Dan Rowbottom held off a Hyundai horde to secure victory in round eight of the BTCC at Snetterton.
He passed team mate Ash Sutton on lap three, and held off the Hyundai’s of Tom Ingram, Dan Lloyd and Adam Morgan to take the win. Race one winner Dan Cammish led off the line but fell back on the hard tyre.
Sutton led by passing Ingram and Cammish by turn three. The championship leader took the lead and Ingram followed him through. Rowbottom passed Cammish by the end of the first lap, and was hunting down Ingram for second.
On lap three Ingram slid wide on the exit of turn one and hit the barrier; causing damage to the rear of his Hyundai. He pitted and promptly retired from the race. With Ingram out and Jake Hill down the order, Sutton decided not to fight when Rowbottom tried a pass. He banked points, eventually finishing tenth and extending his championship lead.
Dan Lloyd, Adam Morgan and Tom Chilton all passed Sutton on lap four. Lloyd was fighting hard with Rowbottom for the lead in his Restart Racing Hyundai. On lap eight he dived down the inside of Rowbottom into Agostini corner, before Rowbottom regained his lead further into the lap.
Morgan got the better of Lloyd on lap ten to steal second, he closed the gap to Rowbottom but it wasn’t enough. The Ford man held off the Hyundai onslaught to take the win. The seventh different winner from eight races this season so far.
Behind Rowbottom and Morgan, Tom Chilton took third in the Vertu Hyundai. Restart pair Lloyd and Chris Smiley, participating in his 200th BTCC race, took fourth and fifth. Mikey Doble came sixth despite a trip on the grass earlier on in the race. Josh Cook and Sam Osborne took seventh and eighth, with Charles Rainford taking ninth and Sutton tenth.
Reigning champion Jake Hill recovered from 22nd on the grid to finish 11th, with Aron Taylor-Smith taking 12th. Toyota duo Ronan Pearson and James Dorlin took 13th and 14th with Daryl DeLeon taking the last point for 15th.
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Pos |
Name |
Team |
Car |
|
1 (4) |
Dan ROWBOTTOM |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
2 (6) |
Adam MORGAN |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
3 (7) |
Tom CHILTON |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
4 (5) |
Dan LLOYD |
Restart Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
|
5 (8) |
Chris SMILEY |
Restart Racing |
Hyundai i30N |
|
6 (9) |
Mikey DOBLE |
Power Maxed Racing |
Vauxhall Astra |
|
7 (11) |
Josh COOK |
ONE Motorsport |
Honda Civic Type-R |
|
8 (14) |
Sam OSBORNE |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
9 (12) |
Charles RAINFORD |
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
10 (3) |
Ash SUTTON |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
11 (22) |
Jake HILL |
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport |
BMW 330e |
|
12 (15) |
Aron TAYLOR-SMITH |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
13 (18) |
Ronan PEARSON |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
14 (16) |
James DORLIN |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
15 (10) |
Daryl DELEON |
Team WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
16 (13) |
Aiden MOFFAT |
Team WSR |
BMW 330e |
|
17 (23) |
Gordon SHEDDEN |
Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Toyota Corolla |
|
18 (25) |
Stephen JELLEY |
ONE Motorsport |
Honda Civic Type-R |
|
19 (17) |
Ryan BENSLEY |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
|
20 (1) |
Dan CAMMISH |
NAPA Racing |
Ford Focus |
|
21 (20) |
Dexter PATTERSON |
RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport |
Cupra Leon |
|
22 (24) |
Max HALL |
RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport |
Cupra Leon |
|
23 (19) |
Nicholas HAMILTON |
Powder Monkey |
Cupra Leon |
|
24 (21) |
Nick HALSTEAD |
Power Maxed Racing |
Vauxhall Astra |
|
DNF (2) |
Tom INGRAM |
Team Vertu |
Hyundai i30N |
