The Milltek Civic Cup – Rounds 12 & 13
Oulton Park Island – 5th July 2025

The Milltek Civic Cup championship chase looks set to go to the wire as a strong weekend at Oulton Park by Liam McGill further cut into Alistair Camp’s points lead.

McGill won the opening race and followed it up with third in an action-packed reversed-grid encounter won by Lewis Kent.

Qualifying

Liam McGill continued his form from Croft last month as his EP3 model Civic, prepared by Area Motorsport, secured a second consecutive pole position.

In a session where the top five were split by less than a quarter of second around the 2.26-mile ribbon of asphalt through Cheshire parkland, McGill was fastest by 0.171s.

Camp kept up his record of qualifying in the top two at every round as his FN2 improved to second late on, just 0.014s clear of team-mate Jake Hewlett. Lewis Kent was fourth, ruing a slight mistake that meant he was one of the few not to improve after a red flag having been second quickest in the opening segment.

Harvey Caton and Wesley Swain completed another top-six lockout for Rob Baker’s Area Motorsport squad.

Seventh fastest was the man who caused the red flag. Jack Ruddell could be pleased with his pace in the MJB Sports Cars prepared EP3. But losing his brakes approaching the Island hairpin led to sizeable shunt that put the car on its roof and ended Ruddell’s day.

Josh Bromley (Bromley Motorsport) was eighth quickest, despite not improving in the second segment, with Jake Renshaw (Ben Sharpe Racing) and Daniel Petters (Petters Team Racing) rounding out the top 10.

OULTON PARK ISLAND QUALIFYING RESULT

Round 12 – Race Report

McGill converted pole position into the race lead, with Camp second and Kent jumping Hewlett for third.

Perhaps sensing that an early attack was his best chance of denying McGill, Camp began to draw alongside down the Lakeside Straight. But, unsighted, McGill edged him onto the grass approaching the hairpin.

Despite never managing to shake off Camp’s dogged pursuit, McGill was largely untroubled thereafter, keeping his rival at arm’s length just over 0.5s up the road.

Kent was eying up a challenge on Camp as Hewlett had to focus on keeping Caton at bay, with Swain also in close attention. The pressure eventually told on Hewlett who ran wide at Druids and clobbered the foam-based barriers before rejoining.

Further back, Adam Jackson performed a similar routine at the same spot a couple of laps later. With more of the protective barriers dislodged, a decision was made to call an early halt to the race.

So McGill took his fourth win of the season, ahead of Camp, Kent, Caton and Swain as Hewlett dropped out of the top 10. A cracking battle for what became sixth – and best non-Area entry – went the way of Jamie Petters (Team Petters Racing), which also earned him Paul Winfield Trophy honours for rookies/less experienced drivers.

Petters just got the better of Dave Marshall (DMR with KA Car Spares) and his elder brother Daniel. BSR duo Renshaw and Aidan Mitchell completed the top 10.

OULTON PARK ISLAND ROUND TWELVE RESULT

Round 13 – Race Report

With the top 10 from the opening race reversed to form the grid for the sequel, it was an all-BSR front row for Round 13 of the championship.

Sadly, polesitter Mitchell managed to go only a couple of yards. Alternator failure meant that as soon as he dropped the clutch when the lights went out, his EP3 conked out.

The rest of the pack did well to avoid Mitchell’s stricken car and top work from the marshals ensured it was quickly pushed into the pitlane without the need for a safety car.

Despite having to drive around the polesitter’s stalled car, Daniel Petters managed to get the better of Renshaw off the line to take the lead, with Renshaw slotting into second and Swain jumping Jamie Petters into third.

Amid a typically busy opening lap, Marshall emerged in fifth, chased by Kent, Camp and McGill as Caton slipped to 10th after a brush with Marshall.

The Area trio of Kent, Camp and McGill all picked off Marshall on the second lap. Kent was really flying, also getting inside Jamie Petters for fourth before the lap was out. He set the fastest lap next time around as he closed up to Swain before passing his younger team-mate for third.

Renshaw in second was Kent’s next target. The Essex racer attempted to dive inside at Hislops but ended up bouncing over the grass, which let Swain back ahead. But Renshaw then made a mistake at the double-apex Druids corner and Swain and Kent shot past.

