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BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:17 Page 1 FEATURING: PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE - BRANDS HATCH GP 2020 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP OULTON PARK | 22-23 AUGUST | ROUNDS 7, 8 & 9 SUNDAYS WE GO RACING! OULTON PARK IN THIS ISSUE: STRONG POINTS AND JACK SEARS TROPHY HONOURS FOR GKR TRADEPRICECARS.COM BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:17 Page 2 Looking for a new car? LOOK NO FURTHER. Multi Award Winning Over 250 Cars on Site CALL US NOW RAC and Trading Standards Approved 01268 766 722 Over 2500 Customer Reviews Online Low Prices, Great Savings Car Finance For All WHY DEAL WITH Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Trade Price Cars @TradePriceCars_ tradepricecars ANYBODY ELSE? Official Southend United Club Sponsor - 5th Season Used Car Dealer Of The Year 2019 Tel: 01268 766 722 Email: [email protected] Woodham Road, Battlesbridge, Wickford, Essex SS11 7QY www.tradepricecars.com BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 3 INFORMATION TIMETABLE SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2020 Time Event Laps 09.05 – 09.25 F4 British Championship Qualifying 09.35 – 10.15 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Free Practice 10.35 – 10.55 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Qualifying 11.05 – 11.35 The Mini Challenge Trophy Qualifying 11.45 – 12.15 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Qualifying 12.25 – 13.05 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Free Practice 13.05 – 13.45 Lunch Break 13.45 – 14.05 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Qualifying 14.15 F4 British Championship Race 1 (20 mins) 14.50 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Race 2 (15 laps) 15.25 – 15.55 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Qualifying 16.05 The Mini Challenge Trophy Race 3 (20 mins) 16.40 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Race 4 (18 laps) 17.20 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Race 5 (20 mins) SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST 2020 Time Event Laps 12.05 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 12.20 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 6 (15 laps) 13.00 F4 British Championship Race 7 (20 mins) 13.30 The Mini Challenge Trophy Race 8 (20 mins) 14.05 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge Race 9 (20 mins) 14.35 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 14.50 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 10 (15 laps) 15.30 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Race 11 (18 laps) 16.10 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Race 12 (15 laps) 16.50 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 17.05 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 13 (15 laps) 17.45 F4 British Championship Race 14 (20 mins) *All timings are subject to change 3 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 4 INFORMATION CONTENTS 03 TIMETABLE 07 WELCOME 08 MEET THE DRIVERS 10 STROnG POInTS AnD JACK SEARS TROPHy HOnOuRS 14 GKR TRADEPRICECARS.COM TARGET FuRTHER TOP TEn SuCCESS AT OuLTOn PARK 20 PREDICTABLy unPREDICTABLE - BRAnDS HATCH GP REVIEW 26 TRACK GuIDE 28 MEET THE TEAM 30 GALLERy 32 PARTnERS FOLLOW OUR SEASON ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Trade Price Cars Racing @TPCracingBTCC tradepricecarsracing #SUNDAYSWEGORACING 4 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 5 HELPING YOu buILD A #bETTErFuTurE www.gkrscaffolding.co.uk | 020 7928 9575 INVESTING IN PEOPLE INVESTING IN SAFETY INVESTING IN DESIGN INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 6 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 7 INFORMATION WELCOME Welcome to rounds 7, 8 & 9 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. rade Price Cars Racing enjoyed another attitude and amazing teamwork. The team successful weekend at Brands Hatch last pulled together and fixed Bobby's car in time for Ttime out and we managed to achieve our Race 3 and we were able to climb from 27th to first podium of the season. James Gornall in his 12th once again finishing in the points. rookie year as a touring car driver stood on the Once again Trade Price Cars Racing have proved podium as proud winner of the Jack Sears Trophy to have a fantastic race car, still a little lacking in for that particular weekend. James executed the Qualifying, but our drivers are pushing the cars plan of moving forward in each race perfectly as to the limit and more points are on our agenda he went from qualifying in 20th on the Saturday here at