The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is one of the best-loved, iconic and prestigious motor racing championships in the world. Spanning more than six decades, only Formula 1 and NASCAR have longer histories and as time has progressed, the series has continued to evolve.
Established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship, the series was renamed the British Touring Car Championship in 1987. Since its inception, saloon car racing has proven to be a smash-hit with some of the biggest named drivers from around the world competing in racing versions of their road cars.
That theme continues today as tens of thousands of spectators flock to some of the UK’s best venues to soak up the door-to-door thrills that the BTCC produces, in cars that are recognisable under the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) regulations where strict limits on modifications to the cars are designed to reduce costs.
Taking place across ten weekends, a total of 30 races are run during the season with grids of more than 30 cars all vying for supremacy – and edge-of-the-seat action is guaranteed as the title battle traditionally goes down to the wire.
TCR UK Touring Car Championship and Milltek Civic Cup will run under the British Automobile Racing Club banner in 2025, with the prestigious Touring Car series and popular Civic Cup joining other celebrated tin-top racing classes this season on the action-packed BARC racing calendar.
Sitting alongside the likes of the Kwik Fit British Touring Championship, Vertu Mini Challenge JCW, Super Tourer Series and Junior Saloon Car Championship – TCR UK and Milltek Civic Cup swell the saloon car offering and competition opportunities from the British Automobile Racing Club.
TCR, the exciting global door-to-door racing format launched in 2014, provides a platform for cars built to a homologated specification to compete on a level playing field with carefully calculated balance of performance (BoP). The 1.75 to 2-litre machines also run on a controlled Goodyear tyre in the UK series and controlled fuel through Carless Racing Fuels and Vital Equipment – this also helps to ensure competitive, fair and close racing all season long.
Both series will get underway on the opening race weekend for BARC on the 22/23 March at Donington Park on the National layout before a return visit a fortnight later for TCR UK to tackle the Grand Prix variation – supporting the British GT championship, while the Civics will take on an additional battle at Brands Hatch.
After the Donington double for TCR and Kent commitment for the Civic Cup, the calendar is followed by trips to Silverstone, Croft and Oulton Park before the summer recess for both categories.
Then they both enter the business end of the season – sharing the billing with the British Truck Racing Championship at Snetterton 300 in September before the season finale and teaming up with the trucks once again at Brands Hatch for a potential title decider on the Indy layout before a Firework finale takes to the skies.
Adding to the competition incentive, TCR UK champion, Gen 1 Cup Champion and Goodyear Diamond Award winner from the TCR championship will all be invited to test one of the front-running Kwik Fit British Touring Cars – thanks to Maximum Motorsport and Goodyear.
2025 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-3 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 4-6 – 5th/6th April – Donington (Grand Prix)
Rounds 7-9 – 17th/18th May – Silverstone (National)
Rounds 10-12 – 14th/15th June – Croft
Rounds 13-14 – 5th July – Oulton Park (Island)
Rounds 15-17 – 13th/14th September – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 18-20 – 1st/2nd November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
The Everard Pre-66 Touring Car series, organised by the Classic Touring Car Racing Club in association with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is ready to hit the track on the 22/23 March.
The series for cars from the late fifties and swinging sixties are ready to do battle at eight rounds this season, with plenty of competition between a huge variety of cars.
Competitors have an abundance of choice when it comes to selecting a four-seater saloon marketing to the public before 1st January 1966 – allowing drivers behind the wheel and those stood watching track side to be taken back down memory lane – to the early days of the British Saloon Car Championship – the precursor to the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship.
A whole host of machinery are ready to be rolled out of garages to relive the door-to-door action from a bygone era.
Class A for cars over 2700cc is the place for the ‘big bangers’ such as the Ford Falcon and Ford Galaxie models with homes for cars of all shapes and sizes, down to the giant killing machines such as Ford Lotus Cortina, Mini Cooper, Hillman Imp and Austin A40 models.
The Everard Pre-66 runners get their championship underway at classic touring car venues Donington Park and Brands Hatch before a popular trip to Pembrey in Wales. A double header at Brands Hatch for races around the Indy and GP layouts marks the midpoint in the season, before a championship run in of Snetterton, Silverstone and Brands Hatch providing the final event of the year.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Everard Pre-66 Touring Cars Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Everard Pre-66 Touring Cars – head to www.classictouringcars.com/classic-saloons-historic-touring-cars
The Group One era of Touring Car racing is alive and well in Britain and the Classic Touring Car Club and British Automobile Racing Club prepare for a season of exciting tin-top action in the Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship which begins at Donington Park later this month.
