Colin Turkington secured his second, and his team’s fourth BTCC victory in two years, at Knockhill Racing Circuit today. Turkington led from start to finish to cross the line almost two seconds ahead of WIX Racing’s Rob Austin. Gordon Shedden followed up his race two result with another fine podium; fending off…
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Colin Turkington wins race one
Ebay Motor’s, Colin Turkington secured victory in the first British Touring Car race at Knockhill (today). Turkington, despite admitting that he never got the best of starts, took advantage of a tense Rob Austin to take the lead on the opening lap. The BMW driver, then went on to open up a…
Gates open, sun shining, venue all set for the BTCC action
Gates opened sharp this morning in preparation for Knockhill’s biggest sporting day of the year, the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship. Tickets are at the gate and with the three BTCC races at 11.45am, 2.05pm and 5.05pm, there is plenty of time to come as see some of the best motor sport…
Latest weather forecast…
Fife Weather have been supplying us with reports all weekend and here’s our man’s view on the latest data models. ‘A fine and dry day with periods of high-level cloud, interspersed with spells of sunshine. Winds remaining light and variable throughout the day. Temps reaching 19ºC.’ All looking good for a BIG…
Race against the clock to get Aiden on track tomorrow
16 year old Aiden Moffat officially became the youngest ever BTCC driver today when he made his first appearance in the series at Knockhill. Unfortunately Aiden’s day didn’t go according to plan and his car suffered from engine problems after completing just 15 laps in first practice this morning, forcing him to miss…
Top action again from Celtic Speed Mini racers
The Scottish Celtic Speed Mini Coopers did not disappoint as they thrilled a bumper qualifying crowd in the first of their two races this weekend. Pole man ‘Front row Joe’ Tanner led away from Kenneth Thirwall and David Sleigh but after a S…afety Car period, Thirwall was the first to jump…
Austin breaks lap record on way to his first BTCC pole
Knockhill has a habit of producing some unpredictable results, but few would argue that Rob Austin and his hordes of hardened fans deserve this pole position at Knockhill today. After topping the times in free practice one, the WIX Racing man drove the wheels of his Audi A4 to a new qualifying…
BTCC champ Shedden lines up fourth
FIFER GORDON SHEDDEN’S initial bid to give his thousands of fans something to cheer about at Knockhill ended in disappointment, writes Jim McGill. The 34-year-old from Dalgety Bay could only manage fourth on the grid for tomorrow’s opening race of the British Touring Car Championship triple-header at the Fife track. CLICK HERE…
Shedden finds an extra gear in free practice two
Defending BTCC Champion, Gordon Shedden had been relatively subdued before free practice two at Knockhill began; that trend looked all set to continue as he languished in 17th place with only half the session remaining.
Gallagher gets first taste of BTCC action
Kieran Gallagher is making his BTCC debut at Knockhill this weekend. In the first practice session of the weekend Kieran completed 21 laps in his Team Hard Vauxhall Insignia, setting a time of 55.264s which put him 23rd. Kieran said, “The session went well. Starting off it was a bit different and…
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