Television coverage of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship across the ITV network in the UK will break through the magic 100-hour mark of total broadcast time in 2009.
Yearly Archives: 2009
2009 Scottish Championship Bike Racing at Knockhill
For 2009 KDMC is staging three single day events and two two-day meetings on the following dates. 5th April, 24th May, 4th October for the one day events and 11th 12th July and 29th 30th Aug for the two day meetings.
Extra-terrestrial McNish sprints to Sebring win
Scot Allan McNish was labelled as coming from “another planet” after his brilliant drive in the final stint of the race brought his third victory in the Sebring 12-Hours race in Florida.
Girvan wins Border Counties
Inverness veteran Jimmy Girvan kick-started the defence of his Hankook Scottish Rally Championship by dominating the second round, the Border Counties Rally in Jedburgh.
Bogie gunning for Borders victory
Scotland’s brightest young rally ace, Dumfries 22-year-old David Bogie, heads to Jedburgh tomorrow confident he can take another significant step towards winning the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship.
McNish pipped for pole at Sebring
Scot Allan McNish, bidding to win the Sebring 12-Hours race for the third time, will start tomorrrow’s race from second on the grid after being pipped to pole position by just 0.082 seconds.
Shedden clinches BTCC drive
Fifer Gordon Shedden has sealed a last-minute deal to extend his partnership with Team Dynamics in the British Touring Car Championship. The 30-year-old from Dalgety Bay will again drive the team’s Honda Civic.
McNish fastest at Sebring; Franchitti sixth
Scot Allan McNish, bidding to win this weekend’s 57th running of the 12-Hours of Sebring in Florida for the third time, topped the timesheets after the first official practice at the 3.7-mile circuit.
David Coulthard Museum closes
Twelve days before the opening round of this year’s Formula One World Championship, and just months after his grand prix career came to an end, the David Coulthard Museum in his home town of Twynholm has closed permanently.
Fifer Adam clinches top BTCC drive
Fifer Jonathan Adam, one Scotland’s talented young breed of racing drivers, will bid to become the first Scot to win the British Touring Car Championship since John Cleland after being confirmed as a driver with the top-rated Motorbase BMW team.