Saloon car racing has always been a popular spectacle on British race circuits, and no matter the era or generation – everyone had their favourite drivers and favourite cars! For cars from the seventies and eighties – this championship is home to plenty of motoring icons. Cars eligible must have been marketed to the public before 1st January 1983 – with more than 5000 examples manufactured in any 12 month period during the overall production run and/or were homologated by the FIA for competition in Group One category for production cars prior to that date.
Popular machines from a bygone era are raced hard once more rather than placed in museums, with popular classics such as the Ford Escort Mk1, MG Metro, Triumph Dolomite Sprint and Chevrolet Camaro, and more battling hard on the race track.
Donington Park flags off the proceedings in Leicestershire before embarking on a UK tour. Pembrey, Silverstone and Snetterton are woven together by four rounds at Brands Hatch, with three on the Indy circuit and one utilising the legendary GP loop.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Group One brigade joining the opening billing.
2025 Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-83-touring-cars
The Trackhub.uk Pre-93 Touring Car Championship is one of the most action-packed grids on the popular Classic Touring Car Club and British Automobile Racing Club schedule with an exciting calendar of events ready and waiting in 2025.
The Pre-93 class is home to the hot-hatches and saloons from the fabled early nineties and will feature cars marketed to the public prior to the 1st January 1993. The championship caters for two-wheel drive, four-seater saloon cars that have more than 5000 examples manufactured in any 12-month period and will include the likes of the E46 M3 from BMW, Cavalier and Astra models from Vauxhall as well as cars from Honda, Rover, Ford and more.
Six categories provide the structure, with classes up to 1400cc, 1600cc, 2000cc, 2900cc, 3900cc and over 3900cc – with the latter including the flame-spitting Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth.
All eyes will be on the touring car billing from the BARC, with the opening round ready and waiting at Donington Park. It’s a championship that provides great spectacle from the tail-wagging, venerable BMWs which have dominated in recent seasons. However, with the unpredictable British weather turning at any moment – this could create a sporting opportunity for the lesser powered machines which revel in the damp and wet conditions.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with Pre-93 runners joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-93-touring-cars
The Classic Touring Car Racing Club and the British Automobile Racing Club is home to touring cars – with a class and category for saloon cars from the fifties through to the present day machines. One of the classes to get its season underway on the opening BARC race weekend is the Burty Haulege Pre-03 Touring cars, adding to a packed event entry.
Home to some of the more modern machinery from the Classic Touring Car Racing Club – the Pre 03 category welcomes two-wheel-drive, four-seater saloon cars marketed to the public between 1st January 1993 and 31st December 2002 – an exciting period for the lover of tin-tops.
Expect to see the battle between front and rear-wheel-drive, as battlers from either side of the Millenium go head-to-head, with the likes of the BMW E46 Compact taking on the Honda Civic at close quarters. The series often also doubles up and amalgamates with the Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship field to provide even bigger grids and tougher levels of competition.
Five classes for up to 1600cc, up to 2000cc, up to 2500cc, up to 3200cc and Invitational house the saloon car shoot-outs across the country with battle lines drawn at Donington Park, Brands Hatch (Indy and GP), Pembrey, Snetterton and Silvertone this year.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Pre 2003 Touring Cars joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Burty Pre-03 Touring Cars Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Burty Pre 2003 Touring Cars – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-2003-saloon-cars
The Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series from the Classic Touring Car Club is back to celebrate the iconic Ford brand with the British Automobile Racing Club, as the American company enters its 122nd year in 2025.
The legendary blue oval marque has produced some of the most recognisable and most revered cars ever to hit the road and racetrack – and the BARC supported Blue Oval Saloon Series has many of the heroic cars ready to roll down the pit lane. The series boasts seven classes for four seater saloon cars manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, based on standard production shells marketed to the public before the 1st January 2011.
Everyone from Class F up to 1400cc through to Class A for cars over 3,601cc are welcome on the grid. Anglias and Cortinas, through to Escorts, Sierras and Fiestas pack the entry list, along with the odd Mustang, Mondeo or Focus adding to the variety and spectacle.
The true blue series begins at Donington Park before taking in Brands Hatch and a trip across the border to Wales for three rounds at Pembrey. A double header at Brands Hatch sees both Indy and GP layouts sprung into action, before the mid season break in July. A trip to Norfolk for two intense duals at Snetterton is followed by Silverstone, with the curtain call taking place at Brands Hatch – the closest venue to the spiritual home of Ford UK, with Dagenham in Essex just under 20 miles from the Kent race venue.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series – head to www.classictouringcars.com/blue-oval-saloon-championship
The Classic Touring Car Club returns to race tracks around the UK with its pack of machines ready and waiting to be unleashed into the British Automobile Racing Club events in 2025.
