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Continue reading →: Interview with Belgian BTCC ace – Vincent RadermeckerVincent Radermecker joined the grid of the British Touring Car Championship in 1999, replacing the under-performing Gianni Morbidelli at Volvo. He would be teamed up with the reigning BTCC champion, Rickard Rydell, in one of the Swedish Volvo S40s. With the withdrawal of Volvo at the end of the 1999…
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Continue reading →: Supertouring’s F1 Connections – Part 2“Tarquini is the last person to have participated in both the BTCC and Formula 1 in the same season. A record not expected to be broken any time soon!”
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Continue reading →: Matt Neal makes History at Donington – 20 Years OnWhen British Touring Car Championship boss Alan Gow waved a carrot of £250,000 to the series’ Independent entries to win a race outright during 1999, experienced Independent driver Matt Neal took the bait. However, the seeds for 1999 were sewn much before then… We sat down with Matt at the…
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Continue reading →: David Leslie – A Tribute to The Hard Charging ScotDavid Leslie, born in Dumfries on the 9th November 1953, won his first Scottish karting title at the age of 16, and would add another four championships before graduating to car racing, winning the Formula Ford title in 1978. He later moved on to Formula 3 in 1981 and it…
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Continue reading →: Supertouring’s F1 Connections – Part 1“Thankfully, I broke my leg at Spa, so I didn’t have to race the Cavalier again!” David Coulthard
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Continue reading →: Unraced BTCC Super TourersThe 2 litre Touring Car formula created for the BTCC in 1990 produced a huge variety of different racing cars for 13 different manufacturers. However, they didn’t all make it onto the BTCC grid. We’ve taken a look back at some of the ones that didn’t quite make it… 1995…
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Continue reading →: Will Hoy – A Tribute to The Gentleman RacerWill Hoy, born in Cambridgeshire in 1952, was a relative late comer to competitive motorsport, having started in his late 20s. He started by winning various club championships in the 1980s before moving to sportscar racing. In 1985, he made the move to the World Sportscar Championship, which included racing…
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Continue reading →: The Story of Williams Touring Car EngineeringWilliams Touring Car Engineering was founded on 8th September 1994 after Renault UK and Williams Grand Prix Engineering struck a deal for the team to prepare and race the firm’s Renault Laguna model in the British Touring Car Championship from 1995 onwards, taking over from Renault Dealer Racing who had…
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Continue reading →: Alfa Romeo: Winging their way to VictoryAlfa Romeo had seen the rise of the BTCC during the start of the Super Touring era & in 1994, decided they wanted a piece of the action. Alfa Corse, who were the factory racing team of Alfa Romeo, were comissioned to design, build and run 2 Alfa Romeo 155’s…
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Continue reading →: Rickard Rydell – 20 Years after winning the BTCCRickard Rydell joined the British Touring Car Championship along with Volvo at the start of 1994. His debut in the BTCC stirred massive interest, as he was to be racing the now legendary Volvo 850 estate alongside ex F1 driver Jan Lammers. After 5 years of trying, Rickard finally got…
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