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The championship headed to the high speed Thruxton circuit for rounds 7, 8 and 9 of the 2017 campaign. Although while the weather was good and the crowds enjoyed a weekends fine competition the memories of young Billy Monger who suffered horrendous injuries at the previous event were fresh in the minds of those on […]

Finally, the BTCC season kicked off at Brands Hatch with action a plenty on the indy configuration. The new season would also see an influx of new car and driver combinations, most notably the “works” Vauxhall Astras, run by Power Maxed Racing, with BTCC returnee and WTCC challenger Tom Chilton and Clio Cup Graduate Senna […]

Fans flocked in their thousands to Brands Hatch to witness the finale of the 2016 BTCC on the longer GP loop of the circuit. 8 Drivers would be in with a shout mathematically however in reality it would be around 4 drivers who would have a real shot of the title. An incident packed qualifying […]

Silverstone was the next destination for the BTCC circus as the teams and fans alike enjoied better weather than afforded at Rockingham a few weeks earlier. While the weather stayed dry for qualifying a late red flag saw an action packed final 5 mins with plenty of cars caught in traffic and bringing about a […]

Another round of automotive musical chairs was played out at Rockingham, again involving the Team HARD cars, this time team boss Tony Gilham taking the wheel of the Toyota Avensis over previous stand in Michael Caine. Over at Power Maxed, Dave Newsham will again stand in for Kevin Fletcher. Qualifying was run in appalling conditions […]

The BTCC arrived in Scotland under a cloud following the death of the series first champion “Gentleman” Jack Sears. Sears was honoured on the grid prior to the day’s first round with a minuet silence impeccably by the fans and drivers alike and followed by a minuets applause for the late two time Saloon Car […]

The BTCC series resumed after it’s summer break at the Snetterton track and, bought a few amendments to the grid. Unfortunately Daniel Lloyd would be unable to continue his impressive form with the Eurotech Honda squad reverting to a two car entry for the remained of the season. There was also a change at Team […]

Croft, Yorkshire saw the 5th round and the halfway point of the 2016 championship. Colin Turkington continued his and Subaru’s form through qualifying to take pole position for the day’s first round. Dan Lloyd in the Eurotech Honda again lined up on the second spot with Ash Sutton 3rd for the MG RCIB Insurance squad. […]

With the sun shining around 40,000 tin top fans descended upon Oulton Park for the 4th round of the 2016 BTCC championship and, for different reasons than last time out at Thruxton, both BMR Subaru and Eurotech Honda would be making the early headlines. Following the withdrawal from the Thruxton round due to safety concerns […]

The BTCC headed south to the Nations fastest circuit, Thruxton for rounds 7, 8 & 9. Again it brought with it a few changes to the grid. Following Andy Neate’s Yuasa Halfords Honda departure in the run up to Donington, Eurotech Racing added a third car to their ranks for former Porsche Carrera Cup racer […]