Motorbase Performance once again scaled the top of the rostrum at Knockhill in Scotland last weekend with Rory Butcher rounding out a hectic week for the squad with his second victory in eight days in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. Scotsman Butcher, who came into the weekend carrying 48kg of success ballast, was fifth in the opening race and then stuck in the mid-pack for tenth in race two. “Taking our first victory in the new Ford Focus ST is one thing and doing it on the road is great,” reflected Butcher. Further damage put him out of race two but he bounced back to finish in 20th in race three. Reflecting on the weekend, Motorbase principal David Bartrum said that Butcher’s race-three win was a landmark for the team, which will now have three weeks to prepare for the resumption of combat at Thruxton in Hampshire on 19/20 September.

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