Look back on all of the exciting action and dramatic twists of the 2011 btcc with top racing drivers including matt neal, gordon shedden and jason plato competing at the best british racing. The btcc is back in ascendance and 2008 looks like being a great year for this series. Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified roadgoing cars. The british touring car championship, established in 1958 as british saloon car championship, is one of the most popular touring car racing series worldwide, especially in europe. It was established in 1958 as the british saloon car championship and was renamed as the british touring car championship in 1987. British touring car championship the formula 1 wiki fandom. Az btcc driversover the years, there have been many drivers in the british touring car championship. Championships driver f1 years btcc years chris amon 19631976 1963 peter arundell 19641964, 1966 1964. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It was established in 1958 as the british saloon car championship and was renamed as the british touring car championship for the 1987 season. It is popular in argentina, australia, new zealand, brazil. Dunlop highlights from the whole 2011 british touring car. Touring car dvds and downloads watch bumpertobumper touring car action from the wtcc, btcc and more on download and dvd at brilliant prices. Neal is currently the team principle of team dynamics, the group he founded in 1991.
Only includes the overall race winner, not winners for class categories. Matt neal career history motorsport stats autosport. Watch british touring car championship online full. The british touring car championship is one of my favourite series. The exciting 2015 british touring car championship season continues with round 6 in norfolk, england on the snetterton circuit. A quick fire quiz all about the british touring car championship over the years since its inception as the british saloon car championship in 1958. Imaginary british touring car championship fictional. Click on a drivers name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc. Drivers who are competing in the 2020 season are highlighted in bold. List of british touring car championship teams and drivers. In this series amateur and professional teams compete in modified versions of production family touring cars all across the united kingdom. Volvos 850 wagon in the 1994 btcc but why did they. A photographic celebration of 50 years robson, graham on. Over that time, the series has changed from a largely amateur affair, using standard road cars, to the sophisticated professional.
This is a list of racing drivers who have competed in the british touring car championship, sorted alphabetically by surname. Btcc touring car legends documentary part 1 youtube. Profiles are available for the drivers linked below. Yvan muller career history motorsport stats autosport. Dunlop msa british touring car championship 2011 standings. In 2009, the btcc released details of its next generation touring car ngtc specification, to be introduced from 2011. Watch british touring car championship 2015 prime video. As a brit, i spent many cold and wet weekends at thruxton, silverstone and brands hatch watching this type of racing. However, the super 2000 rules were observed for the overall championship from the 2007 season. Since then his curriculum vitae includes test driver for reynard race cars. The undercard stars battling for btccs support titles. Only drivers who have completed in a round of the formula one world championship are listed here. If you love touring cars, then has everything you need, with british touring cars, world touring cars and classic etcc on dvd and download.
Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. The british touring car championship, founded in 1958 as the british saloon car championship, is an annual motor racing series held in the united kingdom. This list is a comprehensive guide to those drivers. British touring car championship signed helmet signed. Contentsshow background neal had limited experience before he started in the bscc, mainly in club events while working as a mechanic and engineer. The 2000s saw cheaper cars than the later supertouring era, with fewer factory teams and fewer international drivers. John claridge, head of programme strategy at itv4, adds. K winner of dozens of openwheel races in ff2000, supervee, formula continental and f3 including finishing second in the british ff2000 championship and. Imaginary britsh touring car championship fictional.
In more than 60 years long history, btcc renamed in 1987 produced many great racing drivers who were successful not only in the uk but also all over the world in other racing competitions. Can you name the british touring car drivers champions. Click on a driver s name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc. And even though the car didnt win any races during those golden years of the btcc, many of us still picture volvos iconic offering when we remember that longago. Running from the spring until autumn, the btcc sees a variety of touring and saloon cars racing around some of the uks most famous circuits. Btcc driver davenport in induced coma, smith has serious. In 1994, volvo shook up the touring car world by enlisting their supposedlysoccermom 850 wagon in the british touring car championship btcc. Watch the top touring car pilots of the british touring car championship as they tackle the treacherous island circuit at oulton park in cheshire, england. United states touring car championship ustcc is americas longest running touring car racing. The subaru levorg will need to make over 300 horsepower in order to compete in the british touring car championship.
See results from the british touring car champions quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. British touring car championship racer luke davenport is in an induced coma and jeff smith has serious injuries after an accident in qualifying at croft yesterday. Itv4 is the home of the british touring car championship and the touring car legends series is an ideal compliment to our coverage of. From 1992present a separate championship was awarded to the winning independent not officially manufacturer backed driver, and from 20002003 the production class had its own championship for the best class b driver. The kwik fit british touring car championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the united kingdom, currently organised and administered by toca. Richard and james compete against some british touring car drivers in a mobile motorsport racing living quarters grand prix. The british touring car championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the united kingdom, currently organized and administered by toca. The title of btcc champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a british touring car championship season. It is from the 2011 btcc, when matt neal won the championship and gordon shedden finished second. Steve neal is a former british saloon car championship driver, and father of triple champion matt neal.
Alfa romeo takes on alpha male when james drives the 159 across the mudplains of the humber river against graham boanas. The imaginary british touring car championship ibtcc was a touring car racing series based in the united kingdom but also with rounds in the rest of the world like ireland, france, austria, germany, switzerland, italy, spain, portugal, finland, denmark, norway, sweden, the netherlands, belgium, lithuania, czech republic, hungary, turkey. British touring car champions quiz stats by sammy789. Matt neal career history the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894 motorsport stats. Btcc touring car legends documentary part 3 youtube. Yvan muller career history the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894 motorsport stats. In the british touring car championship btcc, the rml chevrolet cruze team won seven races with driver jason plato, who also took home the 2010 btcc drivers. Threetime british touring car champion matt neal believes he will be fit to return to the driver s seat in time for the opening rounds of the season at donington park at the end of march despite suffering serious injuries in a mountain bike accident. Join commentators david addison and tim harvey for highlight action from three 15lap round 4 races and find out which driver takes the lead in the driver s championship. Individual driver statistics for the 2011 dunlop msa british touring car championship. A race car driver becomes a champion with a volkswagen beetle with a mind of its own. World touring car champion 2011 chevrolet cruze long. British touring car championship the uks most popular national racing series press j to jump to the feed. The last time two drivers in a british touring car championship support series entered the final weekend of the season tied on points, it produced one of the most dramatic and entertaining.
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