2019 Touring Car Trophy

The 2019 Dunlop Touring Car Trophy is the inaugural 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 ten races across five meetings across England. The championship is aimed as a feeder category to the BTCC and operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group. On April 5, it was announced that TCR UK had merged into the series and will be represented by the TCR class.[1]

2019 Touring Car Trophy
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
Related Series:
2019 British Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently entered.[2]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
TCR UK entries
HSG Sport with Maximum Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 4 Richard Woods 3
18 Mark Wakefield 2
Maximum Motorsport[3] 32 Oliver Taylor[3] 1
95 Stewart Lines 4
Wolf-Power Racing Renault Mégane R.S TCR 5 Alex Morgan 5
Teamwork Huff Motorsport[4] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR[4] 12 Sunny Wong[4] 1, 3
Ciceley Motorsport CUPRA León TCR 33 Adam Morgan 5
61 James Turkington 2–5
Essex & Kent Motorsport[5] Hyundai i30 N TCR[5] 38 Lewis Kent[5] All
Fox Motorsport[6] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)[6] 40 Nick Halstead[6] 2, 4–5
Endurance Financial Racing[7] CUPRA León TCR[7] 45 Carl Swift[7] 1
DW Racing[8] Opel Astra TCR[8] 50 Darelle Wilson[8] 2–5
Other TCR entries
Zest Racecar Engineering SEAT León TCR[9] 99 Guy Colclough 1
DAT Racing[9] Max Coates[9] 2
NGTC entries
Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) 25 Will Neal 5
Team Dynamics[10] Honda Civic Type R (FK2)[10] 42 Henry Neal[10] All
Team HARD[11] Volkswagen CC 34 Josh Coggan[11] 5
35 Darren Lewis[11] 5
333 Paul Taylor[11] 5
Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 95 Stewart Lines 5
Handy Motorsport[12] Audi A4[12] 101 Alex Day[12] 1–4
S2000 entries
HSG Sport Ford Focus S2000 TC 4 Richard Woods 5
Ciceley Motorsport[13] SEAT León WTCC Supercopa[13] 61 James Turkington[13] 1

Race calendar and results

The following meetings are as scheduled.[14]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team TCR UK Winner
1 Oulton Park May 11 Henry Neal Ollie Taylor Carl Swift Endurance Financial Racing Carl Swift
Henry Neal Ollie Taylor Maximum Motorsport Ollie Taylor
NC Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps June 5–6 Lewis Kent Lewis Kent Lewis Kent Essex & Kent Motorsport Lewis Kent
2 Donington Park Grand Prix June 23 Lewis Kent Lewis Kent Max Coates DAT Racing Lewis Kent
Henry Neal Max Coates DAT Racing James Turkington
3 Croft Circuit July 7 Lewis Kent Henry Neal Lewis Kent Essex & Kent Motorsport Lewis Kent
Lewis Kent Lewis Kent Essex & Kent Motorsport Lewis Kent
4 Brands Hatch Indy July 28 Nick Halstead Henry Neal Henry Neal Team Dynamics James Turkington
Lewis Kent James Turkington Cicely Motorsport James Turkington
5 Donington Park October 19–20 Henry Neal Darren Lewis Adam Morgan Cicely Motorsport Adam Morgan
Henry Neal Henry Neal Team Dynamics Adam Morgan

