Top 10 Touring Car news on TouringCarTimes 2011
An eventful Touring Car year in the form of 2011 is over. TouringCarTimes has dug down in the statistics for the past year, looking at which stories has been the most read.
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JTCC launch postponed by one year
The launch of the Japanese Touring Car Championship with S2000 regulations has been postponed one year.
Proteam Racing vow to be on the grid in 2012
Italian WTCC team Proteam Racing have announced plans to be on the grid for the 2012 season with their two BMW 320 TCs, despite uncertainty surrounding the team with the recent incarceration of team owner Valmiro Presenzini.
Tom Coronel to go into space in 2014
2009 WTCC Independents’ Champion Tom Coronel will become one of the elite few to travel into space in 2014, one of 100 who will travel onboard SXC Space Expedition Curaçao’s Lynx spacecraft.
Thompson tests Speedworks Toyota at Donington
2002 and 2004 British Touring Car Champion James Thompson has tested Speedworks Motorsport’s NGTC-specification Toyota Avensis at Donington Park, as the team prepare for their sophomore season in the Championship.
2011 World Touring Car Championship Awards
We’re opening the awards up now for our final selection of the year, that for the 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship.
STR announces two SEATs for BTCC 2012
Special Tuning Racing is going to run two NGTC-engined SEAT Leóns in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.
Proteam boss’s property seized for alleged tax evasion
Valmiro Presenzini, the Team Principal of the independent WTCC team Proteam Racing, has had his property seized by the Italian authorities for alleged fraud with ‘several million’ Euro of tax unpaid since 2002. Presenzini denies these allegations.
Martin Tomczyk confident after BMW test debut
BMW, Audi and Mercedes completed the final test session of the year at Monteblanco in Spain, a test also marking the debut for Martin Tomczyk in the BMW M3 DTM.
Rob Huff and Jason Plato collect their BRDC Stars
Chevrolet World and British touring car drivers Rob Huff and Jason Plato attended the British Racing Drivers’ Club Awards luncheon on Monday 5th December, and collected their Gold and Silver Star Awards for their successes in 2011.