first time this year, ended up in the barrier at the entry to the pitlane following contact with Nick Foster on the exit from the final corner hairpin.

O’Neill’s Vauxhall Insignia suffered heavy contact after hitting the barrier head on.

The safety car eradicated Turkington’s gap at the front, but he continued to lead from Shedden, Austin, Plato, Morgan and Neal.

Indeed, that was the order on the podium at the end of the race as Turkington won for the fourth time.

Behind the leading trio, Adam Morgan finished fourth, but was later demoted to fifth after his pass on Jason Plato at the hairpin was adjudged to have been unfair.

That handed Plato fourth position, while Morgan had to settle for fifth.

Rob Collard took sixth, with Matt Neal seventh and Andrew Jordan eighth. Sam Tordoff and Aron Smith finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Racewinner Colin Turkington said, “I saw an opportunity at the hairpin early in the race and

I took it. I was pleased to get in the lead and then I just got my head down.

You never want to see the safety car come out when you’re leading the race, but it didn’t cause me too much trouble. It’s great to get another win.”

RACE TWO Colin Turkington clinched a double BTCC victory for the second time this year at Knockhill, leading from lights to flag in race two.

1 Colin Turkington (NGTC) 26:41.180 / 27 Laps; 2 Gordon Shedden (NGTC) +3.452; 3 Rob Austin (NGTC) +4.229; 4 Jason Plato (NGTC) +6.867; 5 Adam Morgan (NGTC) +7.364; 6 Rob Collard (NGTC) +7.939; 7 Matt Neal (NGTC) +11.386; 8 Andrew Jordan (NGTC) +11.510; 9 Sam Tordoff (NGTC) +15.183; 10 Aron Smith (NGTC) +17.975.

Independent winner: Colin Turkington Fastest lap: Colin Turkington (53.002) RACE TWO 1 Colin Turkington (NGTC) 21:30.213 / 24 Laps; 2 Rob Austin (NGTC) +1.821; 3 Gordon Shedden (NGTC) +4.658; 4 Rob Collard (NGTC) +5.075; 5 Matt Neal (NGTC) +8.738; 6 Andrew Jordan (NGTC) +9.520; 7 Jason Plato (NGTC) +12.422;

An early safety car period was narrowly avoided as Aron Smith’s Airwaves Racing Ford Focus was pushed off the grid when it failed to start.

At the start, Turkington was followed into SEAT Curve by Austin, who got past Shedden off the line.

Another casualty early on in the race was newcomer Aiden Moffatt, whose Finesse Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze hit

A dominant performance saw the eBay Motors driver win the second race ahead of Rob Austin and

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Gordon Shedden.

It was a victory that brings Turkington firmly into title contention, especially if his strong run of form continues.

8 Sam Tordoff (NGTC) +13.782; 9 Mat Jackson (NGTC) +13.840; 10 Dave Newsham (NGTC) +19.722.

Independent winner: Colin Turkington Fastest lap: Colin Turkington (53.018) RACE THREE 1 Andrew Jordan (NGTC) 24:04.003 / 26 Laps; 2 Matt Neal (NGTC) +3.962; 3 Rob Collard (NGTC) +4.440; 4 Rob Austin (NGTC) +9.206; 5 Jason Plato (NGTC) +12.782; 6 Daniel Welch (NGTC) +15.899; 7 Mat Jackson (NGTC) +16.450; 8 Nick Foster (NGTC) +16.646; 9 Adam Morgan (NGTC) +16.967; 10 Will Bratt (NGTC) +27.162.

Independent winner: Andrew Jordan Fastest lap: Andrew Jordan (52.888)

FIRST BTCC POLE FOR ROB AUSTIN Rob Austin claimed the first BTCC pole position for the NGTC-spec Audi at Knockhill, setting a new lap record in the process.

It also marked the first time that an Audi had qualified on pole position for the BTCC since Frank Biela in 1997.

Austin’s time of 52.471 seconds put him quickest of the pack and saw him start Sunday’s first race from pole position, ahead of Colin Turkington in second.

Turkington topped the times early in the session, but it was Andrew Jordan who sat on provisional pole for longest period of time. The Pirtek racing driver was top of the pile when the session was red flagged to allow the repair of a tyre barrier that had been clattered by contact from

Warren Scott’s Volkswagen Passat CC. There was more than half of the session left at that point, with Jordan ahead of Turkington and Plato. Austin had other ideas though, putting in his best time in the closing stages of the session.

