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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing completes 2004 driver line-up]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-completes-2004-driver-line-up/</link>
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VX Racing, has announced today the signing of a third driver for its
assault on the 2004 British Touring Car Championship, with 2003
BTCC production champion, Luke Hines joining the triple
championship-winning team.  Hines will drive alongside current BTCC
champion, Yvan Muller, and his team mate James Thompson.





Graduating from the production class for 2004, Hines will be behind ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-completes-2004-driver-line-up/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing 2003 Awards Dinner notes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-2003-awards-dinner-notes/</link>
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Reigning British Touring Car Champion, VX Racing, celebrated its
triple-triple winning season and collected four awards at the 2003 TOCA
Awards dinner held at the Hilton Hotel, Coventry.





Kevin Wale, chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors collected
the trophy for the winning manufacturer at the awards, which was hosted
by Tony Jardine and attended by BTCC teams and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-2003-awards-dinner-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing names 2004 drivers]]></title>
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VX Racing has confirmed its driver line-up for the 2004 MSA Green Flag
British Touring Car Championship by retaining the services of current
champion Yvan Muller, and his team mate and runner-up in 2003, James
Thompson.





VX Racing is anticipating even stronger competition next year in light of
the proposed rule changes and with the level of competition from with in
the team ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-names-2004-drivers/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP new recruit test notes 2003-10-22]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-new-recruit-test-notes-2003-10-22/</link>
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Fariqe flies out after successful training


Team PSP's fledgling driver Fariqe Hairuman has completed his acclimatisation to BTCC circuits with a successful return to Snetterton last week. Running a 2003 BTCC Proton Impian, he recorded competitive times and pronounced himself happy with progress.


Fariqe said: "This has been a very hard couple of weeks learning a new circuit every ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-new-recruit-test-notes-2003-10-22/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Vauxhall Racing confirms 2004 plans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vauxhall-racing-confirms-2004-plans/</link>
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Vauxhall has confirmed its participation in the 2004 Green Flag MSA
British Touring Car Championship, an unrivalled sixteenth consecutive
year that the Luton-based manufacturer has competed in the series.





Full details of the VX Racing entry will be announced at a later date,
including drivers and race car. Vauxhall's race team, Triple Eight,
are running tests over the winter with ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vauxhall-racing-confirms-2004-plans/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP's new recruit test notes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-s-new-recruit-test-notes/</link>
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Malaysian rising star Fariqe Hairuman had his first taste of UK
motorsport last week (Thursday) with an acclimatisation run in the 2003
Team PSP Proton Impian at Snetterton, completing some 55 laps.


Team boss David Wong said: "Fariqe did all we asked of him during
his first run out in the UK. He quickly settled into a rhythm at
Snetterton and didn't put a foot wrong. We weren't ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-s-new-recruit-test-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Oulton Park race notes]]></title>
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Honda's Matt Neal took victory in the final round of the Green Flag MSA
British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park today (Sunday) - a race that
saw Collard Racing's Rob Collard crowned Hilton Independents Trophy
Champion.


Neal took the lead of the race during the mandatory tyre change pit stops to
finish ahead of newly-crowned provisional champion, Vauxhall's Yvan ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-oulton-park-race-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing Oulton Park race report]]></title>
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Oulton Park, 21 September 2003/... The VX Racing team celebrated at
Oulton Park today, with Yvan Muller clinching the drivers' title at
the final race weekend of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car
Championship.  Team mates James Thompson and Paul O'Neill finished
second and fourth respectively in the Drivers Championship.
Muller's title win completes the 'triple, triple' ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-oulton-park-race-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP Oulton Park race notes]]></title>
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Weather:  Drying track, overcast
Car: Proton Waja/Impian


Strong points-scoring weekend for Team PSP


Driver
Qualifying
Round  19
Round  20


David LESLIE (Car  15)
13th, +1.904
DNF
DNS


Phil BENNETT (Car 20)
12th, +1.814
9th
10th



Phil Bennett's strong finishes lightened Team PSP's mood after David
Leslie's car proved troublesome all weekend with a misfire which proved
terminal ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-oulton-park-race-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP names Malaysian driver for 2004]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-names-malaysian-driver-for-2004/</link>
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After 13 years of grooming local champions, PETRONAS through Team
PETRONAS Syntium Proton (Team PSP) will finally see its first local
representative in the competitive world of the British Touring Car
Championship (BTCC). Twenty-year-old Fariqe Hairuman will form part of
Team PSP's all-new driver line-up for the 2004 BTCC season.


