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Knockhill Racing Circuit

## Circuit

The circuit has two layouts, the 1.3 miles International layout with 9 corners and the 1 mile National layout with 10 corners. On both layouts the circuit is 10 metres wide and has a total elevation change of 37 metres.

A lap of Knockhill, beginning at the start line (which unusually for a motor racing circuit is at a different point to the finish line. Whilst the start line is roughly in the middle of the pit straight, the finish line is situated slightly to the west, towards the final corner), first involves passing over the crest which marks the highest point of the circuit. The circuit then levels out and passes under the pedestrian bridge before a short braking zone preceding the first of the nine corners, Duffus Dip, a fast, blind apexed downhill right hand corner widely regarded as one of the most challenging corners in the United Kingdom. At the foot of this decline is a quick left hand corner named Leslie's followed swiftly by a tricky braking zone, due to

vehicles possibly still being unsettled from the levelling out of the track through Leslie's, for the next corner, a ninety degree right hand bend originally named McIntyre's, but currently named Scotsman due to sponsorship. After the exit of McIntyre's there is a short straight leading to the next corner, a shallow right hand corner named Butcher's. After this the track dips downward (reaching the lowest point of the circuit) before rising fairly steeply upwards towards another very challenging corner. The Chicane, previously named the Arnold Clark Chicane and the John R Weir Chicane, both because of sponsorship deals, is such a challenge because the second, right hand part of the corner is completely blind and drivers do not see the apex of the second part until after they have turned in and it is this combined with the presence of a sausage kerb on the inside of the track to deter corner cutting that results in vehicles often going through the chicane on two wheels (and occasionally off the ground completely). After a run down the short back straight comes the next corner,Clark's, a blind uphill right hander, frequently the scene of vehicles getting onto two wheels and/or running wide into the gravel located on the outside of the corner. Fairly quickly following this is a corner now named Hislop's but previously named Railway, in reference to the fact that it is this section of the track that runs along the location of the old railway line. This corner is a left handed kink taken at relatively high speeds.

Then comes the second longest straight of the circuit, also named Railway, where vehicles often slipstream one another in preparation for the heaviest braking zone belonging to the ninth and final corner. Taylor's is a hairpin corner that is one of the tightest found anywhere in the UK. It has an uphill apex, is arguably the best overtaking point of the circuit and was previously known as the Real Radio Hairpin for sponsorship reasons. Upon exit from Taylor's vehicles accelerate hard on the part uphill pit straight towards the finish line.
Nissan Works Team

Nissan is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a constructor, under the name of **Old Spice Nissan Racing**. They have been associated with BTCC since 1991.

## History

### 1991

    In 1991 Nissan saw the potential in competing and decided to join the series full-time. János O'dor was installed as the team principal, and Alan Heaphy as the team manager. Their drivers were David Osborne partnering Belgian racing driver Roy Cop and with sponsorship from Castrol oils, the cars had potential but required a lot of development work. The season started well as the Nissan was on the pace with Cop winning at the first meeting of the year. As the year went on, Nissan got stronger and with the disqualification of Toyota's Vik Rune, the Nissan looked like the car to beat. Despite late season pressure from Mitsubishi, Nissan took the Overall Drivers, Manufacturer Drivers and the Teams championship. Cop claimed the first STSR BTCC title taking 14 wins through out the year.

### 1992

In the winter between 1991 and 1992, Cop made the controversial decision to drive for Nissan's rivals, Toyota. Osborne would return and was joined by Patrick Babiche from Canada. Again, the Nissan team would be run by Janspeed. Babiche manged a podium on his debut but only ran a limited program in 1992 and the team was carried by Osborne. He managed 3 podiums throughout the year as he had done in 1991. With only 1 car scoring points in the majority of the races, Nissan finished in 3rd behind Vauxhall and Toyota. Osborne finished 5th in the championship with Babiche down in 9th.

### 1993

Nissan made a huge announcement for 1993 with double Independent champion, Mike Bell joining the team with Osborne staying on for a third term. From the fifth round at Brands Hatch, Jaz Evered would drive a third entry.

## Motorsport career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
1991 British Touring Car Championship Round 10

The **1991 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)** Round 10 was a Touring Car meeting that was held on 15 September 1991 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. The race was contested over 3 13 lap sprint races, the third of which was the first ever night race in the series, and was the tenth round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship.

## Background

Heading into the meeting, Roy Cop was leading the Overall and Manufacturer Drivers' Championship by sixty-one points from Michael Sneath. Kaliber ICS Team Toyota was leading the Manufacturer's Team Championship by thirty points from Nissan Janspeed Racing. In the Independent Driver's Championship, Mike Bell lead Kris Simton by thirty points. However it was Simton's Auto Trader Techspeed Team which lead the Independent Team's Championship over ACE Motorsport by forty-two points.

