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Why Super Touring Power should become a regular highlight

Super Touring cars were amazingly sophisticated and expensive, which helps to explain why getting a consistently strong grid of them for a historic championship has always been a challenge. But it is possible to relive one of the true heydays of tin-top competition, as last weekend’s Brands Hatch Super Touring…

Autosport · Jul 4, 2023

10 things to watch out for at Super Touring Power

Anthony Reid’s passion for Super Touring machinery is plain to see. He describes the 1990s as the British Touring Car Championship’s “zenith” and says this period “really made my name in motor racing”.

Autosport · Jun 29, 2023

BTCC Oulton Park: Turkington completes comeback with victory

Turkington started the day 27th and last on the grid but shot his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport back into contention with storming drives over the first two races. 

Autosport · Jun 18, 2023

BTCC Thruxton: Sutton continues his winning streak

The three-time champion led from start to finish in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, and never came under serious threat. 

Motorsport · Jun 4, 2023

BTCC Thruxton: Sutton continues his winning streak in race one

The three-time champion led from start to finish in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, and never came under serious threat. 

Autosport · Jun 4, 2023

BTCC Thruxton: Sutton beats Ingram to continue pole hot streak

As championship leader, Sutton was running the minimum hybrid boost allowance of one second per lap at a minimum speed of 135mph on his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, yet he was still able to put himself at the front.

Autosport · Jun 3, 2023

Man denies stabbing rugby player to death outside Cornwall nightclub

Jake Hill, 24, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Michael Allen outside Eclipse.

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

BTCC Snetterton: Sutton dominates to notch up four wins in a row

The three-time champion had the soft Goodyear tyres fitted to his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST, and absolutely rocketed away from the field for an unchallenged victory.

Autosport · May 21, 2023

BTCC Snetterton: Sutton pips Hill in tight finish in opener

Despite running the medium ‘prime’ tyre, Sutton’s Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST cruised away from the soft-shod West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sports of Colin Turkington and Hill in the opening stages.

Autosport · May 21, 2023

BTCC Snetterton: Sutton sets new qualifying lap record for stunning pole

After the second of two red-flag stoppages, Sutton slashed a huge chunk off his early ‘banker lap’ to beat the 2019 qualifying lap record held by Tom Ingram.

Autosport · May 20, 2023