British Touring Car News

Nash retains Triple 8 drive
James Nash will remain with the Triple 8 Vauxhall squad for the rest of the British Touring Car Championship season.

Plato hails breakthrough test
Jason Plato said that Chevrolet's performance in British Touring Car Championship testing at Snetterton this week marked a breakthrough for the manufacturer and its Cruze model.

Chilton sets Snetterton test pace
Tom Chilton set the pace at the British Touring Car Championship's mid-season test at Snetterton on Thursday

Thompson to test NGTC prototype
James Thompson has been named as the test and development driver for the prototype car built to the British Touring Car Championship's new NGTC regulations

Jordan takes first BTCC race win
Andrew Jordan took not only his first British Touring Car Championship race win, but also the first for the new-generation TOCA engine package, in the third of today's races at Croft

Shedden wins again at Croft
Just like the old waiting-for-a-bus cliché, Gordon Shedden waited yonks for a British Touring Car Championship victory, and now two have come along at once

Shedden takes first 2010 win at Croft
Gordon Shedden broke his season duck in a thriller of a British Touring Car Championship opener at Croft today

Chilton crashes then takes pole
Pole position for Tom Chilton in an unballasted Ford Focus was no surprise, but the spectacularly-coiffured British Touring Car Championship's ace method of achieving that at Croft was unconventional

Neal leads Croft practice sessions
British Touring Car Championship leader Matt Neal took the fastest time in 80 minutes of free practice this morning at Croft

Lloyd to make BTCC debut
Daniel Lloyd will make his British Touring Car Championship debut at Croft next weekend with the Triple 8 Vauxhall squad.

Matt Hamilton forced to miss Croft
Matt Hamilton will miss the next round of the British Touring Car Championship at Croft due to budgetary issues.

Neate loses points from final race
Andy Neate has been stripped of his ninth place from the final British Touring Car Championship race at Oulton Park for causing an avoidable accident.

Neal wins lively third race at Oulton
Matt Neal moved back to the top of the British Touring Car Championship by winning the final race of the day at Oulton Park

Plato charges to Oulton race two win
Jason Plato re-took the lead of the British Touring Car Championship by superbly winning the second race of the day at Oulton Park from 10th on the grid

Onslow-Cole wins first Oulton race
Tom Onslow-Cole took his second British Touring Car Championship victory of the year in the opening race of the day at Oulton Park

Onslow-Cole: Fords will get faster
Tom Onslow-Cole believes there is even more pace to come from his Arena Ford Focus in the Oulton Park British Touring Car Championship races after securing pole in qualifying.

Onslow-Cole ends pole draught
Tom Onslow-Cole claimed his first British Touring Car Championship pole position for two years as he qualified quickest at Oulton Park

Chilton fastest in Oulton practice
Tom Chilton did his now usual job of setting the fastest time in practice for the latest round of the British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park

Team boss Johnson dies
British Touring Car Championship team boss Cliff Johnson has died.

Jordan pips Plato in Rockingham test
Andrew Jordan beat Jason Plato to the fastest time in British Touring Car Championship testing at Rockingham on Tuesday

Engine shutdown caused Leslie crash
An investigation into the aircraft accident that killed David Leslie and Richard Lloyd more than two years ago has concluded that the plane they were travelling in may have suffered an inadvertent engine shutdown prior to the crash.

Arena confident in Focus performance
Arena Motorsport believes that it will still be competitive at the next round of the British Touring Car Championship, despite the performance of its Ford Focus STs being pegged back

Lloyd to test Triple 8's Vectra
Daniel Lloyd will test for top British Touring Car Championship squad Triple 8 Engineering at Rockingham next week.

Arena Fords to be pegged back
The performance of the Arena Motorsport Ford Focuses will be pegged back in time for the next round of the British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park.

Chilton eyeing 2010 title push
Tom Chilton believes that he can mount a challenge for the British Touring Car Championship following his first win of the season at Brands Hatch.

Jackson takes race three at Brands
Mat Jackson scored his first British Touring Car Championship win of the year with a dogged drive in the final race of the day at Brands Hatch

Chilton stripped of race two win
Tom Chilton has lost his victory in the second British Touring Car Championship race at Brands Hatch due to a technical infringement.

Chilton leads Ford 1-2 in race two
Tom Chilton led home his team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole in a one-two finish for the Arena Ford squad in a sensational wet second British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Brands Hatch

Chilton takes first LPG win
Tom Chilton scored the first British Touring Car Championship win for an LPG-powered car in the first race of the day at Brands Hatch

Chilton on top again at Brands
Tom Chilton took his second British Touring Car Championship pole position in a row by topping qualifying at Brands Hatch