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There are two separate championships for different types of car; although some cars can run in both, they may be in different categories.
There are two separate championships for different types of car; although some cars can run in both, they may be in different categories.


GT's, which include cars like Ferraris, Porsches, Marcos, Moslers and Ginettas over a long-distance race, normally between 2 and 4 hours in length with a compulsory pit stop. Normally cars will have between 2 and 3 drivers.
GT's, which include cars like Ferraris, Porsche Cup, Marcos, Moslers and Ginettas over a long-distance race, normally between 2 and 4 hours in length with a compulsory pit stop. Normally cars will have between 2 and 3 drivers.


Production, which include cars like Renault Clio Cup, Seat Leon Supercopa, Porsche Boxster, BMW M3s and Mini Cooper S. These races are normally 90 minutes long, featuring a mandatory pit stop. There can be up to 2 drivers per car.
Production, which include cars like Renault Clio Cup, Seat Leon Supercopa, VW Golf, Porsche Boxster, BMW M3s, Lotus Elise and Mini Cooper S. These races are normally 90 minutes long, featuring a mandatory pit stop. There can be up to 2 drivers per car.


==Winners==
⚫
For the 2019 season the format was changed again, merging Endurance and Sprint categories into a single grid for two 60-minute races per weekend, finishing the season with a single 60- and a single 120-minute night race.

Top three in each category since 2016. <ref name="Overall results">{{cite web|url=http://britcar-endurance.com/past_results.php|title=Past Results|website=Official Britcar website|access-date=4 Feb 2019}}</ref>

===2016===

'''Eudurance Category'''

* 1st Phil Hanson / Nigel Moore - Tockwith Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS - 170 points
* 2nd Jacob Mathiassen / Steve Fresle - Century Motorsport - Ginetta G55 GT4 - 170 points
* 3rd Chris Murphy / Jonny Cocker / Jody Fannin - Whitebridge Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - 145 points
''Tockwith overall winners based on number of wins, 2nd, 3rd, etc.''

'''GT Category'''

* 1st Chris Murphy / Jonny Cocker - Whitebridge Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - 258 points
* 2nd Marcus Fothergill / Dave Benett - Bespoke Cars Ltd - Porsche 997 Cup - 174 points
* 3rd David Mason / Calum Lockie - FF Corse - Ferrari 458 GT3 - 89 points

'''Production Category'''

* 1st Mike Moss / Tom Howard / Kevin Clarke - Moss Motorsport - BMW M3 E46 - 222 points
* 2nd Del Shelton - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW M3 E36 - 202 points
* 3rd Martin Parsons / Rob Hedley - Track Torque Motorsport - Seat Leon Supacopa - 117 points

===2017===

'''Eudurance Category'''

* 1st Witt Gamski / Ross Wylie / Joe Macari - MJC Furlonger - Ferrari 458 GTE - 306 points
* 2nd Darron Lewis / Tom Knight / Adam Shepherd - Team HARD - Ginetta G55 GT4 - 287 points
* 3rd Simon Rudd / Tom Barley - Team HARD - Ginetta G55 - 278 points

'''Sprint Category'''

* 1st Rick Nevinson / Brad Nevinson / Sean Cooper / Matt Cherrington - Track Focused - Porsche Cayman GT4 - 249 points
* 2nd Roland Hopkins / Matthew Sleigh - RM Racing - VW Golf Cup Car - 247 points
* 3rd Edward Moore / Marmaduke Hall - Tockwith Motorsport - Ginetta G50 - 246 points

===2018===

'''Endurance Category'''

* 1st Matt Greenwood / Sarah Moore - Tockwith Motorsport - Ginetta G50 - 341
* 2nd Simon Rudd / Tom Barley - Team Hard Racing - Ginetta G55 - 329
* 3rd Mike McCollum / Sean Cooper - Track Focused with Oakfields Advisors Ltd - KTM X-Bow - 282

'''Sprint Category'''

* 1st Jon Watt / Kristian Prosser - Moss Motorsport - BMW M3 E46 - 299
* 2nd John Clonis / Chris Bentley / Rob Gilham - CTR Alfatune - SEAT Leon TCR - 284
* 3rd Andy Napier - Napier Racing - Lotus Elise S2 135R - 273


==History==
==History==
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For the 2017 season, the format was changed. Drivers in all races would now accrue points towards the Dunlop Endurance Championship but drivers could choose to do two 50-minute races under the Sprint category, or one 50-minute and one 2-hour race in the Endurance category. Grids were combined and most events were to take place over a single day. The night race proved so popular in 2016 that a second night race was introduced, to run at Silverstone earlier in the same month.
For the 2017 season, the format was changed. Drivers in all races would now accrue points towards the Dunlop Endurance Championship but drivers could choose to do two 50-minute races under the Sprint category, or one 50-minute and one 2-hour race in the Endurance category. Grids were combined and most events were to take place over a single day. The night race proved so popular in 2016 that a second night race was introduced, to run at Silverstone earlier in the same month.

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For the 2019 season the format was changed again, merging Endurance and Sprint categories into a single grid for two 60-minute races per weekend, finishing the season with a single 60- and a single 120-minute night race at Brands Hatch.


==Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour==
==Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour==

Revision as of 10:45, 4 February 2019

Britcar
CategoryEndurance
CountryUnited Kingdom
Inaugural season2005
DriversVaries
TeamsVaries
Official website[1]

Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom.

It was formed in 1997, as a result of a discussion in a Nürburgring bar between Willie Moore and James Tucker. Folklore has it that James Tucker and John Veness formed the organizing European Endurance & Racing Club (EERC) with a £10 note found on the ground. The foremost aim was the re-introduction of a 24-Hour Race in Britain.

