Just hours after testing Matt Neal’s title-winning Honda at Donington Park, John George closed Cardiff Airport so he could make a dramatic emergency landing after a mid-air scare at 18,000 feet.
George, aged 45, and close pal Andrew Whitaker were returning home to Bodmin in Cornwall from East Midlands airport near Donington when their Cessna aeroplane’s [...]

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SEAT Sport UK drivers Jason Plato and James Thompson will be supporting The Richard Burns Foundation when they take part in a special celebrity challenge event at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 2nd December.
Both the former British Touring Car Champions were good friends of the ex-World Rally Champion, who sadly died last year [...]

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Vauxhall has announced it will be running a two-car team in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship next year.
After post-season negotiations, the Luton-based manufacturer has re-secured the services of Italian touring car legend, Fabrizio Giovanardi, and the championship’s youngest-ever race winner, Tom Chilton to spearhead the 2007 campaign.
“Choosing the drivers is a joint decision [...]

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Alan Gow last night confirmed he will continue to lead the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship for the next four years at least, when he spoke before a packed audience at the series’ annual awards ceremony.
In front of 600 guests at Birmingham’s Hilton Metropole Hotel, Series Director Gow reflected on the BTCC’s 2006 season [...]

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