AmD has taken the covers off the dramatic livery that will adorn its Honda Civic Type Rs during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season. Having acquired the two ex-Eurotech cars over the winter in partnership with Cobra Sport, AmD head into the new campaign targeting a jump up the order having brought in Sam … More »
Jake Hill will make a return to the BTCC grid for the 2019 season after securing a deal to join Trade Price Cars Racing-backed AmD Tuning squad. The 24-year-old is the first driver confirmed by the team, which joins the grid next year with a pair of Audi S3s being run by AmD Tuning, that … More »
Brother and sister duo Andreas and Jessica Bäckman have secured deals that will see then move into the TCR Europe series for the 2019 season with the Target Competition team. The pair contested dual programmes with WestCoast Racing in 2018 with entries into both the STCC and TCR UK championship, and also contested the TCR … More »
West Surrey Racing has announced the signing of Tom Oliphant for the 2019 BTCC season. The 28-year-old joins the BMW squad for what will be his second season in the series having made his debut in 2018 at the wheel of a Ciceley Motorsport-run Mercedes A Class. Oliphant is no stranger to rear wheel drive … More »
Team Dynamics has confirmed that it will expand its touring car programme to include an entry into the new-for-2019 Touring Car Trophy. Alongside its continued two-car entry in the BTCC, the multiple championship winning outfit will run an older FK2 Honda Civic Type R in the series with Henry Neal – son of Matt – … More »
The HMS Racing team has confirmed that it will sit out the 2019 BTCC season having been unable to commit to a programme in time for the entry deadline. The Simon Belcher-lead squad had swapped to an Alfa Romeo Giulietta for this year and secured a podium finish first time out at Brands Hatch and … More »
It’s almost become the norm that the battle for the BTCC title will go down to the season finale at Brands Hatch, and so it proved once again in 2018 as Colin Turkington became champion for the third time. In a season that featured a record breaking number of race winners, the West Surrey Racing … More »
Ian Harrison, one of the founders of Triple Eight, has expressed his pride at the success the team enjoyed in the British Touring Car Championship following the revelation that the multiple-championship winning outfit has closed its doors. Triple Eight Race Engineering and Triple Eight Performance Vehicles Limited were both dissolved by Companies House on 13 … More »
Michael Crees will make the move into the BTCC for the 2019 season after being confirmed as the fourth and final driver with Team HARD. Less than three years after making a move into motorsport in the Ginetta Racing Drivers’ Club, Crees – who won the Am Class in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2018 … More »
Organisers of the TCR UK championship have revealed a 14 race calendar for the 2019 season – which includes an overseas event at Spa. The Belgian circuit is one of two new additions to the calendar, with Snetterton also set to host the series for the first time when the season kicks off in Norfolk … More »