NAPA Racing UK headed to Scotland for the seventh round of the British Touring Car Championship, and their Race Against Dementia fundraising weekend. The team displayed front-running pace to bag four podium finishes.
The Alliance Racing-run squad was looking to defend the top spot in the Manufacturer’s and Teams’ standings, with Ash Sutton, Dan Rowbottom and Dan Cammish all bidding to strengthen their own positions in the top four of the Drivers’ Championship.
Meanwhile, Sam Osborne was eager to close the gap to the top two in the race for the Jack Sears Trophy.
BTCC Practice & Qualifying:
Sporting a special livery in honour of Race Against Dementia, the quartet showed solid pace in free practice, and all progressed through to the second phase of qualifying. Dan Cammish, Ash Sutton and Sam Osborne departed Q2 to end up seventh, eleventh and twelfth, whilst Dan Rowbottom advanced to the Quick Six.
Despite qualifying fourth, Rowbottom was then excluded when his car was found to be underweight, dropping him to the back of the grid, and promoting the other three drivers up a place ahead of race one.
BTCC Race 1:
Cammish would be the leading Ford driver in the opening race of the weekend, with a straightforward run to fifth, closely followed by Sutton in seventh.
Osborne grabbed tenth on the final lap after an action-packed race. Rowbottom was able to rise from the back of the grid to finish 14th and gain valuable championship points.
BTCC Race 2:
In the early stages of race two, Cammish climbed to second place, with Sutton recovering from a difficult opening lap to follow him up the order into third. The two swapped places at the finish to allow Sutton to score the extra points on offer.
Rowbottom’s recovery from qualifying continued as he races his way through to ninth. Although a trip off track for Osborne saw him skitter through the gravel, he got back on track to come home in 22nd.
BTCC Race 3:
The reverse grid saw Cammish and Sutton in P4 and P5 respectively. Cammish climbed to second, a position he would retain through the chequered flag, with Sutton holding off pressure to round out the podium places.
Rowbottom took sixth after a frenetic race long battle, with Osborne just missing out on the final point in 16th.
BTCC Standings:
Sutton remains second in the standings, with Cammish having now moved up to third and Rowbottom following in fourth.
NAPA Racing UK still remains at the top of the Manufacturers’ and Teams’ championships.