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Alternative Touring Car gallery of 2011

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After a great 2010 season, TouringCarTimes also looks as the cars racing in other touring car series, many developing as very strong championships.


SuperStars: Thomas Biagi took his first title in the Italian championship in style for Team BMW Italia


BTCS: Frédéric Bouvy retained his Belgian Touring Car Series title with the Mégane Trophy despite new manufacturer competition


CCTCC: Drivers tried out new marketing methods to race, with JC Cote using a Facebook campaign to power his Hyundai in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship.


SuperStars: A Cadillac CTS-V isn’t one of the most likely cars you’d expect to find racing in an Italian Touring Car championship


TC2000: Norberto Fontana’s first season with Ford in the 3M Argentinean TC 2000 Championship landed him with his second title, with a stylist drive in the season finale helping him to snatch it from Honda at the last minute.


CTCC: Ford also dominated the China Touring Car Championship in 2010 with the Changan FRD team.


ADAC Procar: A lone win for Charlie Geipel in his only race at Oschersleben was all Yaco Racing could manage this year with the Toyota Auris


SuperStars: A limited programme for Fabrizio Giovanardi in SuperStars was highly rewarding, with Gio’ dominating with the N.Technology prepared Porsche Panamera.


SuperStars: After dipping his toes in the BTCC in 2009, Johnny Herbert went rear-wheel drive touring car racing in Italy, winning once with the Chevrolet Lumina.


ADAC Procar: Liqui-Moly Team Engstler’s quartet of ex-WTCC BMW 320s were unstoppable this year, with three of their drivers battling for the title at the year’s end.


ADAC Procar: Andreas Kast won his class after a year long battle with the Renault Clio.


CTCC: Kia’s new Forte was a close match for the Ford Focus in the China Touring Car Championship.


ADAC Procar: Ulrike Kraft was the top scoring female driver in her Ford Fiesta in the 1600 class.


TC2000: Toyota enjoyed a lean season without Fontana, but a season highlight was their total domination of the infamous Buenos Aires 200km race, won by Bernardo Llaver in the Corolla.


ADAC Procar: Oliver Mayer was a late entry with an ex-STCC Audi A4, and proved to be a worthy match for the Engstler BMWs.


TC2000: Chevrolet may have dominated in Europe, but their Argentinean effort didn’t match up, with just one victory all year with the new Vectra.


TC2000: Leonel Pernía stole the team lead from José María López at Honda, but a mistake at Potrero de los Funes cost him his first title.


BTCS: Volvo stepped up to a full works programme in the BTCS, and the eye-catching S60 turned heads, but didn’t start winning races till mid-season, too late to catch Bouvy.


CCTCC: Compass 360 Racing re-organised its CCTCC programme merging with Durabond Racing, and walked away with the touring class title in the Honda Civic for Anthony Rapone.


ADAC Procar: Peter Rikli imported a Honda Civic FD from Japan to run in the ADAC Procar series this season.


TC2000: Scuderia Fiat enjoyed its strongest season with the Linea, attracting an all star line-up for 2011.


World Challenge: The new low cost regulations introduced for this year worked well for Dan Gardner’s DG-Spec Scion tC team in the US, with 18 year old Robert Stout taking the title.


ADAC Procar: Guido Thierfelder won the 1600 class with the Peugeot 207 in Germany.


BTCS: Jerome Thiry left Kia to join Jaguar’s late season entry with the stunning Jaguar XF.


BTCS: The BMW M3 of Steve Vanbellingen was the closest rival to Fréd Bouvy early in the season.


BTCS: Chad Racing’s Kia Pro_Cee’d was often fast but struggled with reliablity all year.


CCTCC: Nick Wittmer took his second consecutive title with the Honda Civic in Canada, as well as some occassional appearances in World Challenge for Real-Time Racing


CCTCC: The Hyundai Genesis was the only manufacturer entry in the Canadian series this year, with Sasha Anis taking one win with the new car.

Photo Credits: All CCTCC and World Challenge pics Sylvain Lachapelle (www.slachapellephoto.com). All BTCS pics Jacques Letihon Photographe (www.letihon.be) except BMW, credit Foto Media Service. All ADAC Procar pics ADAC Procar media. All TC 2000 pics TC 2000 Media. All SuperStars pics SuperStars Media. CTCC Ford credit FRD Sports, CTCC Kia credit Kia China.