Josh Cook delighted with Jack Sears Trophy triumph

Josh Cook overcame injury at Brands Hatch en route to being crowned the Jack Sears Trophy 2015 champion.

Having mathematically secured the title at Rockingham, Cook had to wait until the final round of the season at Brands Hatch to finally receive his trophy, where he was also asked to run as a test vehicle for future Technical Partner and series supplier RML.

With a number of updated components on his Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze, Cook qualified in tenth before battling with the West Surrey Racing trio in race one, crossing the finish line in ninth. After a quiet race two, holding his position throughout the race, Cook saved all his drama for the third and final race of both the day and the season.

Heavy contact in the opening lap resulted in Cook dislocating his shoulder, with the Jack Sears Trophy champion-elect dealing with it himself under the safety car, popping it back in place before finishing in 15th at the chequered flag.

“It’s been a really good season,” said Cook. “To bring home the Jack Sears Trophy has been a target for us, and even though we wrapped it up with an overall podium at Rockingham it means so much to finally receive the trophy from the man himself! The first year in any championship is always a learning year and I’m with a new team too, so it was very much all of us learning together. For me and Dave [Newsham, Power Maxed Racing team-mate] to be so far towards the front is a real credit to what everyone has managed to do, and hopefully we’ll be back on the grid next year and build on what we’ve achieved.”

“I’m immensely proud of the team and what we have achieved this year,” added Power Maxed Racing Team Principal, Adam Weaver. “From a standing start in January we have launched two highly competitive BTCC cars, made it to the podium, been on pole, set a fastest lap, won the Jack Sears and been consistently in and around the top 10. I said from the outset that this is a three-year programme, realistically were slightly ahead of our plan at the end of year one, so we will build upon this momentum to capitalise for next year.”