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Friday favourite: The Honda title-winner that made an instant mark on the BTCC

Gordon Shedden has spent much of his career in Honda machinery so it’s no surprise that his favourite car comes from the Japanese manufacturer. But it’s not the 2006 Integra in which he scored his first British Touring Car win or the Civic with which he took his maiden crown.

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Ranking the top 10 BTCC liveries

Gulf, Martini, JPS. Motorsport has plenty of great liveries and the most famous are usually found in Formula 1 or at Le Mans, but touring car racing also has plenty of iconic colour schemes.

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Ranking the top 10 BTCC title deciders

The battle for the British Touring Car Championship always seems to go down to the final race. It doesn’t quite, but there have been plenty of incredible finales in the category’s history, stretching back to the very beginning in 1958.

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BTCC ace Sutton and Davies claim Gordon Spice Trophy win at Goodwood

Davies started their Ford Mustang Boss 302 in eighth but stormed to third on the opening lap of the contest for Group 1 Saloon Cars of a type raced between 1970 and 1982.

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Ex-F1 racer Pirro makes motorbike racing debut at Goodwood

The 62-year-old Italian contested the Hailwood Trophy for 250cc and 350cc two-stroke grand prix and Formula 750 motorcycles that raced up to 1983. He qualified the Michael Russell-entered Yamaha TZ250 20th in the 34-bike field, 9.7 seconds off pole.The Le Mans winner of 2000-02 and 2006-07, who recently left his role…

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Ex-F1 racer Pirro makes motorbike racing debut

The 62-year-old Italian contested the Hailwood Trophy for 250cc and 350cc two-stroke grand prix and Formula 750 motorcycles that raced up to 1983. He qualified the Michael Russell-entered Yamaha TZ250 20th in the 34-bike field, 9.7 seconds off pole.The Italian, who recently left his role managing the McLaren young driver programme, ran…

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Top 10: Ranking the greatest BTCC champions

Who is the greatest? That’s a question often asked in all areas of sport, including Formula 1.

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Excelr8 begins tie-up with Dynamics for 2024 BTCC season

Excelr8, which carried Tom Ingram to the 2022 crown, has moved its squad of four Hyundai i30 N Fastbacks into Dynamics’ facility in Droitwich, from which the West Midlands operation won a total of six BTCC overall titles with Honda machinery in the hands of Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden.

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Dynamics stars pay tribute to Neal

Neal, whose son Matt won three outright BTCC titles with the team, was emulated by Gordon Shedden, who not only took triple crowns but also matched Neal Jr’s record of 52 race wins with Dynamics.

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Rowbottom leaves Dynamics for Motorbase for BTCC 2023

Reigning British Touring Car Championship teams’ title holder Motorbase Performance has snapped up race winner Dan Rowbottom for its 2023 campaign.

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Ranking the top 10 BTCC drivers of 2022

The 2022 British Touring Car Championship fight boiled down to a four-way battle, but there were plenty of other good performers across the season.

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BTCC Silverstone: Ingram narrows points gap to Sutton with win

Tom Ingram beat Ash Sutton to victory in the final race of the day in the penultimate round of the British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone.

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BTCC Silverstone: Hill beats Butcher to win Race 2

Jake Hill moved himself to just two points off the British Touring Car Championship points lead at Silverstone by defeating Rory Butcher in the second race at Silverstone.

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BTCC Silverstone: Hill repays the favour on Butcher to win Race 2

Jake Hill moved himself to just two points off the British Touring Car Championship points lead by defeating Rory Butcher in the second race at Silverstone.

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BTCC Silverstone: Butcher holds off Hill to win opening race

Rory Butcher soaked up massive pressure from Jake Hill to take his first victory of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship season in the opening race of the penultimate round at Silverstone.

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BTCC Silverstone: Butcher holds off Hill for Race 1 win

Rory Butcher soaked up massive pressure from Jake Hill to take his first victory of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship season in the opening race of the penultimate round at Silverstone.

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BTCC Silverstone: Butcher claims pole for Toyota by 0.037s

Rory Butcher claimed pole position for the penultimate round of the British Touring Car Championship on a Silverstone circuit where he and the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sport dominated in 2021.

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Button denied first UK victory in 20 years at Goodwood Revival

Jenson Button was denied his first victory on UK soil in over 20 years in the RAC Tourist Trophy at the Goodwood Revival.

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Dumas wins opening leg of Goodwood St Mary’s Trophy as Johnson retires

Two-time Le Mans 24 Hours victor Romain Dumas won the first part of the St Mary’s Trophy as NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson retired on his Goodwood debut.

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BTCC Thruxton: Cammish gifts Sutton victory in race two

Dan Cammish gifted team-mate Ash Sutton victory in the second race of the day in the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton.

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BTCC Thruxton: Cammish takes advantage of chaos for race one victory

Dan Cammish took the first win of his British Touring Car Championship comeback season by leading from pole position to the chequered flag at Thruxton.

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BTCC Thruxton: Cammish shades Cook for pole

Dan Cammish snatched his and the Motorbase Performance squad’s first pole position of the British Touring Car Championship season at Thruxton.

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BTCC Thruxton: Ingram and Shedden fastest across practice

British Touring Car Championship title contender Tom Ingram went quickest across the two sessions of free practice for the latest round at Thruxton.

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BTCC Snetterton: Turkington dominates opener from Hill

Four-time British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington claimed victory in the first race of the day at Snetterton to extend his lead in the 2022 series.

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BTCC Snetterton: Ingram heads practice from Hill

Tom Ingram led the way across the two sessions of free practice at a scorching Snetterton for the latest round of the British Touring Car Championship.

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