I attended rounds 10, 11 and 12 of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton Circuit.
As the championship rolled into Thruxton, just 11 points separated the top 4 drivers.
A new trend this year has seen the same driver win the first two races at each race. Donnington Park saw Tom Ingram take the first two races, at the Brands Hatch Indy it would be Colin Turkington, while at Snetterton Jake Hill would take the first two races. So who will triumph at Thruxton?
you can't rule out any of the above drivers and a couple of other I would mention would be Ash Sutton, the current BTCC Champion who until now has not had a win this season and Josh Cook who has 10 previous race wins at Thruxton is also worth considering.
Away from the BTCC, the support races have their own stories to unfold.
In the Rokit Formula 4 Championship, Abi Pulling became the first female driver in the history of the championship Can she repeat this success?
In the Porsche Carrera Cup there are a lot of familiar names from BTCC passed, George Gamble, Steven Jelley, Daniel Lloyd and George Gamble will line up on the grid.
Abbie Eaton this year is racing in the Carrera Cup for Rebello Motorsport, Abbie has had years or racing experience and now brings this to the Carrera Cup.
In the The Dunlop Mini Se7en Challenge Supported by Mini Spares, more familiar names appear, Mike and Andrew Jordan are racing in this championship with Andrew's brother Bradley, Mike is the current overall champion for this series.
Ex BTCC driver Jeff Smith also races in this series.
Away from the track there was a trade village, some replica Super Touring Cars and the Thruxton driving experience cars.
On Friday and Saturday evenings, there was live music and on the Saturday night in the assembly area, there was Crazy Carting that featured some of the BTCC drivers.
Below are my photo's and videos from the event.
Porsche Carrera Cup. All cars are Porsche 911 GT3.
William Aspin driving the No. 24 Eden Race Drive Porsche.
Richard Hosking driving the No.55 Cognition Land & Water with CCK Motorsport Porsche.
Will Martin driving the No.10 Eden Race Drive Porsche leading George Gamble driving the No.42 Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport Porsche and Harry Foster in the No.16 Eden Race Drive Porsche.
Harry Foster is followed by Andrew Rackshaw in the No.40 JTR Porsche and Ross Wylie in the No.29 Toro Verde GT Porsche.
Charles Rainford driving the No. 99 Cognition Land & Water with CCK Motorsport Porsche.
Matthew Rees in the No.35 Team Parker Racing Porsche leads Daniel Lloyd in the No.123 Toro Verde GT Porsche, William Aspin in the No.24 Eden Race Drive Porsche and Hugo Ellis in the No.8 Team Parker Racing Porsche.
Abbie Eaton in the No.44 Rebello Motorsport Porsche leading Ollie Jackson on the No.48 JTR Porsche and William Burns in the No.14 Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport Porsche.
Contact between William Paul in the No.73 Team Parker Racing Porsche and Richard Hosking in the No.55 Cognition Land & Water with CCK Motorsport Porsche would see these two demoted to the back of the field.
Henry Dawes driving the No. 58 Century Motorsport Porsche.
George Gamble with a wheel in the air driving the No.42 Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport Porsche.
Harry Foster driving the No.16 Eden Race Drive Porsche.
Andrew Rackstraw diving the No.40 JTR Porsche.
Hugo Ellis driving the No 8 Team Parker Racing Porsche.
James Wallis driving the No.50 JTR Porsche.
Abbie Eaton in the No.44 Rebello Motorsport Porsche leading Ollie Jackson on the No.48 JTR Porsche and Josh Stanton in the JTR Porsche.
Angus Whiteside driving the No.52 Century Motorsport Porsche.
Stephen Jelley driving the No.12 Parker Classic Works Porsche.
Daniel Lloyd driving the No.123 Toro Verde Porsche.
William Burns driving the No.14 Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport Porsche.
George Gamble leading Harry Foster around the Club Chicane.
Ross Wylie driving the No.29 Toro Verde GT Porsche.
Sid Smith driving the No.66 Parker Classic Works Porsche chasing Oliver White driving the No.94 Eden Race Drive Porsche around the chicane.
Matthew Rees in the No.35 Team Parker Racing Porsche with Lee Mowle in the No.80 Team Parker Racing Porsche close behind.
