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NAPA RACING SECURES DOUBLE CROFT WIN

04 Aug 2025

NAPA Racing UK scored two wins from three as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season resumed at Croft.

The Yorkshire venue is the home race for Sam Osborne, Dan Cammish and MINI Challenge JCW Championship leader, Jamie Osborne. With the weekend falling on Yorkshire Day, the locals all ran the White Rose of Yorkshire on their cars to mark the occasion.

The Alliance Racing-run squad went into the weekend leading the Drivers, Teams and Manufacturers Championship standings.

BTCC Practice & Qualifying:

Ash Sutton was the pacesetter amongst the NAPA Racing quartet in practice thanks to his time in FP1, with Cammish and Rowbottom also lapping inside the top ten through the two sessions as the team worked to prepare for qualifying.

A mistake in sector two of his best lap saw Sam Osborne exit qualifying in the first stage to line up in 18th place on the grid for the opening race of the weekend.

Track limits were the story of the day for several drivers, with Ash losing his quickest time, to see him exit the second phase of qualifying. This left him eleventh on the grid. Dan Cammish and Rowbottom were left to uphold NAPA Racing honours in the Quick Six shootout.

Cammish continued his strong qualifying performances and ended up second fastest and earn a place on the front row of the grid, with Rowbottom in fifth, again losing multiple quick laps to track limits.

 

BTCC Race 1:

Having qualified well, Cammish and Rowbottom bolted on the soft tyres for race one, with Cammish challenging for the lead at the start before slotting into second spot, going on to secure a popular podium in front of the local crowd.

Rowbottom took fourth, having spent most of the race battling for the final step of the podium with Hyundai’s Senna Proctor, whilst Osborne chose to run the hard tyre and took a strong 14th to clinch a handful of points.

Sutton, however, endured a race to forget as, despite an incredible race, moving forward despite the hard tyre, he was forced to pit with a left front puncture just as the safety car came in after a mid-race caution. That dropped him off the lead lap and left him unable to score back in 20th place.

BTCC Race 2:

With championship rules dictating the top three finishers in race one must start race two on the hardest compound, Cammish wasn’t expected to retain his place at the front but battled valiantly to finish tenth.

Rowbottom took full advantage of being able to choose the quicker soft tyre as he skilfully overhauled the three drivers ahead to hit the front. Showing his pace as the only driver in the field to lap below the 1:22s mark, Dan built a gap and was able to control the race from the front to secure his third win of the season and a fifth of his BTCC career.

Starting with a soft tyre and a full allocation of turbo boost to play with, Ash Sutton enjoyed a stella drive through the field from the back to finish in a strong fifth place and take points out of title rival Tom Ingram. Sam Osborne crossed the line in twelfth having been embroiled in the midst of a hard fought battle in the midfield.

BTCC Race 3:

The final race of the weekend would prove to be one of mixed emotions and a “classic” BTCC race three. Sutton charging from fifth on the grid to grab victory thanks to a fine move at the final hairpin to overtake both championship-rival Ingram and the BWM of Aiden Moffat in one swoop.

Osborne also impressed as he ended the weekend with seventh.

One the other end of the spectrum, Cammish and Rowbottom would be victim of an early accident at the complex in which Cammish was tipped into a spin before coming back across the circuit in front of the field.

Contact and the resultant damage put him out of the race, with Rowbottom picking up damage in the melee behind that left him needing an unscheduled trip to the pits. Dan did manage to salvage the final championship point to keep his championship total ticking.

BTCC Standings:

Sutton, Rowbottom and Cammish now lie second, third and fourth in the standings with NAPA Racing UK continuing to head the Teams’ Championship. Osborne remains third in the Jack Sears Trophy.

 

MINI Challenge:

In the MINI Challenge, Jamie Osborne retained his lead in the standings as the JCW field returned to action, qualifying on the front row of the grid and then bagging two podium finishes – taking third in race one, before going one better in race two to finish as runner-up.

Lewis Selby maintained his bid for a top three position in the championship with a pair of fourth place finishes, with Cameron Richardson ending both races just outside the top then.

Alex Solley had looked good for a strong weekend after showing impressive pace in Friday practice, but an accident in qualifying put him on the back foot before a fine recovery through the filed to take eighth place.

He would be forced out of race two early after unfortunate contact on the exit of the chicane when he was unable to avoid a spinning car ahead.

MINI Challenge Standings:

Jamie retains the lead in the MINI Challenge Championship standings, with nine races left of the championship.

The team now heads to Knockhill for the next instalments of the BTCC and MINI Challenge where NAPA Racing will show its support for Race Against Dementia. Click here to see how to get involved.

NAPA RACING SECURES DOUBLE CROFT WIN

NAPA Racing UK scored two wins from three as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season resumed at Croft.

The Yorkshire venue is the home race for Sam Osborne, Dan Cammish and MINI Challenge JCW Championship leader, Jamie Osborne. With the weekend falling on Yorkshire Day, the locals all ran the White Rose of Yorkshire on their cars to mark the occasion.

The Alliance Racing-run squad went into the weekend leading the Drivers, Teams and Manufacturers Championship standings.

BTCC Practice & Qualifying:

Ash Sutton was the pacesetter amongst the NAPA Racing quartet in practice thanks to his time in FP1, with Cammish and Rowbottom also lapping inside the top ten through the two sessions as the team worked to prepare for qualifying.

A mistake in sector two of his best lap saw Sam Osborne exit qualifying in the first stage to line up in 18th place on the grid for the opening race of the weekend.

Track limits were the story of the day for several drivers, with Ash losing his quickest time, to see him exit the second phase of qualifying. This left him eleventh on the grid. Dan Cammish and Rowbottom were left to uphold NAPA Racing honours in the Quick Six shootout.

Cammish continued his strong qualifying performances and ended up second fastest and earn a place on the front row of the grid, with Rowbottom in fifth, again losing multiple quick laps to track limits.

 

BTCC Race 1:

Having qualified well, Cammish and Rowbottom bolted on the soft tyres for race one, with Cammish challenging for the lead at the start before slotting into second spot, going on to secure a popular podium in front of the local crowd.

Rowbottom took fourth, having spent most of the race battling for the final step of the podium with Hyundai’s Senna Proctor, whilst Osborne chose to run the hard tyre and took a strong 14th to clinch a handful of points.

Sutton, however, endured a race to forget as, despite an incredible race, moving forward despite the hard tyre, he was forced to pit with a left front puncture just as the safety car came in after a mid-race caution. That dropped him off the lead lap and left him unable to score back in 20th place.

BTCC Race 2:

With championship rules dictating the top three finishers in race one must start race two on the hardest compound, Cammish wasn’t expected to retain his place at the front but battled valiantly to finish tenth.

Rowbottom took full advantage of being able to choose the quicker soft tyre as he skilfully overhauled the three drivers ahead to hit the front. Showing his pace as the only driver in the field to lap below the 1:22s mark, Dan built a gap and was able to control the race from the front to secure his third win of the season and a fifth of his BTCC career.

Starting with a soft tyre and a full allocation of turbo boost to play with, Ash Sutton enjoyed a stella drive through the field from the back to finish in a strong fifth place and take points out of title rival Tom Ingram. Sam Osborne crossed the line in twelfth having been embroiled in the midst of a hard fought battle in the midfield.

BTCC Race 3:

The final race of the weekend would prove to be one of mixed emotions and a “classic” BTCC race three. Sutton charging from fifth on the grid to grab victory thanks to a fine move at the final hairpin to overtake both championship-rival Ingram and the BWM of Aiden Moffat in one swoop.

Osborne also impressed as he ended the weekend with seventh.

One the other end of the spectrum, Cammish and Rowbottom would be victim of an early accident at the complex in which Cammish was tipped into a spin before coming back across the circuit in front of the field.

Contact and the resultant damage put him out of the race, with Rowbottom picking up damage in the melee behind that left him needing an unscheduled trip to the pits. Dan did manage to salvage the final championship point to keep his championship total ticking.

BTCC Standings:

Sutton, Rowbottom and Cammish now lie second, third and fourth in the standings with NAPA Racing UK continuing to head the Teams’ Championship. Osborne remains third in the Jack Sears Trophy.

 

MINI Challenge:

In the MINI Challenge, Jamie Osborne retained his lead in the standings as the JCW field returned to action, qualifying on the front row of the grid and then bagging two podium finishes – taking third in race one, before going one better in race two to finish as runner-up.

Lewis Selby maintained his bid for a top three position in the championship with a pair of fourth place finishes, with Cameron Richardson ending both races just outside the top then.

Alex Solley had looked good for a strong weekend after showing impressive pace in Friday practice, but an accident in qualifying put him on the back foot before a fine recovery through the filed to take eighth place.

He would be forced out of race two early after unfortunate contact on the exit of the chicane when he was unable to avoid a spinning car ahead.

MINI Challenge Standings:

Jamie retains the lead in the MINI Challenge Championship standings, with nine races left of the championship.

The team now heads to Knockhill for the next instalments of the BTCC and MINI Challenge where NAPA Racing will show its support for Race Against Dementia. Click here to see how to get involved.