### Entrants

Ten drivers representing seven teams entered the race. Nissan Janspeed Racing, John Maguire Racing Team and ACE Motorsport entered two cars and BMW Team Finance, BMW Team Labatts, Kaliber ICS Team Toyota and Autotrader Techspeed entered single cars.

## Championship standings after the race

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Manufacturer Drivers' Championship standings

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Manufacturer Teams' Championship standings

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Independent Drivers' Championship standings

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Independent Teams' Championship standings

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1991 British Touring Car Championship Round 11

The **1991 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)** Round 11 was a Touring Car meeting that was held on 22 September 1991 at the Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire, England. The race was contested over 1 twelve lap sprint race and 1 twenty-four lap feature race and was the eleventh round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship.

## Background

Heading into the meeting, Roy Cop was leading the Overall and Manufacturer Drivers' Championship by eighty-three points from Michael Sneath. Cop would win both titles if Sneath failed to outscore him by 20 points over the meeting. Nissan Janspeed Racing was leading the Manufacturer's Team Championship by thirty-three points from Kaliber ICS Team Toyota. In the Independent Driver's Championship, Mike Bell lead Kris Simton by thirty-six points. Bell would win the title if Simton failed to outscore him by 7 points over the meeting. However it was Simton's Auto Trader Techspeed Team which lead the Independent Team's Championship over ACE Motorsport by fourteen points.

### Entrants

Nine drivers representing seven teams entered the race. Nissan Janspeed Racing and Autotrader Techspeed entered two cars and BMW Team Finance, BMW Team Labatts, Kaliber ICS Team Toyota, John Maguire Racing Team and ACE Motorsport entered single cars.

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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Manufacturer Drivers' Championship standings

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Manufacturer Teams' Championship standings

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Independent Drivers' Championship standings

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Independent Teams' Championship standings

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Dimitris Gkaras

**Dimitris Gkaras** (born 9 January 1992) is a Greek racing driver who is best known for his time spent racing in the British Touring Car Championship for Toyota.

## Early Life

Gkaras was born 9 January 1992 in Greece.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

    Following Vik Rune's disqualification from the 1991 British Touring Car Championship, Gkaras was Runes replacement at selected events for the remainder of the season achieving a best position of 4th on his debut at Knockhill.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Patrick Babiche

**Patrick Babiche** (born 07 October 1999) is a Canadian racing driver, best known for his time driving for Vic Lee Motorsport and Nissan in the British Touring Car Championship.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

Babiche raced for BMW Team Listerine at Round 1 of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton. Babiche qualified 3rd and achieved two podium finishes in the three races. Following the first meeting, Babiche left the series when he was in 2nd place in both the Overall and Manufacturer Drivers championship and didn't return to the until the final round at Brands Hatch. At Brand Hatch, he managed to get a win in the penultimate race of the season eventually finishing 13th in the Overall drivers championship and 10th in the manufacturers.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)

### Complete VW Vento Cup results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
1994 South African Touring Car Championship

The **1995 South African Touring Car Championship season** was the inaugural South African Touring Car Championship (SATCC) season which commenced on 5 February and ended on 8 October. The championship consisted of eleven meetings, each held in South Africa.

## Teams and drivers

The following 18 drivers and 9 teams took part in the 1994 South Africa Touring Car Championship (SATCC).

## Race calendar

All races were held in South Africa. A provisional 22-race calendar for the SATCC was officially announced.
1991 British Touring Car Championship Round 3

The **1991 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)** Round 3 was a Touring Car meeting that was held on 27 May 1991 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. The race was contested over 1 10 lap sprint race and 1 20 lap feature race and was the third round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship.

## Background

Heading into the meeting, Vik Rune was leading the Overall and Manufacturer Drivers' Championship by thirty-three points from Josh Jones. Rune's team, Kaliber ICS Team Toyota was leading the Manufacturer's Team Championship by forty points from Nissan Janspeed Racing. In the Independent Driver's Championship, Mike Bell lead Kris Simton by four points. However it was Simton's Auto Trade Techspeed Team which lead the Independent Team's Championship over ACE Motorsport by twenty-six points.

### Entrants

Thirteen drivers representing eight teams entered the race. Auto Trader Techspeed Team, Nissan Janspeed Racing, Kaliber ICS Team Toyota ,Vauxhall Sport and for the first time BMW Team Labatts each entered two cars and ACE Motorsport and BMW Team Listerine both entered single cars. The BMW works team also appeared in the championship for the first time racing a single entry.

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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Manufacturer Driver's Championship standings

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Manufacturer Team's Championship standings

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2001 British Touring Car Championship

The **2001 theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship season** was the eleventh British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season which commenced on 16 April and ended on 7 October. The championship consisted of thirteen meetings, all but one held in the United Kingdom, with Mondello Park in Ireland hosting a round for the first time.

