Irish Touring Car Championship

== Irish Touring Car Championship ==
Irish Touring Car Championship
Category, Touring Cars.
Country Ireland, Wales, Scotland And The Rest Of Europe.
Inaugural Season, 1994.
Folded, 2011.
Last Drivers Champion, Richard Lyons.
Last Teams Champion, Volkswagen Team Ireland.
Last Makes Champion, Volkswagen.
The Irish Touring Car Championship (ITCC) Was A Touring Car Racing Series Based In Ireland But Also With Rounds In Wales And Scotland, As Well As In Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Russia And Ukraine Throughout The Years As Well, They Began Operating In 1994 Heavily Influnced By The British Touring Car Championship, And Also The Imaginary World Touring Car Championship, And The Success Of The IWTCC On Irish Television, The Final ITCC Season Was In 2011 As The Merged With Both The Scottish Touring Car Championship And The Welsh Touring Car Championship.
== Car Regulations ==
Here's A List Of Car Regulations Throughout The Years In The IWTCC
FIA Group A (1994-1997) 
Super Touring (1994-2003) 
BTC Touring (2003-2011) 
Super 2000 (2003-2011) 
Diesel 2000 (2009-2011) 
NGTC (2011) 
Super 1600 (2003-2011) 
Kitcar (1996-2002) 
Formula 2 (1994-1995) 
== Rules ==
Points System (As Of 2005)
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
== Qualifying And Race ==
Every Racing Weekend Consists Of The Following
* Qualifying: First A 20 Minute Qualifying Session Open To All Drivers Is Run As The Eight Fastest Drivers In The 20 Minutes Session Go On To Drive In The Super Pole Drivers From 9th Quickest And Backwards Start In The Qualifying Order For The First Race The Grid For The 2nd Race Is Reversed Results Of Top Eight From The Results Of The First Race The Cars Behind Top Eight In The Position They Finished In Race One
* Super Pole: Super pole is a one-lap shootout for the first eight grid positions of race one. The driver with the 8th fastest qualifying time is the first to run a Super Pole lap. Each of the remaining seven drivers run their Super Pole lap in order of slowest to fastest. In the end, the driver with the fastest Super Pole lap starts the race from pole, or first, position.
* Race: There are two races in a race weekend and each race is approximately 20 minutes in length. All races start using a rolling start.
== TV Coverage ==
ITCC was first aired in 1995 On RTE Featured in the program called RPM 
In 2001 ITCC Coverage Moved From RTE To TV3 TV3 Only Kept ITCC For A Year selling it To UTV The races appeared again in a highlights format on UTV During 2002 But In 2003 the coverage was extended to include several hours of live coverage from each race weekend In 2005 ITCC Returned To RTE again being available to all viewers, but coverage was cut down to only a 30-minute highlight program. Nowadays the competition is broadcast by TG4
== Car Brands ==
The cars competing in the ITCC (As Of 2011) Are
Alfa Romeo
Audi
BMW
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Chery
Chrysler
Citroen
Daewoo
Dacia
Fiat 
Ford
Honda
Hyundai
Jaguar
Kia
Lada
Lancia
Lexus
Mercedes Benz
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Opel
Peugeot
Proton
Renault
Saab
Seat
Skoda
Subaru
Suzuki
Toyota
Vauxhall
Volkswagen
Volvo
== Champions ==
Season         Driver             Manufacturer Team Car 
 
1994    Martin Donnelly         Toyota      Donnelly Motorsport Toyota Carina E 
1995   Martin Donnelly          Toyota      Donnelly Motorsport Toyota Carina E
1996   Mark Turley                Honda      Team DID Electrical Honda Accord
1997   Mark Turley                Honda      Team DID Electrical Honda Accord
1998   Ed O Connor              Renault     Irvine Motorsport Renault Laguna
1999   Helmut Holfeld           Peugeot    Peugeot Team Ireland Peugeot 406
2000   Austin McHale           Toyota       Toyota Team Ireland Toyota Avensis
2001   Austin McHale            Toyota       Toyota Team Ireland Toyota Avensis
2002   Owen McAuley           Toyota        Toyota Team Ireland Toyota Avensis
2003   Eddie Irvine                 Honda        Honda Team Ireland Honda Civic Type R
2004   Eddie Irvine                 Honda        Honda Team Ireland Honda Civic Type R
2005   Ralph Firman               Ford           Ford Team Ireland Ford Focus 
2006   Owen McAuley            Ford           Ulster Bank Racing Ford Focus 
2007   Adam Carroll               Ford           Donnelly Motorsport Ford Focus ST
2008   Ralph Firman              Ford           Ford Team Ireland Ford Focus ST
2009   Gavin Smith               Volkswagen Volkswagen Team Ireland Volkswagen Scirocco
2010   Richard Lyons            Volkswagen Volkswagen Team Ireland Volkswagen Scirocco
2011   Richard Lyons            Volkswagen  Volkswagen Team Ireland Volkswagen Scirocco
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