Sid Smith in the Parker Classic Works Porsche.
Abbie Eaton in the No.44 Rebello Motorsport Porsche.
First lap of the race at the Club Chicane.
The Dunlop Mini Se7en Challenge Supported by Mini Spares. There are 2 classes of cars in these races, the Mini Se7en (7) Challenge with a 1000cc engine and the Mini 7 S Class with a slightly bigger 1300cc engine.
No.37 Gareth Hunt, Mini Se7en.
No.700 Matthew Ayers, S Class.
No.725 Fraser Hack followed by No 796 Michael Winkworth and No.707 Matthew Page, all S Class.
No.771 Bradley Jordan is followed by No.777 Dave Rees and No.736 Bertie Woollard, S Class.
No.777 Dave Rees, S Class.
No.725 Fraser Hack followed closely by No.700 Matthew Ayers, S Class.
No.707 Matthew Page, S Class.
No.38 Steven Hopper being chased by No.70 Lewis Saunders, No.14 Jamie Payne and No 37 Gareth Hunt, Mini Se7en Challenge.
No.20 Darren Thomas leading No.21 Aaron Smith and No.73 Spencer Wanstall, Mini Se7en Challenge.
Minis racing through the Club Chicane.
BTCC.
Racing Photos.
BTCC cars around the Club Chicane.
And into the Complex.
Jake Hill driving the No.24 Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BWM.
Ash Sutton driving the No.1 Napa Racing UK Ford.
Tom Ingram driving the No.100 Bristol Street Motors EXCELER8 Motorsport Hyundai.
Colin Turkington driving the No.20 West Surrey Racing BMW.
Mikey Doble driving the No.88 Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall.
Josh Cook driving the No.66 LKQ Euro Car Parts with Synetic Speedworks Motorsport Toyota.
Dan Cammish driving the No 27 Napa Racing UK Ford.
Andrew Watson driving the No.11 Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota, Round 11 wound see Andrew nudged off the track, you can see the damage his car incurred. This would be the end of the race for Andrew, as he got out of the car and walked back towards the pits.
Aaron Taylor-Smith driving the No.40 Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall.
Tom Chilton driving the No.3 Bristol Street Motors EXCELER8 Motorsport Hyundai
Adam Morgan driving the No.33 West Surrey Racing BMW.
Daniel Rowbottom driving the No.32 Napa Racing UK Ford.
Aiden Moffatt driving the No.16 LKQ Euro Car Parts with Synetic Speedworks Motorsport Toyota.
Nick Halstead driving the No.22 Bristol Street Motors EXCELER8 Motorsport Hyundai.
Chris Smiley driving the No.222 Restart Racing Cupra Leon.
Daryl DeLeon driving the No.18 Duckhams Racing with Bartercard Cupra.
Scott Sumpton driving a rather battered No.29 Restart Racing Cupra Leon.
Jake Hill leading Dan Cammish.
Ash Sutton chasing Dan Cammish.
Tom Ingram leads Josh Cook through the Club Chicane.
Adam Morgan chases Tom Chilton.
Adam Morgan being chased by Tom Chilton, Aaron Taylor-Smith and Colin Turkington.
Rob Huff into Campbell Corner followed by Aidan Moffat, Mikey Doble, Sam Osborne, Ronan Pearson and Daryl DeLeon.
Josh Cook followed by Colin Turkington into Campbell Corner.
The podium celebrations for race 2 Tom Ingram tops the podium, with Jake Hill on 2nd place and Dan Cammish in third. Just 30 minutes later this result was changed due to Tom Ingram cutting the Club Chicane and gaining an advantage. Tom was demoted to 3rd place giving Jake Hill the win.
Jake Hill would take victory in rounds 10 and 11, with Ash Sutton picking up his first win of the season in round 12.
Abi Pulling scored another podium in the Rokit Formula 4 Championship.
Mike Jordan started his race from 7th place and by the end of the first lap he was leading the race.
Andrew Jordan started 13th and lead his race by the end of the first lap.
If you are able to watch the race meeting on the ITV X App, it's worth taking some time to watch it, there is plenty of action to watch.
The next race weekend is the 22nd and 23rd of June at Oulton Park, if you can get there please go, the racing is fast and close and the BTCC package is great value for money.
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