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INFORMATION TIMETABLE

SATURDAy 28TH SEPTEMBER 2019 Time Event Laps 09.00 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Qualifying 09.30 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Free Practice 10.30 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Qualifying 10.55 Qualifying 11.25 UK Clio Cup Qualifying 12.05 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Free Practice 12.45 Lunch Break 13.25 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Qualifying 14.05 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Race 1 (16 laps) 14.40 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Race 2 (11 laps) 15.15 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Qualifying 15.55 F4 British Championship Race 3 (20 mins) 16.30 Renault UK Clio Cup Race 4 (18 laps) 17.10 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Race 5 (22 laps)

SUnDAy 29TH SEPTEMBER 2019

Time Event Laps 09.00 Pit Lane Walkabout / Autograph Session

09.50 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Race 6 (14 laps) 10.25 F4 British Championship Race 7 (20 mins) 11.00 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Race 8 (28 laps) 11.45 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 12.00 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 9 (22 laps) 12.40 Renault UK Clio Cup Race 10 (18 laps) 13.15 Lunch break 13.30 BTCC Drivers' Parade 13.40 Millers Oils Ginetta GT4 SuperCup Championship Race 11 (22 laps) 14.20 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 14.35 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 12 (22 laps)

15.15 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship Race 13 (14 laps) 15.50 F4 British Championship Race 14 (20 mins) 16.25 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Race 15 (28 laps) 17.05 BTCC Pit Lane Opens 17.20 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Race 16 (22 laps)

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INFORMATION CONTENTS

03 TIMETABLE 07 WELCOME 08 KnOCKhILL WAS ALIvE WITh ThE SOUnd OF A ROR-InG ! 10 hILL TAKES STUnnInG dEBUT BTCC WIn AT KnOCKhILL 12 MEET ThE dRIvERS 16 TRAdE PRICE CARS RACInG SECURE vICTORy AT KnOCKhILL 22 POSITIvE dEBUT AT KnOCKhILL FOR BLUndELL 24 BTCC TITLE RACE BLOWn WIdE OPEn On dRAMATIC dAy AT KnOCKhILL 26 TRACK GUIdE 28 MEET ThE TEAM 30 KnOCKhILL GALLERy 32 SPOnSORS

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INFORMATION WELCOME

Welcome to Silverstone for rounds 25, 26 & 27 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. The touring car schedule takes us the length and breadth of the UK for our adrenaline fix, but perhaps nothing is more exciting than this fixture at the home of British Motorsport.

e are yet to come down from the As always a huge thank you to our sponsors and ultimate high of our first race win at supporters. Without you quite simply we couldn’t WKnockhill. I’m extremely proud of achieve the success we are enjoying. A special what the team achieved and had no doubt that mention to Oodle Car Finance this weekend. Phil we would win a race in our maiden season. We Williams and the team believed and supported have now accomplished that along with a my motorsport journey 3 years ago and I’m podium at and arguably should delighted to have been able to reward them at have added a couple more to date. Knockhill. We welcome the Oodle team here this weekend at their home track Silverstone. I’m delighted for Jake, his family and the entire team. A lot of hard work has gone into ensuring I wish you all a great days racing! that we were competitive out of the box, and we Thank you for you support. have gone on to prove that we compete at the sharp end week in week out. Knockhill was a great weekend for our team as a whole. Mark also Dan Kirby produced some great results in each race, becoming more and more accustom to the touring car mentality.

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NEWS | WRITTEN BY ZAK HASAN KNOCKHILL WAS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF A ROR-ING HONDA!

Rory Butcher, the new "Flying Scotsman" of the British Touring Car Championship flew to what was an inevitable victory on home turf, but the win for was far from comfortable as Andrew Jordan tried his best to upset the fairy tale script.

ans flocked to the windy hills of Fife to Race 2 was hard for Butcher, with ballast and the see their man take to the track in Free medium tyre, however he still held onto 3rd place, FPractice like a man possessed. Rory despite a controversial coming together with topped the standings and was a clear half a championship leader , which left second ahead of the chasing pack and it was him out of contention for much needed points. quite the sight to see a driver exhume such Andrew Jordan managed to take first place and confidence, almost as if he could drive around then Cammish took 2nd, with the same three on this track with his eyes closed. the podium but in a different order.

