Scottish Track Next Stop for BTCC as Title
Race Reaches Critical Point
23 August 2007
There are less than two weeks to go before Britain’s premier
motor racing series – the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – ventures
north of the border for its only race meeting of the year in Scotland,
at the Knockhill circuit in Fife on Sunday 2 September.
Tens of thousands of Scottish BTCC fans are expected to cram into
the spectacular Knockhill venue near Dunfermline to watch Britain’s
top teams and racing drivers in what will be the championship’s
penultimate three rounds of the 2007 season. The event is a major date
in Scotland’s sporting calendar and will receive live television
coverage on the day on both the ITV4 and ITV1 channels.
Adding to the excitement, the race for the UK’s most coveted
motor racing title is at a critical stage with SEAT’s Jason Plato
and Vauxhall’s Italian ace Fabrizio Giovanardi now separated
by just four points at the top of the Drivers’ championship standings.
But the biggest cheers on race day are likely to be saved for Scotland’s
own BTCC hero Gordon Shedden who, with three race wins so far this
season in his Team Halfords Honda Civic, arrives at his home track
still with an outside chance of being crowned Champion. Shedden, from
Dalgety Bay, is third in the championship, 78 points behind Plato with
a maximum of 104 still on offer.
Tickets for Knockhill’s BTCC race day action can be purchased
at a discounted price if booked on the circuit’s website http://www.knockhill.com/.
Adult admission is just £23.00, concessions £14.00 and
children aged 8-11 just £6.00. Admission for children aged 7
and under is FREE.
Prices include access to the BTCC paddock and the specially-organised ‘Pit
Lane Walkabout’ session when the public – including children – is
invited to meet the BTCC’s drivers for autographs and giveways.
In addition to the BTCC’s penultimate three rounds on Sunday
2 September, the Knockhill crowds will see the latest action from the
high-profile supporting BMW, Porsche and SEAT race championships. Completing
an 11-race bill, there will also be action from the Legends series.
And the action will not just be limited to the track – overhead,
there will be a thrilling air display from ace stunt pilot Jim McTaggart
in his Starduster bi-plane.
BTCC.net
See series calendar for British
Touring Car Championship 2007
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