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Dan Cammish to make surprise return for Thruxton opener 24 hours ago Dan Cammish will make a surprise return to the BTCC grid for the opening round of the 2021 season after being drafted in by BTC Racing for the Thruxton meeting. Cammish found himself without a drive for the upcoming campaign after splitting with Team Dynamics, and has since inked a deal to return to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Redline Racing. However, with the Carrera Cup season not getting underway until next month at Sne...

Reigning Jack Sears Trophy winner Michael Crees will miss the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season after parting company with BTC Racing little over a week before the opening rounds of the year at Thruxton. Crees was set to return to the team for a second season at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type … More »

22 Apr 2021 Three-time British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden has topped the timesheets on his official return to the series after setting the quickest lap at the Silverstone media day test. Three-time British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden has topped the timesheets on his official return to the series after setting the quickest lap at the Silverstone media day test. Shedden posted a 57.108s lap during the afternoon running to emerge from the pre-season test as the man to beat ahead o...

Parfitt Jr completes Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC squad for 2021 Autosport 23/02/2021 © LAT Images Parfitt Jr completes Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC squad Former British GT champion Rick Parfitt Jr will complete the Excelr8 Trade Price Cars driver line-up for its 2021 British Touring Car Championship assault. The 2017 British GT title winner is set to make his debut in the BTCC this season, driving one of four Hyundai 30N Fastbacks the team will run this season. Parfitt Jr will join last years BTCC title ...

Stephen Jelley completes West Surrey Racing BMW line-up in BTCC for 2021 Autosport 17/02/2021 © LAT Images Jelley completes WSR BMW line-up for 2021 Triple British Touring Car Championship race winner Stephen Jelley has returned to the West Surrey Racing BMW squad for 2021 after an 11-year absence from the team. Jelley abandoned his single-seater career to go into tin-tops with WSR in 2008, and in his second season he steered the Super 2000-spec BMW 320si to two victories at Rockingham. La...

Tom Oliphant remains with West Surrey Racing BMW in BTCC for 2021 Autosport 10/02/2021 © LAT Images Oliphant remains with BMW in BTCC for 2021 British Touring Car Championship race winner Tom Oliphant will remain on board at the West Surrey Racing-run BMW squad for a third season this year. The former Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion joined WSR for 2019 after a rookie BTCC season at the wheel of a Ciceley Motorsport Mercedes, and in 2020 made a big jump in competitiveness to take his maiden ...

Butcher to lead two-car Toyota BTCC effort alongside Smelt for 2021 Autosport 27/01/2021 © LAT Images Butcher to lead two-car Toyota BTCC effort in 2021 Six-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Rory Butcher will lead an expanded two-car Toyota line-up run by Speedworks Motorsport this season. As expected, the 33-year-old Scot is replacing the Excelr8 Hyundai-bound Tom Ingram, following a 2020 season in which he remained in title contention until the final race weekend with th...

Ingram to lead Hyundai BTCC squad Excelr8 in 2021 after move from Toyota Autosport 20/01/2021 © LAT Images Ingram to lead Hyundai BTCC squad in 2021 British Touring Car Championship star Tom Ingram will line up in a Hyundai this season at the start of what has been described as a "multi-year agreement" with Excelr8 Motorsport. Commercial considerations were at the root of the split, with Ingram carrying personal backing from Cornish pasty giant Ginsters and Hansford Sensors, and Speedworks...

Smiley faces second season with Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC team Autosport 15/01/2021 © LAT Images Smiley remains with Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC team British Touring Car Championship race winner Chris Smiley is to remain with the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai squad for a second season in 2021. The Northern Irishman gave the Excelr8-run Hyundai i30 N a reversed-grid second place on its debut race weekend at Donington Park last season, and forms part of an expanded four-car line-up for the Suffolk squad in...

Toyota expands to two-car BTCC attack for 2021 Autosport 12/01/2021 © LAT Images Toyota expands to two-car BTCC attack Toyotas British Touring Car Championship team is to expand to two cars for the 2021 season. Speedworks Motorsport, which is entered under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing UK, is to field two versions of the Corolla, which has taken seven race wins during its two seasons of competition with Tom Ingram at the wheel. The move represents what Toyota UK hopes will be a full-on...