East Anglia’s premier motor sport venue of Snetterton will deliver the most exciting racing anywhere in the country on 13 August when the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races there, says circuit boss Jonathan Palmer.
The BTCC is the UK’s most popular motor racing series, with millions of ITV1 television viewers this year having been gripped by the wheel-to-wheel, door-handle-to-handle action among big star names such as Matt Neal, Jason Plato, James Thompson and Colin Turkington. Reigning champion Neal currently leads the standings in his Team Halfords Honda, but Team RAC MG driver Turkington is closing fast in second. Neal’s rising Scottish team-mate Gordon Shedden is also one to watch.
Palmer, whose MotorSport Vision company owns Snetterton and sister BTCC venues Brands Hatch and Oulton Park, believes the crowds coming to his Norfolk circuit are in for three of the season’s closest BTCC races.
“Nowhere else in the country on that day will come close to the excitement that the BTCC will generate at Snetterton,” says Palmer. “The BTCC action has been getting more dramatic with every round and we’ve seen at Brands Hatch and Oulton Park increasingly large numbers of people coming through the gates to watch the championship.
“Snetterton has the longest straight in the UK, Revett Straight, and the spectacle of the BTCC cars slip streaming one another and then fanning out across the track is something to behold for the crowds.
“The speeds are among the highest the BTCC cars will reach all year and there’s going to be a lot of frantic scrabbling as they try out braking one another into the Esses. It’s the same coming through the Russell chicane onto the start-finish straight where there’s often plenty of contact and controversy.
“There’s always a lot for the crowds, many of them young families, to do on BTCC race day and the Snetterton Pit Lane Walkabout – when the public can come in and meet the drivers for autographs – is always an enormous hit. The fact that admission for children is free is another huge bonus point for people planning their weekends. Everyone at Snetterton is looking forward to greeting the BTCC crowds on 13 August.”
In addition to free entry for children aged 12 and under, Snetterton is also still selling discounted BTCC race day tickets for adults at just £20.00 – that’s 20 per cent off the gate price. These are available via thewww.snetterton.co.uk website or ticket hot line 0870 950 9000.
On top of the BTCC’s three rounds at Snetterton, there will be 11 more thrilling races from supporting championship put on by BMW, Porsche, Renault, SEAT, T-Cars and historic touring cars to keep the crowds entertained from 9am to 6pm.
Source: www.btcc.net
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