Motorsport News – July 17, 2019

TEAMPARKER

RACING

Car:BMW125iMSport

Teamschampionship:

10th

STEPHENJELLEY

Championship

position:12th

Points: 83

Wins: 1

Podiums: 2

Nowrunningtheexact

samespecificationasColin

Turkington’stitle-winning

BMW125iMSportwas

lastseason,JelleyandTeam

ParkerRacingarefinally

reapingtherewardsafter

atoughlearningperiodin

theBTCC.

Jelley’spresenceof

mindsavedhimapodium

atBrandsHatch’sopener

whenheinadvertently

nudgedintoMattNeal’s

Hondabutgavethe

positionback.

Thatisthemarkofwhat

sortofblokeJelleyis.

Hefinallytookawinin

thelastroundbeforethe

breakatOultonPark.It

wasn’ttakenontheroad,

butitdidn’tmatter:it

cementedtheLeicester

racer’spositionasavictory

threatatmosttracks.

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rewards.Butwhiletheteam
anddrivershaveabiggerskill
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SPEEDWORKS

MOTORSPORT

Car:ToyotaCorolla

Teams

championship:9th

TOMINGRAM

Championship

position:9th

Points: 113 Wins: 1

Podiums: 1

Anewcarinaone-car

teamisalwaysgoingtobe

ahugetask.TomIngram

saidatthestartofthe

yearthatitwasabout

learninginthefirsthalf

ofthecampaignbefore

huntingwinsinthesecond

partoftheseason,but

thatseemslikealong

stretchrightnow.

Thereisstilllearning

todo,andthegameis

tough.Thechassisis

provinghardtosettle

down,meaningIngram

ishavingtodriveitlikea

go-kartatthemoment.

Hewillhopefullyironout

thoseproblems.

Thepotentialisthere,

butitwilltakeanother

15racestogetontop

ofit. Therecouldbethe

oddreversed-gridwin

alongthewaythoughto

keepthingstickingover.

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EXCELR8

MOTORSPORT

Car:MG6

Teamschampionship:

N/A

ROBSMITH

Championship

position:--

Points: 0 Wins: 0

diums: 0

SAMOSBORNE

Championship

position:--

Points: 0 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

Itwasalwaysgoingtobea

bigaskforanewteamwith

newdrivers,andExcelR8

areinatthedeepend.The

MGs aretheoldestkiton

thegridandtheageshows,

sothatmakesitveryhardto

getagaugeonhowRob

andSamOsborne

gressing.Theywill

hopingforasliceof

eversed-gridluck.

TEAMHARD

Car:VWCC

Teamschampionship:

GKRScaffoldingwith

AutobriteDirect14th;

RCIBInsurancewithFox

Racing15th

CARLBOARDLEY

Championship

position:24th

Points: 3 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

JACKGOFF

Championship

position:22nd

Points: 12 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

BOBBYTHOMPSON

Championship

position:21st

Points: 17 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

MICHAELCREES

Championship

position:23rd

Points: 4 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

Therewasabigfanfare

fromTeamHardatthe

startoftheyear,butthe

resultshavenotyet

materialised.

Thecarsaregood

enoughtoberegularpoints

scorers,butnotknocking

onthedoorofthetopsix

liketheywereduringthe

2018season.

Thathasnotstopped

thesquadtryinghard

though.JackGoffand

BobbyThompsonhaveled

thelineintermsofgaining

asmanypointsastheycan,

butthebigprizesarejust

outofreachrightnow.

TRADEPRICE

CARSRACING

Car:AudiS3

Teamschampionship:

11th

JAKEHILL

Championship

position:14th

Points: 71 Wins: 0

Podiums: 1

MARKBLUNDELL

Championship

position:25th

Points: 2 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

ThereworkedS3saloons

areamorecompetitive

propositionthisyear,and

thatisduetotheworkdone

byAmDTuning,whichis

runningthecarsonbehalf

ofnewcomersTradePrice

CarsRacing.

