BTCC: Record Grid for 2013 Season

The late addition of Ollie Jackson and Michael Caine will see a record grid in the modern era of the BTCC.

While a smaller grid is expected at the season opener at Brands Hatch in a couple of weeks time, 32 entries have been registered for the 2013 season – an indication of the success the new NGTC-spec cars have brought in terms of cost-cutting since their introduction in 2011.

Caine will race for Motorbase Performance, in a second Ford Focus alongside Liam Griffin, while Jackson joins Dave Newsham in a Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis.

The drivers join a grid that will boast four previous champions, including the returning Colin Turkington, and reigning champion Gordon Shedden, who took his maiden championship in 2012.

The 2013 season will get under way at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent on March 31st.

2013 British Touring Car line-up:

Team                   Car                Drivers
Honda (Team Dynamics)  Honda Civic        Gordon Shedden/Matt Neal
MG (Triple 8)          MG6                Jason Plato/Sam Tordoff
Motorbase Performance  Ford Focus         M Jackson/A Smith/L Griffin/M Caine
WSR                    BMW 125 M          C Turkington/R Collard/N Foster
Team HARD              VW Passat          Tom Onslow-Cole/Howard Fuller
                       Vauxhall Insignia  Jack Goff/James Cole
Speedworks Motorsport  Toyota Avensis     Dave Newsham/Ollie Jackson
Ciceley Racing         Toyota Avensis     Adam Morgan
IP Tech                Chevrolet Cruze    Andy Neate/TBA
AmD Tuning             VW Golf            James Kaye
Rob Austin Racing      Audi A4            Rob Austin/Will Bratt
Eurotech Racing        Honda Civic        Andrew Jordan/Jeff Smith
Dynojet                Toyota Avensis     Frank Wrathall
Welch Motorsport       Proton Gen-2       Dan Welch
                       Ford Focus         David Nye
BTC Racing             Chevrolet Cruze    Chris Stockton
Team BMR               SEAT Leon          Warren Scott
Wood                   Vauxhall Vectra    Lea Wood
Tech-Speed/Finesse     Chevrolet Cruze    Joe Girling