2001 marked the first year for BTC specification cars in the championship.

The championship would also host the Production class, for Super Production specification cars.

## Teams and drivers

The following 22 drivers and 12 teams took part in the 2001 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC):

## Championship standings

### Points system

Production points are awarded to the top eight drivers in each race as follows:

### BTC-Touring

**Drivers Championship**

**Manufacturer Drivers Championship**

**Manufacturer Teams Championship**

### BTC-Production

**Drivers Championship**

**Teams Championship**
91-CAV-D

**Build Date** | 1991

## History

Built by Dave Cook Racing and driven in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship by Matt Hull.

The following year the car was run by RML in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship by Matt Hull and later in the season David Osborne. At the end of the season the car was used at the 1994 Touring Car World Cup at the Donington Park driven by David Osborne.

After 1994 the car remained unused until being purchased by Lorenzo Turri in 1996.
NIS-A-03

**Build Date** | 1991

## History

Janspeed built Nissan Primera, driven by David Osborne in the 1991 Touring Car World Cup at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, Spain.

The following year the car was updated to 1992 spec and run by Janspeed in the 1992 British Touring Car Championship by David Osborne. At the end of the season the car was used at the 1992 Touring Car World Cup at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia.

In 1993, the car was driven by Jaz Evered in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship.

The car remained unused until it was bought by Chris Pimm in 1996.
Rockingham Motor Speedway

## History

Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby. It hosted professional and club races, as well as testing, track days, driver training, exhibitions and conferences. It claimed to be Europe's fastest racing circuit, and was the first banked oval constructed in Britain since the closure of Brooklands in 1939.
Construction of Rockingham started late in 1999, with the opening meeting planned for May 2001.
Rockingham Motor Speedway was constructed on a British Steel works brown field site as a banked oval with the intention of bringing the American oval racing across the Atlantic for the first time. The opportunity was taken to use the infield for further circuits.
After almost ten years of planning and 23 months of construction work, Rockingham opened for business on Monday 15 January 2001. It was formally opened by the Queen on 26 May 2001
Pembrey Circuit

## History

The stimulus for the creation of a racing circuit at Pembrey was the closure of the motor racing facility at Llandow near Cardiff. Port Talbot Motor Cycle Racing Club were the first organisation to put on racing events at this circuit. In 1981 the Welsh Race Drivers' Association (WRDA) was formed with the expressed intention of developing a new race circuit in Wales. At the same time the former RAF airfield at Pembrey, which had been used as a chicken farm, was acquired by Llanelli Borough Council. Following a representation by the WRDA the decision was taken to construct a racing circuit at the venue. The first race meeting was held on 21 May 1989, and the winner of the first race at the circuit was Nigel Petch in an MGB.

In 1990 the BARC signed a 50-year lease to operate the circuit on behalf of Carmarthenshire County Council.
Birmingham Superprix

## Circuit

The Birmingham SuperPrix circuit was laid down on public roads, just to the south of Birmingham City Centre. Slightly unusually the circuit ran anticlockwise. The start-finish straight was in the southbound lane of Bristol Street, the A38 road. The pit area was located on the forecourt of the Bristol Street Motors Ford dealership, with garaging for teams and cars housed in a multi-storey car park adjacent.

From this area the circuit headed south to cross the southern portion of Birmingham's ring road, the A4540 road, before it turned left and then headed east on a minor collector road. After approximately 180 metres cars took the southern part of the Belgrave Interchange roundabout as a right-left-right chicane, before following the slip road to drop down on to the south side (normally westbound lane) of the A4540 Belgrave Middleway dual carriageway. This continued as an undulating and slightly curved straight for around 650 metres until the cars arrived at the Haden Circus roundabout, named Halfords Corner after the title sponsor. Here, a large proportion of the centre of the roundabout island had been flattened and surfaced with tarmac forming a broad pan, reducing the radius of the hairpin corner significantly, but the slightly dished profile of the roundabout itself remained resulting in a significant hump as cars entered the corner's braking zone.

Following the hairpin, cars raced back along the opposite, northern side of Belgrave Middleway and took a sharp left-right kink up the opposing slip road that returned them to the interchange roundabout. Here, the roundabout entry and exit formed a double-apex right hand corner on to the much narrower Sherlock Street straight, an ordinary urban street that took competitors back toward the city centre. This continued for a little over half a kilometre to an open, fast, left hand bend on to Pershore Street. This short, 190 metre straight led to a tight, 90 degree left hand corner on to Bromsgrove Street. This corner was the scene of the infamous jam during the 1988 F3000 race when three cars collided at the corner and could not be cleared before the leaders reappeared behind them, causing the race to be stopped.

