The kwik fit british touring car championship is a touring car racing series held each year in. The new group a rules introduced in 1982 produced some truly spectacular machinery and increa. As voted by an expert panel of eight, the ninetimes bathurst winner edged out the best of australias. Alain menu returns to the british touring car championship. Richard attempts to improve airplane travel by having a race with touring car drivers using airport vehicles. The 2012 australian touring car masters series was an australian motor racing competition for modified touring cars.
This is where enthusiasts and zipcar drivers alike, can find brutally. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical. See results from the worldinternational and british touring car drivers quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. Amazingly the following season didnt find her in the lowpowered f3 car but in a hairy 500 horsepower tubeframe mercedes in the german touring car championship dtm, where she raced for 6 seasons. Audi sport customer racing with two partner teams in new. Click on a driver s name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc.
From 1992present a separate championship was awarded to the winning independent not officially manufacturer backed driver, and from 20002003 the production class had its own championship for the best class b driver. Aintree racing drivers school, formula ford scholarship. Heres our quick guide to the best familyfriendly movies and shows you can stream right now. To be clear and so car enthusiasts do not blow up the comments section malibu was a trim choice in 1973, not a separate vehicle. Profiles are available for the drivers linked below. The base gls model now has air conditioning, cruise control and a telescopic steering wheel all standard on automaticequipped versions, and all optional with manual transmission. Drivers who are competing in the 2020 season are highlighted in bold. Photograph taken circa 1919 by henry norford whitehead. There were many great cars in the background of the movie drive. The top ten 10 greatest auto racing drivers of alltime 1 ayrton senna ayrton senna da silva 21 march 1960 1 may 1994 was a brazilian racing driver who won three formula one world championships for mclaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and is regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time. Technology reference guide this technology reference guide is designed to help you get acquainted with your 2014 honda odyssey touring or touring elite and provide basic instructions on some of its technology and convenience features.
Charismatic drivers and evocative racing cars from five decades plot the. Wsr announces 2018 british touring car championship driver. One thai movie driver that packs the complexity of people in various forms. British touring car championship driver glynn geddie has been charged with a drink driving offence in his home town of aberdeen last month on august 19th.
Heres a quick rundown of the recordbreaking 2014 btcc grid. The series is exclusively reserved to tcr race cars and encompasses rounds in africa, asia, europe and south america. John bowe is one of australias great motorsport legends. Days of thunder 1990 just one look at the days of thunder poster and you a hint of what youre in for. Nine of the worlds greatest performance cars battle for supremacy. The series was open to cars manufactured between 1 january 1963 and 31 december 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 january 1974 and 31 december 1976. Brca touring car series 2012 round 5 mendip youtube. Adrenalin brings the exciting and successful bmw touring car story to the big. Among them, there are a number of intriguing new driver. Fabio fabiani and urs sonderegger are competing in the european touring car cup. Its massively dangerous, its blisteringly expensive, and while it may be the ultimate speed rush, its also the most transitory of overinaninstant thrills.
John bowe 1969 ford mustang touring car masters 2012 championship winner. List of british touring car championship teams and drivers. Itv4 is the home of the british touring car championship and the touring car legends series is an ideal compliment to our coverage of. Bmw returned to the series a manufacturer entry last season and, between them. The 1973 chevrolet chevelle driven by ryan goslings character driver in the movie, drive was not the first choice of director nicolas winding refn. And the issue can be applied to life in todays society.
Click below for a list of drivers in 2014, or alternatively to see an az listing of drivers who have have taken part in the british touring car championship over the years. Wsr bmw has retained colin turkington, rob collard and andrew jordan for the 2018 british touring car championship. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the united kingd. The purpose of the movie is not to tell a story but instead just tom cruise up. Car makers list of car people auto people by industry famous race car drivers list of famous touring car race drivers find famous touring car race drivers, touring racers, modiefied street car people, motor racing competitors, and car racing companies involved in the famous touring car races. Discussing the 2012 hot list download free on itunes.
The 2016 dunlop msa british touring car championship gets under way at brands hatch this weekend with a capacity entry of 32 competitors. Must see action some video for you guys to drool over. Btcc touring car legends documentary part 2 youtube. Glynn geddie charged with drink driving in aberdeen. As of the 2012 season, all teams with s2000 chassis, used ngtc turbo charged engines. Browse through latest information on your favorite indycar drivers, including full biographies, latest news, highres photos and high quality videos. The vehicle that was originally chosen was an earlier model chevelle, said darrin prescott, drives stunt coordinator. The nissan 370z is a sports car that is offered for sale both as a twodoor coupe and a roadster with a softtop convertible. A documentary on brazilian formula one racing driver ayrton senna, who won the f1 world championship three times before his. This hybrid specification was eligible until the end of the. The decade was very nearly a bmw whitewash, only missing the etcc drivers. This guide is not intended to be a substitute for the owners manual.
