The British Touring Car Championship headed north last weekend for the Scottish round at the legendary Knockhill Circuit.
In a weekend of close racing, the Power Maxed Racing team gave it their all and didn’t come away empty-handed as Josh Cook took the Jack Sears Trophy.
Things didn’t go exactly to plan early on as a steering column failure cut Dave Newsham’s free practice one session short.
Race one saw both cars take to the grid on the soft tyre. Newsham opted to start at the rear of the grid alongside Plato, to ensure he had clean air to put in a fast lap for a strong place on the grid for race two.
Getting a good clean start Cook was 17th by the end of the first lap. With his lap time optimised Newsham then set about gaining grid places, making a few passes and getting up to 18th by lap 13.
Both drivers made it to the final lap and managed to avoid any contact or mechanical woes, Cook crossed the line in 16th and Newsham in 18th place.
Newsham lined up on the grid in 13th with Cook in 18th for race two and both drivers made great starts, gaining places during the opening laps with Newsham up to 13th and Cook up to 15th, which is where they would finish.
The duo made a textbook start, with Newsham locked in battle with Rob Collard, the pair taking the twists and turns side by side and entertaining the bumper crowd. Newsham made a typical touring car move to gain 9th place from Collard, with Cook gaining places up into 13th.
The action continued at the front of the grid with Cook joining the battle for 10th place. However, final lap contact saw the checked flag drop on Newsham in 11th place with Cook recovering in 13th.
Adam Weaver, Power Maxed Racing Team Principal commented, “It is always such a tight grid here at Knockhill and unfortunately finding space to get a good qualifying lap is always tricky. This combined with a mechanical failure for Dave in FP1 cost us dearly.”
BTCC will return in two weeks’ time when the championship visits Rockingham on September 5th and 6th.