Bromsgrove Street straight then headed southwest for approximately 370 metres to a slight right hand kink into a narrow bridge across a pedestrian underpass, which then emerged through a tight left turn immediately back on to the broad expanse of the Bristol Street start-finish straight.
TE-ST07054

**Build Date** | 1993

## History

Built by TOM'S GB and driven in the 1993 Portuguese Touring Car Championship by Pedro Azeredo.

In 1995 the car was purchased by Michael Sneath. The car was entered into the 1995 Touring Car World Cup at the Norisring in Germany, driven by Joshua Anderson. The car won the Class B championship at the event.

In late 1996, the car was purchased by Lorenzo Turri.
Barwell Motorsport

Barwell Motorsport is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a privateer team. They have been associated with BTCC since 2000.

## History

### 2000

Barwell Motorsport would make their debut in 2000, after David Osborne would move from Ford after 2 rounds. He would drive a Production-spec Honda Integra Type-R (DC2) for the rest of the season, while also using a Honda Accord for the 6th round at Silverstone International, which was initally meant to be used by Michael Sneath but due to conflicting schedules Sneath's car would remain free for the season. So Osborne would give the Accord a spin at the famous British circuit. Osborne would finish the season a commendable 2nd in the Class B standings behind runaway winner Christopher Marnell.

### 2001

For 2001, Barwell would expand their operation to 2 Production-spec Honda Accords. Unfortunately, like 2000 they would miss a few races before entering with 2 new rookies to the series, British driver Thomas Crabb and German driver Nicolas Hillebrand. Barwell would finish 2nd in the Production Teams championship, with Crabb finishing 3rd in the Production Drivers championship with an impressive 3 wins in his debut season and Hillebrand would finish 11th in the standings after only being able to race one round.

### 2002

2002 would see Barwell move up to the main Touring class with 2 Vauxhall Astras to run in the Independent class. American Production hotshot AJ Stützmann would drive one of the cars alongside Polish driver Daniel Przygoda jumping from an Alfa Romeo the previous season.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Touring Car Manager

The **World Touring Car Manager Championship** is a touring car racing series held each year, currently organised and administered by British Touring Car Online (BTCO) It was established in 1995. The championship currently runs the FIA Super Touring regulations.

## History

The introduction of a 2-litre, single-class touring car formula (devised in the UK and later adopted worldwide by the FIA as ‘SuperTouring’) – and with all cars running on unleaded fuel – attracted interest from major motor manufacturers, which led to unprecedented growth, unparalleled global interest and fierce rivalries. The BTCC quickly became the world’s premier touring car series and, as such, the best possible global shop window for car companies wishing to promote their mainstream showroom models. The one-class system was popular with manufacturers from the beginning with five manufacturer supported teams from BMW, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota and Vauxhall entered in the championship. During the first seasons, the cars were not fitted with aerodynamic aids such as a front splitter or a rear wing which were allowed from 1995.

## Car regulations

The Super Touring cars were required to be a minimum of 4.20 metres (13.8 ft) in length, with four doors, effectively requiring a small family saloon car as a minimum. No more than 2 litres engine capacity, or six cylinders were permitted, and the engine was required to be normally aspirated. Only two wheels could be driven and steered. For homologation, initially at least 2500 units of the model used must have been produced. In 1995, in a bid to counter the increasing numbers of homologation specials this was increased to at least 25,000 units.

## Race format

* 15 minutes - BTCC Qualifying
* 70km - BTCC Race 1
* 70km - BTCC Race 2 reversed grid from race 1 results

## Points system

**Current points system**

Points are awarded to the top fifteen drivers in each race as follows:
Diego Flores

**Born** | DD Month Year (Aged 53)

**Diego Flores** (born DD Month Year) is an American racing driver, best known for his time racing in the British Touring Car Championship for SCB Vehicle Dismantlers and Rouse Sport.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Christopher Marnell

**Christopher Marnell** (born 04 April 2004) is an Irish racing driver currently racing in the British Touring Car Championship for Peugeot.

Christopher partially funds his racing endeavours through his used car dealerships and Benetton clothing chains across the British Isles. Christopher also runs his own race team, named Team Irish Racing Association, in lower disvisions such as the Subaru Cup.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

In 1996 Marnell would race for ProMotor Sport in their Vauxhall Cavalier and made his debut late on in the season at Knockhill. Chris impressed on debut with 2 podiums (a second and a third). He would complete for the remainder of the '96 season at the team.

He was snapped up by Nissan for the 1997 season, partnered alongside his friend Harry Williams. Chris' best result was second (twice) and he finished the season with four podiums. He would come sixth in points and Nissan would end up second in the manufacturers championship, "winning the 2WD class", best of the rest behind Audi.

