Andrew Sheraton BMW E30 Cadwell Park
Andrew in the Pre 93 touring car Championship in the teams BMW E30 325I Sport
Andrew in the Pre 93 touring car Championship in the teams BMW E30 325I Sport
Michael in the CTCRC Allcomers 40 minute endurance race. Chasing down the more modified BMW E30 325I. Beating the Class D lap record with a time of 1:50.541
British Touring Car Championship Category: Touring cars Country or region: United Kingdom Inaugural season: 1958 Drivers: 26 (2008) Teams: 14 (2008) Constructors: 6 (2008) Drivers’ champion: Fabrizio Giovanardi (Italy) Teams’ champion: VX Racing (UK) The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years “production cars”, then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s and 1970s, and then Group A in the 1980s, when in 1987, the series took on its current name. (A lower-key Group N series for production cars ran for most of the 1990s). The championship was initially run with a mix of classes, divided according to engine capacity, racing simultaneously. This often meant that a driver who chose the right class could win the overall championship without any chance of overall race wins, thereby devaluing the title for the spectators for example, in the 1980s Chris Hodgetts won two overall titles in a small Toyota Corolla prepared by Hughes Of Beaconsfield, at that time a Mercedes-Benz/Toyota main dealer when most of the race wins were going to much larger cars; and while the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500s were playing at the front of the field, Frank Sytner took a title in a Class B BMW M3 and John Cleland’s first title was won in a small Class C Vauxhall Astra. After the domination (and expense) of the Ford Sierra …
Here is a great compilation of many crashes and accidents in motorsport. This is real action!
The 2009 Scottish Motor Racing Club Mini Cooper Cup headed to Knockhill on Saturday 26th September for the latest three rounds. Current BTCC driver Anthony Reid was the guest driver in the Tynecastle Garage Number 1 car. This is the In-Car from the last race of the day, where Reid pushed Championship contender, Chris Knox, into the tyres after going into the chicane two abreast!! Sit along with Reid through his battles to score the Tynecastle Garage Car’s maiden win….
to engine capacity, racing simultaneously. This often meant that a driver who chose the right class could win the overall championship without any chance of overall race wins, thereby devaluing the title for the spectators for example, in the 1980s Chris Hodgetts won two overall titles in a small Toyota Corolla prepared by Hughes Of Beaconsfield, at that time a Mercedes-Benz/Toyota main dealer when most of the race wins were going to much larger cars; and while the Ford Sierra Cosworth …
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