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BTCC 2010 Calendar
1: 04/04/10 - Thruxton
2: 25/04/10 - Rockingham
3: 02/05/10 - Brands Hatch (Grand Prix)
4: 06/06/10 - Oulton Park (Island)
5: 20/06/10 - Croft
6: 08/08/10 - Snetterton
7: 22/08/10 - Silverstone (National)
8: 05/09/10 - Knockhill
9: 19/09/10 - Donington Park
10: 10/10/10 - Brands Hatch (Indy)Advertisements
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Latest News Archive
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Boardman Under The Heat
Posted on September 8, 2010 | No CommentsTom Boardman suffered another frustrating in the BTCC, this time at Knockhill. Overheating issues all weekend meant that Tom would retire in two of the three races at the Scottish circuit. Going into the weekend the Leon with the normally aspirated engine, which Tom had... -
BTCC Announce 2011 Dates
Posted on September 8, 2010 | No CommentsToday the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship announced its provisional calendar for the 2011 season. The season will start on the first weekend in April at Brands Hatch and commence on the 15th and 16th of October at the ‘Home of Motorsport’ at Silverstone.... -
Knockhill Analysis
Posted on September 8, 2010 | No CommentsDespite a reduced field at Knockhill, the weekend still produced a fascinating round of British Touring car action. The immediate conclusion to draw can be done so by glancing at the drivers championship standings. It seems now for the first time this season, the contenders... -
Pinkney Leaves Knockhill Frustrated
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsDavid Pinkney lined up on the grid for the first race of the day at Knockhill in round 7 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship on 13th place and confident about his race pace but his weekend came to a frustrating finish after... -
Chevrolet Going For A Cruze Around Knockhill
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsWith the weather in Scotland pleasantly suprising most at Knockhill, the Silverline Chevrolet team decided to make the most of the end of summer by walking away from the weekend with another record for the young Alex MacDowell and a win for more experienced campaigner... -
Kane And Jackson Suffer Knocks At Knockhill
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe Motorbase Airwaves BMW team had a pretty unlucky weekend over the border in Scotland, this weekend. The Knockhill round of the BTCC saw Steven Kane step on to the podium again and walk away from the meeting with a strong haul of 16 points,... -
Team Aon Struggle In Scotland
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe LPG cars of Team Aon had a tough weekend at Knockhill despite the usual “Fords will be quick” commentary in the run up to the 8th round of the British Touring Car Championship. Tom Onslow-Cole was the only driver to make it to the... -
Plato Wins To Consolidate Championship Lead
Posted on September 5, 2010 | No CommentsJason Plato took the final win of the day at Knockhill to increase his lead in the championship to 20 points. It was a hard fought victory for the former champion who spent most of the race staring at the back of Tom Onslow-Cole’s Ford... -
Neal Leads Home Honda 1-2
Posted on September 5, 2010 | No CommentsMatt Neal took victory in race two of the day, from team mate Gordon Shedden as Honda continued to dominate proceedings. Neal started fourth but took advantage of a poor start from Alex MacDowall to be second out of the first corner behind Shedden. At... -
Shedden Takes Comfortable Win In Eventful Opener
Posted on September 5, 2010 | No CommentsGordon Shedden took victory on home soil in the first of today’s three races at Knockhill. The 31 year old Scot took advantage of his front row start to out drag pole sitter Alex MacDowall on the run down to the first corner. Shedden outbraked... -
Knockhill BTCC Qualifying Roundup
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe British Touring Car Championship travelled north of the border to Knockhill this weekend and todays Free Practice and Qualification sessions gave the drivers and teams a lot to talk about, not least Pole Position and Qualification Lap Time Record winner Alex MacDowell : “The Cruze is great... -
MacDowall Snatches Pole
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsAlex MacDowall took his second pole position of the season at Knockhill today, with a late lap of 53.001 seconds to deny home favourite Gordon Shedden. It was a close session, with many drivers topping the timesheets at different points. However with fifteen minutes left,... -
Shedden fastest again in FP2 but Owy steals the show
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsGordon Shedden once again topped the timesheets with the fastest time in the second free practice session of the day. The works Honda driver headed the Techspeed run Honda of Paul O’Neill by two tenths of a second. O’Neill, who is driving one of just... -
Shedden heads the field in FP1
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsGordon Shedden used his home advantage to set the fastest lap during the first practice session at Knockhill. The Scot 31, who has worked at the track as business and development manager among other roles, was 0.131 seconds faster than the Ford Focus of Tom... -
Johnson and Wood absent from Knockhill
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsMartin Johnson and Lea Wood will be among the absentees in the Touring car field this weekend at Knockhill. Johnson has elected to miss the Scottish round to ensure that his Boulevard team will have the funds in place to compete in the last two... -
Jordan’s Pirtek Vectra Set For Knockhill
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsAndrew Jordan and the Pritek Racing team have been hard at work repairing the damage to the Vectra caused at Silverstone and are keen to take on the twists and turns of Knockhill this weekend in the 8th round of the BTCC. Having secured six... -
George And O’Neill Bringing Sunshine To Scotland
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsJohn George and Paul O’Neill will be hoping that their Sunshine.co.uk cars bring them points this weekend after two great performances at Silverstone last time out. The Tech-Speed team are in confident mood as they make their way up to Knockhill for the Scottish round... -
Jeff Smith switches to BTCC for Knockhill
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsRenault Clio Cup driver Jeff Smith will race for Triple Eight this weekend at Knockhill. The 44 year old from Wellingborough, will partner James Nash in Ian Harrison’s team, with number 15 on the side of the car. Smith becomes the fifth driver to race... -
Motorbase Airwaves BMW Duo Keen On Knockhill Challenge
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsSteven Kane and Mat Jackson appear to be looking forward to taking on the Scottish weather and the unique layout of the Knockhill circuit this weekend. Despite the apparent lack of success for the BMW at Knockhill, Jackson secured 3 podium finishes here last year... -
Team Aon Aiming For Knockhill Knockout
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsTom Chilton and Tom Onslow-Cole have come out of a superb performance in the British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone knowing that the Scottish circuit of Knockhill isn’t ideally suited to the LPG Ford Focus, but they’re far from worried about it! The twists and turns...