Autosport International Preview
Next week sees the biggest motorsport event of the year head to the English shores as the Autosport International Show sets up at the NEC in Birmingham attracting thousands of avid motorsport enthusiasts from every walk of life. Along with Formula 1, Rallying, and the Live Action Arena guests will be able to see a host of British Touring Car drivers and cars.
The main star of the show will be none other than 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship winner, Jason Plato, who’ll be partnering Tiff Needell in the Fifth Gear Live Action Arena. You’ll expect to see Jason driving high performance cars during Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th in the arena.
As well as getting to see Jason Plato do his thing there’ll be the likes of Matt Neal, Robert Collard, Shaun Hollamby, Ben Collins and Alex MacDowall all present as they compete against each other in the Racing4Charity.com Karting Challenge. The Karting Challenge is an annual event at the Autosport International event as they try and raise funds for this years charity, the Starlight Foundation.
Honda Racing will also be on show during the four days of the show on the Rimstock stand. The Honda Civic’s driven by both Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden took ten wins during the 2010 British Touring Car Championship season and in-turn won the Manufacturers Championship.
That’s not all. Shaun Hollamby will also be making an appearance as he and the VW Golf appears on the AmDMilltekRacing.com stand over the weekend public days.
Speaking to BTCC.net, Hollamby said, “I hope to see a lot of those who voted for me at the show plus a lot of other new faces – people can also become part of the YRC gang which will really make them feel like a unique part of a BTCC race team in 2011. We’re not aware of anyone doing anything similar and at present it’s going down a storm.”
As well as the British Touring Car attractions we have mentioned there are many more stands from all types of different forms of motorsport. More details can be found here.
James Mappin
