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TOYOTA CHOSEN AS BTCC PROTOTYPE
Toyota looks set to return to International Touring Car competition with the decision to make the Toyota Avensis the test and development car for the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) regulations for the British Touring Car Championships. Toyota UK’s Head of PR, Scott Brownlee, said the company was delighted to have contributed towards the development of the BTCC’s future with the Avensis. “To be able to support the premier British motor sport series with the Avensis was a great opportunity for Toyota to help an ‘old friend’." he said. "The BTCC is a series we greatly respect and have enjoyed a long and successful involvement with in the past. Whilst we’ve made no commitment to re-enter the championship with a works team at this time, we will be following the prototype build with great interest and look forward to seeing the car perform on its debut at Brands Hatch in October.”
Continue reading...VAUXHALL OUT, WILL HOLDEN BE NEXT?
Saturday, April 18, 2009
General Motors British division Vauxhall have announced their decision to withdraw from the British Touring Car Championship for 2010. The company said that its decision to leave the championship was 'influenced by the absence of other manufacturer-backed teams and financial prudence in the current global economic downturn. "BTCC boss Australian Alan Gow said the he was not surprised by the decision and he was confident that the series would continue to be strong even without the factory presesnce. "Given the (widely reported) extremely difficult financial position in which GM finds itself, it's inevitable that the company must make some drastic cutbacks in nearly all areas of its operations - and motor sport is certainly not immune, as we have witnessed in all major forms of our sport over the last 12 months. he said. Gow thanked the company for its support of the series and said he was confident of continued success even without manufacturer support. "...it is important to remember that over the last six years we have seen direct manufacturer involvement decline within the BTCC - yet at the exact same time we have seen crowd figures rise, TV audiences rise, TV airtime rise, competitor numbers rise and the championship being as closely fought as ever. That's certainly no coincidence and the facts prove, over these last few years, that a heavy degree of manufacturer involvement is no longer crucial to either the success or popularity of the championship." The decision of Vauxhall to leave the series follows Spainish manufacturer SEAT who left after last year's series. SEAT continue to field cars in the World Touring Car Championship as doead GM through it's Chevrolet Europe division with the new Cruze.
Continue reading...HAT-TRICK FOR LOWNDES & WHINCUP AS FORD WINS BATHURST
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Ford drivers Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup took a hat-trick of wins in Australia's biggest race the Bathurst 100 at Mount Panorama. The Team Vodafone/Triple Eight team hit the front early in the race and despite a late race challenge from Holden driver Greg Murphy hung on to win by just under three seconds after 1000 kms of racing.
Continue reading...A MINI YOU SAID
Friday, October 3, 2008
It may seem like a huge step down from a 750 BHP V8 powered NASCAR to a four cylinder 200 BHP Mini but when you're taking on one of the World's most challenging circuits it'll will be no walk in the park for American NASCAR star Boris Said. Said will join double British Touring Car Champion Matt Neal and New Zealand Mini challenge Champion Brent Collins, to spearhead an international all star cast for the Mini challenge at Bathurst next on October 10 -12. Said, the winner of the Nurburgring 24 hours and a semi regular on the NASCAR scene has never raced at Bathurst but he is renowned as a road course specialist in the United States where he won the 1997 & '98 Daytona 24 hour race as well as the 12 hour race at Sebring.
Continue reading...THREE RACES, THREE WINNERS IN LATEST BTCC
Monday, September 1, 2008
Jason Plato, defending champion Fabrizio Giovanardi and Mat Jackson shared the spoils in today's three incident-packed HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship races in front of a 27,000 hardy souls in typical English Summer weather at Silverstone. Giovanardi's victory not only provisionally secured Vauxhall its seventh Manufacturers' Championship in eight years but also moved the Italian within reach of back-to-back BTCC Drivers' titles.
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