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We have another touring car-fest on our hands this weekend, with racing all over the world. But our focus is on the BTCC at the balls-out Thruxton circuit.

Daniel Lloyd returns to the championship with Eurotech Racing in their third entry and should go well. Triple Eight will be hungry for wins with their improved package for this year, having not topped the podium here since 2010. Andrew Jordan will also be wanting some glory, as he's not won for nearly two years and this is one of his better circuits (despite having only one win here). Aside from the winners, one thing that most people will probably be thinking is: "Who's going to have a massive crash this year?"

As far as the support series are concerned, the Porsches are missing again as are the Ginetta GT4s, although the latter will be replaced by the Ginetta GT5 Challenge. Both Clio races will be on Sunday for the second consecutive meeting.

Circuit length:               2.3560 miles
No. of laps:                  3x 16
Race distance:                3x 37.6960 miles
Races held:                   111
First race:                   15/04/1968
First race on current layout: 15/04/1968
Lap record:                   1:13.272, Jason Plato, Vauxhall Vectra 16v, 2000

2015 winners:
Race 1: Gordon Shedden
Race 2: Jason Plato
Race 3: Adam Morgan

All-time Winners:

Drivers:
7: Yvan Muller, Fabrizio Giovanardi, Gordon Shedden
6: Gordon Spice, Andy Rouse, Jason Plato
4: Frank Gardner, Vince Woodman, Matt Neal
3: Richard Lloyd, Steve Soper, David Leslie, Alain Menu, James Thompson, Frank Biela, Laurent Aiello, Dan Eaves, Mat Jackson, Colin Turkington
2: Brian Muir, Tom Walkinshaw, Pete Lovett, John Cleland, Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell, Tom Onslow-Cole
1: Roy Pierpoint, Stuart Graham, Chris Craft, Tony Dron, Jeff Allam, Dave Brodie, Mike Newman, Dennis Leech, Tim Harvey, Robb Gravett, Joachim Winkelhock, John Bintcliffe, Anthony Reid, Steven Kane, Andrew Jordan, Adam Morgan

Manufacturers:
25: Ford
23: Vauxhall
17: Honda
10: Chevrolet
7:  BMW
6:  Rover
5:  Nissan
4:  Audi
3:  Renault, SEAT
2:  Volvo
1:  Triumph, Mitsubishi, Alfa Romeo, MG, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz

Teams:
19: Triple Eight Racing
14: Team Dynamics
10: RML Group
8:  Tom Walkinshaw Racing
7:  Rouse Sport
6:  Gordon Spice Racing
4:  CC Motorsport, Audi Sport UK
3:  SCA European Road Services, Richard Lloyd Racing, Williams Touring Car Engineering, West Surrey Racing
2:  Bill Shaw Racing, Dave Cook Racing Services, Prodrive, Northern South, Motorbase Performance
1:  Motor Racing Research, Malcolm Gartlan Racing, Stuart Graham, Hammond's Sauce Group, Broadspeed, BBW Motorsport, Mike Newman, Dennis Leech, Eggenberger Motorsport, Trakstar Motorsport, Alfa Corse, Schnitzer Motorsport, Motor Sport Developments, Jackson Motorsport, Eurotech Racing, Team BMR, Ciceley Motorsport

Championship Standings:
1.  Matt Neal       78
2.  Gordon Shedden  73
3.  Jack Goff       66
4.  Rob Collard     64
5.  Mat Jackson     61
6.  Sam Tordoff     56
7.  Árón Smith      56
8.  Ashley Sutton   55
9.  Josh Cook       46
10. Adam Morgan     45

Event Timetable
Live Timing (includes driver tracker)
Live trackside commentary
Live ITV Stream

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Morgan had a big off

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Turkington is making that Subaru look pretty decent.

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Ingram on pole, Moffatt second.

Austin 24th

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"Many people ask me why I always sign off Till We Meet Again, because goodbye is always so final. Goodbye Dan Wheldon." -Marty Reid

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All hail the new era of formula 4

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

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Twitter:

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Clio race about to start. Not sure if ITV4 will show it live.

EDIT: Nop

Team BMR withdrew, according to BTCC facebook?

Safety grounds due to fault in fuel pressure, after Donington its understandable.

Looks like there was a Safety Car too based on it coming into the pits when ITV came on air.

A BTCC weekend without plato. Am I dreaming?

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Highlights at least of the first Juniors race.

I wish ITV would show the races before the first BTCC race and the one after the third BTCC race when that happens.

Formation lap underway.

BTCC formation lap

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ALPINE SKIING CRASHES SPREADSHEET

Green!!

Messy start

Neal leads after all that

Well thats not avoiding the kerbs