The PRG Trailers Classic Thunder series is houses ‘the monsters’, with the tin-top series delivering flame-snorting and no-hold-barred action a-plenty, with eight events on the agenda for the thunderous series.
The Classic class is home to four seater saloon cars based on the standard production shells of road cars marketed to the public before the 1st January 2011 with the Historic class open to machines before 1st January 1983.
This provides plenty of choice for competitors and plenty of variety for spectators to admire with crowds set to reminisce over their childhood pin-up poster cars. Nine classes cater for all engine sizes with historic cars up to 1700cc all the way through to the 4000cc behemoth classic class where cars such as the fire-breathing Aussie V8 inspired Holden’s and Ford Falcon’s go toe-to-toe with the likes of the ‘Godzilla’ themed Nissan Skyline.
With a nod to touring car racing of yesteryear, these classes and others on the BARC billing at some venues will run together providing a grid full of touring car heroes and icons of all different shapes and sizes. If the weather gets a little wet – expect to see some giant-killing, as the rain will provide a great leveller for the underpowered machines, with the drivers looking to make the most of their usable power.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Classic and Historic Thunder Saloons joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Edmundson Electrical Classic Thunder Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Classic and Hisoric Thunder Saloons – head to www.classictouringcars.com/thunder-saloon-championship
The iconic touring cars of yesteryear are ready to wind back the clock for another scintillating season with the home of touring cars, the British Automobile Racing Club welcoming the nineties legends to the opening BARC weekend.
If there was ever a period for the British Touring Car Championship, the mid to late nineties was the time – with world class drivers, a whole list of automotive manufacturer teams and almost bottomless pit budgets – the series was a motorsporting spectacle that challenged Formula One for viewership.
Fast forward to 2025 – 25 years on since the end of the Super Touring formula, the Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series keep the memories alive, with the iconic cars still racing and racing hard by some of the best national racing drivers.
Cars such as the Vauxhall Vectra driven by the likes of John Cleland and Jason Plato in period will race bumper-to-bumper with BMWs, Fords, Hondas, Nissans and Peugeots from the same era.
Donington Park was always a spectacle for tin-top action back in the day, and it is set to be no different, with a new season ready to get underway at the Leicestershire circuit under the stewardship of the BARC before a country-trotting championship will follow.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Super Tourers joining the opening billing.
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series – head to www.classictouringcars.com/ctcrc-super-tourers-championship
The VERTU MINI CHALLENGE JCW is one of the county’s leading tin-top, single-make categories and it continues to scale new heights as it forms an integral part of Britain’s biggest race weekends as part of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship support bill.
Aligning itself with the British Automobile Racing Club as well as the BTCC, the series provides a combination of class structure, cost effectiveness, professionalism and unrivalled exposure.
Attracting capacity grids and producing ultra-competitive racing, the CHALLENGE JCW Championship caters for the latest version of MINI’s 265bhp hot hatchback and it runs on Goodyear slick racing tyres; which all plays a part in serving up bag loads of entertainment along the way.
Billed as a unique stepping stone into the UK’s premier motorsport series; previous winners include reigning champion Sam Weller, Dan Zelos, Ant Whorton-Eales and Brett Smith.
Providing the perfect stepping stone up the tin top ladder, the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy Championship is the perfect place to begin your motorsport career.
Boasting capacity grids and producing ultra-competitive racing, the Trophy Championship uses a Cooper car that produces 130bhp and runs on Goodyear racing tyres.
The car best suits those new to motorsport, those with some karting experience, or those who just want ultra-close, fair racing on a high-profile stage with modest budgets.
Coming off the back of aligning itself with the British Automobile Racing Club in 2022, the one-make series can be found making appearances on the support bill of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship as well as several national race meetings.
The MINI CHALLENGE Clubsport with Airtec Motorsport is a club-level series for MINI racers and an affiliate to the hugely successful British Touring Car Championship JCW and Cooper classes.
Providing drivers with the opportunity to take their first steps onto the MINI CHALLENGE ladder, the Clubsport format is the brainchild of former racers Robin Austin and Tom Halliwell, and has the full support from Promoter Antony Williams.
The three classes within MINI CHALLENGE Clubsport will be Cooper S, Open and Cooper Am, with cars running together on track to create one bumper field.
The Cooper S class will be open to the R53 and R56 models of the MINI Cooper S at a tightly regulated level of tune, whilst the Cooper Am Class will be open to the R50 variant as used in the MINI CHALLENGE Trophy, but with a more flexible set of technical rules.
The Open Class is available to any MINI, with a maximum power-to-weight of 220bhp.