Championship standings
Touring Car Trophy Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   Other Finish  R1 PP Fastest lap
44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 2 2
  • A driver's best 4 rounds counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Drivers' Standings
TCR UK Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Q 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q 5th
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver
OUL
DON
CRO
BHI
DON		 Points
1 Henry Neal DSQ 2 4 2 2 Ret 1 3 6 1 366
2 James Turkington 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 8 7 364
3 Lewis Kent DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 1 6 2 3 3 286
4 Darelle Wilson WD WD 7 5 5 3 7 7 7 5 260
5 Nick Halstead 6 6 3 6 10 10 184
6 Alex Day 2 Ret NC 7 4 Ret 5 4 176
7 Stewart Lines 4 5 11 12 112
8 Max Coates 1 1 88
9 Adam Morgan 1 2 84
10 Carl Swift 1 3 82
11 Richard Woods Ret 4 9 13 80
12 Alex Morgan 2 4 76
13 Mark Wakefield 3 4 74
14 Sunny Wong 3 5 Ret Ret 72
15 Guy Colclough 5 6 66
16 Darren Lewis 4 9 64
17 Josh Coggan 5 8 62
18 Will Neal 12 6 52
19 Ollie Taylor Ret 1 46
20 Paul Taylor DSQ 11 22
TCR UK
1 James Turkington 5 3 3 2 2 1 8 7 161
2 Lewis Kent DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 1 6 2 3 3 156
3 Darelle Wilson WD WD 7 5 5 3 7 7 7 5 116
4 Nick Halstead 6 6 3 6 10 10 82
5 Adam Morgan 1 2 54
6 Carl Swift 1 3 47
7 Sunny Wong 3 5 Ret Ret 39
8 Mark Wakefield 3 4 38
9 Stewart Lines 4 5 34
10 Alex Morgan 2 4 34
11 Ollie Taylor Ret 1 30
12 Richard Woods Ret 4 14
Pos Driver
OUL
DON
CRO
BHI
DON		 Points

Teams' championship
Pos Team
OUL
DON
CRO
BHI
DON		 Points
1 Ciceley Motorsport 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 448
8 7
2 Team Dynamics DSQ 2 4 2 2 Ret 1 3 6 1 366
3 Essex & Kent Motorsport DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 1 6 2 3 3 286
4 DW Racing WD WD 7 5 5 3 7 7 7 5 260
5 Fox Motorsport 6 6 3 6 10 10 184
6 Handy Motorsport 2 Ret NC 7 4 Ret 5 4 176
7 Team HARD 4 8 126
5 9
8 Maximum Motorsport Ret 1 4 5 116
9 HSG Sport with Maximum Motorsport 3 4 Ret 4 110
10 DAT Racing 1 1 88
12 Wolf-Power Racing 2 4 76
13 Teamwork Huff Motorsport 3 5 Ret Ret 72
14 Zest Racecar Engineering 5 6 66
15 Halfords Yuasa Racing 12 6 52
16 HSG Sport 9 13 44
17 Power Maxed Racing 11 12 42
TCR UK
1 Ciceley Motorsport 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 215
8 7
2 Essex & Kent Motorsport DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 1 6 2 3 3 156
3 DW Racing WD WD 7 5 5 3 7 7 7 5 106
4 Fox Motorsport 6 6 3 6 10 10 82
5 Maximum Motorsport Ret 1 4 5 64
6 HSG Sport with Maximum Motorsport 3 4 Ret 4 52
7 Endurance Financial Racing 1 3 47
8 Teamwork Huff Motorsport 3 5 Ret Ret 39
9 Wolf-Power Racing 2 4 34
Pos Team
OUL
DON
CRO
BHI
DON		 Points

References
  1. "TCR UK championship combines with Touring Car Trophy". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. "Touring Car Trophy News". www.maximummotorsport.uk. Maximum Motorsport. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Hudson, Neil (7 May 2019). "Ollie Taylor added to Oulton Park entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. "Teamwork Huff Motorsport confirm two-car entry for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. "Lewis Kent confirms TCR UK return for 2019". TouringCarTimes. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. "Nick Halstead joins TCR UK for three events in Fox Motorsport Honda". TouringCarTimes. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. Hudson, Neil (18 April 2019). "Carl Swift confirms Oulton Park entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. "DW Racing commit to TCR UK return". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. "Max Coates joins TCR UK grid for Donington Park". TouringCarTimes. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. "Team Dynamics expand touring car programme". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. Hudson, Neil (14 October 2019). "Team Hard enter three cars for Touring Car Trophy season finale". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. "HMS Racing commits to Touring Car Trophy with Alex Day". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  13. "James Turkington joins Touring Car Trophy in a Ciceley SEAT León". TouringCarTimes. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  14. "TCR UK merged into series for older touring cars for its second season". Autosport. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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