Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson took a classy win in a thrilling final race at Silverstone, with Team BMR’s Aron Smith second, and Colin Turkington surviving an almighty six-car scrap to finish third and move ever closer to a second BTCC crown. In a vintage race three, Jackson took the lead from pole man and team-mate … More »
Triple Eight’s Jason Plato says he hopes title rival Colin Turkington “comes to play” on raceday at Silverstone, after qualifying just ahead of the championship leader on pole position. Plato, who now trails Turkington by 54 points after taking the point for pole, needs to prevent the West Surrey Racing driver from extending his lead … More »
The inaugural season of the HSCC Super Touring Car Championship went down to the wire, with both title contenders involved in dramas at the final round. Having previously been run as the successful Super Touring Trophy – a non points scoring series – in 2013, the HSCC awarded the series championship status for 2014, while … More »
The British Touring Car Championship heads to the high-speed Silverstone National circuit this weekend, with the very real possibility of the title being won before the final round for the first time in 17 years. Series leader Colin Turkington has a 55-point lead over nearest challenger Jason Plato, and the 2009 champion will secure a … More »
Luke Hines is set to race in the British Touring Car Championship for the first time in nine years, replacing Glynn Geddie at United Autosports for the final two rounds of the 2014 season. Hines replaces the suspended Geddie, who was stood down by the team after being charged with drink-driving last month, and will race at both Silverstone … More »
British Touring Car Championship driver Glynn Geddie has been charged with a drink driving offence in his home town of Aberdeen last month on August 19th. The 24-year-old has entered a plea of not guilty. It is alleged the United Autosports driver was found driving on Westhill Drive with 52 microgrammes of alcohol in his … More »
Andrew Jordan believes it’s “complete rubbish” that people “lose their mojo” after having a couple of disappointing weekends as he took his first BTCC podium in three meetings at Rockingham. The reigning champion went two race meetings without a trip to the rostrum before scoring third in the final race of the day at Rockingham, … More »
Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Jason Plato has written off any chance of competing against West Surrey Racing and Colin Turkington for this year’s drivers’ title, following a weekend where Turkington increased his wins tally to eight victories against Plato’s three, and has called for confirmation from the series organisers what measures will be put in … More »
BTC Racing’s Chris Stockton came together with the United Autosports Toyota of James Cole in the first race of the day at Rockingham. The Chevrolet Cruze driver took responsibility for the incident which eliminated Cole from the race and saw Stockton drop to the back of the 31 car field. Stockton locked up heading into … More »
The 2013 Knockhill pole sitter believes that this year’s qualifying session around the Fife circuit will be the “craziest of all time”. Rob Austin set a new touring car qualifying record of 52.471 in his Audi A4 during last year’s session, but this year he feels that the size of the grid will mean searching … More »