The move is in line with PETRONAS' commitment to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-names-malaysian-driver-for-2004/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: 2003 Champion crowned at Oulton Park]]></title>
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Muller crowned British Touring Car Champion at Oulton Park


Vauxhall's Yvan Muller has provisionally been crowned the new Green Flag MSA
British Touring Car Champion after his third place finish in the first of
today's (Sunday) final two championship rounds at Oulton Park, Cheshire, put
him out of reach of Vauxhall team-mate James Thompson.


Thompson, the outgoing champion, won the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-2003-champion-crowned-at-oulton-park/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing triple championship at Oulton Park]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-triple-championship-at-oulton-park/</link>
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"Triple-triple" Championship wins for VX Racing in BTCC


VX Racing has clinched the manufacturers', team, and drivers'
titles in the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship for an
unprecedented third year in a row.  The triple-triple win sets a new
record for the series under the current BTTC regulations.





The manufacturers' and team titles came first at the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-triple-championship-at-oulton-park/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Oulton Park qualifying notes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-oulton-park-qualifying-notes/</link>
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Vauxhall's James Thompson took pole position for the first of
tomorrow's (Sunday) final two Green Flag MSA British Touring Car
rounds at Oulton Park, but predicted that each race could turn into a
"demolition derby".


On a wet track, Thompson's pole position time was one minute,
37.260 seconds. Thompson effectively needs to win the race and hope
Vauxhall team-mate Yvan Muller suffers ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-oulton-park-qualifying-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing Oulton Park qualifying notes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-oulton-park-qualifying-notes/</link>
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James Thompson landed pole position for the Green Flag MSA British
Touring Car Championship race at Oulton Park, giving him an outside hope
of retaining the driver's championship title. Team mate, and
current championship leader, Yvan Muller managed to secure fifth position
on the grid despite running heavy with success ballast. Paul
O'Neill finished in fourth position in his Vauxhall ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-oulton-park-qualifying-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP Oulton Park qualifying notes]]></title>
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Weather: Drizzle, damp track


Qualifying results:
David Leslie (Car 15): 13th, + 1.904
Phil Bennett (Car 20): 12 th, +1.814


David Leslie: "This was tough - I had to sit out second free practice
this morning while the lads did a lightning-fast engine change.
I'm confident we have a reasonable race setup and I'm looking forward to
giving it my all tomorrow."


Phil Bennett: "It's ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-oulton-park-qualifying-notes/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Oulton season finale preview]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-oulton-season-finale-preview/</link>
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Cheshire's Oulton Park circuit will this weekend, 20th/21st
September, decide who becomes Green Flag MSA British Touring Champion of
2003 -- France's Yvan Muller or Britain's James
Thompson.


The maths are simple: Muller leads Vauxhall team-mate Thompson by 29
points and needs only a fifth place finish in either of the final two
races of the season to be crowned ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-oulton-season-finale-preview/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: VX Racing Oulton preview]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-oulton-preview/</link>
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Current leading touring car team, VX Racing, heads to Oulton Park for the
final race weekend of the season, and the climax of the Green Flag MSA
British Touring Car Championship.  Having already claimed the
manufacturers' title for Vauxhall, the three drivers are locked in
a battle for the drivers' championship.





VX Racing's Yvan Muller currently tops the drivers'
championship in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-vx-racing-oulton-preview/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Team PSP Oulton preview]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-oulton-preview/</link>
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Team PSP optimistic for Oulton


Since the trying times at Donington, the team has been burning the
midnight oil  to repair the damage to David Leslie's car . As a
result, the cars will be rebuilt to the specification in which they raced
at Donington.  Meanwhile, the team is well ahead with preparations to run
their prototype 2004 contender immediately after the end of the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-team-psp-oulton-preview/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Touring car drivers get behind the cause for safer driving]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-touring-car-drivers-get-behind-the-cause-for-safer-driving/</link>
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Racing drivers competing in this year's Green Flag British Touring Car
Championship are backing a campaign to reduce the numbers of children
killed or injured on our roads.



The  drivers  took  time  out at Donington Park to pledge their support for
this year's Road Safety Week ? an event that starts on September 22. Normal
rivalries  will  resume  when the championship reaches its ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-touring-car-drivers-get-behind-the-cause-for-safer-driving/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BTCC: Donington Park rounds 17 and 18 race report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-donington-park-rounds-17-and-18-race-report/</link>
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Honda's Matt Neal and Vauxhall's Yvan Muller took a victory apiece in
today's two Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship races at
Donington Park in front of 12,000 spectators. Muller's victory moves him
tantalisingly close to the title as he now holds a 29-point advantage at
the top of the table over team-mate James Thompson with a maximum of only
35 available from the final ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/btcc-donington-park-rounds-17-and-18-race-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2003 06:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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