Kent then re-passed Swain for second just after half-distance and set about closing the gap to Daniel Petters, which had been as much as 1.8s. Petters was seeking his first Milltek Civic Cup podium, never mind victory, and was looking assured out front.

But Kent chipped away at his margin and, by the start of the penultimate lap, was within three tenths. Catching Petters unaware with an immediate challenge, Kent dived inside at Old Hall and motored to his fourth win of the season.

Petters was still delighted with second, by far his best result to date, and Paul Winfield Trophy laurels. He was clear of the chasing pack where there was drama on the final lap.

Running fifth and sixth, McGill had tried a move on Camp at Island on lap four of 10. But installing a fresh set of front brake pads for the race had only served to upset the balance of McGill’s car. He wound the bias backwards to compensate but that caused him to lock up as he tried his overtaking manoeuvre. McGill’s EP3 slid wide as Camp’s FN2 cut back to keep hold of the position.

McGill then settled back in behind his championship rival as they closed up to Jamie Petters. A fine move around the outside of Old Hall, which gave him the inside into Cascades, got Camp ahead of Petters. The latter then sparred with McGill before bouncing over the grass as he lost the position.

What could end up being a pivotal moment in the championship occurred on the final lap. Camp had closed up to third-placed Swain and tried to go around the outside at Cascades. As he did so, the back stepped out on Swain’s FN2 and sent the similar car onto the grass. Instead of Camp putting a car between himself and his chief title rival, McGill was able to jump them both and pinch the final place on the podium.

Caton also snatched fourth, with Swain falling to fifth and Camp dropping to eighth behind Marshall and the younger Petters. Harry England scored his best result yet in ninth, just ahead of Francisco Howitt who broke into the top 10 for only the second time.

Behind Charlotte Birch and Ben Bateman, Adam Jackson was 13th, best of those eligible for the Goodyear Diamond Award, for drivers aged 40 and over. There were no finishers in the category in the earlier race.

OULTON PARK ISLAND ROUND THIRTEEN RESULT

As the championship heads into a summer break, Alistair Camp’s lead at the top of the Milltek Civic Cup standings has been cut to just three points over Liam McGill. Lewis Kent remains an outside contender, a further 36 points back.

Adam Jackson leads Mark Hughes by 28 points in the Goodyear Diamond Award table. Jack Ruddell still prevails in the Paul Winfield Trophy, but his advantage has been cut to 26 over the Petters brothers who are joint second.

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER OULTON PARK ISLAND EVENT

Driver Quotes

Round 12 winner, Liam McGill

“The team said to me before we went out, ‘There’s a lot of toe on that side, do you want to take it off?’ And I said, ‘Nah, just leave it, I’ll live with it because it’s been going OK.’ I probably should have taken it off – there was a few hairy moments!

“Sometimes I was pulling away and sometimes Camp was gaining. Actually, even when you thought you’d done a really good lap, you’d look in the mirror and he was coming for you.”

Round 13 winner, Lewis Kent

“I thought the first lap was going to be bit dicey and it was!

“I’m just surprised how long it took Liam [McGill] and Ali [Camp] to start coming through. I thought they were going to be right on my tail, pushing me the whole time, but I just seemed to have a little bit of an edge. I used my head a little bit, got some nice little moves in. I’m really happy with it.”

Next time – Snetterton 300

The 2025 Milltek Civic Cup takes a break for the summer, however, it will be back in action in under 10 weeks, on Saturday 13th September and Sunday 14th September at Snetterton in Norfolk.

Our trip east will take place on the 300 layout, where rounds fourteen and fifteen will play out. This is also the last event where drivers can drop their two lowest scores before the Brands Hatch Indy finale in November.

It’s also our second visit alongside the British Truck Racing Championship, providing a weekend of Trucks and tin-top action.

Racing action will take place on the Saturday and Sunday with both days livestreamed on the official TCR UK YouTube channel.

You can purchase tickets for the next event of the 2025 season at Croft from their website:
https://www.snetterton.co.uk/2025/september/british-truck-racing

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.