Dan Cammish became the sixth winner from seven races this season with a lights to flag victory in round seven at Snetterton.
The NAPA Racing driver had the perfect race, leading every lap, setting the fastest lap, and cruising to the win. However there’s suspicion he jumped the start, and so his victory has the heir of anticipation over it as the stewards investigate.
Behind him Tom Ingram and Ash Sutton, both duelling for the championship, were battling it out on track. Both were keen to capitalise on Jake Hill starting way down the grid. The reigning champion was tagged on lap one by a Toyota and spun round. Hill pitted at the end of the lap to check for damage, and ended the race five laps down.
Lap three saw Max Hall lose control going into the final corner, he went wide and ended up T-boning Gordon Shedden. The Toyota man’s race ended as he crawled back to the pits. Hall also out.
The top three were pulling away half way into the 12 lap race, with Ingram and Sutton proving why they’re first and second in the championship. Cammish had a 1.4 second advantage while the pair squabbled over second place.
The soft tyre was the compound to be on, with the hard tyre being slower, and drivers such as Jake Hill will be glad to be rid of it. The hard tyre only has to be used in one of the three races, with the soft-shod drivers still having the hard tyre disadvantage to come.
The final lap saw Cammish cruise to victory, albeit provisionally while we await the outcome of the stewards’ investigation into his start. Sutton dived on Ingram taking the inside line, but he couldn’t make it stick. Ingram came home second with Sutton third.
Dan Rowbottom made it three NAPA Ford’s in the top four, with Dan Lloyd and Adam Morgan taking fifth and sixth. Tom Chilton followed Vertu teammate Morgan home in seventh, with Chris Smiley, Mikey Doble and Daryl DeLeon rounding off the top ten.
The final five points finishers were Josh Cook, Charles Rainford, Aiden Moffat, Sam Osborne and Aron Taylor-Smith.
Honourable mention also for series debutant Ryan Bensley, standing in for Michael Crees, the Vertu driver made his way from 25th and last on the grid up to 17th, battling it out with the Toyota duo of Taylor-Smith and James Dorlin.
Cammish joins Sutton, Chilton, Hill, DeLeon and Rainford in winning a race this season, but will be wary of a potential penalty coming his way.
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Pos |
Name |
Team |
Car |
|
1 (1) |
Dan CAMMISH |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
2 (2) |
Tom INGRAM |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
3 (6) |
Ash SUTTON |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
4 (3) |
Dan ROWBOTTOM |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
5 (7) |
Dan LLOYD |
Restart Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
|
6 (5) |
Adam MORGAN |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
7 (9) |
Tom CHILTON |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
8 (12) |
Chris SMILEY |
Restart Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
|
9 (4) |
Mikey DOBLE |
Power Maxed Racing |
Vauxhall Astra |
|
10 (13) |
Daryl DELEON |
Team WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
11 (8) |
Josh COOK |
ONE Motorsport |
Honda Civic Type-R |
|
12 (11) |
Charles RAINFORD |
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
13 (14) |
Aiden MOFFAT |
Team WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
14 (16) |
Sam OSBORNE |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
15 (17) |
Aron TAYLOR-SMITH |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
16 (10) |
James DORLIN |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
17 (25) |
Ryan BENSLEY |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
18 (22) |
Ronan PEARSON |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
19 (24) |
Nicholas HAMILTON |
Powder Monkey |
Cupra Leon |
|
20 (18) |
Dexter PATTERSON |
RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport |
Cupra Leon |
|
21 (23) |
Nick HALSTEAD |
Power Maxed Racing |
Vauxhall Astra |
|
22 (20) |
Jake HILL |
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport |
BMW 330e |
|
DNF (15) |
Gordon SHEDDEN |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
DNF (19) |
Max HALL |
RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport |
Cupra Leon |
|
DNF (21) |
Stephen JELLEY |
ONE Motorsport |
Honda Civic Type-R |
