British Touring Car Championship (BTTC)

~~ Brief History ~~ The British Touring Car Championship was established in1958, as the British Saloon Car Championships. Held in the united kingdom every year, throughout the country at 8 different locations. Up until the beginning of this season the tour would take to Ireland as well, but for reasons not confirmed. Through the years, the championship has taken many guises with the types of cars raced; * At the beginning they raced production cars * 1960's and 70's saw the use of FIA Group 1 and 2 cars * 80's we saw the start of Group A models * The nineties held the use of a lower - key Group N category of production cars. ...  Read the complete review

The British Touring Car Championship used to be one of the most competitive motor racing series in the World, but in the last 10 years, a decline in the number of manufactures/teams entering this series has lead to a dramatic change in both its appeal to the spectators and in the way the series is run. Last year, the BTCC had a major change, the cars were not just normal road cars modified for the track, instead they are now more like GT cars ? would you call this a ?Touring? car? Personally, I wouldn?t, however this change has helped to improve this championship ? and has moved it into the direction where the DTM (German Touring Car Championship) is going. This ...  Read the complete review

*** WARNING *** This is a stupidly long opinion because it deals with nine hours of events and the venue they took place in. It also gives away the results of the BTCC races at Donington 2001 – should you wish to wait for the BBC to show it at Xmas or whenever it can be bothered :(. *** WARNING ENDS *** The sheer amount of loud, mean and speedy cars present on this day in the cold, cold world of Donington Park led my friend Matt to utter that sentence on average about once every ten minutes. It was his birthday though so I didn’t mention anything to him, anyway – I was having too much fun indulging myself in petrol ...  Read the complete review

A little while back I used the British Touring car championship as one of my first ever opinions on Dooyoo. In that opinion I slated this years season till the cows came home. However, since then it seems ironnic that it suddenly became good and I have got into it again. This all goes down to many different things as i am going to explain. THE EXCELLENT NIGHT RACES In August I decided to trek a few miles into Norfolk and go and watch a night race at Snetterton. I regulally watch races at Snetterton but this was only the second time I have ever been to a night race. You cant beat the atmosphere. Thousands of people - women, children and the odd ...  Read the complete review

BTCC is starting again and we are priviliged to have such an even field this year. We are going to have a good season as the determination of the teams is going to be high and Aggresive driving. What is it? It was not so close last year as Nissan wiped the floor with all the other teams.This will mean more spins crashes and bashes. BTCC is very different from Formula 1 as it is more contact. They cars are spuced up normal road cars so i wouldnt expect to see a Ferrari. Its just normal cars of the road. Expect to see Audi' with lowered suspension front and rear spoiler and and engine tuned to the max they pump out over 300 BHP. Why is It ...  Read the complete review