Turkington followed Austin across the line into second, while Jordan was third fastest. However, Jordan would start the first race from ninth after the application of a penalty picked up last time out at Snetterton.

Jordan’s demotion promoted Shedden to third and Jason Plato to fourth. Matt Neal and Adam Morgan filled the third row, with Wrathall and Tordoff on row four.

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the barrier at the Arnold Clark chicane after its suspension broke.

With the top three looking tough to challenge at the front, the first position really up for grabs was fourth.

Jason Plato seemed to be struggling for pace and came under pressure from Rob Collard. The second eBay Motors driver took fourth away from Plato on lap 11. He may have hoped to join his teammate on the podium, but he just couldn’t catch Shedden for third.

At the end of the 24-lap race, it was a second victory for

Turkington, ahead of Austin – his best result so far in the Audi. Shedden held on to third, with Collard fourth and Neal fifth. Andrew Jordan finished in sixth, ahead of Jason Plato. The MG’s relative lack of pace showed when he was passed by Neal and Jordan at the consecutively on lap 13.

said, “The car’s on rails today. It was good at Croft and we thought that might be the peak, but it’s even better today. It’s a pleasure to drive the car when it’s like this.

There’s no feeling like being out at the front and having a car like that under you.”

Sam Tordoff finished eighth, ahead of Mat Jackson in ninth and Dave Newsham in tenth.

Andrew Jordan took victory in the third race at Knockhill, closing the gap to championship leader Matt Neal to just six points.

There was drama after the race as eBay Motors’ Colin Turkington was

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Bad weekend: ARON SMITH A tough outing for the Airwaves racer.

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RACE THREE

excluded from his fourth place finish as a result of his BMW exceeding its permitted boost level during the race.

Jordan started the race from pole position and held on to the lead off the line, ahead of Rob Collard. The top six finishers

from race two were reversed to form the grid for race three, which left double winner from earlier in the day, Colin Turkington, in sixth place. Having already had two wins and a second place in the same weekend back at Croft, the only way for Turkington to better it would be

SAM TORDOFF Not a great weekend by his recent standards.

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to take an historic triple victory.

However, it wasn’t to be for Turkington. The eBay Motors driver did not have the pace to challenge the Hondas in front of him as the race went on.

Turkington made it up to fourth place when he passed Rob Austin on lap three, but he never really looked like catching or passing Neal in third.

Jordan was quick at the front and won’t have like seeing the safety car boards when they appeared at the end of lap eight. Warren Scott’s stricken Volkswagen was deemed to be in a dangerous position and required recovery.

Jordan saw his lead disappear instantly, but it didn’t cause the Pirtek Racing driver too much trouble, as he was able to open up an advantage again once racing resumed. Rob Collard sat second behind Jordan, but

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came under pressure from Neal. The Honda Racing driver claimed second place on lap 19. That made it two Hondas at the front, followed by two BMWs. That was the story through to the chequered flag. Jordan took the win, ahead of Neal, while Collard claimed the final podium spot ahead of teammate Turkington, who was subsequently excluded. Rob Austin’s fifth place became fourth, while Jason Plato’s disappointing weekend concluded with a fifth place finish. Dan Welch took sixth place, ahead of Mat Jackson and Nick Foster. Adam Morgan and Will Bratt rounded out the top ten.

With nine races remaining, Matt Neal leads the championship with 193 points, ahead of Jordan (287), Shedden (266), Turkington (263) and Plato (238).

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BEHIND EVERY MAN...

The saying goes that ‘Behind every man there is a good woman’ – but the opposite could be true in the BTCC paddock.

In a new feature in Inside BTCC, we fire ten quick questions to the girls who bring some glamour to proceedings on a race weekend, starting with one of the newcomers to the paddock…

Name Victoria Gibson Team IP Tech Race Engineering How long have you been involved in motorsport?

Three years How did you get involved?

My ex-boyfriend was a motorbike racer Were you a fan of racing before?

Yeah, my dad is a huge racing fan so I got into it through him What is the best thing about being involved?

Being part of the team What is the worst thing about being involved?

The early mornings!

Do you have another job away from the paddock?

I’m a hostess in MotoGP and British Superbikes What car do you drive?

A Toyota MR2. It’s British Racing Green Who is your favourite driver - outside your own team?

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GINETTA GT SUPERCUP A seventh win of the year in Scotland means he opened his lead up to 129 points over Carl Breeze, who remains a lonely second behind the JHR man in the standings.

