The Milltek Civic Cup – Rounds 14 & 15
Snetterton 300 – 13th & 14th September 2025
Liam McGill took control of the Milltek Civic Cup title race with a near-perfect weekend at Snetterton on 13/14 September. Highlight of the Scotsman’s two wins was a stunning drive from 10th to first in the reversed-grid race as he opened a 13-point lead in the standings.
Qualifying
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Coming into the event, Alistair Camp held a three-point advantage over Area Motorsport team-mate Liam McGill in the title chase, and he extended that by a point after topping the times in qualifying.
Driving an FN2 model Civic, which was given a 10kg weight break ahead of the weekend, Camp was 0.289 seconds quicker than the EP3-mounted McGill as the pair locked out the front row of the grid for the fourth time in six meetings.
Area’s second FN2, driven by young gun Wesley Swain, was another third of a second back in third, a tenth faster than Lewis Kent’s EP3. Jake Hewlett (EP3) ensured that Area’s cars again swept the top five, with the quintet separated by only 0.8s around the three-mile circuit.
Sixth fastest was Ben Sharpe Racing’s Spencer Stevenson, making his first appearance of the season, ahead of team-mate Jake Renshaw. Paul Winfield Trophy (for less experienced drivers) frontrunner Jack Ruddell was eighth, with the top 10 completed by Sam Nicolaou (privateer) and Josh Bromley (Bromley Motorsport).
SNETTERTON 300 QUALIFYING RESULT
Round 14 – Race Report
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Having originally been scheduled to run on Saturday afternoon, the first race of the weekend was postponed until Sunday morning due to delays elsewhere on the timetable. It meant the drivers avoided Saturday’s dreadful weather and any risk that the race might have been cut short.
However, at just after 9am, the track was cool, making it tough for drivers to get their tyres up to temperature. When the lights went out, polesitter Camp found he hadn’t managed to get enough heat into his rubber and the resulting wheelspin allowed McGill to pounce into the lead.
Behind the lead duo, Stevenson made a good start but found himself slightly squeezed. Dipping a wheel onto the grass sent his EP3 into a tank-slapper approaching the Wilson hairpin. Thankfully, everyone avoided him, but Stevenson ran wide and dropped down the order as Swain, Hewlett and Kent led the chase of the leaders.
Seeking only his second podium of the season, Swain found he was able to keep pace with McGill and Camp in front – at least initially. Hewlett also held on, but the early morning start for Kent didn’t seem to be doing the four-time winner much good as he dropped back a little.
Camp was quickest on the second tour as he kept up the pressure, before McGill responded with the race’s fastest lap next time around as the duo pulled away from their pursuers. Camp appeared to have better pace through the opening corners before McGill eked out a gap over the middle and end parts of the lap.
Try as he might, Camp just could not get close enough to mount a meaningful lead challenge. When he had a moment at the Esses in the second half of the race – choosing the grass as a better option than clobbering the sausage kerb – it was effectively game over.
Pressure off, McGill raced to a 2.2s victory, his fourth in six races. Significantly, it also edged him into the championship lead by two points.
Swain drove well to finish third, another 2.7s further back. He was just ahead of Kent, who looked more competitive in the second half of the race and benefited when Hewlett retired on the penultimate lap with clutch failure.
There was a gap of nearly 9s back to the first non-Area car of Jack Ruddell in fifth, which earned him Paul Winfield Trophy honours. Renshaw was sixth, with Stevenson recovering to seventh. Sam Nicolaou was eighth, the best result of his season to date.
Ninth was a great result for Dave Marshall, who climbed from the back of the grid in his self-prepared FN2. The North-East racer had had to fit a new gearbox and differential overnight after being sidelined before he’d managed to record a lap time in qualifying.
Josh Bromley finished 10th, having lost out to Marshall’s swoop around the outside of Hamilton on the penultimate lap. Jamie Petters, 11th, would have been rueing a big slide at Williams earlier in the race which dropped him a couple of places and cost his chance of a top-10 finish.
SNETTERTON 300 ROUND FOURTEEN RESULT
Round 15 – Race Report
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Bromley might not have been especially happy with his pace in the first race, but it did mean he would start the rematch from pole position. With the top 10 finishers reversed to form the grid, Marshall joined him on the front row, with Nicolaou and Stevenson on Row 2.
By the time of the lunchtime start, the clouds were rolling in. Temperatures dropped but fortunately the rain held off. What turned into a fantastic race didn’t need the weather gods throwing more variables into the mix!
Bromley converted pole position into the race lead but while many would have fancied Silverstone winner Marshall’s chances, a slide through the first corner cost him ground. Stevenson also ran wide as a result and it was Jack Ruddell, from Row 3, who slotted into second, with Marshall third.
