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Touring Car Racing: 19582018: The History Of The British Touring Car Championship
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Touring Car Racing, A Feast Of Nostalgia, Celebrates The 60Year Heritage Of The British Touring Car Championship. From The Era Of Mini Coopers And Lotus Cortinas To The Vauxhall Astras And Honda Civics Of Recent Years, All The Highlights Of Britains Everspectacular Touring Car Scene Are Captured In A Yearbyyear Visual Extravaganza With Over 600 Photos And Expert Commentary. Compiled By Longtime Touring Car Journalist Matt James, The Book Has A Chapter For Each Year Featuring A Summary Of The Season, 10 Photos Showing All The Top Cars And Drivers In Action, Key Statistics And A Profile Of The Champion Driver. Anyone Who Has Ever Enjoyed Touring Car Racing As A Participant, Spectator Or Television Viewer Will Treasure This Book. The 1950S. The British Saloon Car Championship Was Inaugurated In 1958 And From The Start It Was Supercompetitive, Ending In A Tie That Was Resolved By A Shootout In Favour Of Jack Sears. The 1960S. There Were Three Mini Champions But Mainly This Was A Ford Era, Epitomised By Lotus Cortinas (With Jim Clark Ever Spectacular) And Big Falcons, Galaxies And Mustangs From America. The 1970S. Smaller Classes Came To The Fore In This Decade, With Three Drivers Sharing Seven Titles Bill Mcgovern Took Three In Sunbeam Imps While Two Apiece Went To Bernard Unett (Chrysler Avenger Gt) And Richard Longman (Mini 1275Gt). The 1980S. Three Drivers Also Bestrode This Decade But In A Wider Range Of Cars, Including Mazda Rx7, Alfa Romeo Gtv, Rover Vitesse And Ford Sierra Xr4I; Win Percy And Andy Rouse Each Took Three Titles, Chris Hodgetts Two. The 1990S. Overseas Drivers Arrived In Force To Mix It With Homegrown Stars During The Highly Competitive Super Touring Years, The Decades Champions Including Joachim Winkelhock (Bmw 318Is), Frank Biela (Audi A4 Quattro), Alain Menu (Renault Laguna), Rickard Rydell (Volvo S40) And Laurent Aello (Nissan Primera). The 2000S. Vauxhalls Were The Star Cars, Taking Six Titles, While The Decade Brought Three Double Champions In The Form Of James Thompson (Vauxhall Astra), Matt Neal (Honda Integra) And Fabrizio Giovanardi (Vauxhall Vectra Vxr). The 2010S. Yet More Variety And Brilliant Racing Has Characterised The Current Decade, With Gordon Shedden Becoming The Winningest Driver With Three Titles In Honda Civics.
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