WSR’s British Touring Car Championship season reaches its halfway point this weekend as the series visits one of the UK’s most picturesque circuits, Oulton Park.
The Cheshire track has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for the reigning double champions, who have won there 19 times – including a triple win and an all-BMW podium in 2023.
“After a couple of challenging events, we come to Oulton Park, which has traditionally been a circuit where the BMW’s rear-wheel-drive platform has been a very good thing to have,” said Dick Bennetts, Team Principal. “We’ve been on the podium 19 times in the 18 races we’ve done there since moving to the BMW 330i M Sport for 2019 so if we’re going to get ourselves back into the title hunt, there’s no better place to do it.”
That 2023 podium featured Jake Hill, who won twice that day, and the Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330i M Sport driver is targeting a return to the top step of the podium to add to the victory he scored at Brands Hatch in May.
The Kent ace, who is fifth in the standings, scored one of his most memorable BTCC victories at Oulton Park last year as he spectacularly passed the long-time leader around the outside on the final lap; a result that set him en route to title success.
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR’s Aiden Moffat finished second at Oulton Park in 2022, narrowly missing out on victory to the WSR BMW of Stephen Jelley.
The Edinburgh driver has shown excellent racecraft throughout the season and is targeting improved qualifying form to help him move up the Drivers’ points table.
His team-mate, Charles Rainford, continues his rookie season in touring cars at Oulton Park and is aiming to use the renowned cornering ability and low-speed traction of his rear-wheel-drive BMW to put him at the head of the field.
The Brands Hatch race winner also plans to close on the lead of the Jack Sears Trophy, in which he currently lies second.
Jack Sears Trophy leader Daryl DeLeon came to the attention of the BTCC paddock at Oulton Park in 2023 as he scored a double win in the Radical UK Cup, which was supporting the series on a guest basis that weekend.
Two years on, the Cambridgeshire racer is now a BTCC race winner and claimed his first Jack Sears Trophy event victory last time out at Thruxton to head the standings by 19 points from his WSR stablemate Charles.
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