Qualifying was backed up with an impressive Then along came Race 3 and the reverse grid pole position and if the pressure wasn't on prior played its part as of Trade Price Cars to the race weekend for the home driver, it Racing went from 10th to pole position for the certainly was now, as anything but P1 would be second time this season. This time however, Hill seen as a shock. Those within the paddock know managed to stay out of trouble and there was no it is not as simple as that, especially with an denying him his first win ever in the BTCC. Oulton inspired Andrew Jordan and 'Mr Consistent' of Park must have been in his mind somewhere, but recent rounds, in tow. However, he managed to put those demons to rest. Proven Rory was not to be denied, despite a incredibly race winners BTC Racing had claim close fought Race 1. Jordan was putting the second and narrowly missing out on pressure on for the entire race and to add spice third as Adam Morgan continued his good form. to the mix, Butcher lost his second gear with 20 Knockhill was everything and more! The fans laps to go. The last lap was up there with the most were on a par with and the home exciting of the season, as for a moment AJ hit the boy produced the goods on the big stage. front, but then ran wide, allowing Rory to wrestle Onward to Silverstone and Brands Hatch to back the lead that he had made his own for the round off the season, and it will no doubt go previous 26 laps. An amazing end to a frantic down to the wire once again! race where 5 other cars failed to finish the race.

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NEWS | PRESS RELEASE, 16TH SEPTEMBER 2019 HILL TAKES STUNNING DEBUT BTCC WIN AT KNOCKHILL

Trade Price Cars Racing's Jake hill took a superb first win in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, at the spectacular Knockhill circuit this weekend, recording a composed lights-to-flag victory, the first ever for the S3 in the series, and delivering the team's first win in their debut season in the Championship.

ill had so far driven two feisty races, "The car was just superb - I could just drive the working his way from a P17 grid wheels off the fabulous Audi S3, and had some Hposition to a battling P10 in race one, tough scenarios with two Safety Car re-starts. then consolidating that position on the less Each time I felt I managed it well, and in the pacey 'Medium' tyre in race two, before getting end was in a great rhythm...until the last lap some good fortune as former BTCC champion when I ran wide into the gravel exiting the plucked number 10 from the 'hat' to chicane. Such a big moment, but I held it and give the 25 year-old BRDC member his second brought it home. I had never Won at Knockhill reverse grid Pole Position of the season. before, and realised just before the start it was Round 24, a 24 lap race and I'm car 24....so felt "We had really strong pace in race one one the confident after that! 'Soft' tyre, so knew that we could be in with a really good shout for race three based on that. Hill was also keen to thank the team and his My engineer Stuart (Beaton) and I had a plan partners for all their support and giving him and did change the car a fair bit - with some this opportunity. input from Rory (Butcher) and Mike (Bushell) - "From 2011 Shaun Hollamby has always been on and my goodness did it work in race three!" my side - believed in me and done all he can to

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help, and without him I wouldn't have got anywhere near this far. This year Dan Kirby has been such a big supporter too, and with Shaun, Dan and my amazing partners we have managed to get here. I knew I could do it, I am "The car was just so very pleased for everyone that I have managed to deliver. It was so lovely to have my superb - I could just Dad Simon and my girlfriend Hannah, plus my drive the wheels off Grandad Rod there to see this cos they all have been a big part of this journey." the fabulous Audi S3,

Hill dedicated his win to the memory of Arlo and had some tough Tordoff, his AmD stablemate and his scenarios with two wife Georgie's son who passed away, with all four AmD cars and drivers running tributes to Arlo. Safety Car re-starts.”

"As delighted as I am to win, I also feel so very JAKE hILL sad to think of what Sam and Georgie are feeling right now. I just want to send them lots of love and let them know the whole AmD family are thinking of them."

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INFORMATION MEET THE DRIVERS

MARK BLUNDELL

A debutant within the BTCC this year as he makes his return to elite level motor racing, former star will be one of the series’ main attractions this year and the 52-year-old is braced for an entirely new challenge.

fter progressing his way through the junior quickly established himself as a firm favourite ranks, Mark enjoyed a distinguished career across the American single-seater ranks. Aat the very top of the sport. 61 starts in Formula One brought multiple podium finishes Stepping away from elite racing, Mark was a part of whilst racing for the likes of McLaren, Brabham, ITV’s BAFTA-award winning Formula One coverage Ligier and Tyrrell across a golden era for the sport. from 2003 to 2008 and has established himself as Alongside his Formula One duties, Mark enjoyed one of Europe’s most recognised motorsport immense sportscar success most notably taking a managers through his role as CEO of market- memorable pole position at the leading sports management group, MB Partners. in 1990 before taking the outright victory in 1992. Having achieved a great deal across the sport Mark also became one of the very first British throughout his career, the time is right for Mark drivers to enjoy a great deal of success in the to set his sights on a new challenge backed by United States, taking on the very best that IndyCar HP UK as he takes on the BTCC in his first ever had to offer alongside the PacWest Racing team. season of touring car competition. Here he again enjoyed multiple victories as he

