This weekend saw the annual Touring Car trip to Cheshire, with the class of BTCC 2016 at Oulton Park. The BTCC races have done well in terms of hot weather this year, with the temperatures at Thruxton bringing a record crowd, even if it did not quite work the same magic for the tyres, and Oulton was no exception, with beautiful weather throughout.
The Subarus of Team BMR were back at Oulton, after a fire at Donington saw them sit out the races at Thruxton as repairs were made, and it was a good start with Colin Turkington taking pole on Saturday, ahead of Daniel Lloyd and Sam Tordoff. The first race got under way on Sunday, and an action filled event saw Turkington hold on to take the win, with Sam Tordoff in second, and Turkington’s team mate, Jason Plato completing the podium. As the race finished, Warren Scott pulled off the track with what appeared to be another fire, but thankfully we did not see a repeat of Donington.
I was standing beside Turkington and Plato as they were interviewed after the race, and they seemed very pleased to be back on form, and to score Subaru’s first win in the series.
The second BTCC race of the day was no less dramatic, although the action at the front of the grid was limited to the start when Sam Tordoff took an early lead and maintained it for the race, with Turkington and Plato joining him again on the podium. This makes Tordoff the ninth winner from the first eleven races of the season, so certainly not a predictable season.
The final race of the day saw Matt Neal in the Halfords Yuasa Honda start from pole, and team mate Gordon Shedden was soon right behind him. However, a puncture for Flash near the end saw him drop down the field as Neal took the chequered flag, with Tordoff in second and Plato in third. Tordoff is now just one point ahead of Neal in the championship, but the Subarus are back and had an impressive weekend. Can they catch up?
The next round is at Croft in two weeks, in the meantime, here are some photos from the weekend.
BTCC Matt Neal during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sam Tordoff's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
The Halfords Team Honda garage during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Stewart Lines' grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Stewart Lines' grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Dan Welch's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps' grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps' grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Árón Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Dan Welch during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington and Jason Plato celebrate during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Árón Smith's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
James Cole's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sam Tordoff during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jack Goff during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Daniel Lloyd during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sam Tordoff during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Chris Smiley during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sam Tordoff during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Daniel Lloyd during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Árón Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Árón Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Árón Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Daniel Lloyd during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Mike Epps and Jake Hill in the Oulton Park Pit Lane
The grid at Oulton Park during the 2016 BTCC weekend
Aiden Moffatt's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Warren Scott's grid place during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
James Cole's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
James Cole's grid board during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Aiden Moffatt during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Team BMR watch from the pit wall as the first race finishes at Oulton Park during the 2016 BTCC weekend
Colin Turkington interviewed at Oulton Park
Support Races Ayrton Simmons Formula Four car during the BTCC Weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
James Pull's car in the Carlin garage during the British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Frank Bird in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ayrton Simmons in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rafael Martins in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Petru Florescu in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sennan Fielding in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Frank Bird in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rafael Martins in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Alex Quinn in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Devlin DeFrancesco in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Frank Bird in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jack Butel in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jack Butel in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Nicolai Kjærgaard in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Nicolai Kjærgaard in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Rafael Martins in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Frank Bird in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
James Pull in British Formula Four during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Will Tregurtha in Ginetta Juniors during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Gamble in Ginetta Juniors during the BTCC weekend at Oulton Park, June 2016
Callum Pointon in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Fraser Robertson in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Grahame Tilley in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Wrigley in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Ben Green in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Tom Hibbert in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup during the BTCC at Oulton Park, June 2016
Jamie Caroline's British Formula Four car at Oulton Park, June 2016
The Arden International garage at Oulton Park, British Formula Four, June 2016
The British Formula Four cars of Patrik Matthiesen and Jamie Caroline at Oulton Park, June 2016
Sennan Fielding's British Formula Four car at Oulton Park, June 2016
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