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Fifer Gordon Shedden had to content himself with third on the grid for the first of tomorrow’s British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Thruxton after Vauxhall’s Tom Onslow-Cole secured his second pole position in succession. The young English driver, celebrating his 21st birthday this weekend, topped the timesheets with a best time…

Aberdeen’s Ryan Sharp bids to increase his lead in the FIA World GT Championship by recording back-to-back victories when the title race heads to Monza in Italy this weekend. Four weeks ago the 28-year-old powered his Aston Martin DBR9 to a stunning victory in the opening round of the season at a…

Two weeks after finishing second in the last round of the German Touring Car Championship at Mugello in Italy, Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta maintained his form by being third quickest ahead of this weekend’s counter at the Lausitzring in Germany. The 22-year-old, again piloting his HWA Mercedes C-Class, lapped the tight and…

Dario Franchitti’s frustrated period of recuperation after he broke his left ankle in a 180mph crash at Talladega on April 26 will continue after he withdrew his Ganassi Dodge from the latest round of Nascar, the Sprint All-Star Challenge, this weekend. The 34-year-old from Bathgate had initially been included on the official…

Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta bagged his best result of the season when he finished second behind his HWA Mercedes in the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who replaced double Formula One world champ Mika Hakkinen in the team, found himself following team…

Fifer Gordon Shedden had to make do with qualifying his Team Halfords Honda fifth for the first of tomorrow’s (Sun) British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Donington. The Dalgety Bay racer, who won last time out at Rockingham, lapped the 1.95-mile Leicestershire track in 1min 12.601secs just missing out on the fourth-place…

  Seven days after fracturing his left ankle in a 180mph smash in the Nascar race at Talladega, Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti has spoken publicly about the injury for the first time, and hinted it won’t be long before he’s racing again. “I feel good,” the 34-year-old said at Richmond International Raceway, where…

Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta maintained his excellent start to the German Touring Car Championship by qualifying fifth for Sunday’s 60-minute race at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who topped the timesheets during Friday’s free-practice session, lapped the tortuously undulating 3.2-mile circuit in 1min 43.487secs, 0.408s off the pole time of Audi’s Timo…

Edinburgh’s Robin Liddell scored his second consecutive class victory in eight days when he steered his Pontiac home to GT honours in the fourth round of the Grand-Am series at the Virginia International Raceway.  Co-driver Andrew Davis started from second place on the GT grid and held position before pitting during a…

Fast-charging young gun David Bogie from Dumfries clawed back 20 seconds in the closing two stages of the Aberdeen-based Granite City Rally to bag maximum points in the race for the County Saab Scottish Rally Championship. But the talented youngster, who dropped almost a minute when his Toyota Corolla World Rally Car…