Ash Sutton extends championship lead with race two win

NAPA Racing UK’s Ash Sutton continued his dominance of the 2026 British Touring Car Championship in race two at Thruxton, claiming victory after battling past Josh Cook at the end of the opening lap.

Race one winner Cook started from pole position and initially had to defend from Sutton through the first corner and into the Complex. The Toyota driver then held the advantage until Church corner, where a slight slide lost him momentum and allowed Sutton to seize the lead up Woodham Hill and into the chicane.

Sutton was then able to open up a margin of around a second over Cook. Meanwhile Team VERTU’s Tom Ingram, from fifth on the grid, had moved into fourth after a poor opening lap from Senna Proctor, and the Hyundai driver claimed third from Plato Racing’s Daniel Rowbottom on lap five at the exit of Seagrave corner.

Ingram caught Cook by lap 11 and made his move into the chicane on lap 12; but the duo touched, sending Cook into a slide and forcing Ingram to skip across the chicane and into second.

However, Ingram was later hit by a ten-second penalty for exceeding track limits, which promoted Cook, who by now was over six seconds adrift of Sutton, back into second.

Sutton scored his sixth win of the season ahead of Cook, although his start was being investigated after the race for a possible infringement of the regulations.

NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish completed the podium, having made two strong moves around the outside into the chicane during the race – firstly by passing Plato Racing’s Adam Morgan for fifth on lap three, then later by repeating the move against Rowbottom four laps later.

Rowbottom took fourth, whilst Ingram was classified in fifth after his penalty was applied.

Restart Racing’s James Dorlin was the top Independent in sixth, ahead of Morgan in seventh and Power Maxed Racing’s Mikey Doble in eighth.

The top ten was completed by Laser Tools Racing duo Árón Taylor-Smith and Gordon Shedden.

Race three is scheduled to get underway at 17:30 BST.

Race result

POS	NO	CL	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	116	M		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus Titanium	16	20:46.801	1:15.983	2
2	66	M		Josh COOK	Speedworks Corolla Racing	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	16	8.557	1:16.618	1
3	27	M		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus Titanium	16	9.305	1:16.680	7
4	32	M		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	Cataclean Plato Racing	Mercedes A35 Saloon	16	10.761	1:16.582	3
5	80	M		Tom INGRAM	Team VERTU	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	11.826	1:16.633	5
6	132	I		James DORLIN	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	14.532	1:17.160	9
7	33	M		Adam MORGAN	Cataclean Plato Racing	Mercedes A35 Saloon	16	14.633	1:16.906	6
8	88	I		Mikey DOBLE	LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing	Audi A3 Saloon	16	18.740	1:17.536	8
9	50	I		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	16	18.900	1:17.408	10
10	52	I		Gordon SHEDDEN	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	16	19.322	1:17.482	22
11	11	M		Ricky COLLARD	Team VERTU	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	19.733	1:17.358	14
12	3	M		Tom CHILTON	Team VERTU	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	20.214	1:17.474	13
13	2	I		Daryl DE LEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	21.878	1:17.367	12
14	99	I		Charles RAINFORD	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	22.951	1:17.217	17
15	18	M		Senna PROCTOR	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus Titanium	16	23.143	1:17.453	4
16	17	I		Dexter PATTERSON	Steel Seal with Power Maxed Racing	Audi A3 Saloon	16	23.473	1:18.114	16
17	22	I		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	27.507	1:18.344	11
18	15	M		Lewis SELBY	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus Titanium	16	30.626	1:18.063	18
19	7	M		Ryan BENSLEY	Speedworks Corolla Racing	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	16	31.238	1:18.578	19
20	28	M		Nicolas HAMILTON	Team VERTU	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	16	39.038	1:18.643	20
21	29	I		Lewis GILBERT	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	50.960	1:18.844	21
22	16	I		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing	Audi A3 Saloon	15	+ 1 LAP	1:17.539	15