Patrick Watts will start from pole position as the Super Touring Car Challenge makes its first appearance at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Despite having clutch issues on the grid ahead of Sunday’s aborted race on the Grand Prix circuit, the Donington Park race winner stormed to the top of the time sheets around the … More »
The HSCC Super Touring Car series first race at the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival lasted only one lap after an incident between Paul Smith and Dave Jarman at Surtees Bend. The drama started before the race had even begun with Patrick Watts failing to get off the grid for the formation lap with a … More »
A former STW Opel Vectra will make its Super Touring Car series debut at the Silverstone Classic, Simon Garrad has confirmed. Speaking at the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival, Garrad, currently racing his ex-Jean-Christophe Boullion Williams Renault Laguna, had hoped to have the Opel racing already in 2015, but following some setbacks had to postpone … More »
Stewart Whyte’s last lap time was all part of the plan for the Scottish driver, who will start the first race of the weekend from pole position. Whyte spent the majority of the session around fifth, but put in a time much faster than his previous efforts just as the chequered flag dropped, a time … More »
Motorbase Performance completed a test at Brands Hatch last week with the new Ecoboost engine in preparation of their planned BTCC return at Snetterton in August. The team had two Ford Focus ST race cars present at the test with drivers Mat Jackson and James Cole behind the wheel. The team announced their withdrawal from … More »
David Bartrum says work to ensure Motorbase Performance will return to the BTCC grid at Snetterton is continuing at pace, ahead of a return to testing this week. Mat Jackson and James Cole will take part in a full test day at Brands Hatch on Friday, the first time the team’s Focus STs have run … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan turned in a commanding performance to win a safety-car affected final race at Thruxton, and secure his first BTCC win on the road. Morgan made a great start from pole position to gradually build a gap over Triple Eight Racing’s Andrew Jordan and West Surrey Racing’s Sam Tordoff, before the race … More »
Andy Priaulx will be aiming to return to the sharp end of the BTCC field at Thruxton after a less than perfect weekend at Donington saw only one top ten finish. The West Surrey Racing driver took a trio of top ten results in the opening rounds of the season at Brands Hatch, before struggling … More »
Both Welch Motorsport Proton Gen-2s are running new engines at Thruxton this weekend as the team targets reliability and race finishes. Dan Welch enjoyed his first serious running of the season in first practice this morning, winding up a respectable 23rd and less than three seconds off the ultimate pace. It follows a troubling Donington … More »
A raft of overnight setup changes for Stewart Whyte helped him make his way to the top step of the podium for the first time in 2015. The Honda Accord driver had been the best of the rest in the first race as Patrick Watts cruised to victory, but the former BTCC driver was put … More »