MIDLANDS CIRCUIT NEXT STOP FOR BRITAIN'S PREMIER RACE SERIES
There are now less than three weeks to go before Britain’s
premier motor racing series – the Dunlop MSA British
Touring Car Championship – headlines at the Donington
Park circuit in Leicestershire on Sunday 15 July.
The BTCC could not be arriving at the Midlands venue at a
more dramatic moment, with Italy’s Fabrizio Giovanardi
and Briton Jason Plato separated by just one point at the
top of the table.
And with Donington enjoying an excellent location –
just minutes from junctions 23A and 24 of the M1 motorway
by East Midlands Airport – BTCC race day is expected
to draw a bumper crowd. Indeed, tens of thousands of fans
from across the region and neighbouring cities of Birmingham,
Derby, Leicester and Nottingham are likely to flock to the
historic Donington circuit for what will be the BTCC’s
only visit of 2007.
The fixture marks something of a home event for a number
of the high-profile teams and drivers in the BTCC, chiefly
reigning champion Matt Neal (Droitwich), new race-winner Mat
Jackson (Henley-in-Arden) and his family’s Jacksons
MSport BMW team, front-runner Mike Jordan and his Eurotech
Honda squad (Sutton Coldfeld), rising star Adam Jones (Solihull)
and Richard Marsh (Ashbourne), who not only drives for but
owns the Coventry-based A-Tech Alfa Romeo team.
The event is also dear to the heart of the BTCC’s pro-active
title sponsor Dunlop whose UK headquarters is based nearby
at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. Across the region, Dunlop and
its group of companies employ some 2,000 people.
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