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Two wins in Fife, his first successes of the year, were good enough to allow Matt Nicoll-Jones to move back into the top three in the standings ahead of Mark Davies, who will seek to bounce back from a challenging time north of the border to get back ahead of the Academy Motorsports man.

meanwhile will hope to strengthen their top six championship positions.

In the G50 class meanwhile, Sean Huyton became the first title winner in the TOCA paddock this season despite missing the Knockhill weekend, with no-one now able to get ahead of his points total.

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Tom Ingram will seek to take another step towards the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup crown at Rockingham having extended his advantage at Knockhill.

PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB Michael Meadows will seek to maintain his lead in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Rockingham after retaking top spot in the standings at Knockhill.

Dean Stoneman remains their closest challenger in third place, but his hopes of cementing a top three championship place have been hit by the news that he will be forced to sit out Rockingham after after a suspended two race

ban imposed by the championship stewards was implemented following the Knockhill weekend.

Stoneman had been running under a suspended ban following incidents at Thruxton, Oulton Park and Croft.

Rory Butcher will seek to take advantage in the standings as they look to build on podium finishes last time out, while Victor Jimenez will seek to take a further step towards the ProAm1 title while also strengthening his top six overall placing.

With Stoneman missing out, Dan Lloyd and

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A perfect weekend in Scotland has given him a 14 point lead in the championship ahead of Jonas Gelzinis, who saw his own winning run brought to an end on

what was a challenging weekend for the Juta Racing man in Fife.

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FORMULA FORD GB Dan Cammish could become a championship winner at Rockingham if he is able to maintain his form in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain.

Cammish made it 21 wins from 21 starts at Knockhill to extend his lead and could now wrap up the title with two meetings still to run if things go his way in Corby.

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With Cammish widely expected to wrap up the crown, much of the focus will be on the fight behind, with Maranzana just a point clear of Harrison Scott in the fight for second place. Both have shown the potential to get ahead of Cammish on track but have so far failed to capitalise, with both hoping to be the person who ends the champion elect’s winning run.

Behind Juan Rosso in fourth, a single point also covers the fight for fifth between Sam Brabham and James Abbott while a number of drivers will also be keen to

impress as they seek to secure the Mazda Road To Indy prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to the USA to take a free full-day test in a USF2000 single-seater, as well as a further full day’s testing in a Pro Mazda car.

Maranzana, Scott, Rosso, Abbott, Andy Richardson, Lassi Halminen, Camren Kaminsky and Jayde Kruger are the drivers who have nominated themselves for the award, the winner of which will be chosen by a panel of judges from both the UK and USA.

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GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Harry Woodhead could join Formula Ford leader Dan Cammish in becoming a championship winner at Rockingham if results go his way in the Ginetta Junior Championship.

Already 162 points clear on the back of his eleventh win of the year at Knockhill, the HHC Motorsport man will be secure in his position at the head of the standings if he can stay at least 148 points ahead when the Rockingham weekend draws to a close.

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in Scotland to slightly extend his advantage over Will Palmer in the fight for second spot, with the pair now split by seven points going into the weekend, while Tom Jackson remains fourth despite picking up his first none score of the year in the second race in Fife.

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ROCKINGHAM PREVIEW

With three rounds and nine races still to run, the BTCC now heads for Rockingham for the seventh round of the season, with the five-way fight for the championship crown set for further twists and turns on the first of two trips to Northamptonshire.

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Despite again seeing his championship lead cut last time out in Scotland, Matt Neal continues to be the man to beat as the field heads to Corby although Andrew Jordan sits only six points behind having taken his fourth success of the year in the final race at Knockhill.

Maximum ballast on his car is likely to hurt Neal on the high-speed Rockingham oval, although he’ll hope that the impressive handling of his NGTC Honda Civic will enable him to be strong on the tricky infield section.

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Neal has four wins at Rockingham in the past, but hasn’t tasted success since taking a double win back in 2010. Adding to his tally this time around would be the perfect way in which to try and put further daylight between himself and Jordan – who will be seeking his first Rockingham win.

The Pirtek Racing man took points out of Neal in Scotland despite carrying a six place grid penalty into the weekend. Already this season, the youngster

has doubled his career win tally with four victories to his name and if he can maintain the form he has displayed in recent meetings, Jordan could yet come away from the weekend with his name in lights on top of the pile.

Behind the top two, Gordon Shedden will be eager to maintain his recent run of form at the only circuit on the calendar to run anticlockwise, with the defending champion having won three

times in the past two years. That included a dramatic double win last year in treacherous weather conditions, and followed his ‘save of the season’ moment when his Honda was almost going backwards around the turn one oval when it suddenly snapped sideways in heavy rain.