For the 1998 season Christopher would join the factory Renault team, and would partner Lorenzo Turri. Chirs openly admited that he knew he was the second driver, and embraced the role. In his sophmore season, Marnell would see great improvement under Turri's guidance, capturing his first race win at Oulton Park.

Despite the pair winning the Teams' Championship with Renault in 1998, Marnell would be replaced with Daniel Hurlock. Chris moved back to Vauxhall, more specifically, the independent class with ADR Motorsport. "It feels like home, even at a different team" was the comment given by Marnell on his questionable move away from a top drive, "I did what I wanted to at Renault, now the pressure is off and I can enjoy racing a bit more." Marnell proved all the critics of his move wrong, as he finished the season third overall in the drivers' championship with two wins to his name. He also comfortably won the Independents' title after a strong starting Michael Sneath tailed off towards the end or the season.

In 2000 Marnell would take another step down the class ladder, joining Peugeot in the Production class with their 306. Despite missing two rounds due to an injury sustained while cycling, Marnell managed to clinch the drivers' title before the final round at Silverstone. Marnell won 19 out of the 26 races he competed in, and had 24 podiums in total. For the season finale at Silverstone, Marnell was offered a one-off deal by Honda to drive Michael Sneath's car which he had vacated earlier in the season.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)

### Complete Subaru Cup results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
1992 VW Vento Cup Round 2

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The **1992 VW Vento Cup** Round 2 was a Touring Car meeting that was held on 5 April 1992 at the Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire, England. The race was contested over 15 laps and was the second round of the 1992 VW Vento Cup.

## Background

Heading into the race weekend, Mike Bell led championship by 2 points over Josh Jones.

### Entrants

Eleven drivers representing six nationalities entered the race.

## Race

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TE-1A-93

**Build Date** | 1993

## History

Built by TOM'S GB and raced in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship by Kris Simton, achieving 3 podium finishes and placing 5th in the championship.

The car was driven at the 1993 Touring Car World Cup at Monza, Italy by Valtis Jansens, placing 10th overall.

The car took part in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship firstly driven by David Osborne, and then later in the year by Jake Black. Black achieved 11 podiums, including 4 wins.

The car remained unused until 1997 when it was purchased by Black.
1993 British Touring Car Championship Round 4

The **1993 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)** Round 4 was a Touring Car meeting that was held on 31 May 1993 at the Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire, England. The race was contested over 3 twenty lap sprint races and was the fourth round of the 1993 British Touring Car Championship.

## Background

Heading into the race weekend, Lorenzo Turri lead Roy Cop and Mike Bell at the head of the the Overall drivers' and Manufacturer Drivers' championships by 2 points. Turri's team, Team Mondeo, held a 58-point lead over Nissan Castrol Racing in the Manufacturers Team Championship.

### Entrants

Nine drivers representing six teams entered the race. Team Mondeo, Nissan Castrol Racing and Renault Dealer Racing each entered two cars and Team Securicor Toyota, Vauxhall Sport and Team Dynamics each entered single cars.

## Race 2

* Roy Cop finished 2nd on track, but was relegated to the back of the finishing standings following numerous collisions during the race. Every driver who finished the race behind Cop was promoted up a place.

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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Manufacturer Driver's Championship standings

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Manufacturer Team's Championship standings

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Independent Drivers's Championship standings

Independent Team's Championship standings
Pekka Ylitalo

**Pekka Ylitalo** (born - - -) is a Finnish racing driver who races in the British Touring Car Championship for the Team Dynamics.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

Ylitalo signed for Peugeot alongside David Todaro from the US to drive in the 1992 British Touring Car Championship. Ylitalo fared better than his team mate. With a best finishing position of 4th at Knockhill and despite missing the 4th round at Snetterton, he finished an impressive 8th in the championship with more than double the points of his team mate.

    For 1993, despite better results than Todaro at Peugeot, Ylitalo left the team, eventually signing with Team Dynamics to try and win the Independent title. Ylitalo achieved a fantastic 5th place finish at Pembrey and eventually won the Independent championship. Before the end of the season, Ylitalo announced that he would be leaving Team Dynamics and the series to focus on his sportscar career, but was open to a return to the BTCC in the future.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)

### Complete VW Vento Cup results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Tom Cinchy

**Tom Cinchy** (born DD Month Year) is a Croatian racing driver currently racing in the British Touring Car Championship for the Toyota Castrol Team. He won the 1993 Touring Car World Cup driving for BMW.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Renault Works Team

Renault is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a constructor, under the name of **Williams Renault Dealer Team**. They have been associated with BTCC since 1993.