At the end of the 2015 season, James sold the Britcar rights to Hedley Cowell Events Ltd. For the 2016 season, Clair and Rob Hedley re-launched Britcar Endurance as the Dunlop Endurance Championship and Dunlop Production Championship. Such was the interest in the run up to the 2016 Autosport International show they also launched a separate short series of races for Prototype and CN category cars. The Production championship was expanded after the first round to allow GT-specification cars to compete, thus becoming the Dunlop GT & Production Championship.

Cars and results

There are two separate championships for different types of car; although some cars can run in both, they may be in different categories.

GT's, which include cars like Ferraris, Porsche Cup, Marcos, Moslers and Ginettas over a long-distance race, normally between 2 and 4 hours in length with a compulsory pit stop. Normally cars will have between 2 and 3 drivers.

Production, which include cars like Renault Clio Cup, Seat Leon Supercopa, VW Golf, Porsche Boxster, BMW M3s, Lotus Elise and Mini Cooper S. These races are normally 90 minutes long, featuring a mandatory pit stop. There can be up to 2 drivers per car.

Winners

Top three in each category since 2016. [1]

2016

Eudurance Category

  • 1st Phil Hanson / Nigel Moore - Tockwith Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS - 170 points
  • 2nd Jacob Mathiassen / Steve Fresle - Century Motorsport - Ginetta G55 GT4 - 170 points
  • 3rd Chris Murphy / Jonny Cocker / Jody Fannin - Whitebridge Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - 145 points

Tockwith overall winners based on number of wins, 2nd, 3rd, etc.

GT Category

  • 1st Chris Murphy / Jonny Cocker - Whitebridge Motorsport - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - 258 points
  • 2nd Marcus Fothergill / Dave Benett - Bespoke Cars Ltd - Porsche 997 Cup - 174 points
  • 3rd David Mason / Calum Lockie - FF Corse - Ferrari 458 GT3 - 89 points

Production Category

  • 1st Mike Moss / Tom Howard / Kevin Clarke - Moss Motorsport - BMW M3 E46 - 222 points
  • 2nd Del Shelton - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW M3 E36 - 202 points
  • 3rd Martin Parsons / Rob Hedley - Track Torque Motorsport - Seat Leon Supacopa - 117 points

2017

Eudurance Category

  • 1st Witt Gamski / Ross Wylie / Joe Macari - MJC Furlonger - Ferrari 458 GTE - 306 points
  • 2nd Darron Lewis / Tom Knight / Adam Shepherd - Team HARD - Ginetta G55 GT4 - 287 points
  • 3rd Simon Rudd / Tom Barley - Team HARD - Ginetta G55 - 278 points

Sprint Category

  • 1st Rick Nevinson / Brad Nevinson / Sean Cooper / Matt Cherrington - Track Focused - Porsche Cayman GT4 - 249 points
  • 2nd Roland Hopkins / Matthew Sleigh - RM Racing - VW Golf Cup Car - 247 points
  • 3rd Edward Moore / Marmaduke Hall - Tockwith Motorsport - Ginetta G50 - 246 points

2018

Endurance Category

  • 1st Matt Greenwood / Sarah Moore - Tockwith Motorsport - Ginetta G50 - 341
  • 2nd Simon Rudd / Tom Barley - Team Hard Racing - Ginetta G55 - 329
  • 3rd Mike McCollum / Sean Cooper - Track Focused with Oakfields Advisors Ltd - KTM X-Bow - 282

Sprint Category

  • 1st Jon Watt / Kristian Prosser - Moss Motorsport - BMW M3 E46 - 299
  • 2nd John Clonis / Chris Bentley / Rob Gilham - CTR Alfatune - SEAT Leon TCR - 284
  • 3rd Andy Napier - Napier Racing - Lotus Elise S2 135R - 273

History

The successful first year of competition was in 2002, and following tremendous growth in 2003, it attracted Sky Sports coverage in their Motor Sports section in 2004. The first year of the Britcar 24-Hour Race was 2005 which was won by Rollcentre Mosler of Martin Short.[2] This was followed by packed grids in 2006 season culminating in a capacity field for the 24-Hours.[3] EERC became a Motor Sports Association (MSA) approved Championship in 2007 as well being the now essential 24 hours. It played a supporting role to the British round of the A1 Grand Prix. The presenters of the well-known British car show Top Gear took part in the 2007 event, coming third of the five diesel cars, and 39th overall, at the end of the 24 Hours.[4]

In 2011 it became known as the MSA British Endurance championship.

Such was its popularity in some seasons that over-subscription meant there are reserves waiting for grid positions.

For the 2017 season, the format was changed. Drivers in all races would now accrue points towards the Dunlop Endurance Championship but drivers could choose to do two 50-minute races under the Sprint category, or one 50-minute and one 2-hour race in the Endurance category. Grids were combined and most events were to take place over a single day. The night race proved so popular in 2016 that a second night race was introduced, to run at Silverstone earlier in the same month.

For the 2019 season the format was changed again, merging Endurance and Sprint categories into a single grid for two 60-minute races per weekend, finishing the season with a single 60- and a single 120-minute night race at Brands Hatch.

Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour

Britcar traditionally hosted an endurance race on the Silverstone GP circuit.

At the end of the 2015 season, the rights for the Silverstone 24 hour endurance race were sold to Creventic to become the UK edition of their FIA "touring car" endurance series.

For this event's history, see Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour

References

  1. ^ "Past Results". Official Britcar website. Retrieved 4 Feb 2019.
  2. ^ 24hr_ August 05
  3. ^ IMI: The Institute of the Motor Industry Information > Britcar 24 hours of Silverstone Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=eerc/2007/73663.pdf Britcar 24hr results 2007
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