Shedden sits third going into the weekend, but only after Colin Turkington’s exclusion from the final race at Knockhill saw him drop back behind the Scot in the title race. The eBay Motors man is arguably the form driver in the field with four wins in the last nine races, a figure that could have been higher had it not been for his well documented clashes on track in two of the races at Snetterton following the summer break.

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can’t be said for the final one of the five men seen as the real championship contenders.

MG’s Jason Plato has won more races than anyone else at ‘The Rock’ with five wins, including one in each of the last four seasons. Despite the fact that his Triple Eight-run car is firmly established as one of the quickest in the field, Plato has only taken one podium finish in the last ten races, with four no-scores in the same period having seen him lose ground in the standings. A strong showing at Rockingham is vital if he is to reduce

his current 54 point deficit to arch rival Neal in the standings.

Plato’s MG team-mate Sam Tordoff is amongst the drivers still to be mathematically in contention for the title, although a more realistic aim for the rookie remains to cement his place in the top six, with Adam Morgan having closed to within 17 points of the former Porsche racer in Scotland.

Behind them, Airwaves Racing pair Aron Smith and Mat Jackson will both want to impress after another tough weekend at Knockhill – although Smith will have to deal with a six

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RECENT HISTORY 2012 Pole

Jason Plato Plato, MG6 GT

Race One

Jason Plato Plato, MG6 GT

Race Two

Gordon Shedden, Honda Civic

Race Three

Gordon Shedden, Honda Civic

2011 Pole

Jason Plato, Chevrolet Cruze

Race One

Jason Plato, Chevrolet Cruze

Race Two

Gordon Shedden, Honda Civic

Race Three

James Nash, Vauxhall Vectra

place grid penalty to be applied after qualifying.

Namesake Jeff Smith rounds out the top ten and is set to return to action after missing Knockhill, with the Pirtek Racing man eager to ensure there is no repeat of his heavy accident of twelve months ago.

Outside the top ten, Rob Austin and Rob Collard will both hope to build on their podium results at Knockhill at a circuit where their rear-wheel drive cars are expected to be strong, while Toyota man Frank Wrathall will hope that he can replicate the kind of form that has given him the Rockingham lap record to kick-start his season.

Rockingham meanwhile will see Andy Wilmot make his debut in the VW Passat previously raced by Tom Onslow-Cole, while Howard Fuller will make his first appearance of the year in a Team HARD. Vauxhall Insignia.

man to beat and could wrap up the title if things go his way. The Vauxhall Vectra driver has ten wins to his name, four ahead of closest rival Liam Griffin, and will become the winner of the inaugural title if he can take a hat-trick of wins in Northamptonshire.

Griffin heads into the weekend on the back of a double success at Knockhill and will hope to keep his title hopes alive, while James Kaye remains in contention but is the rank outside in the AmDTuning.com Honda Civic – needing to win every race left to stand a chance of lifting the crown himself.

Having debuted in the S2000 class at Knockhill, Aiden Moffat misses the Rockingham weekend to focus on his racing commitments back in Scotland.

In the Jack Sears Trophy, Lea Wood remains the

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Matt Neal, Honda Civic

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Jason Plato, Chevrolet Cruze

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Stephen Jelley, BMW 320si

LENGTH

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RACE DISTANCE

31.04 miles

LAP RECORD (QUALIFYING)

1min 22.448secs (Jason Plato – 2012)

LAP RECORD (RACE)

1min 24.550secs Frank Wrathall - 2012)

MOST WINS (1991-)

Jason Plato – 5

2008 Pole

Gordon Shedden, Honda Civic

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Gordon Shedden, Honda Civic

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Mat Jackson, BMW 320si

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Matt Neal, Vauxhall Vectra

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2013 BTCC CALENDAR 30-31 March, Brands Hatch Indy 20-21 April, Donington Park National 4-5 May, Thruxton 8-9 June, Oulton Park Island 22-23 June, Croft 3-4 August, Snetterton 300 24-25 August, Knockhill 14-15 September, Rockingham 28-29 September, Silverstone 12-13 October, Brands Hatch GP

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2013 BTCC POINTS STANDINGS DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

