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Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
Rounds 16-18: Snetterton, 29-30 July

Ash Sutton secured a memorable double BTCC victory at Snetterton, before Gordon Shedden fought back with a victory of his own in the final encounter.

Two imperious drives from Sutton included a fight from third on the grid to win the opener, while his second success was a dominant lights-to-flag performance. Jack Goff and Matt Neal completed the race one podium. Races two and three saw Rob Collard and Colin Turkington battling over second and third positions.

After a race three win, Shedden now leads Turkington by two points in the overall drivers’ standings with Collard a further two points in arrears. Sutton’s day ended in slight disappointment when a collision forced him out of the final race, but his stellar display overall leaves him just 11 points off the top of the table.

Results
Race one
1 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 12 laps
2 Jack Goff (GBR) Eurotech Racing +2.332s
3 Matt Neal (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +6.707s

Race two
1 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 14 laps
2 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW +2.955s
3 Rob Collard (GBR) Team BMW +3.657s

Race three
1 Gordon Shedden (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing 12 laps
2 Rob Collard (GBR) Team BMW +0.712s
3 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW +1.007s

Provisional championship standings
1 Gordon Shedden (Halfords Yuasa Racing) – 221
2 Colin Turkington (Team BMW) – 219
3 Rob Collard (Team BMW) – 217

F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost
Rounds 16-18: Snetterton, 29-30 July

Oscar Piastri and Jamie Caroline shared the victories at Snetterton.

Race one saw Piastri execute a faultless race from pole. An excellent getaway saw him lead the field into turn one and he gradually built up a comfortable gap to the chasing pack, as team-mate Ayrton Simmons performed a flawless defence of second place from Linus Lundqvist and Logan Sargeant.

Caroline made history in race two, setting a new record for the most wins in a British F4 season; his tally of nine one better than that of 2015 champion Lando Norris. Oliver York and Alex Quinn completed the podium.

Piastri converted pole into victory for the second time in race three, after a race-long duel with Sargeant. Lundqvist completed the podium.

Results
Race one
1 Oscar Piastri / AUS / Arden 20m 46.622s / 94.30mph
2 Ayrton Simmons / GBR / Arden +4.230s
3 Linus Lundqvist / SWE / Double R +5.060s

Race two
1 Jamie Caroline / GBR / Carlin 20m 50.451s / 85.47mph
2 Oliver York / GBR / Fortec +1.056s
3 Alex Quinn / GBR / Arden +1.436s

Race three
1 Oscar Piastri / AUS / Arden 20m 56.075s / 93.60mph
2 Logan Sargeant / USA / Carlin +0.198s
3 Linus Lundqvist / SWE / Double R +2.414s

Mintex MSA British Historic Rally Championship
Round 6: Harry Flatters, 30 July

Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke took an important victory in round six, the Harry Flatters Rally on Epynt.

The result gives Pritchard and Clarke a shot at a third title if they can take maximum points from the remaining three rounds.

Championship leaders Nick Elliott and Dave Price were edged back to fourth on the asphalt event by Rob Smith/Alun Cook and Neil Williams/Sion Jones after a tremendous four-way battle.

Provisional championship standings
1 Nick Elliott/Dave Price – 161 points
2 Jason Pritchard/Phil Clarke – 151
3 Rudi Lancaster/Guy Weaver – 105
4 Ben Friend/Cliffy Simmons – 92
5 Simon Webster/Jez Rogers – 84

MSA British Drag Racing Championship
Round 4: Mopar Euro Nationals, Santa Pod Raceway, 29-30 July

Andy Robinson took a major step towards the championship with a final-round holeshot defeat of Marck Harteveld, 6.145sec to the Dutchman’s quicker 6.129.

The pair shared the event’s spoils, finishing first and second in Saturday’s qualifying while Harteveld achieved low elapsed time with his 6.112sec semi-final win over Bobby Wallace and Robinson set top speed at 235.31mph during qualifying. By coincidence, on aborted runs each also accounted for the meeting’s slowest time and speed: 15.831sec (Robinson) and 66.30mph (Harteveld).

Robinson’s title hopes were further boosted when closest pre-race challenger Kevin Slyfield made a bizarre late withdrawal from the event (injured playing with grandchildren).

Results
Eliminations
Round 1
Philip Englefield 12.204sec, 70.69mph def. Marco Maurischat 6.288, 227.79 DQ R/L
Bobby Wallace 6.348, 217.20 def. Michel Tooren 6.258, 230.23
Marck Harteveld 6.655, 175.06 def. Mick Payne 11.850, 70.62
Andy Robinson 15.831, 68.75 bye

Semi-final
Andy Robinson 6.327, 226.74 def. Philip Englefield 6.296, 227.00 DQ R/L
Marck Harteveld 6.112, 234.07 def. Bobby Wallace 6.325, 218.03

Final
Andy Robinson 6.145, 234.88 def. Marck Harteveld 6.129, 232.88

Low Elapsed Time of the Event: 6.112sec. – Marck Harteveld
Top Speed of the Event: 235.31mph – Andy Robinson

Provisional championship standings
1 Andy Robinson – 290 points
2 Bobby Wallace – 220
3 Kevin Slyfield – 191
4 Philip Englefield – 176
5 Marck Harteveld – 151

Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship
Rounds 21-22: Wiscombe Park, 30 July

Richard Spedding made it three wins in succession but crashed out in the final encounter whilst Wallace Menzies finally got a win on the slate for his stunning Gould GR59M.

Meanwhile series leader Trevor Willis continued his quest for a second Championship taking a second and a third for a satisfactory weekend.

Round 21
1 Richard Spedding (1.6 GWR-Suzuki Raptor) 34.66s
2 Alex Summers (2.5 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 34.79s
3 Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-RPE 28) 34.81s
4 Will Hall (2.0 Force-AER/XTec WH) 34.92s
5 Jason Mourant (4.0 Gould-Judd GR55) 35.56s

Round 22
1 Wallace Menzies (3.3 Gould-Cosworth GR59M) 34.50s BTD
2 Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-RPE 28) 34.71
3 Will Hall (2.0 Force-AER/XTec WH) 34.91s
4 Alex Summers (2.5 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 35.13s
5 Jason Mourant (4.0 Gould-Judd GR55) 35.66s

Provisional championship standings
1 Trevor Willis – 158 points
2 Richard Spedding – 118
3 Wallace Menzies – 116
4 Alex Summers – 112
5 Will Hall – 93


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