## History

### 1993

In 1993, Renault made the decision to enter a team into the British Touring Car Championship. The team ran a pair of Renault 19s piloted by the experienced duo of Johannes Meles and Michael Sneath. The team made an impressive debut in the series as the finished 3rd in the championship, earning 17 podium finishes including 2 victories for Meles. Meles finished 3rd in the championship with Sneath finishing 4th.

### 1994

Renault retained the team of Meles and Sneath for 1994. The partnership had worked well in 1993 and Renault hoped the team could push on in their second season together. Renault would once again finish 3rd in the Team's Championship with the debut of the new Laguna. However in the drivers standings, Meles could only finish 6th and Sneath 8th.

### 1995

For 1995, both Meles and Sneath would vacate Renault to pursue new ventures with different teams. This left two spaces taken by Mazda refugee Daniel Hurlock and 2-time Independents Champion Mike Bell. This pairing proved to be a great success in just it's first season as Renault took the constructors Championship, and Hurlock the drivers crown, ending a 3 season streak by Lorenzo Turri.

### 1996

For 1996, both Hurlock and Bell were retained by Renault.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
VOL-R-02

**Build Date** | 1994

## History

Built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing and driven in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship by Daniel Koch and David Osborne. It was intended to be used at the 1994 Touring Car World Cup at Donington Park by Marie Müller but didn't participate.

In 1995 the car was purchased by Daniel Hurlock.
TE-2B-93

**Build Date** | 1993

## History

Built by TOM'S GB and raced under the Park Lane Toyota Junior Team banner, in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship, driven by Amer Hammoud.

In 1994, the car was sold to Maxted Motorsport and car raced at Round 4 at Silverstone in 1994 British Touring Car Championship, driven by Nick Wu.

The car remained unused until 1997, when it was purchased by Kris Simton.
Team Dynamics

Team Dynamics is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a privateer team. They have been associated with BTCC since 1992.

## History

### Origin

The team was founded by Steve Neal and Ray Bellm when they acquired its assets in 1993 following its owner's conviction for drug trafficking and subsequent liquidation. For the following season, Bellm, having bought a majority stake in the Silverstone-based motorsport equipment retailer, Grand Prix Racewear, also acquired a McLaren F1 GTR and went his own way.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Yugo Challenge

The **Yugo Challenge** is an entry level one-make, touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by British Touring Car Online (BTCO). The championship currently runs on the support package of the British Touring Car Championship.

## Current car

Since 1995, the championship uses Zastava Yugo 65.

* Engine: 1.3L engine Weber twin barrel carburetor
* Transmission:
* Suspension: Front: ; Rear:
* Brakes: ; Front: ; Rear:
* Dimensions: 3,485 mm (137.2 in)
* Wheelbase: 2,150 mm (84.6 in)
* Capacities:
* Weight: 825 kg (1,819 lb)

## Circuits

Being a national championship, the BTCC has visited circuits throughout the United Kingdom over its long history. Currently the series visits eight different tracks in England and Scotland over the course of ten meetings. These tracks are: Birmingham Superprix, Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Thruxton Circuit, Silverstone Circuit, Oulton Park, Snetterton Circuit and Knockhill Racing Circuit.

## Race format

* 7:30PM GMT - Lobby Opens / Free Practice
* 8:00PM GMT – Race

## Points system

**Current points system**

Points are awarded to the top eight drivers in each race as follows:
Thruxton Circuit

## History

The site was originally constructed in 1942 as RAF Thruxton, a World War II airfield which was home to both the RAF and USAAF and was used for troop-carrying aircraft and gliders, including operations during the D-Day landings. Also, the paratroopers who took part in the successful Bruneval Raid (Operation Biting), in which German radar equipment was seized on the coast of France, took off from here.

The circuit, which follows the line of the airfield's perimeter road, was established in 1968. From 1950–1965, motorbike races had taken place on the runways and perimeter road.
Tamchester Team Maxted

**Maxted Motorsport** is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a privateer team. They have been associated with BTCC since 1994.They are best known for their time involved in Touring Car World Cup. They won the 1992 Touring Car World Cup with Italian driver Lorenzo Turri

## History

### 1992

In 1992, Lorenzo Turri once again became World Champion driving for Vauxhall. Turri took pole and won both races as well as setting the fastest lap in each at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia. Thanks to Turri's maximum points haul, Vauxhall and Italy also became champions.

## Complete Touring Car World Cup results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Vic Lee Motorsport

Vic Lee Motorsport is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as an Independent team, under the name of **Team Halfords**. They have been associated with BTCC since 1991.

## History

### Origin

As Vic Lee Motorsport the team had considerable success in the early 1990s:

### 1991

 File:BMW TEAM LABATTS BOLLAND.png  In 1991 VLM ran 4 BMW M3s, 2 BMW Team Labbatts liveries and 2 in BMW Team Listerine colours. The Labatts cars were driven by Kevin Bolland and Alen Kopić and the 2 Listerine cars were driven by Josh Jones and Patrick Babiche.

