Thrilling BTCC qualifying at Knockhill

UNDER THREATENING LEADEN-GREY SKIES, the British Touring Car Championship again served up a thrilling qualifying session as the 31-cars careered round the demanding 1.3-miles of Knockhill, writes Jim McGill. Early-on in today’s 30-minute session — which was punctuated by a short red-flag stoppage after Chris Stockton went off at the foot of…

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2nd eBay lock-out in BTCC FP2

Colin Turkington topped the times during a wet FP2 at Knockhill today (Saturday 23rd August). Turkington was again joined at the top of the timesheets by an eBay Motors teammate, but this time it was the BMW of Nick Forster. Turkington’s time (56.484s), some 4.614 seconds slower than that of his FP1…

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Knockhill celebrates 40 years

BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP leader Colin Turkington plans to spoil the party at Knockhill this weekend as the Fife track marks two important anniversaries, writes Jim McGill. Not only is it the 40th anniversary of the circuit itself — which has evolved from essentially a muddy track in a sheep field to…

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eBay Motors dominate FP1 at Knockhill

eBay Motors dominated the opening Dunlop MSA British Touring Car free practice session at Knockhill today (Saturday 23rd August); as Colin Turkington topped the time sheets with a 51.870 second lap, some 0.6s under the current Knockhill qualifying lap record; whilst Rob Collard made it a one-two finish for the WSR Team…

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BTCC fever at Forth Road Bridge as parade marks start of 50 Year Anniversary for one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks.

Today, some of Scotland’s leading BTCC drivers headed out onto one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks to commemorate two amazing achievements. Firstly, to pay homage to the 1964 BTCC title win of Jim Clark, arguably one of the all-time great racing drivers, and secondly, commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Forth Road…

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