1998 Subaru Cup

1998 Subaru Cup season	1998 Subaru Cup season
 	
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The 1998 Subaru Cup was the inaugural Subaru Cup season which commenced on 20 April and ended on 16 August. Part of the BTCO tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.
==Season summary==
==Teams and drivers==
Team 	No.	Driver 	Rounds
team lowercase 	2 	Stuart McNichol 	1-2, 5-6, 8-9
ArgoCorse 	9 	Lorenzo Turri 	All
ArgoCorse 	25 	Kris Simton 	All
Scuderia Mumbeh 	12 	Sam Mumby 	1-4, 6-10
FusionCore Racing 	16 	Tom Gill 	All
Team Irish Racing Association	23 	Christopher Marnell	6, 9
PDC Racing 	24 	Chris Pimm 	All
Boyd Transport Racing 	28 	Ollie Page 	All
CRS 	34 	Jake Black 	1, 3, 5, 7-10
BTN Motorsport 	36 	Henry Williams 	All
BTN Motorsport 	98 	David Osborne 	All
Team Falcon 	81 	Halil Sahin 	1, 5-7, 9
Team Sport Racing 	89 	Miguel Rocha 	1-4, 6-7, 10
Team TaylorMade Imports 	96 	Emile Taylor 	2-5, 7-8
==Race calendar==
Round	Circuit 	Date
1 	Snetterton(Norfolk) 	6 April
2 	Silverstone(International Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 April
3 	Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 	4 May
4 	Brands Hatch(Indy Circuit, Kent) 	17 May
5 	Oulton Park(Fosters Circuit, Cheshire) 	25 May
6 	Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 	14 June
7 	Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 	28 June
8 	Snetterton Circuit(Norfolk) 	26 July
9 	Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 	2 August
10 	Knockhill(Fife) 	16 August
==Results==
Round	Circuit 	Fastest lap 	Winning driver 	Winning team 	Report
R1 	Snetterton 	Lorenzo Turri	Jake Black 	CRS 	Report
R2 	Silverstone 	Lorenzo Turri	Chris Pimm 	PDC Racing 	Report
R3 	Donington Park	Lorenzo Turri	Lorenzo Turri 	ArgoCorse 	Report
R4 	Brands Hatch 	Lorenzo Turri	Chris Pimm 	PDC Racing 	Report
R5 	Oulton Park 	Lorenzo Turri	Lorenzo Turri 	ArgoCorse 	Report
R6 	Donington Park	Chris Pimm 	Lorenzo Turri 	ArgoCorse 	Report
R7 	Croft 	Lorenzo Turri	Lorenzo Turri 	ArgoCorse 	Report
R8 	Snetterton 	Lorenzo Turri	Lorenzo Turri 	ArgoCorse 	Report
R9 	Thruxton 	Jake Black 	Christopher Marnell	Team Irish Racing Association	Report
R10 	Knockhill 	Jake Black 	Jake Black 	CRS 	Report
==Championship Standings==
===Points system===
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 1st 	 2nd 	 3rd 	 4th 	 5th 	 6th 	 7th 	 8th 	 9th 	 10th 	 11th 	 12th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	11 	10 	9 	8 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Drivers Championship===
Pos	Driver 	SNE	SIL	DON	BRH	OUL	DON	CRO	SNE	THR	KNO	Pts
1 	Lorenzo Turri 	2 	2 	1 	2 	1 	1 	1 	1 	2 	2 	115
2 	Tom Gill 	3 	4 	3 	3 	5 	5 	21 	2 	5 	4 	94
3 	Chris Pimm 	8 	1 	6 	1 	4 	6 	61 	3 	4 	3 	89
4 	Kris Simton 	7 	3 	4 	4 	8 	8 	31 	5 	102	7 	72
5 	Jake Black 	1 	 	9 	 	2 	 	81 	4 	3 	1 	63
6 	Henry Williams 	5 	5 	2 	7 	6 	7 	41 	RET	112	RET	58
7 	David Osborne 	9 	6 	RET	6 	7 	9 	51 	7 	6 	5 	57
8 	Sam Mumby 	11 	8 	5 	8 	 	12 	71 	8 	82 	9 	42
9 	Miguel Rocha 	4 	7 	10 	5 	 	3 	91 	 	 	83 	40
10 	Stuart McNichol 	6 	11 	 	 	3 	4 	 	6 	72 	 	35
11 	Ollie Page 	12 	10 	7 	RET	RET	10 	RET	RET	92 	6 	25
12 	Emile Taylor 	 	9 	8 	9 	9 	 	RET	9 	 	10 	24
13 	Christopher Marnell	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	1 	 	23
14 	Halil Sahin 	10 	 	 	 	10 	11 	10 	 	RET	 	12
1 - Miguel Rocha originally finished 2nd, but was handed a 31 second post race penalty for a severe incident involving Jake Black which promoted Tom Gill, Kris Simton, Henry Williams, David Osborne, Chris Pimm, Sam Mumby, and Black into 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively, meaning Rocha placed 9th.
2 = Stuart McNichols' car was used at the Thruxton round but was driven by Christian Tracey instead. Tracey was driving as a guest so the points gained from his 7th place finish would not count. This means that one point extra was given to Sam Mumby, Ollie Page, Kris Simton and Henry Williams.
3 = Miguel Rocha's car was used at the Knockhill round but was driven by Christian Tracey instead. Tracey was driving as a guest so the points gained from his 8th place finish would not count.