Motorsport update – 20th September

Below is the latest update of the biggest motorsport action from the past week.

BTCC Croft:

Race 1 Top 3 Drivers:

• 1st: Aiden Moffat (Laser Tools Racing)
• 2nd: Jake Hill (MB Motorsport Accelerated By Blue Square)
• 3rd: Senna Proctor (BTC Racing)

Race 2 Top 3 Drivers:

• 1st: Jake Hill (MB Motorsport Accelerated By Blue Square) ,
• 2nd: Aiden Moffat (Laser Tools Racing),
• 3rd: Josh Cook (BTC Racing)

Race 3 Top 3:

• 1st: Colin Turkington (WSR Team BMW)
• 2nd: Gordon Shedden (Halfords With Cataclean Racing)
• 3rd: Ash Sutton (Laser Tools Racing)

All of the BTCC action is available to watch on Youtube if want to catch up with the highlights.

Nascar Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway:

Top 5 Drivers:

• 1st: Kyle Larson (Chevrolet),
• 2nd: Kevin Harvick (Ford),
• 3rd: William Byron (Chevrolet),
• 4th: Ryan Blaney (Ford),
• 5th: Alex Bowman (Chevrolet).

Highlights:

• Chase Elliot (Chevrolet) and Kevin Harvick (Ford) suffered a high speed crash on lap 465 of 500 of the race which lead the a heated confrontation between both drivers after the race,
• A number of big names finished well down the order including the likes of Kurt Busch, as Aric Almirola, Tyler Reddick, Kurt Busch and Michael McDowell were all eliminated from the playoffs.

Indycar:

Firestone GP Of Monterey Top 3 Drivers:

• 1st: Colton Herta
• 2nd: Alex Palou
• 3rd: Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean made lots of great overtakes on his way to finish third in the race.

Next Race Meetings:

• BTCC: Silverstone National (25th-26th September 2021),
• Nascar Cup Series: South Point 400 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) (26th September 2021)
• Indycar: Acura GP Of Long Beach (26th September 2021)
• F1 Russian GP: (24th-26th September 2021)

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