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BTCC: Vauxhall Motorsport wins title at Brands Hatch

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 06:41:29 +0000

V For Victory * Plato gives Vauxhall first BTCC title since 1995 * Vauxhall Astra Coupe takes 2001 BTCC by storm Vauxhall Motorsport's Jason Plato took his first British Touring Car Championship title at Brands Hatch circuit last Sunday, October 7, giving the Luton marque its first BTCC title since 1995 and third in its BTCC history. To complete the clean sweep, Vauxhall has also ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauxhall Motorsport Thruxton qualifying report

Mon, 07 May 2001 06:41:29 +0000

www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship Rounds 3/4 - Thruxton, May 6/7 Qualifying = Sunday, May 6 VAUXHALL ON POLE FOR SPRINT AND FEATURE RACES Vauxhall Motorsport's Jason Plato qualified on pole for Monday's first (Sprint) race at Thruxton circuit in Hampshire. The joint www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship leader went on to secure a third place start for ... Keep reading

BTCC: Thruxton round 3 and 4 qualifying

Mon, 07 May 2001 06:41:29 +0000

The British Touring Car Championship Rounds 3 + 4 Thruxton Sunday 6th May '01 QUALIFYING REPORT 'Peugeot Closing The Gap' The Peugeot 406 Coupe Race Team had a good day in qualifying today at Thruxton for rounds 2 and 3 of www.theAA.com BTCC. After the first free practice this morning, Steve Soper finished 5th with Dan Eaves just 0.844 of a second behind in 6th place ... Keep reading

BTCC: Oulton Park testing

Wed, 04 Apr 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Vauxhall Astra Coupes on top at Oulton testing Jason Plato led the times at Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire during Wednesday's official British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) test session - the final test before racing begins in earnest at Brands Hatch in Kent on Easter Monday (April 16). Four Vauxhall Astra Coupes filled the top four places at the test, with Plato followed closely ... Keep reading

BTCC: Weight penalty added to with Vauxhall

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Vauxhall's four front-wheel drive Astra Coupes have taken 23 out of a possible 24 podium places so far this season - too much for British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) organisers, British Motorsport Promoters Ltd (BMP). As a means of reducing the competitiveness of the Astra Coupe, BMP has imposed, as of this weekend's rounds at Mondello Park, an additional 30kgs weight ... Keep reading

BTCC: Team Petronas signs David Leslie for 2002 campaign

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:41:29 +0000

David Leslie is returning to the British Touring Car Championship to spearhead the attack of Team Petronas Syntium Proton (Team PSP). The experienced Scot will race one of two Team PSP Impians in 2002, the Malaysian manufacturer's debut season in Britain's premier series. The Banbury, Oxfordshire-based ace -- who finished runner-up in 1999 and helped Nissan win the coveted ... Keep reading

BTCC: Peugeot Oulton Park qualifying,

Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:41:29 +0000

www.theAA.com British Touring Car Championship Rounds 19 and 20 Oulton Park, Cheshire 25th / 26th August 2001 'Peugeot Coupe Just 0.5 Of a Second off Pole Position' The Peugeot 406 Coupé Race Team made a positive start to Rounds 19 and 20 of www.theAA.com British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park today after Soper took fourth in qualifying for tomorrow's Feature race ahead ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauxhall Mondello test

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Vauxhall Astra Coupes filled the top three places in the official British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) test session at Mondello Park circuit near Dublin on Friday (June 15), despite carrying an extra weight penalty. Championship leader Yvan Muller topped the times in his Vauxhall Motorsport car ahead of James Thompson driving an Egg Sport Astra Coupe. Jason Plato set third fastest ... Keep reading

BTCC: Peugeot knockhill, Scotland for Rounds 13 and 14 (fwd)

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 06:41:29 +0000

'Peugeot Coupés Potential Shows Through and Peugeot 306 Sets Fastest Lap In Rounds 13 and 14' RACE REPORT Knockhill race circuit proved challenging for the Peugeot 406 Coupè Race Team on race day as the remote Scottish circuit played host to rounds thirteen and fourteen of www.theAA.com BTCC race. A wet SPRINT race saw 406 Coupè driver Steve Soper on the tail of Phil Bennett's ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauxhall Mondello race report

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 06:41:29 +0000

www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship 2001
Rounds 9/10 - Mondello Park, Races - June 17
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Vauxhall Motorsport's Yvan Muller took an historic double win in front of
record crowds at today's www.theAA.com British Touring Car Championship
races at Mondello Park, Ireland - the first ever BTCC races to take place
outside the UK.  Following his double pole in ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauxhall Motorsport Brands Hatch preview

