BTCC News

With the crowd out in force on a warm and sun drenched afternoon at the Croft circuit in the North of England, there was one man who was especially hoping that the sun would be shining on him at the weekend following a year of promise and disappointment.

The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship hit the streets of NewcastleGateshead Quayside on Thursday night as the top drivers in the series staged a street demonstration for the massed fans.

History will be made in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship next weekend at Croft when Fiona Leggate makes her entry into the series at the wheel of her Vauxhall Astra Coupe - which will be the first car in the championship to run on bio-ethanol fuel.

Gavin Smith was left a happy man after leading the VX Racing challenge in qualifying for the latest round of the BTCC at Oulton Park.

A sneak peek at an artist's impression of the Vauxhall Astra Coupe that Fiona Leggate plans to contest the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship from the Croft round in July.

The reach of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is stretching all around the world, and it has registered another increase in UK television viewing where it comprehensively beats the viewing figures of the World Rally Championship that precedes it on UK channel, ITV1 .

Normally a figure in the Formula 1 paddock, ITV analyst Tony Jardine turned up at the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship down at Brands Hatch, snatching a podium position in the Heritage Grand Touring Car Challenge

There's one thing on the mind of British Touring Car Championship driver Richie Williams as he heads to his home circuit of Brands Hatch for the next round of the championship: girls.

The GA Motorsports Alfa 156 will not be seen in this year's Dunlop British Touring Car Championship until either Croft or Mondello according to a statement made by team boss, Mike Thompson.

There's one thing on the mind of British Touring Car Championship driver Richie Williams as he heads to his home circuit of Brands Hatch for the next round of the championship: girls.

British girl racer Fiona Leggate has this week tested Yvan Muller's 2004 BTCC Vauxhall Astra with Triple Eight and VX Racing Jr team Techspeed, and she's eyeing up an entry in the series from the Oulton Park round.

With his deal to drive in the 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship coming together late in the day, it always was going to be a steep learning curve for VX Racing's Gavin Smith.

They hoped to have two cars this weekend at Thruxton, but after a series of engine blows the HPI Racing Friends Reunited team are packing up and heading home from the second round of the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship.

Jason Plato's SEAT Toledo will head to the scene of its first race victory in the British Touring Car Championship with a lower base weight after series organisers have amended the regulations.

Having forgotten to bring the grid girls for the opening round of the British Touring Car season, the HPI Racing with Friends Reunited team finally managed to unveil one of the most stunning grid 'babes' seen in the BTCC for many years to celebrate a pole position in the final race of the day at

Yvan Muller ensured that VX Racing started life with the new Astra Sport Hatch with a win by taking victory in the second race of the opening meeting of the 2005 BTCC season at Donington Park.

They 'forgot' the engine for the British Touring Car Championship launch day just under two weeks ago, but this time newcomers to the top UK tin top series SpeedEquipe have made a far more grievous error as they forgot to provision for grid girls as they take to the circuit for their first start

It's taken a lot of hard work, but the SpeedEquipe Lexus has finally turned a wheel in anger ahead of the opening round of the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

Team Dynamics launched their bid for glory in the British Touring Car Championship in dramatic style yesterday at Donington Park.

They may not actually have an engine for one of their cars, let alone two, but SpeedEquipe have confirmed that the intend to have two Lexus IS200s in action for the first round of the British Touring Car Championship, with Ian Curley joing Richie Williams in the driving duties.

Team Dynamics, the most successful and longest running independent team in the British Touring Car Championship, has announced its brand new set-up with title sponsor Halfords returning for a second year.

Full test times from the British Touring Car Championship media day afternoon test session at Donington Park.

Dennis Publishing, whose stable of magazines includes the highly popular Auto Express, Evo, Maxim and Test Drive titles, are to continue as official media partner to the British Touring Car Championship in 2005.

A stunning new MG ZS was recently spied by Crash.net and if it's bound for the British Touring Car Championship it could certainly blow away all other challengers.