Win Percy won his first drivers title, driving a TWR prepared Mazda RX-7.[1][2]. "BTCC" redirects here. Rockingham Motor Speedway, Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Crystal Palace circuit and Goodwood Circuit have all hosted rounds in the past. Most weekends in 2013 see three Supercup races with a few rounds hosting only two races. All the support championships are either Single Make Championships or Formula racing. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, List of British Touring Car Championship records, "Anatomy of a Super Touring car 1996 Audi A4 quattro B5", "Herbert goes back to his roots after horror crash", "British Touring Car Championship Croft - Race 2 Report - 29/6/14", "Turkington wins tough third Thruxton race", Addison named new BTCC commentator | BTCC News, 1975 Southern Organs British Saloon Car Championship, "1979 Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship", touringcarracing.net, "New UK FIA Formula 4 series MSA Formula to use Mygale chassis", British Universities Karting Championship, Speedway Elite League Riders' Championship, Speedway Premier League Riders' Championship, Speedway Premier League Pairs Championship, Speedway Premier League Four-Team Championship, Speedway Conference League Riders' Championship, Speedway Conference League Four-Team Championship, South American Super Touring Car Championship, Central European Supertouring Car Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Touring_Car_Championship&oldid=982986829, 1958 establishments in the United Kingdom, Recurring sporting events established in 1958, National championships in the United Kingdom, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2014, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Articles with dead external links from November 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Up to 7 Hours of coverage per meeting (also shows live and delayed coverage of support races). Unlike Speed's offering as the series being winter programming filling the void after the American racing season, CBSSN airs events a week or so after their actual running. Choose Options Compare. Under current NGTC regulations, all entrants use Carless HiperFlo 300 which is a 101/102 RON and 89/90 MON unleaded gasoline with approximately 2% oxygen content that meets the FIA ‘Appendix J’ gasoline specification. This means drivers finishing race two in positions 6th through 12th could take pole position for race 3 depending on the outcome of the draw. With the introduction of the NGTC rules, all cars share a number of common components provided through a contract with RML Group. This page was last edited on 11 October 2020, at 15:45. From 2008, the races were screened live on ITV4, along with the support races. The introduction of these new technical regulations were designed to dramatically reduce the design, build and running costs of the cars and engines as well as reducing the potential for significant performance disparities between cars. In 2013, the championship with run two races at all BTCC weekends. There were troubles as usual too; Lloyd was disqualified, and Hodgetts car thrown out as well; the latter having, apart from oversize inlet valves (by a very small margin), a wrong 5th gear ratio - the homologation showed one which was no longer in production! This has allowed many independent teams to enter without the need for manufacturer support, and negating the need to source ex-works cars. Previous championship titles were awarded to the leading "Production" (or "Class B") driver and team between 2000 and 2003. All races were held in the United Kingdom. 366 - John Bowe - A collage of a few of the cars he drove during his career. Out of all the current support series, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB is the longest serving support championship. Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship You Spin Me 'Round - 1980 index. In the middle of 2006, Kartworld's owner-driver Jason Hughes converted his 4-cylinder MG ZS to run on Bio-Ethanol, soon followed by the West Surrey Racing cars of championship contender Colin Turkington and Rob Collard, and for the final event at Silverstone, Richard Marsh converted his Peugeot 307 to run on bio-ethanol fuel. 00149 - Steve Masterton - Photographer Ray Simpson. Live timing for the BTCC and its support races, as well as testing, is provided by Timing Solutions Ltd from their website.