WSR BMW drivers Daryl DeLeon (main photo) and Charles Rainford hold the top two spots in the British Touring Car Championship’s Jack Sears Trophy following an action-packed weekend of racing at Snetterton.
The Brands Hatch overall race winners were consistent points-scorers on a challenging weekend in Norfolk, as were WSR stablemates Jake Hill – the reigning champion – and Aiden Moffat.
It was LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR racer Charles who finished the day as the top BMW 330i M Sport-mounted points scorer.
The Horsham driver recorded a seventh-place result in the finale to add to ninth and 12th in the earlier races; results that also closed him to within seven points of Daryl’s Jack Sears Trophy (JST) lead.
“It’s been a tough weekend, but we did make progress from Saturday into race day, which is a positive, and got the Manufacturers’ win in Race Two,” commented Team Principal Dick Bennetts. “Daryl (DeLeon) and Charles (Rainford) are sitting one-two in the Jack Sears Trophy – which was one of our major targets for the year, and both Jake and Aiden’s days were hampered by what happened in Race One. We clearly have work to do for Thruxton, so working on that will be the focus over the coming days.”
The JST – named after the series’ inaugural champion – is contested by drivers with one or fewer podium finishes to their name at the start of the season, meaning series rookie Charles and sophomore racer Daryl are both in contention in 2025.
Daryl was the JST winner in Race One in 10th place overall as the Cambridgeshire racer opted to use the soft tyres in the opener – unlike the rest of the BMW cohort. He was 15th in Race Two and 19th in the finale on the hard tyres.
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill maintains third place in the standings, but he was forced into recovery mode after the 2024 champion was spun by another driver in Race One and suffered suspension damage that required a lengthy repair in the pits.
Last year’s Snetterton double race-winner made a spirited charge from the penultimate row of the grid to finish 11th in Race Two and the battled hard to ninth in the finale.
Aiden Moffat, in the second LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR BMW, secured his best qualifying result of the year on Saturday and raced well to 13th in the opener, only to lose that result due to a boosting issue post-event.
From the back of the Race-Two grid he recovered to 16th and then made further progress with 10th in the finale.
The weekend’s results included a Manufacturers’ victory in Race Two for BMW and mean that WSR maintain strong positions in the Drivers’, Manufacturers’ and Jack Sears points tables with three of 10 events now complete.
Championship Standings
DRIVERS
1/ Ash Sutton – 132 points
2/ Tom Ingram – 117
3/ Jake Hill – 92
4/ Dan Rowbottom – 85
5/ Dan Cammish – 83
6/ Adam Morgan – 80
9/ Charles Rainford – 68
12/ Aiden Moffat – 48
13/ Daryl DeLeon – 46
MANUFACTURERS
1/ Hyundai – 255 points
2/ Ford – 249
3/ BMW – 225
4/ Toyota – 132
TEAMS
1/ Team Vertu – 231 points
2/ NAPA Racing UK – 177
3/ LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR – 138
4/ Restart Racing – 128
5/ One Motorsport – 99
6/ Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport – 98
8/ WSR – 65
JACK SEARS TROPHY
1/ Daryl DeLeon – 140 points
2/ Charles Rainford – 133
3/ Ronan Pearson – 129
4/ Sam Osborne – 118
5/ Dexter Patterson – 90
6/ James Dorlin – 88
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