Absolute Alignment supports Power Maxed Racing in BTCC success

Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing, an Absolute Alignment supported team for a seventh consecutive season, signed off the first half of the 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season in style at Oulton Park on the weekend of 22-23 June as Mikey Doble and Árón Taylor-Smith powered their way to a double podium.

In addition, both drivers maintained their 100 per cent points-scoring record in the UK’s premier motorsport series and extended their unbeaten streak in the Independents’ Championship to 15 consecutive victories.

Both drivers kicked off race day by opting to run the Goodyear hard tyre in the opening encounter and it proved to be a strategic decision that paid off as Taylor-Smith finished seventh and Doble moved up the order to 11th.

Switching to the more competitive soft tyre for race two, the driver pairing placed fifth and sixth. There would be a further boost for the team after the race, when the reverse grid draw confirmed an all-Vauxhall front row for the finale.

The BMW of Jake Hill would eventually get the better of both drivers in the closing stages however that didn’t dampen the celebrations as Doble led home a first-ever Power Maxed Racing double podium.

Árón Taylor-Smith said, “I’m absolutely over the moon, what a phenomenal way to end the first half of the season! Oulton Park has never been the best circuit for the Astra but this double podium underlines the progress that we as a team have really made this year.

“The car felt absolutely mega all weekend and we knew that opting to run the hard tyre in race one might pay off for us later in the day; and it did!”

The 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship returns to action at Croft Circuit on 27-28 July.