2020 Touring Car Trophy

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The 2020 Touring Car Trophy is the second season of the Touring Car Trophy. The championship features production-based touring cars built to either NGTC, TCR or Super 2000 specifications and will compete in fourteen races across seven meetings across England. The championship is aimed as a feeder category to the BTCC and operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group. For 2020, a revised list of regulations mean that both the TCR UK and TCT series will be combined to run as the same series; the Touring Car Trophy. As well as drivers competing overall for the TCT title, drivers in TCR-spec cars will also compete for the TCR UK trophy. [1] The championship will also be supported by the Volkswagen Racing Cup, which is also run by Maximum Group. The Volkswagen Racing Cup competitors will race alongside the TCT grid in 2020.

Contents

Henry Neal won the Touring Car Trophy title and Lewis Kent won the TCR UK title.

Calendar

The calendar was announced on 24 November 2019 with 7 rounds scheduled. [2] The opening round, originally held at Silverstone on 17–18 April, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opening round moved to Croft on 6–7 June. [3] The following rounds at Croft and Brands Hatch were then cancelled. [4] On 21 May 2020 a new revised calendar was announced and three rounds were confirmed. [5]

Rnd.Circuit/LocationDate
11 Oulton Park, Cheshire 18 July
2
23 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 12–13 September
4
35 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 17–18 October
6
7
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit/LocationDate
Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 18–19 April
Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 6–7 June
Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 21 June
Snetterton Circuit (300), Norfolk 8–9 August
Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 22–23 August

Teams and drivers

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
TCR entries
PMR TradePriceCars.com [6] CUPRA León TCR [6] 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Kirby [6] 1–2
70 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Butler2–3
77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Osborne 3
Matrix Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) 19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Alden3
Maximum Motorsport [7] CUPRA León TCR [8] 22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Wakefield3
101 Flag of Ireland.svg Max Hart [8] All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR [7] 78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Docker [7] All
Essex & Kent Motorsport [9] [10] Hyundai i30 N TCR [9] [10] 38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent [9] [10] All
DW Racing [11] Vauxhall Astra TCR [11] 50 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darelle Wilson [11] All
NGTC entries
Team Dynamics [12] Honda Civic Type R (FK2) [12] 42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal [12] All

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitPole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning TeamTCR UK Winner
1 Oulton Park Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Kirby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Team Dynamics Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis KentEssex & Kent Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
2 Silverstone Circuit Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Team Dynamics Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis KentEssex & Kent Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
3 Donington Park Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Osborne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Team Dynamics Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Osborne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Team Dynamics Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal Flag of Ireland.svg Max Hart Maximum Motorsport Flag of Ireland.svg Max Hart

Championship standings

Drivers' Standings

Points system
 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Q 1stQ 2ndQ 3rdQ 4thQ 5th
25181512108642154321
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
DON
Points
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Neal1321121212148
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Kent2212412123133
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Max Hart33333531101
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darelle WilsonRet44Ret5844557
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Kirby41Ret52443
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Docker55545RetDNSDNS43
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Butler636Ret4Ret435
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Wakefield55Ret20
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Alden6RetDNS8
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Osborne Ret3RetDNS3
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
DON
Points

Teams' Standings

PosTeam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
DON
Points
1 Maximum Motorsport 33333531164
5554555Ret
2 Team Dynamics 1321121212148
3Essex & Kent Motorsport2212412123133
4 PMR TradePriceCars.com 41Ret524Ret3Ret481
636Ret4RetDNS
5DW RacingRet44Ret5844557
6Matrix Motorsport13RetDNS8
PosTeam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
OUL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
DON
Points

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