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JAKE HILL

After a brief karting career, Jake made a huge impression in Ginetta Junior, winning 13 races and finishing runner up to BTCC colleague in 2010. Moving into Ginetta Supercup, took 5 wins and countless podiums before making his BTCC debut at Croft in 2013 with Motorbase - winning the Trophy on his debut.

acing the Exocet Racing A4 in the final Again racing with Team HARD in BTCC in 2017 and 2013 meeting took points in all three 2018, now in the VW CC Hill qualified in the top- Rraces, before racing in British GT in 2015 ten for half of the races , a best of 5th at with AmD Tuning and driving the Audi S3 in the Silverstone, then started 2018 with a Win in the final BTCC meeting of the season. Independant’s Championship and a career-best 2nd overall at the season-opener at Brands Hatch. An impressive first full season in BTCC in 2016 in the outdated Avensis saw several Away from BTCC Hill took an impressive overall win points scoring finishes and Hill take Dunlop in a 1970 Lotus 26R at the Silverstone Classic Forever Forward honours, win Driver of the Day International GT, and will race this car and a 1967 at Silverstone, and was voted 6th overall in Ford Mustang in Masters Historic with Rob Fenn driver rankings by the BTCC team managers at this season. the end of the season.

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NEWS | PRESS RELEASE, 16TH SEPTEMBER 2019 TRADE PRICE CARS RACING SECURE VICTORY AT KNOCKHILL

The Trade Price Cars Racing team secured a stunning maiden victory as the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season continued at Knockhill.

he team, run on behalf of the award- mission when the lights went out, holding his winning Essex-based motor dealership by position going into turn one from fellow front-row Ttechnical partners AmD Tuning, made the starter Josh Cook. long journey to Scotland hoping to return to form Despite two safety car periods backing up the field after a tough weekend for both Jake Hill and Mark behind, Jake controlled the race from the front to Blundell in the previous meeting at Thruxton. secure his maiden victory, having lost a win to a Rising star Jake qualified 17th for the opening post-race penalty at Oulton Park earlier in the year. race of the weekend, despite the fact that his best Team-mate Mark was making his first time was just six tenths of a second away from appearance at Knockhill but showed encouraging the pole time set by ’s Honda. speed in free practice, leaving him confident Eager to avoid any dramas at the start of the about his chances going into qualifying. opening race, Jake was able to work his way up into Unfortunately, a spin at Clarks that resulted in the points on the first lap and then maintained his the session being red-flagged meant Mark lost progress after an early safety car period to his fastest time and was prevented from taking eventually cross the line in a solid tenth place. part in the remainder of the session – leaving him Jake then repeated the result in race two, which at the back of the grid for race one. was enough to secure pole for the final race of the Undeterred, the former Le Mans 24 Hours winner weekend when former champion Alain Menu made solid progress forwards to cross the line in carried out the reverse grid draw. 20th place and then followed it up with 24th in A number of changes were made to his Audi S3 race two after a long battle with Sam Osborne ahead of the start, and Jake was a man on a and .

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Race three would prove to be arguably Mark’s JAKE hILL, #24 TRAdE PRICE CARS RACInG strongest of the weekend as he finished just two AUdI S3, SAId: tenths of a second away from the top 20, leaving In races one and two, I was hanging on to the the ex-F1 racer optimistic about the races to “back of the guys ahead and we deserved to be come – starting with the penultimate meeting of there in the top ten from where we qualified. The the year at Silverstone later this month. moves early in race one set up the rest of race MARK BLUndELL, #8 TRAdE PRICE CARS day, as it got us out of the trouble that you end RACInG AUdI S3, SAId: up in further back.

