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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Super touring - The Untold Story

Friday favourite: The BTCC pocket rocket cruelly denied a title shot

Patrick Watts is surely one of the finest British Touring Car drivers not to score an outright race win. The multiple single-make champion came close with Peugeot during the competitive Super Touring era but the cards (and machinery) never fell his way.

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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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Top 10: Ranking the greatest BTCC drivers of the Super Touring era

The Super Touring era is regarded by many as the finest period in touring car history.

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Friday favourite: The "lazy V8" Rover that took on Europe's giants

Jeff Allam was part of the famed Super Touring era of 1990s tin-tops but it is the earlier rear-wheel-drive Group A Rover V8 that he selects as his favourite racer.

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Friday favourite: The understated BTCC legend who helped secure Nissan glory

Anthony Reid was undoubtedly one of the stars of the British Touring Car Championship’s golden Super Touring era. He was fortunate enough to drive the Nissan Primera and Ford Mondeo – two of the period’s most successful cars – and twice finished runner-up in the standings, in 1998 and 2000.

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Tin-top legends star at first-ever Super Touring Power meeting

Current British Touring Car Championship star Jake Hill was just five years old when he watched Laurent Aiello win the BTCC title in 1999, but Hill himself became a Super Touring winner by securing a clean sweep at the inaugural Super Touring Power meeting.

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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…

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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”.

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Radisich to race his 1994 BTCC Mondeo at Brands Hatch Super Touring event

New Zealander Radisich competed in the BTCC between 1993 and 1998, driving for the factory Ford and Peugeot squads. He won six races and twice finished third in the standings.

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Friday favourite: The Swedish speedbowl where oval set-ups paid dividends

Many countries around the globe have a rich motorsport landscape that is little-known beyond their borders. The well-established domestic touring car championships of Brazil and Argentina, for example, visit some truly superb tracks – anyone remember the Potrero de los Funes Circuit around a reservoir that briefly appeared as part…

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Friday favourite: The unforgiving mountain track that captivates a Le Mans winner

The most legendary racing circuit in Australia and the scene of its most famous race, the Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama has captivated touring car and GT racers for years. Most of David Brabham's racing career was spent overseas, but the track holds a special place in the 2009 Le Mans…

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Archive: Who is the BTCC's greatest ever driver?

With Jason Plato announcing his British Touring Car Championship retirement at the end of 2022, having signed for BTC Racing for his final season, it reignites the debate on the series’ greatest driver.

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