Cammish seals superb Donington double

Dan Cammish produced a race-winning treble arsenic the 2023 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship got disconnected to a bedewed and chaotic commencement astatine Donington Park this play (22/23 April).

Tom Chilton claimed his archetypal BTCC triumph successful 4 years and, incredibly, his archetypal astatine the celebrated Leicestershire circuit since 2004, arsenic the ever-changing conditions provided enactment passim the order.

There were podiums for the likes of Jake Hill, Tom Ingram and Ash Sutton, whilst debutant Andrew Watson and fans’ favourite Nic Hamilton besides starred.

Dan Cammish wins curtain raiser arsenic rivals deed trouble

Cammish and his NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus overhauled long-time contention person Jake Hill’s BMW to triumph the opening round, arsenic a fig of different large hitters recovered trouble.

Pole-sitter, and Cammish’s team-mate, Dan Rowbottom made a sluggish start, with Hill and NAPA stablemate Sutton instantly eyeing an accidental to surge into the lead. Three into 1 wouldn’t enactment and inevitable interaction followed.

Rookie Watson (CarStore Power Maxed Racing) incredibly made his mode up to 4th successful the second stages successful a show that belied his deficiency of experience.

He hounded down the apical three, who were already having their ain scrap for victory, which yet went to Cammish arsenic helium blasted past Hill done the Craner Curves connected thigh 19 of 21, whilst Ingram completed the podium up of Watson.

Chilton makes awelcome instrumentality to winning ways

The 2nd contention was a bedewed and chaotic matter wherever tyre prime proved pivotal, arsenic BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8’s Tom Chilton switched to Goodyear bedewed tyres aboriginal on.

Team BMW’s Adam Morgan and Chilton were the archetypal to surge done the tract and it was the second that got the amended of things amidst the slippery conditions.

They some soon deed the beforehand and comfortably pulled wide successful the apical 2 positions, whilst NAPA Racing UK’s Sam Osborne scored a first-ever podium successful the BTCC, having besides made the aboriginal telephone to tally connected wets. 

It was the conflict for 5th that had the assemblage connected its feet arsenic rookie Mikey Doble successful his Vauxhall Astra and Nic Hamilton’s Cupra Leon swapped places connected a fig of occasions during the closing laps earlier the second clinched the place.

Hamilton successful peculiar was roared location by spectators, household and his squad successful what proved to beryllium 1 of the proudest moments of his unthinkable communicative and career.

Dan does the Donington double 

Cammish completed his memorable time with a lights-to-flag triumph successful the finale, arsenic the enactment kicked disconnected down him.

With Cammish disconnected into the region it near Ingram to fend disconnected Team BMW’s Turkington, Sutton and Hill for the different podium positions, and the reigning champion defended expertly.

Sutton yet attacked Turkington for 3rd successful the closing stages and squeezed done astatine Macleans, whilst Hill followed suit astatine the last chicane – albeit pursuing flimsy interaction with his BMW stablemate.

Cammish crossed the enactment for his 2nd triumph of the time portion Sutton sent his car forcefully down the wrong of Ingram’s #1 Hyundai successful a last-gasp effort for second.

Ingram held connected portion Sutton pipped Hill by conscionable 0.113s to implicit the podium.

The BTCC returns astatine Brands Hatch successful 2 weeks’ time.