I’ve really enjoyed the circuit as Knockhill is a I have to thank Alain Menu for drawing me on “cracking little track. For me, it has been a pole“ for race three, and we made a lot of changes weekend of progress after a harsh penalty in going into that race that worked an absolute qualifying, which I felt was a bit unfortunate as treat. The car was fantastic and it’s a mad feeling it cost me a lot. to have led the race from start-to-finish and taken my first win. I think there was some good progress in races one“ and three, although there is still a lot more to After what happened at Oulton Park, I’m do. At least there is a smile on my face as I leave “delighted to get the monkey off my back and it’s here, which hasn’t been the same elsewhere! relief to have secured the victory. It’s a nice feeling to be a BTCC race winner, and on a We’ve had to work through from the back this weekend where we’ve all been thinking about weekend“ and I’d like to think that we can break Sam Tordoff, Georgie and Arlo, that is for them. back into the top 15 by the end of the season; that ” is the target. ”

“After what happened at Oulton Park, I’m delighted to get the monkey off my back and it’s relief to have secured the victory.”

JAKE hILL

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NEWS | PRESS RELEASE, 16TH SEPTEMBER 2019 POSITIVE DEBUT AT KNOCKHILL FOR BLUNDELL

It was a weekend of progress for Mark Blundell as he continued his maiden British Touring Car Championship campaign with his competitive debut at Knockhill. Three full-race distances were highlighted with a top-twenty finish, as the 53-year-old displayed continued signs of progress across the weekend.

aking his way north of the border to Forced to start race day from the back of the grid, the Fife-based track, Blundell Blundell and his team opted for the soft tyre in race Mheaded into the weekend with only one as they attempted to recoup some of the lost a single day of experience around the 1.2 mile ground in qualifying. Making up two places on the circuit so set out to make the most of first lap, the Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3 was Saturday morning’s two practice sessions. demonstrating some positive signs on track. The day started in a positive tone as the Reacting quickly on the second lap to avoid being former Formula One driver clocked a 51.375 to collected in an incident in front, Blundell continued place him in P20 at the end of free practice to pass those in front and gain further positions one. The second session of the morning saw due to incidents further up the grid. Despite losing progress a little harder to come by but life in his tyres as the race progressed, Blundell Blundell headed into qualifying encouraged fought hard to bring home the car in P20 - his fifth by the morning’s display. top-twenty finish of the year.

Unfortunately, this encouragement was short Opting to take the optional medium tyre in race lived. Heading into qualifying with a new setup two, Blundell knew that it would likely prove to be that demonstrated some strides of his toughest race of the weekend and so it proved. improvements in the session’s early running, the With a couple of the championship’s frontrunners HP-sponsored driver’s session was to come to an forced to start race two from the back of the grid, early conclusion. After posting his quickest first the 53-year-old chose his battles wisely through sector of the day so far, the 53-year-old the early stages of the race. As the laps counted continued to push hard through the middle down, Blundell became locked in an intriguing phase only to exit the track. Despite getting battle between himself, Daniel Rowbottom and himself out of the gravel fairly quickly, a red flag Michael Crees through the final stages of the race. was waved resulting in a disqualification from Despite eventually succumbing to Rowbottom, the rest of the session. the #8 HP car came home in P24.

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Looking to end his weekend on a positive note, and it was great to be involved in some proper Blundell got a great start off the line in race three battles out there today and I’m leaving here with making up two positions by the first corner. more of a smile on my face than I have in recent Showing better pace through the third sector, weeks! I made some changes to my general Blundell continued to pick up positions as others technique this week and I feel like that has been ran into trouble further up the pack. Running in a step forward for us. Training myself out of thirty P20 right until the very final stages, the Trade years worth of habits is not an easy thing to do Price Cars Racing driver look set to collect his but we are getting there slowly. second top-twenty finish of the weekend. With ” We’ve shown a bit more today about what we his counterpart getting a great run off the final “can achieve. We’ve moved forward and that is corner, Blundell and Bobby Thompson enjoyed a what we have to keep doing, if we can continue drag race down the home straight with the Team this we won’t be too far outside of those points HARD driver ultimately winning out. positions and that has to be what we are trying Ending the final race in P21, Blundell reflected on to achieve again before the end of the season! a positive weekend at a new circuit while hoping ” I have to leave the last word though for Jake - if that this pointed to more progressive weekends “ever one of the younger guys on the grid deserved laying ahead in the final two rounds of the season. some success, it is him. I am over the moon for him For my first time here, I’ve got to be fairly happy and it’s great to see him up there with the big guys “with that. First things first, this is a great track which is no doubt where he will continue to be. ”

“For my first time here, I’ve got to be fairly happy with that. First things first, this is a great track and it was great to be involved in some proper battles out there today.”

