Btcc touring car legends documentary part 3 youtube. Richard and james compete against some british touring car drivers in a mobile motorsport racing living quarters grand prix. Az btcc driversover the years, there have been many drivers in the british touring car championship. If you love touring cars, then has everything you need, with british touring cars, world touring cars and classic etcc on dvd and download. Contentsshow background neal had limited experience before he started in the bscc, mainly in club events while working as a mechanic and engineer. British touring car championship signed helmet signed. British touring car champions quiz stats by sammy789. Itv4 is the home of the british touring car championship and the touring car legends series is an ideal compliment to our coverage of. Imaginary british touring car championship fictional. Click on a drivers name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc.
The undercard stars battling for btccs support titles. British touring car championship the formula 1 wiki fandom. Since then his curriculum vitae includes test driver for reynard race cars. 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. 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. Yvan muller career history motorsport stats autosport.
A race car driver becomes a champion with a volkswagen beetle with a mind of its own. In 2009, the btcc released details of its next generation touring car ngtc specification, to be introduced from 2011. The subaru levorg will need to make over 300 horsepower in order to compete in the british touring car championship. A photographic celebration of 50 years robson, graham on. Dunlop msa british touring car championship 2011 standings. 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. 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 british touring car championship is one of my favourite series. The btcc is back in ascendance and 2008 looks like being a great year for this series. 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. Alfa romeo takes on alpha male when james drives the 159 across the mudplains of the humber river against graham boanas. 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.
World touring car champion 2011 chevrolet cruze long. Championships driver f1 years btcc years chris amon 19631976 1963 peter arundell 19641964, 1966 1964. Watch british touring car championship 2015 prime video. Individual driver statistics for the 2011 dunlop msa british touring car championship. The exciting 2015 british touring car championship season continues with round 6 in norfolk, england on the snetterton circuit. 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. Over that time, the series has changed from a largely amateur affair, using standard road cars, to the sophisticated professional. Click on a driver s name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc. In 1994, volvo shook up the touring car world by enlisting their supposedlysoccermom 850 wagon in the british touring car championship btcc. Only includes the overall race winner, not winners for class categories. There are currently 33 drivers listed for btcc 2011. 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. This list is a comprehensive guide to those drivers. The british touring car championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the united kingdom, currently organized and administered by toca.
In this series amateur and professional teams compete in modified versions of production family touring cars all across the united kingdom. 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. Touring car dvds and downloads watch bumpertobumper touring car action from the wtcc, btcc and more on download and dvd at brilliant prices. Btcc driver davenport in induced coma, smith has serious. Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified roadgoing cars. Neal is currently the team principle of team dynamics, the group he founded in 1991. Profiles are available for the drivers linked below. Btcc touring car legends documentary part 1 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. As a brit, i spent many cold and wet weekends at thruxton, silverstone and brands hatch watching this type of racing. Matt neal career history motorsport stats autosport. It was established in 1958 as the british saloon car championship and was renamed as the british touring car championship for the 1987 season. K winner of dozens of openwheel races in ff2000, supervee, formula continental and f3 including finishing second in the british ff2000 championship and. Watch british touring car championship online full. 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. Imaginary britsh touring car championship fictional.
Only drivers who have completed in a round of the formula one world championship are listed here. 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. Steve neal is a former british saloon car championship driver, and father of triple champion matt neal. 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 is a list of racing drivers who have competed in the british touring car championship, sorted alphabetically by surname. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. British touring car championship the uks most popular national racing series press j to jump to the feed.
Volvos 850 wagon in the 1994 btcc but why did they. The title of btcc champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a british touring car championship season. 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. Can you name the british touring car drivers champions. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Drivers who are competing in the 2020 season are highlighted in bold. 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. United states touring car championship ustcc is americas longest running touring car racing. Entries races entered points podiums pole positions wins note. 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. The series tells the inside story of the british touring car championship from the first race on boxing day 1957 to the present day. Dunlop highlights from the whole 2011 british touring car.
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