### 1992

For 1992 VLM would scale back it's operation from 4 cars to 2, choosing to run only the Listerine cars. However, a brand new BMW was in use. Gone was the venerable M3 E30 and replaced with the new 318i E36. Josh Jones and Kevin Bolland were retained to drive for VLM. However, VLM would pull the plug on BTCC racing at the end of the season and would not return until 2001 as a factory Peugeot operation.

### 2002

After a disappointing factory campaign in 2001 led to Peugeot withdrawing as a factory outfit, VLM would return in 2002 as an Independent, with Halfords as the title sponsor. It would initially run 3 Peugeot 406 Coupes for rookies, Japan's Artus Wizkawo, Wales' Toby Johnson and Brit Tom Dee. Dee would withdraw partway through the season, so VLM would effectively become a 2 car team. But the efforts of Wizkawo and Johnson were not in vain, as Wizkawo's 2 outright victories and multiple podiums coupled with Johnson's retirement-free season would give VLM the Independent's Teams title, as well as finishing 3rd outright in the overall teams standings.

### 2003

Buoyed by their championship success from 2002, the 2003 season would see significant change for the VLM squad. Gone were the 406 Coupe's to be replaced with 2 of their own hand-built 307 hatchbacks. Artus Wizkawo would remain with the team, targeting the other title that was out of his grasp, the Independent Drivers title. Johnson would venture to a new team for 2003, leaving the 2nd seat open for MG refugee John Park.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
92-CAV-D

**Build Date** | 1993

## History

Built by Dave Cook Racing and driven in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship by Matt Hull.

The following year the car was run by RML in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship by Matt Hull and later in the season David Osborne. At the end of the season the car was used at the 1994 Touring Car World Cup at the Donington Park driven by David Osborne.

After 1994 the car remained unused until being purchased by Lorenzo Turri in 1996.
SEAT Works Team

SEAT is currently involved in Touring Car World Cup as an Independent entry. They have been associated with Touring Car World Cup since 1995.

## History

### Origin

Capitalising on the growing reputation and success of the Super Touring regulations introduced in the early 1990s, Opel made the decision to enter the Touring Car World Cup in 1995 with...
Toyota Works Team

Toyota is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a constructor, under the name of **Toyota Castrol Team**. They have been associated with BTCC since 1991.

## History

### 1991

In 1991, Andy Rouse Engineering picked up the works contract to run the Toyota team. Toyota began the season with British driver Michael Sneath and Vik Rune from Yugoslavia. The first half of the season, Toyota were the team to beat picking up eight wins in the first thirteen races but following the sixth round at the Birmingham Superprix and the disqualification of Rune from the championship, form dipped. Dimitris Gkaras would replace Rune at selected rounds for the remainder of the 1991 season. The Nissan works team would overtake Toyota for the lead of the championship after the tenth meeting at Donington Park. Toyota finished the season in 2nd poisition with Sneath and Gkaras finishing 2nd and 15th respectively.

### 1992

Toyota, again run by Andy Rouse Engineering in 1992, made a huge statement by poaching 1991 champion Roy Cop to partner Sneath. Cop achieved 3 wins throughout the year with a further 17 podiums and totally dominated his teammate. Sneath only managed 2 podium finishes all season and was disappointed with his 1992 performance. Toyota finished 2nd once again in the championship, this time to Vauxhall, with Cop finishing 2nd in the drivers championship with Sneath down in 6th.

### 1993

TOM's were awarded the works contract for the Toyota team in 1993 after Andy Rouse Engineering left for Ford. Cop also left for Ford with Sneath leaving for Renault. With Kris Simton joining from Vauxhall, he carried the team on his back as the sole driver. Simton and Toyota got off to a great start with an impressive 2nd at the opening round at Silverstone. However, as the season progressed, Simton became unimpressed with the development of the new Carina and despite podiums at Oulton Park and Pembrey, the Carina fell down the performance pecking order. At the end of 1993, Simton finished 5th in the championship with Toyota finishing 4th, impressive considering they only used a single car.

### 1994

Simton left Toyota for Alfa Romeo. David Osborne brought his Castrol sponsorship from Nissan and was partnered by Croatian driver Tom Cinchy who had impressed during his short time at Peugeot towards the end of 1993.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
1995 World Touring Car Manager Championship

The **1995 World Touring Car Manager Championship season** was the inaugural Touring Car Manager (WTCM) season, which commenced on 2 April and ended on 24 September. The championship consisted of sixteen meetings.

## Championship standings

### Points system

**Driver's Championship**

**Notes:**

* + - Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.

**Team's Championship**

**Work's Cup**
Phil Dodge

**Phil Dodge** (born 26 September 1973) is an American racing driver, best known for his time racing in the British Touring Car Championship for Vauxhall.

