BTCC News

Newly-crowned as BTCC Independents Class champions, WSR carried its winning ways over the sea to Germany at the weekend, dominating both DPM touring car races at Oschersleben.

After one of the closest title battles the series has ever seen, ITV has announced that it will show a review of the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season at the end of the month.

The 2004 British Touring Car Championship season was "the best we've seen for many years", according to series director Alan Gow.

After clinching the BTCC Independent title at Donington Park, Anthony Reid and the West Surrey Racing team will face a new challenge this weekend when they head to Germany to compete in the German Production Car Championship (DPM).

Fresh from securing third place in the BTCC standings at Donington Park, Jason Plato proved his crowd-pleasing versatility at Brands Hatch at the weekend when he swapped his SEAT touring car for Volkswagen's Caddy racing van, in the VW Racing Cup.

The rear wheel driver Lexus IS200, which last raced in the BTCC back in 2001, could be set for a return to the championship next season.

Colin Turkington has been confirmed as driving for VX Racing next season alongside 2003 champion Yvan Muller.

The final weekend of the 2004 British Touring Car Championship saw Rob Collard take two top ten finishes, leading him to declare Donington Park 'one of our strongest meetings of the year'.

It's almost inconcievable that the 2004 British Touring Car Championship could ahve been any closer. Not only did the title go down to the last race, it could have been decided as late as the very last lap with a point being available for the fastest lap in the BTCC's final race this season.

Jason Plato set the fastest time in the mixed conditions of qualifying for the final day of racing in the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

Gavin Pyper will return to the British Touring Car Championship this weekend after a lengthy absence from the series.

British Touring Car Championship frontrunner Jason Plato is to stranger to delivering the goods on the track - and at Brands Hatch next month he will get the perfect opportunity to do so when he takes the wheel of Volkswagen's van-tastic Caddy TDI racer.

The announcement of the 2005 British Touring Car Championship calendar last week has annoyed one particular race circuit to the extent of issuing a statement on their website.

Charlie Cox, the voice of British Touring Cars in the late nineties, will commentate on the first ever BTCC Masters race at Donington Park.

Anthony Reid goes into the BTCC finale at Donington Park at the end of the month as the only non Vauxhall driver still in with a chance of taking the championship.

SEAT's Cupra Cup championship, which gave the British Touring Car Championship Brands Hatch race winner, Rob Huff, sees all its cars up for sale for next season but it remains on the BTCC support package.

Sureterm Direct has joined the WSR MG British Touring Car Championship team for the final six races of the season at Snetterton and at Donington Park.

The Wiltshire circuit of Castle Combe could be set to see the British Touring Car Championship action in 2005 as the series has yet to be confirmed at MotorSport Vision venues for next season.

British Touring Car Championship contender Michael Bentwood may have thought he was going to start the second race of the day at Brands Hatch from pole after taking the coveted tenth place in race one, but the series officials had different ideas.

The Peugeot 307 will return to the BTCC this weekend at Brands Hatch after Team Varta announced that it is to replace its ETCC spec Honda Civic Type-R with the ex Dan Eaves car used by VLR last season.

John Cleland will go into his "most important race for years" at the end of season Masters event determined to prove he has lost none of his speed.

TOCA has announced the next six drivers who will race in the end of season 'BTCC Masters' event at the last round of the 2004 season at Donington Park.

Paul O'Neill is on the lookout for a BTCC drive after finally getting his racing licence back. The popular scouser was forced to sit out the season with illness but is now out to reclaim his place on the grid.

It's taken a lot of hard work overnight from the VX Racing team but James Thompson will take to the grid for today's BTCC races at Knockhill.