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WSR makes its decision
The announcement this morning that West Surrey Racing has finalised its plans for the new BTCC season completes another part of the jigsaw for the year ahead – and makes the team the first of the ‘big guns’ to confirm it won’t be running a full NGTC package for the 2012 season.
Goodbye old friend…
On the weekend when Matt Neal secured his third BTCC title back in October last year, it was perhaps ironic that – in the garage next door to his Honda Racing team – the car that carried him to his first two championship titles was turning a wheel in the series for the final time.
Why you should check out Motors TV this weekend…
If you asked most people to try and name a famous endurance race, the chances are that most people would come up with Le Mans.
How much of a bonus is a bonus point?
For the 2012 season, we already know that the BTCC is going to bring a new scoring system into play – meaning the top 15 drivers will now score points instead of the top ten. One thing that doesn’t change however, is the way in which bonus points are handed out.
The BTCC entry is made official
So the news fans of the BTCC have been waiting for has now been revealed in the shape of the entry for the 2011 season, which features a bumper grid of 27 cars for the year ahead.
Citroen’s interesting issue
Having just spent three days covering Rally Mexico as part of the Motors TV team, I can only say that the 2011 season looks set to feature one of the most intriguing battles in recent memory. And I don’t mean Citroen versus Ford…
NASCAR provides a feel good story
Ten years ago, NASCAR lost one of its biggest names after the tragic death of Dale Earnhardt in the closing stages of the Daytona 500. A decade on, the biggest event on the Sprint Cup calendar provided one of the biggest shocks in the history of the race as a rookie in only his second [...]
Archive: The biggest champion you’ve never heard of
As it’s the weekend, I thought I’d treat to you to an article from the archive in the shape of a feature about multiple WTCC title winner Andy Priaulx.
How costly can a speeding ticket be?
Last weekend, the WRC season kicked off in Sweden and it proved to be an enthralling season opener. Mikko Hirvonen returned to form, Mads Ostberg secured a fine second place to match his undoubted potential and Ford locked out the podium in the first event for the latest generation of WRC machinery.
A shameless plug – but a worthy one!
It’s a good six months now since I first got a phone call from a rather excitable member of the BTCC paddock who was keen to talk about some plans that were being put together for the Silverstone round of the 2010 season.
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