BTCC News

Following on from the hugely successful quayside demonstration in NewcastleGateshead in July, and the Forth Road Bridge crossing last weekend, the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is to hold its second city centre demonstration run in Milton Keynes ahead of the next round of the year a

Former Team Atomic Kitten team-mates Colin Turkington and Gareth Howell staged a front row lockout after qualifying for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill in Scotland.

It was a case of the lighter SEAT Toledo in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship being quick at the hands of Jason Plato in the second free practice session at Knockhill, but for team-mate James Pickford it seems the car might have been a little too light...

Despite their well-publicised and frequent spats, Jason Plato has given his support to Yvan Muller's title campaign as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship takes to its third from last round at Knockhill in Scotland.

Whether it is Jason Plato living it up in his Monaco residence or Yvan Muller relaxing with his donkey in France, the stars of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship have little to complain about when it comes to their lifestyle away from the rigours of motor racing.

Current Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship leaders Team Halfords will be testing their Team-Dynamics built Honda Type-R Integras against the very best hillclimb cars in the country as they attend the Shelsley Walsh 100 years of Speed Hill Climbing next weekend.

One quick glance at the standings for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship highlights a number of drivers that you would expect to be fighting for title glory.

Having starred in the two practice sessions prior to qualifying at Snetterton in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, James Pickford's hopes of a good place on the grid for his SEAT were ruined after he missed the weighbridge coming into the pit lane in the closing minutes.

Yvan Muller says taking his new pet donkey for a walk helps him shed his tough guy image and relax away from Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races.

Despite coming up through the field to score his first British Touring Car Championship podium since the opening round at Donington Park, West Surrey Racing's Rob Collard returns from Mondello Park particularly incensed about the driving standards in the third race that very nearly forced him int

Following some rather fierce words being exchanged across the paddock last time out at Croft, the Team Dynamics and Jason Plato saga once again made the headlines at Mondello Park when both Hondas and the SEAT came together in the final race of the day.

Two prominent motorsport figures - BTCC team boss Vic Lee and corporate entertainment promoter Gerry Mahony - were among four men who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offences that led to combined prison sentences exceeding 38 years.

With the crowd out in force on a warm and sun drenched afternoon at the Croft circuit in the North of England, there was one man who was especially hoping that the sun would be shining on him at the weekend following a year of promise and disappointment.

The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship hit the streets of NewcastleGateshead Quayside on Thursday night as the top drivers in the series staged a street demonstration for the massed fans.

History will be made in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship next weekend at Croft when Fiona Leggate makes her entry into the series at the wheel of her Vauxhall Astra Coupe - which will be the first car in the championship to run on bio-ethanol fuel.

Gavin Smith was left a happy man after leading the VX Racing challenge in qualifying for the latest round of the BTCC at Oulton Park.

A sneak peek at an artist's impression of the Vauxhall Astra Coupe that Fiona Leggate plans to contest the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship from the Croft round in July.

The reach of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is stretching all around the world, and it has registered another increase in UK television viewing where it comprehensively beats the viewing figures of the World Rally Championship that precedes it on UK channel, ITV1 .

Normally a figure in the Formula 1 paddock, ITV analyst Tony Jardine turned up at the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship down at Brands Hatch, snatching a podium position in the Heritage Grand Touring Car Challenge

There's one thing on the mind of British Touring Car Championship driver Richie Williams as he heads to his home circuit of Brands Hatch for the next round of the championship: girls.

The GA Motorsports Alfa 156 will not be seen in this year's Dunlop British Touring Car Championship until either Croft or Mondello according to a statement made by team boss, Mike Thompson.

There's one thing on the mind of British Touring Car Championship driver Richie Williams as he heads to his home circuit of Brands Hatch for the next round of the championship: girls.

British girl racer Fiona Leggate has this week tested Yvan Muller's 2004 BTCC Vauxhall Astra with Triple Eight and VX Racing Jr team Techspeed, and she's eyeing up an entry in the series from the Oulton Park round.

With his deal to drive in the 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship coming together late in the day, it always was going to be a steep learning curve for VX Racing's Gavin Smith.