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ROUND 10: Brands Hatch GP
ROUND 10: Brands Hatch GP

And so we face the final curtain...

ould you really find a better venue manufacturers’ reckoning and Halfords
to end the BTCC season? Many a Yuasa Racing second in the teams’
Ctitle has been decided on this standings.
circuit, including the 2018 Drivers
Championship which was eventually won Matt Neal on Brands Hatch (GP) 2018
by Colin Turkington.
“I cannot think of a better way to complete
For Team Dynamics in 2018, they turned our first season racing the Honda Civic
up with not too much to lose. The title Type R [FK8] and I am especially
was well out of reach, Dan had already delighted to see Dan on top of the
secured the Jack Sears Trophy but there podium, not once but twice! We really
was still precious points to earn to ensure wanted a good result to take into the off-
top 10 finishes and to ensure the Team season and a double 1-2 result is exactly
and Manufacturers Championship stayed that. It’s been another fantastic BTCC
at 2nd place. season but today demonstrates exactly
what Honda and Halfords Yuasa Racing is
Qualifying on the front row, Cammish capable of with this new car, which gives
shadowed Brett Smith through the me a lot of encouragement for the future.
opening lap before launching his attack More than anything, we wanted to win it
into Paddock Hill Bend, nosing ahead into for a key member of our team that we
a lead he’d retain to the chequered flag have lost, so that one is for you Wainy
for the first win of his burgeoning BTCC (Mark Wain – longstanding Team
career. With Neal succeeding in working Dynamics member, who sadly passed
his way into second place behind his away two weeks ago). Finally, a huge
team-mate, Halfords Yuasa Racing congratulations to Colin and BMW for
celebrated its first 1-2 of the season. clinching the BTCC title, what a brilliant
season he has had.”
With a front-row lock-out their reward in
race two, Cammish and Neal shrugged off Dan Cammish on Brands Hatch (GP)
their maximum success ballast to hold 2018
position early on. From here, a tenacious
Cammish skilfully negated the limitations “It’s been an incredible day for myself,
of the weight to complete a lights-to-flag, Honda and the entire Halfords Yuasa
back-to-back victory as Neal doubled the Racing team. Standing on top of the
delight once more by completing another BTCC podium for the first time is a
1-2. moment I will never forget, so to do it all
over again with Matt alongside me in
While mid-field skirmishes contributed to another 1-2 just makes the achievement
Neal and Cammish finishing down the all the sweeter. Everything came together
order in their final outing for 2018, it did in race one and the Civic Type R
nothing to dampen spirits as Honda and performed perfectly, but we thought it’d
Halfords Yuasa Racing head into the off- be a tough ask to win race two with the
season carrying huge momentum. ballast on-board. However, I got my foot
down early to make hay and I was able to
Complementing his title-winning success hang on to the end. It’s a wonderful way
in the Jack Sears Trophy, Cammish’s to conclude my first season in the BTCC,
double victory multiplies Halfords Yuasa one that gives me huge motivation
Racing’s 2018 victory tally to four, heading into the off-season.
including Neal’s historic ‘Diamond Congratulations to Colin Turkington and
Double’ success at Snetterton in July, plus Team BMW for their title win today.”
two pole positions and 13 podiums.
So that was that and the 2018 season was
In the final drivers’ classification, a closely- over. Well fought, ups and downs, loads
matched Neal and Cammish end the of lessons, a good tally of silverware and
season ninth and tenth respectively, with the FK8 well broken in ready for the 2019
Honda sealing runners-up spot in the season and it all begins at Brands Hatch.

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