MARK BLUndELL

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NEWS | PRESS RELEASE, 15TH SEPTEMBER 2019 BTCC TITLE RACE BLOWN WIDE OPEN ON DRAMATIC DAY AT KNOCKHILL

The pendulum swung one way and then another in the race for the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, as BMW’s Colin Turkington and Andrew Jordan both found trouble on a dramatic day of racing at Knockhill.

ory Butcher and Jake Hill each took a Despite the drama, Jordan would finish the race victory, with Jordan winning the other as where he started, immediately reducing the points Rhe significantly closed the overall points deficit to Turkington in the process, who himself gap to stablemate Turkington. had his own race long tussle with Cammish and for the final place on the rostrum. Halfords yuasa Racing’s Dan Cammish claimed two podiums around the tight and twisty 1.27-mile circuit The title race was then blown wide open as – his tenth and 11th rostrums of the season – as he Jordan claimed victory in race two, whilst too strengthened his own championship chances. Turkington was forced out of contention during a podium fight with home hero Butcher. The day began with Scotsman Butcher getting the home crowd on its collective feet as the pole- Butcher lost the lead off the line to the fast sitter reclaimed the lead on the final lap to win starting 3 Series of Jordan and he was an exciting opener. immediately under further pressure from Halfords yuasa Racing’s Cammish. The Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance driver fended off the attentions from BMW Pirtek Cammish – running the Dunlop Sport Maxx soft Racing’s Jordan for almost the entire 27-lap tyre – was able to scramble by Butcher’s AmD-run contest, before the Type R clipped the Honda on lap six, seemingly bringing Turkington kerbs at the final hairpin on the penultimate lap. along with him. Team BMW’s Turkington briefly took third from Butcher across the start/finish Butcher, already struggling to put power down line but the duo duelled it out through the first with a lost gear, was doubly sluggish out of the few corners of the next lap. the hairpin as a result, compromising his momentum up the hill and across the start/finish line as Jordan stormed around the outside to briefly claim first and a potentially important championship point for leading a lap.

Jordan’s joy was short lived, however, as the 3 Series carried too much speed into Duffus Dip on the final tour and the 2013 champion briefly ran off track, giving Butcher the opportunity he needed to nip back by and into the lead.

The roar from the partizan crowd could be heard above the engine noise and Butcher held firm until the finish to claim his third victory of the season.

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Butcher nudged his Honda Civic Type R down Hill kept BTC Racing’s Josh Cook the inside of the #1 BMW on the entry to at arms length throughout, whilst McIntyres and inevitable contact followed as Mac Tools with Ciceley Racing’s Turkington turned in. Adam Morgan completed the podium positions after he got the better of Sterling The 3 Series was tipped into a gravel-bound Insurance with ’s . spin that sent Turkington tumbling down the order, whilst Butcher was able to continue The championship drama struck Jordan on this relatively unscathed. occasion as he was forced into retirement whilst trying to avoid the spinning Subaru Levorg of Jordan, Cammish and Butcher scampered off to . complete the podium positions as Turkington recovered to finish 19th. Turkington recovered brilliantly from his race two woe to take tenth in the finale, leaving him with Butcher received a five-place grid penalty for his a ten point advantage in the standings over part in the Turkington incident, as the now Jordan, with Cammish only a point further back. seemingly increasing number of title contenders prepared for the final highland fling in Scotland. BMW head the Manufacturers’ order whilst Halfords yuasa Racing lead the Teams’ table. That bout belonged to TradePriceCars.com’s Hill, who took his first BTCC win with a commanding Josh Cook and Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB lights-to-flag performance. Hill’s success was Insurance hold advantages in the Independent also the first for the Audi S3 in the BTCC, as the Drivers’ and Independent Teams’ standings Kent driver became the tenth different race respectively, whilst Rory Butcher cemented top winner in the 2019 season so far. spot in the Jack Sears Trophy. BTCC Silverstone Programme.qxp_Layout 1 19/09/2019 11:49 Page 26

INFORMATION TRACK GUIDE

Silverstone is one of the most famous racing circuits in the world, and the BTCC utilises the short national Circuit layout to maximise the action for fans, all of whom can enjoy grandstand seating at some of the world’s most famous corners included in their entry ticket price.

Long straights and tight corners make for several overtaking opportunities on every lap, so action is guaranteed throughout the race. Silverstone regularly plays host to some memorable touring car battles as the drivers try to eke out every last second and set themselves up in the strongest possible position going into the unpredictable season finale a few weeks later.

SILvERSTOnE Corners: 6 Circuit length: 1.64 miles First BTCC Race: 1959 Qualifying Lap Record: : 58.078s (101.68mph) 2015 Race Lap Record: Mat Jackson: 58.464s (101.01mph) 2015

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