NAPA Racing's Dan Cammish admits his 2022 British Touring Car Cham🦋pionship campaign has 'been a story of self-belief' so f൲ar after powering to his first pole position in Ford colours in qualifying at Thruxton.

Cammish snatched pole position away from BTC Racing's Josh Cook by just 0.017s following what proved to be a tight sess🌞ion-long contest between the Ford and Honda duo.

His first po💖le since switching to Ford machinery 💫this season marks an upturn in fortune for the 2019 BTCC runner-up, who currently sits 12th in the drivers' standings.

By his own admission, Cammish has struggled with the race pace of his Ford Focus, but believes he's now on an upwa𝔍rds trajectory after 'turning a corner' at Snetterton.

"This year has been tough," Cammish told ltxcn.top. "I’m not a big believer in badඣ luck, but sometimes there has been.

"T🦄he fire at Donington Park, of course that had nothing to do with me. But there’s also been times when you make your own luck and we just haven’t had th𒐪e speed.

"Something changed at Snetterton and we’ve come here and worked on it again. I just feel like I’ꦺm starting to get there now.

“When it all al♛igned at the end [in qualifying], I thought we were g💞oing to be close. I feel like this year has been a story of having some self-belief. Because there’s been times when it’s been pretty low."

Having gradually chipped away at Cook's advantage and established himself in second position during qualifying prior to the climax of the session, Cammish admitted his ꦅfinal-run was very nearly abandoned.

"The last run wasn’t actually going to happen. I im🌸proved on the second run marginally by a tenth. I was sat there thinking that was a good lap. Can I find more?" Cammish continue♍d.

"To find more around here💮 isn’t alꦡways about being more technical. It’s about, can I hang on for one lap and take a very deep breath? Out the back, you are literally in a missile trying to hang on to it. When you’ve survived two-laps like that, is a third going to bite me?

"As Ash [Sutton] sho🐷wed. He went off the track because we are so on a knife edge."

With an eye on clinching his first victory for Ford outf💯it, Cammish is also mindful of the team game that he may ꦯneed to play with his title contending team mate Ash Sutton.

"I’m here to try♍ and win the race. If that’s not possible, I’m here to get a podium. I want podiums and I want wins for this team," said Cammish.

"Ultimately, at some point if I need to help Ash then that’s a conversation we need to have. I’m a team player. It’s not just about this year, it’s about t♛he future as well. Ash has got a good chance at it."