Renshaw ran fourth, ahead of Kent and Swain, as Nicolaou was another to lose out in the early exchanges. He was shuffled back further when Camp dived inside at Agostini, quickly followed by McGill.
The new points leader had opted against a cautious approach. Instead he was making bold, decisive moves, and perhaps caught Camp by surprise when he rounded his rival at Oggies just two corners later. The pair then demoted Swain at the Esses and set about reeling in Kent, their next target.
McGill got a run on Kent exiting Murray’s and crossed the line at the end of the first lap in fifth position, completing the move on the outside line into Riches.
The man from Fife wasn’t finished there. He closed up to Renshaw and immediately pounced at Agostini, his car slewing sideways under braking, to take fourth. Half a lap later, that was third as he charged around the outside of Marshall exiting Nelson, the second part of the Esses, and into the Bomb Hole.
Ruddell was next in McGill’s sights. He closed up around the long Coram curve and got a run exiting Murray’s to snatch second with only two laps complete.
Bromley, seeking his first Milltek Civic Cup win, was 1.6s up the road. But that margin was gone by the end of the lap when Bromley ran slightly wide at Coram. It brought McGill onto his tail and he dived ahead into Riches at the start of lap four of seven.
With less than half the race run, McGill had already charged from 10th to first in one of the most impressive drives of the season. From there, the result was a foregone conclusion, but there was still plenty of action behind the leader.
Camp could not keep up with McGill’s charge through the field but he’d still been making progress. The 2021 champion latched onto Kent but couldn’t find a way past and instead had to follow his team-mate through the order.
First, Kent put Renshaw between the two after following past in McGill’s wake. It took another lap for Camp to clear the BSR car, which was then passed by team-mate Stevenson and Swain too.
Kent took fourth from Ruddell at the Esses on lap three and Camp produced a similar move a lap later. The pair now had just Marshall between them and second-placed Bromley. Kent managed to snatch third but Marshall wasn’t giving up easily. As Camp joined the battle, the trio were virtually three abreast across the line at the end of the fifth lap, with Bromley in their sights.
Kent attacked on the inside line and a nudge from Camp behind helped him past the early race leader. Caught on the outside, Bromley was swamped by all three cars. They continued to battle for what was now second, but Kent held on, with Camp third and Marshall fourth.
But McGill had checked out en route to a 6.67s victory. With fastest lap too, he gained 11 points on Camp and now holds a 13-point lead in the title chase, which will be settled at Brands Hatch on 1/2 November.
Bromley’s fifth position gave him Paul Winfield Trophy honours ahead of sixth-placed Ruddell, who is now 65 points clear of Jamie Petters going into the final weekend of the season.
Swain passed Stevenson to finish seventh, with Renshaw ninth. Daniel Petters charged to 10th from the back of the grid after blowing an engine in the earlier race.
SNETTERTON 300 ROUND FIFTEEN RESULT
In the Goodyear Diamond Award, for drivers aged 40 and over, reigning champion Mark Hughes was untroubled en route to a pair of category wins. They leave him well placed with a 60-point lead over the absent Adam Jackson ahead of the Brands Hatch decider.
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS AFTER SNETTERTON 300 RESULT
Driver Quotes
Rounds 13 & 14 winner, Liam McGill
“I knew I had to do it at the start [of the first race]. Ali’s been fast, really fast in qualifying. I was a couple of tenths off him so I was just hoping that I could get a good launch for once. It got me in the lead and Ali was keeping me honest.
“Sometimes I go into the reversed-grid races like this, absolutely tuned up and ready to go. Playing it safe’s never worked for me – ever. So I’d made the decision well before the race it was time to go for it.
“This is crunch time and we’ve only got two races left in the season. Who knows how quick Ali’s going to be at Brands Hatch? I’m sure he’ll be rapid as always. So I had to take some serious risks there.”
Next time – Brands Hatch Indy – The Finale
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We’ll be crowning our champions with the last two rounds of the 2025 season, using the Indy layout as the venue for our finale, along with a packed support programme.
We return for a third time this year alongside the British Truck Racing Championship for “Civics and Trucks – Part Three”, which is all part of the Fireworks Finale in the first weekend of November.
You can purchase tickets for the final event of the 2025 season at Brands Hatch from their website:
https://www.brandshatch.co.uk/2025/november/trucks-and-fireworks
To find out more about the Milltek Civic Cup visit https://civic-cup.co.uk/ for more info and how to get involved.
To find out more about the events on the 2025 Milltek Civic Cup Calendar, visit https://civic-cup.co.uk/2025-season-calendar/ for more info.