Driver is a movie that combines emotions in the same story, both greed, rage, passion, hate, prejudice, we have seen a fascinating aspect. Worldinternational and british touring car drivers quiz. A new car was introduced for the 2012 season, in which franchitti only scored 1 victory in the indianapolis 500 to become the 10th driver to win at least 3 indianapolis 500s during a career. Born to race 2011 joseph cross in born to race 2011 born to race 2011. Five movies about race car drivers five movies about. Weve taken a selection of british, world, german and tcr touring cars and hidden or distorted various features can you name them all.
Our exhaustive process uncovers the only new drivers you should try in 2012 podcast. Public enemy harder than you think available to purchase on itunes mix by stefan chodzynski. The title of btcc champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a british touring car championship season. Onetime world touring car champion rob huff has announced he will not race in. But for some reason, there dont seem to be any truly excellent movies about race car drivers. Drivers who are competing in the 2019 season are highlighted in bold. I can listen to music while he is watching a movie. Can you name the worldinternational and british touring car drivers since 1987. James hunt and niki lauda are exceptional racing car drivers who first develop a fierce rivalry in.
Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by. British touring car championship racer mike bushells fulltime. Han han is the most interesting racecar driver in the world. How many of these touring cars and drivers can you name. He began racing f1 in 2010 as a full contestant and by 2012 he placed in the top three at the japan grand prix. For many of us slowpokes content to stick to the speed limit, jetcar drivers dogged pursuit of landspeed records seems the most baffling of human urges. I purchased the 2012 buick lacrosse new fully loaded in november of 2012, the car is very. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The late peter brock has been voted the alltime greatest australian touring car driver. In 2005 menu moved to the world touring car championship to drive for chevrolet, where he remained until 2012, albeit with a oneoff return. In 2012 she was named a developmental driver for the williams formula 1 team. The vehicle they really wanted had already been in a movie it was.
The popularity of touring car racing exploded during the eighties. This is a list of racing drivers who have competed in the british touring car championship, sorted alphabetically by surname. Audi sport customer racing is supporting two partner teams in the wtcr fia world touring car cup. John claridge, head of programme strategy at itv4, adds. Sort of amazing for a driver whos never won a race in a car. Btcc touring car legends documentary part 1 youtube. Bushell btcc return delayed by three rounds due to heart problem. Yukinori taniguchi was left with no drive for the 2012 season. The full story of the btccs super touring era duration.
Over the years, the macau grand prixs guia race four touring cars had belonged to the asian touring car championship, and the current gt cup race was once the supercar cup for road going exotic sports cars. Wrtcc wheel racers touring car championship videos. Watch bumpertobumper touring car action from the wtcc, btcc and more on download and dvd at brilliant prices. How many of these touring car and driver combinations can you name. Az btcc driversover the years, there have been many drivers in the british touring car championship. The car is actually a 1973 chevrolet chevelle with the malibu trim option. If you love touring cars, then has everything you need, with british touring cars, world touring cars and classic etcc on dvd and download. Following its successful debut season, the audi rs 3 lms will compete at the highest international level this year. Drivers were able to get familiar with their cars and each other on the track for the most part. Headed by seven former champions and six further race winners, this is one.
Btcc drivers features a comprehensive database of information about btcc drivers past and present. Ten drivers to watch in the british touring car championship. Javier villa was expected to be driving the second proteam bmw car, but due to sponsorship issues he was left without a drive, and switched to the racecar euro series. Fuller, 27, contested two btcc events in 2012 with team hard in a honda. Jeremy road tests the bmw x5m and audi q7 v12 tdi and compares it to the new land rover range rover. Rush is a 20 biographical sports film centred on the huntlauda rivalry between two formula one drivers, the. My drivers enables easy and fast detection, backup and restore of all hardware. Theres a drag race with a racing school scholarship as prize. Released in 2009 as a successor to the nissan 350z, the 370z boasts a thrilling ride with practical features that make it a great choice for everyday driving. Guy ritchie is the star in a reasonably priced car. Following a complete redesign in 2011, the hyundai elantra returns largely unchanged for 2012, save for several trim modifications. Come ride shotgun with motor trends carlos lago and jonny lieberman and famed race car driver randy pobst as they test nine of the most exotic, highperformance vehicles in the world in search of. This list is a comprehensive guide to those drivers.
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