The battle for supremacy at the top of the TCR UK Championship standings ramped up at Oulton Park this past Saturday (July 5) as the British Automobile Racing Club delivered a blockbuster day of captivating competition in Cheshire.

Organised and run by the Club’s North Western Centre, the one-day meeting proved pivotal for a number of contenders as several different championships wrote the latest chapter in their respective 2025 campaigns.

Adam Shepherd was one driver that left the picturesque venue with a smile on his face after he bolstered his TCR UK title chances by producing a flawless performance behind the wheel of his Cupra Leon VZ TCR.

Shepherd arrived at Oulton Park in sight of the championship summit and he wasted no time in closing the gap to the leaders as he charged to pole position in qualifying, pipping rival Sam Laidlaw to top spot by just 0.060s.

Race one would prove to be a relatively straight-forward contest for Shepherd as he led from lights-to-flag, ultimately taking the chequered flag by more than three seconds ahead of Brad Hutchinson and Callum Newsham.

Newsham would provide a sterner test for Shepherd in race two however as the pair enjoyed a superlative back-and-forth duel for overall honours. In the end though it was Shepherd that did enough to triumph over Newsham while Hutchison completed the podium in third.

Elsewhere, similar levels of dominance were demonstrated by Simon Allaway in the CNC Heads Sports Saloon Car Championship as he also scored the perfect Oulton Park hat-trick of pole position in qualifying, victory in race one and victory in race two.

The Lotus Esprit V8 laid down his marker to the rest of the field in the opening encounter as he swept aside the opposition in a quite dominant manner; taking the chequered flag 14 seconds clear of his nearest challenger, which happened to be Richard Wood in his Nissan RB26.

Allaway faced a much sterner test in race two however as Alex Munro – who did not take the start in the day’s earlier bout – fought valiantly in his Westfield Aero throughout the 20-minute contest to finish just two seconds shy of the eventual double winner.

Over in the Milltek Civic Cup the spoils were shared between two of the lead protagonists; Liam McGill and former TCR UK champion Lewis Kent.

Having been the cream of the crop for much of the season, McGill came out on top of a feisty battle with Alistair Camp in race one to triumph. Kent then came to the fore in race two as he charged from eighth on the grid to narrowly beat Daniel Petters to victory.

Spoils were also shared in the Junior Saloon Car Championship as Wilf Butler and Josh Selvadorai tallied a win apiece while rounding out the BARC action were two races from the Track Action Racing Club, both of which were won by William Di Claudio in his Peugeot 106 GTI.

To view the full classification of results from all sessions at Oulton Park, CLICK HERE.

You can also re-watch all the action from Oulton Park by heading to the official BARC YouTube channel HERE.