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Patterson completes Un-Limited Cupra BTCC line-up

Up-and-coming tin-top racer Dexter Patterson has secured his return to the British Touring Car Championship at the wheel of an Un-Limited Motorsport Cupra Leon.The 21-year-old Scot will be the oldest half of the expanded two-car Un-Limited line-up, in which he partners teenaged 2024 Mini Challenge runner-up Max Hall.Patterson, an ex-karting…

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Morgan makes switch from BMW to Hyundai

British Touring Car Championship veteran Adam Morgan has joined Excelr8 Motorsport for his 14th season in the series in 2025.

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Hill stays as WSR eyes expansion to four or five

Newly crowned British Touring Car champion Jake Hill will remain at the West Surrey Racing BMW team for 2025, when the squad could expand to as many as five cars.Hill, whose clinching of the BTCC crown at the Brands Hatch finale last month represented his first championship title of any…

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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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BTCC Silverstone: Hill pulls a gap out on Ingram again

Jake Hill re-established a points cushion over closest British Touring Car Championship rival Tom Ingram with victory in the second race of the day at Silverstone.

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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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BTCC Croft: Turkington takes pole over Cammish

Colin Turkington came good at the right moment to claim pole position for the British Touring Car Championship round at Croft.

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BTCC Oulton Park: Hill denies Doble with stunning last-lap pass

Jake Hill took a last-gasp victory in the final race of the Oulton Park British Touring Car Championship round to move into the series lead.Hill had chiselled his way through the reversed-grid order until he found himself on the rear bumper of the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra of polesitter…

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BTCC Snetterton: Hill overcomes penalty for second win

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BTCC Snetterton: Hill beats Thompson to race one victory

Hill, who had a disastrous outing last time out at Brands Hatch, predictably converted his pole position into the race lead with his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, while new-for-this-weekend team-mate Bobby Thompson surged from fifth to third behind championship leader Ash Sutton’s Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford…

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New team joins BTCC with Cupras as Hard folds

Restart Racing has acquired two of Team Hard’s Cupra Leons – the new-for-2023 chassis used this year by Bobby Thompson and Dan Lloyd – and will step up from the TCR UK championship with 2022 title winner Chris Smiley.

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How a BTCC reunion yielded glory in Britain's 'other' tin-top series

Chris Smiley and Restart Racing chief Bert Taylor found too many obstacles to remain in the British Touring Car Championship. Now they’re reigning champions of TCR UK, a series that’s massively on the up

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Autosport's top club racing rivalries of 2022

From a title decided by a last-corner-of-the-season collision, to one settled in the National Court, here are some of the closest rivalries from the national motorsport season

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Team UK announces entry details for 2022 FIA Motorsport Games

Team UK will enter 10 disciplines in the 2022 edition of the FIA Motorsport Games which takes place later this month in France.

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Minis delight at Brands Hatch as Castle Combe hosts frantic TCR UK battles

The 10th Mini Festival took place at Brands Hatch last weekend, which as ever produced close and dramatic racing. Tight battles until the chequered flag also featured in two highly competitive TCR UK races at Castle Combe.

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How a national tin-top series managed a successful reboot

OPINION: It’s taken TCR UK four years to find its feet and given its organiser plenty of sleep-troubled nights. But, with 25 cars for its season opener at Oulton Park, the series is finally heading in the right direction

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