JakeHillhasuseditwell,

extractingthemaximum

whenhecanandtakinga

podiumintheseason

openeratBrandsHatch.

Hewasstrippedofawin

atthelastmeetingatOulton

Parkaftercontactwith

MattNealbut,despite

thatblackmark,hehas

continuedtheupward

trajectoryinhiscareer.

MarkBlundell,onthe

otherhand,hasstruggled

togettogripswithfront-

wheeldrive,buthisrecent

laptimesshowthatheis

beginningtoturnthecorner

intermsofpace.

CICELEY

MOTORSPORT

Car:Mercedes-Benz

A-Class

Teamschampionship:

MacToolswithCiceley

12th;CatacleanRacing

withCiceley17th

ADAMMORGAN

Championship

position:15th

Points: 64 Wins: 0

Podiums: 1

DANROWBOTTOM

Championship

position:27th

Points: 1 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

TheCiceleycarsare

usuallyregularsatthefront

ofthefield,buttheysimply

haven’tbeensofarin2019.

Despitehavingbeen

throughanextensive

reworkingoverthewinter,

theolderchassismeans

thatthereisnotmuchmore

mefromthemachine.

anhasalsobeen

y–iftherehasbeen

nttogetinvolvedin,

unwittinglyinthe

dleofit.Newcomer

nielRowbottomhasnot

enabletoshowwhathe

capableof.

LASERTOOLS

RACING

Car:Mercedes-Benz

A-Class

Teamschampionship:

13th

AIDENMOFF AT

Championship

position:18th

Points: 48 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

Racinghasstruggledto

unlockenoughpacefrom

thehatchbackforitto

makethekindofimpactit

hasinpreviousseasons.

Moffathasdrivenwithhis

usualverveandpassion,

butithasbeenforvery

littlerewardasheisoften

miredinthe10thto20th

spotsonthegrid,whichis

wheretherewardsare

scantandthechances

f tti ginvolvedin

aremuchhigher.

ytheproblem,

Toolshastaken

hugestep:itwill

chtheMercin

vourofanInfin

ortheremain

fthe2019

ampaign.

SIMPSONRACIN G

Car:HondaCivicTypeR

Teamschampionship:

16th

MATTSIMPSON

Championship

position:26th

Points: 1 Wins: 0

Podiums: 0

SimpsonMotorsport’s

seasonhasbeenahorrid

one.Despiterecruiting

engineerGeoffKingston

tohelpsteertheshipin

therightdirection,things

havenotclickedand

Kingstonhasnow

departedtheoperation.

Simpsonhimselfwould

expecttohavepushedon

afterarace-winningseason

in2018,butamixtureof

contactandpoorreliability

havekickedhimintheteeth

atalmosteveryweekend.

Thingsneedtoturnaround.

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Car:HondaCivic TypeR

FK2

Teamschampionship:3rd

SAMTORDOFF

Championship

position:13th

Points: 76 Wins: 0

Podiums: 2

RORYBUTCHER

Championship

position:4th

Points: 147 Wins: 1

Podiums: 2

Buyingthetwoex-Eurotech

RacingHondaCivicTypeRs

wasa stepforwardforShaun

Hollamby’sAmDTuning

concern,buttheteammight

nothaveexpectedsuch

spectacularresults.

Formertitlerunner-upSam

Tordoffisaknownquantity,

butmusthavewalkedunder

anotherladdergivenhowhis

helpingofbadluckfrom

2018hascontinued.He

lost abucketfulofpoints

witha non-finishat

Thruxto nanddamage

at BrandsHatch.

Butcher,onth eotherhand,

hasbeenrightinthehuntfor

thetitle.TheScotflewunder

theradarin20 18 inan MG,

butgiventheFK2,heis

la pping itup .Thereisevery

chancethathewillbeinthe

huntattheendoftheseason,

which ishugeprogressfor

drive randteam.