All eyes will be on Callum Eason and Jake Evans at Brands Hatch in just over a months’ time as the pair prepare to go head-to-head in the battle to lift the Division 2 title in the British Truck Racing Championship.
In what is a repeat of last year’s title showdown, the pair will head to the Kent circuit riding a wave of momentum after Evans in particular starred in France this past weekend (September 26-27), as the penultimate event of the season took centre stage at Le Mans.
Having endured his fair share of bad luck and mechanical woes in recent rounds, reigning champion Evans enjoyed a return to front-running form as he dominated proceedings by topping every competitive session.
At the wheel of his MAN TGX, the reigning champion laid down his marker in Saturday’s qualifying session as he left it until the closing moments of the session to snare a crucial pole position ahead of title rival Eason.
Starting at the head of the field for race one later that afternoon, Evans showcased all of the pace and precision that has seen him flourish since he burst onto the scene last year. Leading every lap, victory for the current title holder never looked in doubt.
Behind, Eason enjoyed a trouble-free to drive to clinch a solid haul of points in second place while 2024 title winner John Powell continued his run of top-three results by tallying et another third-place finish.
Despite the stop-start nature of an action-packed second race, the trio of Evans, Eason and Powell occupied the top-three positions yet again; with Evans crucially further eating into Eason’s standings advantage.
Evans maintained his sublime form on Sunday as he swept aside the opposition to clinch pole position again in qualifying, and then followed it up with two flawless drives to ensure he
As he had done the day previous, Eason made sure that he limited the points gap as he bagged runners-up laurels in race three.
Also standing on the podium in both races was former title winner John Powell, who hustled his DAF to a second and third, and Archie Handy who enjoyed his best showing of the year to tally two third-place finishes.
The British Truck Racing Championship will conclude its season at Brands Hatch on October 31-November 1.