MANUFACTURER/CONSTRUCTOR

1

Matt Neal

293

1

Honda/Dynamics

693

2

Andrew Jordan

287

2

MG/Triple Eight

592

3

Gordon Shedden

266

4

Colin Turkington

263

5

Jason Plato

239

1

Honda Yuasa Racing

545

6

Sam Tordoff

197

2

MG KX Momentum Racing

420

7

Adam Morgan

180

3

Pirtek Racing

390

8

Aron Smith

126

4

eBay Motors

388

9

Mat Jackson

119

5

Airwaves Racing

246

10

Jeff Smith

116

6

Ciceley Racing

180

11

Tom Onslow-Cole

114

7

Speedworks

127

12

Rob Austin

106

8

PPCGB.com/Kraftwerk Racing

116

13

Dave Newsham

99

9

WIX Racing

104

14

Rob Collard

97

10

Dynojet

61

15

Nick Foster

79

11

Welch Motorsport

59

16

Frank Wrathall

59

12

RCIB Insurance Racing

49

17

Dan Welch

53

13

Rob Austin Racing

21

18

Will Bratt

28

14

Addison Lee Motorbase

15

19

Jack Goff

25

15

Wheel Heaven/Houseman

12

20

Ollie Jackson

22

16

Team BMR Restart

2

21

James Cole

11

17

IP Tech Race Engineering

1

22

Michael Caine

8

18

AmDTuning.com

0

23

Lea Wood

8

19

BTC Racing

0

24

Liam Griffin

6

20

M247 Racing

0

25

James Kaye

5

21

Finesse Motorsport

0

26

Robb Holland

3

27

David Nye

3

28

Kieran Gallagher

3

29

Warren Scott

1

30

Howard Fuller

0

31

Chris Stockton

0

32

Andy Neate

0

33

Joe Girling

0

34

Aaron Mason

0

35

Jake Hill

0

36

Mike Bushell

0

37

Paul O’Neill

0

38

Aiden Moffat

0

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2013 BTCC POINTS STANDINGS INDEPENDENT TEAMS

INDEPENDENT DRIVERS 1

Andrew Jordan

345

1

Pirtek Racing

366

2

Colin Turkington

307

2

eBay Motors

336

3

Adam Morgan

249

3

Ciceley Racing

268

4

Aron Smith

186

4

Airwaves Racing

259

5

Tom Onslow-Cole

178

5

PPCGB.com/Kraftwerk Racing

203

6

Mat Jackson

176

6

Speedworks

197

7

Jeff Smith

173

7

WIX Racing

196

8

Dave Newsham

152

8

RCIB Insurance Racing

141

9

Rob Collard

150

9

Welch Motorsport

138

10

Nick Foster

142

10

Dynojet

129

11

Rob Austin

141

11

Wheel Heaven/Houseman

94

12

Dan Welch

98

12

Addison Lee Motorbase

76

13

Frank Wrathall

97

13

Rob Austin Racing

54

14

Jack Goff

58

14

IP Tech Race Engineering

27

15

Ollie Jackson

58

15

Team BMR Restart

25

16

Will Bratt

57

16

AmDTuning.com

24

17

James Cole

39

17

M247 Racing

24

18

Lea Wood

34

18

Finesse Motorsport

3

19

Liam Griffin

21

19

BTC Racing

0

20

Michael Caine

13

21

David Nye

12

22

James Kaye

11

1

Lea Wood

10

23

Warren Scott

9

2

Liam Griffin

6

24

Robb Holland

8

3

James Kaye

2

25

Mike Bushell

5

4

Joe Girling

1

26

Kieran Gallagher

5

5

David Nye

1

27

Joe Girling

4

6

Jake Hill

1

28

Andy Neate

4

7

Warren Scott

0

29

Jake Hill

3

8

Aaron Mason

0

30

Chris Stockton

0

9

Aiden Moffat

0

31

Howard Fuller

0

32

Aaron Mason

0

33

Paul O’Neill

0

34

Aiden Moffatt

0

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2013 BTCC RACE RESULTS 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Gordon Shedden