## Early Life

Dodge was born on 26 September 1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

With the creation of the STSR British Touring Car Championship in 1991, Dodge signed for the Dave Cook Racing ran Vauxhall Sport team driving a Cavalier. Driving alongside Irish driver Matt Hull, the Cavalier under performed compared to the pre-season expectations. Dodge missed the majority of the season after only competing in 4 meetings with a best finish of 8th at Silverstone. Dodge finished the season in 14th place in the championship.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Scuderia Antverpia

Scuderia Antverpia is motor racing team based in Antwerp, Belgium.

The team previously participated in the 1992 VW Vento Cup in the UK.

## History

### 1992

Founded in 1992, Scuderia Antverpia entered 1992 VW Vento Cup in the UK with founder, Roy Cop, behind the wheel. Cop was a front runner throughout the year taking the teams maiden victory at the 6th round at Brands Hatch. With Cop achieving another 6 podiums throughout the year, he eventually finished 2nd in the championship.

## Complete VW Vento Cup results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
REN-9402

**Build Date** | 1994

## History

Built by Metal Composite Technology and raced in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship by Michael Sneath, finishing 8th in the championship.

The car was also use din the 1994 Touring Car World Cup, again driven by Sneath, at Donington Park, achieving one podium and finishing 4th overall.

The car remained unused until 1997 when it was purchased by Sneath.
Synchro Motorsport

Synchro Motorsport is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a privateer team. They have been associated with BTCC since 2003.

## History

### 2003

2003 would see Synchro Motorsport join the BTC-Touring class with a Honda Civic to run in the Independent class.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Volvo Works Team

Volvo is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a constructor, under the name of **Volvo 850 Racing**. They have been associated with BTCC since 1994.

## History

### Origin

Capitalising on the growing reputation and success of the Super Touring regulations introduced in the early 1990s, Volvo made the decision to enter the British Touring Car Championship in 1994 with...

### 1995

In 1995, Volvo shelved the unique 850 Estate and replaced it with the 850 20v. None of their drivers were retained for 1995 and subsequently hired rookie Sam Mumby. Unfortunately, a team-mate was not found for the season and Volvo would only enter one car. Mumby would miss the first race of the season at Brands Hatch but would compete in all 9 remaining rounds after that. The season would prove to be a difficult one with Mumby finishing a lowly 13th in the Drivers standings and Volvo finishing a disappointing 7th in the constructors.

### 1996

For 1996, Mumby would be retained. But would be joined at the Swedish outfit by rookie Chris Pimm. Volvo hopes with the new partnership that they can progress forward from their disappointing 1995 campaign.

## Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(Key) (results in **bold** indicate pole position; results in *italics* indicate fastest lap)
Vik Rune

**Vik Rune** (born 19 June 1972) is a Croatian racing driver, best known for his time driving for Toyota in the British Touring Car Championship.

## Early Life

Rune was born on 19 June 1972 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia.

## Touring Cars

### British Touring Car Championship

Rune drove for the Kaliber ICS Team Toyota in a Toyota Carina II in 1991. Rune made a great start to the season, winning 6 out of the first 10 races including all 3 races at the second round of the season at Silverstone but gained a reputation for unsporting behavior. At round 4 of the 1991 championship at Brands Hatch, Rune was penalised for a 'push to pass' move on Roy Cop which resulted in a time penalty which was added to his race time and dropped Rune behind the Belgian driver at the end of the race. Later that year at Round 6 of the championship at the Birmingham Superprix, Rune made a number of dangerous and unsporting moves which resulted in the race stewards banning him for the remainder of the 1991 season. At the time of his ban, Rune was leading the championship by 35 points.

## Motorsports career results

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in **bold** indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
VW Vento Cup

The **VW Vento Cup** is an entry level one-make, touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by Super Touring Sim Racing (STSR). The championship currently runs on the support package of the British Touring Car Championship.

## Current car

Since 1992, the championship uses VW Vento CL with an F4R RS 2.0 litre engine.

* Suspension: Front: ; Rear:
* Brakes: ; Front: ; Rear:
## Circuits

Being a national championship, the BTCC has visited circuits throughout the United Kingdom over its long history. Currently the series visits eight different tracks in England, Scotland and Belgium over the course of ten meetings. These tracks are: Silverstone Circuit, Thruxton Circuit, Oulton Park, Snetterton Circuit, Castle Combe Circuit, Brands Hatch, Knockhill Racing Circuit and Circuit de Spa Francorchamps.

## Race format

* 7:30PM GMT - Lobby Opens / Free Practice
* 8:00PM GMT – Race

## Points system

**Current points system**

Points are awarded to the top eight drivers in each race as follows: