Trade Price Cars Racing's Hill slithers to superb points scoring finishes in BTCC Thruxton battle
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The final Kwik Fit British Touring Car race of an eventful second visit to Thruxton's high-speed sweeps, saw the drivers skilfully cope with increasingly heavy rain in the final few laps, and 25 year-old Jake Hill take his 14th points scoring finish in 20 races so far in the 2019 series.
Hill had survived the disappointment of a high-speed spin on his quickest lap in qualifying to start 20th for race one, but benefitted from dramas for Chilton and Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus' on lap one, having also passed Goff at the start. A lap later Plato served his drive-through penalty, and then passing Proctor Hill was now in the points in P15, and battling hard with former team-mate Thompson. |
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Points, Pace and Pain for Hill in Snetterton BTCC Thriller
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In yet another strong weekend in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, Trade Price Cars Racing's Jake Hill moved up to 5th in the Independant's Drivers Series, taking two hard fought 10th place finishes, but also feeling the pain as a superb drive in race three was curtailed with gearbox issues.
Frustrated that Red Flags in qualifying meant his best lap was hampered, Hill started race one in P14, and using the 'hard' tyre - the slowest of the three compounds that the drivers would use at Snetterton - the first time BTCC have used all three compounds in one race weekend. |
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