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  World Touring Car Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is an international Touring Car championship organized by the FIA.
The WTCC was first held in 1987 concurrent to the long-running European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) in a Group A format, with races held at Bathurst, Calder Park Raceway (using both the road course and the then newly constructed Thunderdome) and Mount Fuji.
The championship was won by Roberto Ravaglia in a BMW M3.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Touring_Car_Championship   (470 words)

  
 Touring car racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars.
Underneath the bodywork, a Touring Car is often more closely related to its road-going origins, using many original components and mountings, while a top-flight GT car is often a purpose-built tube-frame racing chassis underneath a cosmetic bodyshell.
It was considered to be the best touring car championship in the world, as stated by Joachim Winkelhock on several occasions, and many of champions of that era now race in the WTCC.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Touring_car_racing   (1282 words)

  
 World Touring Car Championship round 1 & 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Touring car enthusiasts know AutoDelta, but it is not well known outside the sport so the new name is for World spectators to quickly relate to the Alfa brand.
He damaged his car during the warm up session this morning but the BMW Team Italy-Spain ensured the car was repaired in time for the green lights.
García skilfully kept the car under control, rejoined the race and kept on the pace to finish in a positive fifth position.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bmwccser/WTCC_Round_1_2.htm   (2099 words)

  
 World Touring Car Championship a New Challenge for SEAT Sport
Further priorities are the national championships, like the BTCC in the UK, and maintaining our level of customer service, to both the N Group and GT and any other that arises during the season.
The Supercopa is still linked with the organisational structure of the Spanish GT Championship, except one meet which will be raced alongside the World Championship, in Valencia.
In the scope of the World Championship, SEAT has always said that the European was a three-year project, but after the first two years an unexpected leap has been made from European to World Championship.
www.fourtitude.com /news/publish/SEAT_News/printer_1023.shtml   (1249 words)

  
 World Touring Car Championship round 5 & 6 Silverstone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When the World Touring Car Championship headed to Silverstone with reigning European Touring Car Champion and BMW Team UK driver Andy Priaulx in attendance the BMWCC (GB) had to be their!
The Brit is only taking part in three WTCC races this season and helped Championship contender Rydell to victory by holding back when the safety car pulled in.
Lap 4: The safety car returns to the pits and the race is resumed.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bmwccser/WTCC_Round_5_6_england.htm   (1736 words)

  
 News - FIA World Touring Car Championship - CZECHOSLOVAK MOTORSPORT
Held at the famous Italian racing circuit, the official testing event before the opening of the World Touring Car Championship was attended by most of the drivers that had entered for this year of the races.
On the first day, in the fine, incessant rain, the teams had to use wet-surface tyres; on the second day, in the sunny, spring weather, the surface of the track was dry...
However, the team's attention was paid in particular to the tests of the Alfa Romeo 156 S 2000, a car that will be driven by Jiří Janák in selected FIA WTCC races this year...
www.csms.cz /2006/en/fia-wtcc-news.html   (509 words)

  
 FIA World Touring Car Championship
With 25 cars on the grid, four top car manufacturers and no fewer than five former British Touring Car Champions, the FIA World Touring Car Championship is a must-see event when it comes to town.
The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit proved to be as much a hit with the FIA World Touring Car drivers as the thousands of spectators who turned out to watch...
The weekend's British round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch Grand...
www.motorsportvision.co.uk /resources/wtcc/index.aspx   (118 words)

  
 Codemasters forum - World Touring Car Championship?
I noticed that GamesIndustry.biz are reporting (source) that three major publishers are bidding for the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) license.
I was very disappointed that V8 Supercars 2 didn't have Toca or some of the cars such as the Toyota Chaser, Subaru etc in it.
we are on the lookout for, and negotitating with, several championships.
www.codemasters.com /forum/showthread.php?t=51425   (697 words)

  
 World Touring Car Championship 2005
There is wants to Chivasso of I throw again, to win in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship, and for this one is being formed square of four 156 TS with the AutoDelta colors.
Thompson will place side by side Gabriel Tarquini, and the others two Alfisti seem to correspond to the name of the confirmed Brazilian talent Augusto Farfus (winning, and then disqualified, to the debut to Monza) and Salvatore Tavano, this present year in the ETCC with the Oregon always protect Team and from of N.Technology house.
Two talents that can mature thanks to the experience in square of Tarquini and Thompson, in order to try to not only tear to the BMW the category title it, but also to avoid the repeated ones crash seen this year to Monza, Hockenheim, Magny Cours...
www.mitoalfaromeo.com /html/enwtcc.html   (265 words)

  
 Ultimatecarpage.com forums - FIA to revive World Touring Car Championship in 2005.
- - FIA to revive World Touring Car Championship in 2005.
This will be the first FIA World Touring Car Championship since 1987.
There were three World Touring Car Cups in 1993, 94 and 95, but these were one off races.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/printthread.php?t=5589   (365 words)

  
 BERU to sponsor FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC)
The company is also appearing in trailers on the Eurosport TV channel and is sponsoring the cockpit cameras in the WTCC cars.
The world championship races are shown by a number of TV channels, including Eurosport, TF1 (France) and the German channel ZDF.
Flying the flag: Ludwigsburg-based BERU AG is to sponsor the FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) for the first time in 2006 and 2007.
www.beru.com /english/aktuelles/presse/20060425-PI221.php   (440 words)

