Brands Hatch Counting Down to BTCC Season
Start
17 March 2008
Two weeks and counting: there is now less than a fortnight to go before
Kent’s world-famous Brands Hatch circuit stages the opening rounds
of Britain’s most popular motor racing series – the HiQ
MSA British Touring Car Championship – on Sunday 30 March. The
event marks the start to the UK’s 2008 motor sport calendar.
Many predict this year’s BTCC will be one of the closest-fought
on record in what is the championship’s golden anniversary season.
Three former champions – Fabrizio Giovanardi, Matt Neal and Jason
Plato – headline a star-studded grid of drivers that also consists
of a dozen or more potential winners.
Retaining its huge public appeal, the BTCC is contested by high-performance
racing versions of everyday road cars and Alfa Romeo, BMW, Chevrolet,
Honda, Lexus, SEAT and Vauxhall are all represented on 2008’s
grid.
Three races on Sunday – each guaranteed to provide plenty of
the high-adrenaline, bumper-to-bumper action that has become a hallmark
of the BTCC – are sure to keep the crowds on their feet. As well,
there will be further action from the five supporting race categories.
Brands Hatch’s BTCC season-opener is sure to attract a huge
race day crowd: the circuit is within easy reach of central London
and the M25 and M20 motorways. All-day admission for adults costs just £22.00
if booked in advance and entry for children aged 12 and under is FREE.
Adding to the attraction, the Brands circuit’s lay-out, surrounded
by high banks, means the crowds can see virtually the whole racing
lap being played out in front of them.
Part of race day also includes the Pit Lane Walkabout when the public – including
many families – can cross the track to meet the BTCC drivers
for plenty of exciting give-aways.
And it is fitting that Brands will start the BTCC’s golden anniversary
celebrations – it was at the same circuit that the championship’s
first race was held back in 1958. As well, Brands is the only circuit
in the UK to stage BTCC races in every one of the 50 years since, making
it something of a spiritual home for the championship.
To pre-book adult tickets to watch the BTCC at Brands Hatch on Sunday
30 March visit www.brandshatch.co.uk or tel. 0870 950 9000.
For all the latest BTCC news visit the championship’s official
website www.btcc.net.
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See series calendar for British
Touring Car Championship 2008
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