All eyes will be on James Dodd at the Oulton Park Gold Cup as he aims to become the first winner of the HSCC Super Touring Championship. The Honda Accord driver takes a 12 point lead in to the closing rounds of the season, meaning he only needs to finish ahead of Stewart Whyte in the weekend’s … More »
The British Touring Car Championship calendar for 2015 has been confirmed with a total of 30 races over ten race weekends. The season starts on the weekend of April 4-5 at Brands Hatch on the Indy circuit layout and ends on the weekend of October 10-11 at the same track but using the Grand Prix … More »
Few people would contest that introducing a driving standards advisor to the BTCC was a positive move, leaving drivers in little doubt that punts and taps will be punished. But with the way the decisions have panned out in 2014, that’s about where the clarity ends. The seeds for this column were sown in the press … More »
Championship leader Colin Turkington topped the times at the end of a full day’s running in the official Dunlop tyre test at Snetterton, just ahead of the impressive Aiden Moffat. Turkington completed 98 laps across the day in his BMW 125i, setting a best time of 1.57.048 in the afternoon, which would have been good enough … More »
Triple Eight’s Jason Plato said he was “dead chuffed” with his weekend’s work at Snetterton, but is predicting a rear-wheel drive whitewash at the next round at Knockhill in three weeks’ time. The 2001 and 2010 champion followed up pole position with two wins and a fourth, to close the gap slightly to series leader … More »
Lea Wood has reflected on a challenging first half of the 2014 season, and says the experience his JWT Performance squad is gaining with their new Toyota Avensis will stand them in good stead next season. Wood’s deal to be on the grid came together at the very last minute, meaning no time for any … More »
With the Vauxhall Insignias of Team BMR being left in the garage this weekend, the iconic Vauxhall brand will not be present on the grid of a British Touring Car Championship race for the first time in 25 years. The manufacturer officially left the Championship at the end of 2009, but its cars have still … More »
It’s a well-worn cliché: “Everything changes, yet everything stays the same”. To look at the 2014 BTCC grid before a wheel had been turned in anger had most fans salivating at the thought of what lay ahead: seven champions, a record number of cars, and plenty of pretenders to the establishment making up the highest … More »
The HSCC Super Touring Championship will be looking to continue the great racing seen at Brands Hatch in front of the masses as a mammoth grid of 45 cars prepare for the season’s blue riband event, the Silverstone Classic. John Cleland will make his return to the series having missed the Brands Hatch Historic Superprix … More »
In the eyes of some BTCC competitors, the rear-wheel drive BMW 125i has a number of advantages – anything from starts to balance to tyre life. But in the eyes of West Surrey Racing boss Dick Bennetts, their pace is down to one major thing – hard work. Bennetts admitted his frustration at the “background noise” from Jason Plato and … More »