The Northern Irishman completed the triple header at the Hampshire venue with back-to-back sixth place 𓃲finishes in the first two sixteen lap races and ended the reversed-grid sprint in fourth positio꧅n.

Turkington has won at Thruxton previously but repeating that on Sunday past always looked like a tall order as the conditions were well suited🎶 to front-wheel-drive machinery, as was reflected in the results.

Ash Sutton stormeꦏd to two perfect scores at the wheel of his NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST while his team-mate made it a clean sweep of victories in race three, storming through from fifth to first place.

After Thruxton and going to🌟 Oulton Park next week before the traditional summer break, three-time BTCC title winner Sutton tops the drivers༒’ standings on 157 points from Tom Ingram – the reigning series champion – on 145 and then Turkington who has so far netted 119 points.

“It was a big push to keep the points coming but b𒅌y the third race we had made a sꩲtep forward with the balance,” said. “Thruxton does challenge us and the nature of it makes moving forward difficult.

“This becomes more and more difficult the further down t♛he pack you are, so two sixths and a fourth is a decent trio of results.”

Turkington said setting the fifth quickest time during qualifying on Saturday was the foundation that he craved to move forward ༺and secure solid results. “Producing a lap in qualifying was crucial because you could easily have found yourself stuck outside the points all day,” he continued.

“We weren’t🌼 pushing for wins but with what I had, I know I gave my best. Some days it is not about being extraordinary but just picking up points. And that is a result🔴.

“We are not out of this fight, and it will be good to get back on the different compound♔s and tyre strategies, but we need to think about what we do now to find extra speed for Oulton and beyond.”