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BTCC racer Rowbottom gets two more years with NAPA/Alliance after heart surgery

Two-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Dan Rowbottom has committed to the Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus squad for two more seasons - after receiving open heart surgery at the end of last year.

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Porsche Carrera Cup star takes final WSR seat for BTCC debut

Porsche Carrera Cup GB runner-up Charles Rainford has secured a plum seat at the West Surrey Racing BMW team for the 2025 British Touring Car Championship campaign.

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BTCC legend Turkington drops from 2025 grid due to "commercial realities"

The four-time British Touring Car Championship champion Colin Turkington will be absent from the 2025 grid due to the current commercial climate.

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Lloyd close to BTCC return in a Hyundai for 2025

Four-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Dan Lloyd is closing in on a series return in 2025 after a season in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB.

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The top 10 BTCC support drivers of the past 10 seasons

There have been 258 drivers who have triumphed in a race in one of the support categories at a British Touring Car Championship event in the past 10 seasons. That’s a truly staggering number and certainly makes picking the best 10 of these a very tricky task.

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Moffat joins WSR BMW line-up for 2025 season

Five-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Aiden Moffat will drive a West Surrey Racing-run BMW during the 2025 season.

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Friday favourite: The “exciting” Ferrari that lifted a BTCC star to the next level

Rory Butcher is best known for winning 11 races during an accomplished British Touring Car Championship career that he elected to pause at the end of 2023. But the amiable Scot, also a handy historic racer who pedalled a Lotus Elan 26R to third in September’s Spa 6 Hours, had…

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Podcast: BTCC season review

In the first of a new mini-series reviewing the best of the National Racing series this year, Kevin Turner sits down with Marcus Simmons and ITV commentator David Addison to review the best of the 2024 British Touring Car Championship.

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How the BTCC helped inspire young people facing tough lives

Last month’s British Touring Car Championship finale was a dramatic event. The title fight went right down to the wire at Brands Hatch and the battling between Jake Hill and Tom Ingram will live long in the memory. But, away from the action on circuit, the event was also memorable…

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Ingram back in the hunt with victory

Tom Ingram put in a terrific drive to take victory from third on the grid in the second race of the British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Hill wins as Ingram and Sutton collide

The seas parted for Jake Hill to take victory in the first race of the British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch and put him in the box seat for the title.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Vauxhall duo claim 1-2 in free practice

Aron Taylor-Smith led Mikey Doble in a 1-2 for Power Maxed Racing in free practice for the British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch.The experienced Irishman, who clinched the Independents’ title last time out at Silverstone, eclipsed his Jack Sears Trophy champion team-mate right at the chequered flag on…

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BTCC Silverstone: Ingram overcomes last lap contact with Sutton to win delayed final race

Tom Ingram won a thrilling final race of the day in the British Touring Car Championship round at Silverstone after a 25-minute red flag for torrential rain.Ingram’s defeat of Ash Sutton after last-corner contact at Luffield means he goes to the final round at Brands Hatch level on points with…

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Friday favourite: When a BTCC legend taught Tordoff the ropes

Contesting your first full British Touring Car Championship season with a factory-backed team when that manufacturer has recently returned to the series after a decade away can be quite a daunting scenario.

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The bespoke car created for the UK’s newest junior category

The news that Ginetta would depart the British Touring Car Championship bill for 2023 was a shock when it first emerged in September 2022. After all, the Yorkshire brand’s championships, especially the all-action Ginetta Junior, had been a popular fixture on the TOCA package for 14 years.

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BTCC Donington Park: Sutton wins race two as Ingram suffers retirement

Ash Sutton claimed his second British Touring Car Championship win of 2024 in Donington Park's middle race, but it was a disaster for Tom Ingram, who retired with engine woes.

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BTCC Donington Park: Turkington wins opener as Hill grabs points lead

Colin Turkington scored his fifth win of the British Touring Car Championship season in the Donington Park opener, while West Surrey Racing team-mate Jake Hill grabbed the points lead.

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BTCC Donington Park: Cook takes first pole for over two years as he pips Turkington

Josh Cook achieved his first British Touring Car Championship pole position in over two years after just pipping Colin Turkington to top spot around Donington Park's Grand Prix layout.

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BTCC Donington Park: Cammish fastest in unrepresentative practice

Ford Focus driver Dan Cammish was quickest in British Touring Car Championship practice at Donington Park across two unrepresentative sessions affected by wet weather.

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Mini champion Zelos to make BTCC debut with Excelr8 in place of Pearson

Newly crowned Mini Challenge champion Dan Zelos will make his British Touring Car Championship debut at Donington Park this weekend, replacing Ronan Pearson at Excelr8 Motorsport.

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How to be an ace engineer: BTCC race winner Craig Porley

One of the British Touring Car Championship’s best-known driver-engineer double acts might not have happened if it hadn’t been for a seemingly random Facebook friend request.

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BTCC Knockhill: Huff holds off Ingram for dramatic win

Rob Huff soaked up the pressure from Tom Ingram to win the final race of the British Touring Car Championship round at Knockhill.

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BTCC Knockhill: Turkington cruises to race one victory

Colin Turkington cruised to victory in the first British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Knockhill in a dominant performance.

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BTCC Knockhill: Turkington claims second successive pole

Colin Turkington claimed his second successive British Touring Car Championship qualifying pole position for the seventh round of the series at Knockhill.The four-time champion faced a stern challenge from an unlikely opponent in the form of Aron Taylor-Smith, but the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra pilot could not quite dislodge…

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Rowbottom leads the way in Knockhill practice

Dan Rowbottom continued his recent strong form by topping free practice for the British Touring Car Championship’s visit to Knockhill. The Midlander emerged quickest in both sessions at the wheel of his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST and eventually headed four-time champion team-mate Ash Sutton by 0.063 seconds. The Scottish hillside…

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