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 06:41:29 +0000

VAUXHALL'S "AWESOME FOURSOME" READY AND WAITING

  a.. Four drivers line up for series opener
  b.. New BTCC regulations
  c.. New format for Qualifying

Anyone watching closely enough recently would have seen some of the most exciting and aggressive looking race cars going through their paces on Britain's race circuits, meaning only one thing: the touring cars ... Keep reading

BTCC: Dan Eaves' Peugeot Silverstone notes

Fri, 15 Jun 2001 06:41:29 +0000

The Peugeot 406 Coupès may not have been quite as quick as the Vauxhall Astras at the first few rounds of the 2001 British Touring Car Championship, but during the first night race of the season (the sprint) at Silverstone, the coupes were on the bootlids of the Astras. A major step forward for the team and a sign of things to come. "I always knew that my first season in the BTCC ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauxhall Motorsport Donington Park preview

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:41:29 +0000

www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) Donington Park - September 22/23 2001 Vauxhall Drivers Go Head To Head It's showdown time in the Vauxhall Motorsport camp this weekend as championship contenders, Yvan Muller and Jason Plato head to the penultimate rounds of the www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Donington Park, September 22/23 ... Keep reading

BTCC: Croft Vauxhall Motorsport qualifying

Sun, 12 Aug 2001 06:41:29 +0000

2001 www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship
Rounds 17 & 18 - Croft - Qualifying - 4 August

West Midlands' Phil Bennett took the first pole position of his touring car career today putting his Vauxhall Astra Coupe ahead Jason Plato for tomorrow's 15-lap Sprint Race at North Yorkshire's Croft circuit. This is Bennett's first season in touring cars ... Keep reading

BTCC: Knockhill Vauxhall qualifying

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Oxford's Jason Plato scored a double pole start to Sunday's pair of British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races at Knockhill circuit near Edinburgh, beating Vauxhall Motorsport team mate and championship leader Yvan Muller into second place on the grid. James Thompson and Phil Bennett claimed the next two places to make it four Astra Coupes at the top of the qualifying times on the ... Keep reading

BTCC: Roger Moen and Octagon Motorsports Goodwood preview

Sat, 07 Jul 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Roger Moen to Contend Famous Hillclimb In Octagon Motorsports Goodwood Festival of Speed Chichester, West Sussex 6-7-8 July 2001 'Roger Moen To Contend Famous Hillclimb In Octagon Motorsports Sponsored BTCC Peugeot 406 Coupé' The www.theAA.com British Touring Car Championship Peugeot 406 Coupé (driven by Superbike racer Aaron Slight at Donington last weekend) will be ... Keep reading

BTCC: Vauzhall Silverstone preview

Tue, 29 May 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Vauxhall's four Astra Coupe drivers are sending out a clear message this week in anticipation of Rounds 7&8 of the www.theAA.com British Touring Car Championship at the weekend's Silverstone Night Race on June 1/2 - "Catch us if you can". The Astra Coupes have dominated the championship podium so far this year and although the cars are gathering success ballast, Yvan Muller's double ... Keep reading

BTCC: Silverstone rounds 21, 22

Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Battle of the Gladiators part 2: Silverstone, 21st and 22nd rounds of the BTCC By Susan Sheridan - Motorsport.com Sprint race The sprint race saw Phil Bennett take his first win of the season. Carrying 60 kilos less than the top runners gave him a distinct advantage! The race was Bennett's from start to finish but the production class entrants didn't have such a cut and dried ... Keep reading

BTCC: Shane Snell wins Touring championship

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 06:41:29 +0000

Life In The Fast Lane BFGoodrich Tires® competition winner takes to the track for the ultimate Sunday afternoon drive... Ambulance driver, Shane Snell (25) from Grimsby had the fastest Sunday of his life on 7th October. Nothing to do with responding to an emergency call but as the winner of a BFGoodrich Tires® competition... At 12.45pm on Sunday afternoon, he was taken to the ... Keep reading

BTCC: GR Motorsport wins Production Team crown

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 06:41:29 +0000

They're Grrrrreat! GR Motorsport are Telford's Champions! Disregarding the weather, there's a huge ray of sunshine hovering over Telford - in fact, it's beaming down on Britain's latest National motor sport Champions... GR Motorsport of St. Georges Industrial Estate in Donnington, has just been crowned with one of the biggest and most gripping prizes in UK motor racing - the ... Keep reading