Rory Butcher targets Oulton Park fightback

Rory Butcher says he is hopeful of fighting back from a tough outing at Croft when the BTCC heads for Oulton Park for round five this weekend.

Butcher had gone to Croft level on points with Colin Turkington in the standings but picked up just one top ten finish after a qualifying accident that meant he started race day at the back of the grid.

Having lost ground in the overall title race as a result, the Cobra Sport AmD man – who still leads the Independents and Jack Sears Trophy standings – will hope to fight back at the sharp end of the grid to make up some of the points lost.

“I’m confident that the Honda is going to be a strong package when we get to Oulton Park,” he said. “At Croft, I paid the price for the first real mistake I’ve made this season so this weekend, the first aim is to stay out of trouble. The BTCC is a series where you have ups and downs – hopefully I’ve now got the down out of the way!

“Last season we saw Matt Simpson put his FK2 Honda on pole position before winning race one at Oulton Park, so I think we can be optimistic about a good weekend on track this time around.

“We lost a little bit of ground in the standings at Croft, and I’ll be pushing hard to try and make some of that ground back up this weekend.”