Behind Closed Doors – British Touring Car Championship Media Day
It was a day I wish I hadn’t witnessed. I’ve only ever known the British Touring Car Championship for its buzz, bustle and brilliance;…
British GT 2020 Media Day – the calm before the storm
If only Fanny Fern had been at Snetterton last Tuesday. For the evidence was clear, clouds really do have silver linings, and in the…
Preview: BTCC Finale – it’s Turkington’s title to lose
You can’t really say that 2009 was a vintage year, but it did have one or two moments of greatness: Barack Obama was sworn-in…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: ‘No More Heroes’ – WEC Silverstone 4-hours
I don’t think I’m the only one with writers’ block. Having witnessed an all too predictable Season 7 (‘Toyota vs Toyota’), I’d somehow hoped…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: BMW dominates BTCC’s Half-Term report
The whole point of the BTCC is to deliver a spectacle of motor sport unlike any other; closely harmonised regulations, world class driving talent…
SkiddMark Top Twenty: Keen to Win?
Statistics never lie; they just don’t always tell the truth. Phil Keen made his British GT debut back in 2005; he raced straight to…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: Brilliant Blancpain
It’s the world’s greatest GT racing series, and for two incredible weekends each year, the UK becomes home to fifty of the finest, hardest…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: The Hero’s Journey – Donington Park
The myths and fables of times past would often see champions pitched into battle, seemingly against insuperable odds: The opening gambits setting remarkable scenes…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: BTCC is back!
Months of careful planning; long days and nights of tireless graft; and mile after mile of hauling cars and crew from track to track…
SkiddMark’s Top Twenty: The F4 Factor
It was around this time four years ago that 15-yr old Lando Norris climbed into the new Ford-powered single seater at Brands Hatch and…
Skiddmark’s Top Twenty: Lights, camera, action! It’s British GT’s Media Day
It’s a scriptwriter’s dream: A record 38 full-season entries (the highest number in British GT’s 27-year history), seven GT3 manufacturers (five of which are…
Skiddmark’s Top Twenty: 2018 Formula Ford Festival – Smith takes ‘Zero’ to Hero
Steam rising from dented kettles; the lingering scent of crisping bacon; frosted dew crusting neatly trimmed grass, and long Autumn shadows marking the run…