19

DSQ

2

1

3

2

25

3

1

3

2

17

3

2

4

Matt Neal

21

4

1

3

4

3

1

1

2

6

4

4

2

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

DNF

DNS

DNF

DNF

DNF

15

12

12

13

13

15

10

NC

11

9

6

14

Tom Onslow-Cole

14

DNF

16

13

10

6

3

2

4

15

11

DNF

10

3

12

Mat Jackson

20

7

10

12

13

9

7

15

7

7

20

19

DNF

DNF

13

Aron Smith

9

DNF

11

11

8

7

9

10

5

DNF

14

10

14

12

9

Jake Hill

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

17

DNF

11

14

12

NC

15

11

14

DNF

11

14

9

DNF

17

11

DNF

6

DNF

8

7

DNF

DNF

15

19

DNF

23

12

9

20

13

DNF

David Nye

18

DNF

17

23

DNF

DNS

22

21

18

22

22

NC

21

15

DNF

Rob Austin

3

DNF

DNF

14

DNF

DNS

19

18

DNF

13

8

5

13

14

11

Will Bratt

12

DNS

14

25

19

14

18

22

17

17

13

6

15

18

DNF

James Kaye

15

12

DNS

19

DNF

DNF

DNF

DNF

19

-

-

-

DNF

19

DNF

Aiden Moffat

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

DNF

9

DNF

9

7

DNF

8

12

9

8

6

14

DNF

9

5

Nick Foster

NC

10

13

17

16

15

24

16

13

12

15

8

4

7

8

James Cole

DNF

13

DNF

22

18

17

17

14

14

18

17

13

19

DNF

15

Howard Fuller

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kieran Gallagher

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chris Stockton

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Colin Turkington

8

8

9

8

9

1

6

11

10

5

3

2

1

1

2

13

DNS

NC

18

14

16

12

9

DNF

16

DNF

12

16

DNC

DNF

Adam Morgan

7

6

4

5

5

5

10

8

12

9

7

3

11

8

DNF

Robb Holland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Warren Scott

22

15

DNF

26

DNF

19

DNF

DNF

21

DNF

DNS

DNF

DNS

DNS

DNS

Lea Wood

16

DNS

DSQ

24

17

DNF

21

20

16

19

18

DNF

22

16

16

Andy Neate

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mike Bushell

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ollie Jackson

10

DNF

DNS

16

NC

DNF

16

17

DNF

24

16

15

DNF

DNS

DNF

Aaron Mason

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21

DNF

DNS

-

-

-

Jeff Smith

5

3

7

10

11

10

5

6

6

11

10

18

12

10

10

Paul O’Neill

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Liam Griffin

17

11

15

20

DNF

DNF

20

DNF

DNF

20

19

16

-

-

-

Andrew Jordan

2

2

6

2

1

13

11

4

3

4

5

1

6

5

3

Sam Tordoff

4

5

3

6

6

4

4

7

8

2

21

7

7

21

7

Joe Girling

DNS

DNS

18

21

DNF

18

23

DNF

20

-

-

-

DNS

DNS

DNS

Jason Plato

1

1

5

4

2

8

2

5

22

1

1

DNF

5

20

6

Michael Caine Rob Collard

Dan Welch Frank Wrathall

Dave Newsham

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18

19

20

21

Gordon Shedden

3

7

1

2

3

DNF

Matt Neal

9

2

8

7

5

2

Michael Caine

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rob Collard

10

DNF

9

6

4

3

Tom Onslow-Cole

12

9

17

13

13

DNF

Mat Jackson

8

4

2

12

9

7

Aron Smith

6

3

3

10

DNF

15

Jake Hill

-

-

-

-

-

-

17

DNF

20

DNF

11

6

DNF

10

11

14

12

DNF

David Nye

20

DNF

18

DNF

21

14

Rob Austin

15

14

12

3

2

4

Will Bratt

NC

16

DNF

20

DNF

10

James Kaye

DNF

DNF

DNS

-

-

-

Aiden Moffat

-

-

-

21

DNF

DNS

Dave Newsham

18

8

DNF

11

10

DNF

Nick Foster

14

12

10

16

14

8

James Cole

-

-

-

-

-

-

Howard Fuller

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kieran Gallagher

-

-

-

22

20

13

Chris Stockton

-

-

-

-

-

-

Colin Turkington

4

6

6

1

1

DSQ

11

DNF

DNF

-

-

-

Adam Morgan

7

5

4

5

DNF

9

Robb Holland

21

15

14

-

-

-

Warren Scott

DNF

DNS

DNS

DNS

16

DNF

Lea Wood

19

13

15

19

19

12

Andy Neate

22

17

16

-

-

-

Mike Bushell

-

-

-

18

17

DNF

Ollie Jackson

16

11

13

15

15

11

Aaron Mason

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jeff Smith

13

DNF

19

-

-

-

Paul O’Neill

-

-

-

DNF

DNS

DNF

Liam Griffin

DNF

DNF

DNF

17

18

DNF

Andrew Jordan

5

1

7

8

6

1

Sam Tordoff

1

18

5

9

8

DNF

Joe Girling

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jason Plato

2

DNF

DNF

4

7

5

Dan Welch Frank Wrathall

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