The BTC Racing Honda Civic Type R racer’s triumph was a record eighth for any driver at the Hampshire speedbowl, and came after race-long pressure from the West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport of Jake Hill.
From the outside of the front row, Hill used the rear-wheel-drive traction of the BMW to nose ahead of poleman Cook, but the West Countryman swept around the outside into the Complex and took a lead he never relinquished.
