Deliverance – The BTCC’s Crazy Yet Remarkable year
Nobody should ever pretend that the BTCC is anything other than the pinnacle of sporting entertainment. It’s not about the fastest cars or pedigreed…
Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2020 – Season Preview
There is no other car manufacturer quite like Porsche and there is no other single-make championship in the UK quite as fast and rewarding….
What Lando Norris’ success tells us about the class of British F4
As Lando Norris showered champagne over the Red Bull Ring (becoming the newest recruit to the Formula One podium club), it’s worth remembering that…
The Greatest Sportsman – The Remarkable Sir Stirling Moss
Throughout the mid 1960’s, I witnessed some of the most intense rivalry every seen between two young racing drivers; On the inside was Stirling…
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…