SCOTTISH TRACK NEXT STOP FOR BTCC AS TITLE RACE REACHES
CRITICAL POINT
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.
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