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The battle for the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship took several dramatic twists at Knockhill, with title contenders Colin Turkington and Andrew Jordan both involved in dramatic incidents. Jordan had entered the weekend trailing his fellow BMW 3 Series driver by 30 points, but a race two win – combined with an incident for Turkington – moved him to within four points of the lead. But Jordan’s luck changed when he was taken out of the final race, with Turkington salvaging tenth to restore his lead in the standings to ten points. The title contenders didn’t take all the attention. Local star Rory Butcher took pole position at the circuit his father owns, and followed up with victory in the first race. The Honda Civic Type R driver led Jordan throughout, and survived a side-by-side battle with the BMW man on the final lap. Dan Cammish finished third in his works Civic, with Turkington fourth. The BMW’s rear-wheel-drive helped Jordan grab the lead at the start of race two, with Butcher soon coming under pressure and losing second to Cammish. Butcher then found himself under pressure from Turkington, with the championship leader eventually battling past at the first turn. Butcher tried to regain the spot with a late move at a tight right-hander, but made contact with Turkington, pitching the BMW into the gravel. Butcher held on to finish third behind Jordan and Cammish, but was later penalised five places on the grid for the final race. Having finished tenth in the second race, Audi S3 driver Jake Hill drew pole position for the reverse grid finale, and duly controlled the race throughout, surviving a safety car restart to take his first BTCC win ahead of Josh Cook (Civic Type R). There was more drama behind, with Adam Morgan battling up to third in his Mercedes A-Class ahead of Chris Smiley (Civic). Jordan was involved in some early contact, but his race ended in disaster when Senna Procter spun his Subaru Levorg ahead of him. Jordan was unable to avoid the spinning car, and was pitched into the gravel and out of the race. From the back of the grid Turkington was able to battle up to tenth, scoring some valuable points to rebuild his title lead with six races remaining. The next event is at Silverstone on 29
Origin: BTCC 2019: BMW drivers hit trouble in title battle

Marco Kacics next race weekend is a big one; hell be competing in an F4 support series race during the Formula 1 weekend in Austin, Texas in early November.Submitted If there was any doubt about Marco Kacics white-hot competitive desire it was dispatched in heroic fashion in one of motorsports most iconic corners.The Kelowna rookie hot shoe made a breathtaking left-hand pass in the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca on the last lap to win the 10th race of the 2019 F4 Formula Pro USA series, and in doing so clinched the drivers title. In Lewis Hamilton-like domination, the 16-year-old won seven of the 10 races for the Doran Motorsports Group (DMG), capping an incredible rookie season for the SoCal-based team with two races still remaining.What made the pass all the more impressive is that Kacic would have won the drivers title with a runner-up result, but the racer in him wanted to take the checkered.I knew I had to finish second to win the championship, but I really wanted that final win so heading up the hill, I thought, you know what, Im going to do it, Kacic said on the phone from Kelowna. I went for it, it stuck and I got through.Granted, it wasnt quite as epic as Alex Zanardis Corkscrew pass of Bryan Herta in the 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series racestill regarded as the greatest overtake in motorsports history but Kacic certainly cemented his reputation as an up-and-comer to watch in the open-wheel racing world. Marco Kacic (far right) celebrates clinching the 2019 F4 Pro Championship at Laguna Seca with (left to right) team mechanics Adam Geczi and Sergio El Cabezon and race engineer Brandon Reed. Submitted Marcos father Danny said that his sons F4 rookie campaign has been a dream season, but not without its challenges.Its been a difficult year, because as you know racing is really expensive, Danny said. Every race was a challenge with the finances, but we made it to every race.Francois Doran, for one, is thankful for that. The DMG team principal said that as a new team his goal heading into the first race weekend back in March at Sonoma Raceway was to simply to finish every race. When Marco put the DMG car in the winners circle at both races, Dorans expectations changed slightly.I realized we legitimately had much more pace than expected and our mindset, goals and vision for 2019 had to change, and we became optimistically cautious every time but we knew we could win every single race with Marco in the car, Doran said from the teams Southern California headquarters. Thats a great feeling to have.Kacic reciprocated that sentiment.The team was incredible and obviously such a big part of it, he said. Everyone worked so hard. Due to those financial stresses mentioned by Danny, Marco will be skipping the final two races of the season, but will be piloting the DMG racer in a support series race during the U.S. F1 stop in Austin, Texas in early November.I cant wait for that, Marco said. Its going to be so cool.As to plans for next season, the natural step up the North American open-wheel ladder for the Kelowna teen is F3, and Doran has hinted hed like to make that step with his race team too.Said Marco: We know what we want to do for next year, it really just depends on what we can do for sponsorship. As always is the case with motorsport, it comes down to the funding.If and when Doran fields an F3 team, it would seem hed love to have Marco in the seat.Very simple, this kid is serious and dedicated. This isnt a fun gathering for him, its his job. His mindset is already the one of a pro athlete. He thinks, trains, acts, carry himself and most importantly drives like a professional
Origin: Kelowna teen clinches F4 driver’s title in style