Oulton Park. to a 13th in Race 1, 10th in Race 2 and then finally after a 3rd place start courtesy of a favourable It is such a shame that we do not have fans here reverse grid raw, ended up in 7th in Race 3. at Oulton Park, seeing as it is usually such a fan's favourite track. We will do our best to A great start to his career in the BTCC and for us provide maximum entertainment as usual another trophy to celebrate in only our second through our social media channels and of year in the prestigious championship. Bobby course we expect everyone to have ITV4 on at all Thompson too showed some fantastic pace and times come Sunday. was set to have a great weekend in terms of track position, however Race 2 halted his I have to thank our sponsors again for their progress slightly, as a coming together with continued support at this difficult time, we will Michael Crees saw him have to retire early. continue to give you full value for money as we However, we base everything we do on a great move up the standings! 7 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 8 INFORMATION MEET THE DRIVERS JAMES GORNALL The 35-year-old from Bedford will be making his series debut with the second-year team as part of a new look driver line-up alongside Bobby Thompson, but brings a wealth of experience from a hugely successful racing career to date. multiple champion in karting, James – standings in 2015 and then went one better known to his fans as Jiggy – carried his twelve months later to lift the championship title. success into car racing with a A After a strong guest appearance in the MINI championship victory in BARC Formula Renault but Challenge in 2018, James then worked to put it was a move into the British GT Championship in together a full-season programme in the series 2008 that saw his career hit new heights. in 2019, with five wins – and an impressive 13 Racing alongside Jon Barnes in a Brookspeed- podiums – allowing the BRDC member to secure run Dodge Viper, James secured the another championship title. championship title thanks to an unrivalled tally That championship success resulted in James of four wins – wrapping up the crown with two securing the chance to sample a BTCC machine for races of the season still to run. the first time, with an outing in a Ford Focus RS at The same season also saw James take a class win Snetterton only strengthening his desire to make in the Silverstone 24 Hours with the Beechdean the step up to the BTCC for the 2020 campaign. Motorsport team before a hiatus from racing that James has now agreed terms on a deal to move would run through to 2014 when he elected to into Britain’s premier racing series with Trade return to competition in the BMW Compact Cup. Price Cars Racing, which will be looking to add to Racing against Trade Price Cars Racing team the silverware it secured on track during an owner Dan Kirby, James secured second in the impressive debut campaign. 8 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 9 BOBBY THOMPSON Bobby started his career in karting before taking the step into car racing, initially in the Ford Fiesta Championship before two meetings in British Formula Ford in 2014, where he picked up six top ten finishes in six starts. ith a long term ambition to try and That opened the door for a dream move into the make it into touring cars, Bobby BTCC and in two seasons in the series to date, Wreverted back to tin tops for 2015 with Bobby has shown his pace with a number of top an entry into the VW Racing Cup, securing his ten finishes at the wheel of a VW CC; his best maiden win at Snetterton en-route to tenth in the result being sixth during the 2019 season opener championship standings. at Brands Hatch. Improving to fifth place overall twelve months Now at the wheel of the Audi – arguably one of the later, Bobby then became the man to beat in the most improved cars on the grid in 2019 – Bobby highly-competitive series in 2017 as he stormed will hope to regularly challenge for top ten to the championship title in impressive fashion, finishes, with his ultimate goal being to fight for taking six wins and only failing to make the a first podium and to launch a bid for the Jack podium four times all season. Sears Trophy – which is open to drivers who have yet to secure a top three finish in the series. 9 BTCC Oulton Park Programme.qxp_Layout 1 20/08/2020 14:18 Page 10 NEWS | PRESS RELEASE, 10TH AUGUST 2020 STRONG POINTS AND JACK SEARS TROPHY HONOURS FOR GKR TRADEPRICECARS.COM The GKR TradePriceCars.com team enjoyed a strong weekend on home soil with five points finishes and Jack Sears Trophy honours from the second meeting of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season.