THE BRITISH TOURING CAR Championship makes its annual pilgrimage to Knockhill this weekend, and four Scots will be gunning for glory in the triple-header on the tight, but blindingly quick 1.27-mile Fife circuit, writes Jim McGill.While three-time BTCC champ Gordon Shedden heads to his home circuit fresh from winning last time out…
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Scots trio fired-up for Knockhill BTCC as bumper crowds return for 2021
THE RETURN OF THE Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship this weekend to Knockhill in Fife, for its annual pilgrimage to Scotland, is always a red letter day for motorsport fans, writes Jim McGill. But this year it’s all the more special with a bumper crowd of around 20,000 Saltire-waving fans is…
Scot Rory Butcher reveals new livery for his Toyota Corolla BTCC racer
THE WRAPS HAVE officially come off Scot Rory Butcher’s Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship contender, writes Jim McGill. Not surprisingly, it sports a livery reminiscent of the brand’s ultra-successful, multiple World Championship-winning FIA WEC and WRC models. “I think the new livery is amazing!,” Butcher said…
Scot Paul di Resta confirms return to defend Le Mans LMP2 win with United Autosports
BATHGATE’S PAUL DI RESTA will return to the Le Mans 24-Hours in August to defend the LMP2 title he won last year, writes Jim McGill. The 34-year-old Scot will again pilot a United Autosports Oreca at the iconic French endurance race. Di Resta, who will lead Peugeot’s return to the World Endurance…
Former champ Gordon Shedden returns to BTCC with Team Dynamics in a Honda
SCOT GORDON SHEDDEN has confirmed he will return to the British Touring Car Championship this season, writes Jim McGill. ‘Flash’, the three-times BTCC champ, will be reunited with Team Dynamics in a Honda Civic Type R. The 42-year-old from Auchterarder won his titles — in 2012, 2015 and 2016 — driving a…
Fifer Rory Butcher to lead Toyota BTCC assault
FIFER RORY BUTCHER will spearhead Toyota Gazoo Racing UK’s assault on British Touring Car Championship glory in 2021, writes Jim McGill. The former Independents’ Champion will partner England’s Sam Smelt in the team’s two Toyota Corollas, prepared by Speedworks Motorsport. “I’m super excited about this new challenge,” admitted Butcher, the 33-year-old from…
British GT champ, Scot Sandy Mitchell, wins coveted Allan Simonsen Award
SCOTS ENDURANCE RACER and British GT champion, Sandy Mitchell, has started 2021 by winning the coveted Allan Simonsen Award, writes Jim McGill. It is the British GT’s highest non-championship accolade.Traditionally the award is won by a driver with the same speed and spirit as epitomised by the late Dane who tragically lost…
Scot Sandy Mitchell to defend British GT title as Lamborghini factory driver
BRITISH GT CHAMPION, Scot Sandy Mitchell, will return to defend his title next season with Lamborghini, writes Jim McGill. And the 20-year-old from Forfar will do so having been promoted to a full factory driver role with the Italian supercar company. Mitchell, personally backed by Huntly-based Black Bull Scotch Whisky, will again…
Scot Sandy Mitchell, 2020 British GT champ, named Lamborghini Factory Driver
SCOTS ENDURANCE RACER SANDY MITCHELL has joined Lamborghini’s elite group after being unveiled as a Factory Driver for the Italian carmaker’s motorsport division for 2021, writes Jim McGill. The promotion to a professional racing driver comes just weeks after the 20-year-old from Forfar powered Lamborghini to its first British GT Championship. CLICK…
Colin McRae: A Day in History
THERE ARE MOMENTS in sporting history which become iconic. Today marks one: Colin McRae’s imperious drive to the World Rally Championship in 1995, writes Jim McGill. Unbelievably, it’s 25 years since McRae, and his never-to-be forgotten blue and yellow, L555 BAT, Subaru Impreza rocketed through the muddy Welsh forest stages with the…