  
 BMW World - Touring Car Championship
The USTCC is based on production cars and also allows common hybrids.
In 2001, James Sofranos won the driver’s championship in his Global Motorsports Racing BMW 328i.
BMW World is a private enthusiast site not associated with BMW AG.
www.bmwworld.com /racing/alms/tcc.htm   (162 words)

  
 World Touring Car Championship - [ Guest ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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These comments are not necessarily the views of the owners or operators of World of Motorsport Forum.
The owners, operators of World of Motorsport Forum cannot be held responsible for other users' views.
www.worldofmotorsport.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=1616   (230 words)

  
 2006 World Championship
Andy Priaulx made a perfect start to the defence of his World Touring Car crown with an easy lights-to-flag victory in his RBM run BMW 320si at Monza, but it was SEAT that were catching most of the attention by filling four of the top six positions.
Joining them on the podium was Alain Menu who scored Chevrolet's first legitimate podium position with a strong drive in the latter stages of the race, taking advantage of various incidents around him to secure a remarkable result on a circuit where they were expecting their toughest weekend of the year.
Muller meanwhile will go into the next round as the championship leader, with the Spanish manufacturer going to Magny-Cours on a high having gotten five of their cars in the top ten and only Rydell's last lap demise preventing them from achieving the unprecedented feat of getting each of their drivers into the points.
www.alfa.co.nz /default.aspx?MenuId=50   (1685 words)

  
 Monroe Joins the World Touring Car Championship
JAS Motorsport is also considering a second car in the WTCC.
Gelbcke said: “We believe the WTCC is an excellent communication tool for both our Monroe® brand and our suspension technologies.
Tenneco Inc. is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket.
www.eu.tenneco-automotive.com /latestnews1895.htm   (532 words)

  
 gizmag Article: World Touring Car Championship kicks off
Alfa Romeo and BMW will be the main contenders in the Championship, though teams from Ford, SEAT, Honda, Chevrolet and - yet to be confirmed - Chinese car maker Brilliance, will be amongst the field when the field gets away on April 10 at Monza.
Farfus and his Alfa 156 were only a little bit faster than the BMW cars of the Müllers and García.
The first WTCC round is at Monza on 10 April.
gizmag.com /go/3872   (467 words)

  
 Fia World Touring Car Championship Lg Race Of Uk, SeatCupra.net going?? - SEAT Cupra.net
Run only once before in 1987, the FIA World Touring Car Championship returns to the motor sport calendar and heads to Silverstone for a weekend of action.
Backed up by the stunning FIA GT Championship cars, this weekend has the perfect mix.
With top-class support races adding to the weekend’s action, this has to be a must-see race meeting — the WTCC and FIA GT cars only come to the UK once all season.
www.seatcupra.net /forums/showthread.php?t=56990   (599 words)

  
 PlayStation 2: Heavy Engine Racing
Three publishers are currently bidding on the new series, with SCE Europe being one of the lead interests (likely looking to compliment its own WRC racing series) in addition to other multi-console publishers.
Several high-performance racing teams (including BMD and Alfa Romeo) are due to be signed to the game, and broadcaster Eurosport would be providing its branding and media content for supporting the game.
With intriguing next-gen racing ideas at play, it will be interesting to see where the World Touring Car Championship license will end up and whether the next-gen project will get its full push.
ps2.ign.com /articles/600/600169p1.html   (311 words)

  
 The Observer | Sport | World Touring Car Championship competition
Winners of the World Touring Car Championship competition: 1.
Description of prize: Five pairs of tickets to the British round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch on 21 May.
As guests of Yokohama, each winner will receive two entry tickets to the circuit, VIP parking passes and grandstand seats.
observer.guardian.co.uk /sport/story/0,,1773830,00.html   (272 words)

  
 FIA WTCC
Ibrahim Okyay is looking forward to his first appearance in the FIA World Touring Car Championship on his home race track.
Last Monday, immediately after the WTCC race day, Yokohama completed a tyre test at the Brno circuit.
Robert Huff was victorious in the FIA WTCC for the first time.
www.fiawtcc.com   (134 words)

  
 FIA Sport - world touring car championship - Press release
FIA President Max Mosley and Angelo Codignoni, President and CEO of Eurosport, hosted a press conference in Monaco today to officially launch the new FIA World Touring Car Championship.
“The new Championship will award two World titles, the FIA World Touring Car Drivers’ Champion and the FIA World Touring Car Manufacturers’ Champion.
Interview with Michael Schumacher, FIA Formula One World Champion, taken from the June 2004 editon of F1 Racing
www.fia.com /mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2004/101204-01.html   (219 words)

  
 2006 World Touring Car Championship - Alfa Romeo Bulletin Board & Forums
Alfa didn't do so bad in the first round of the WTCC considering it was unclear if they would even field an entry this season.
BUT Alfa had a contract with NTechnology to run the Alfa factory touring car effort through the 2006 season.
After the legal wrangling was concluded there was no time to prepare an all-new 159 race car, so they'll race the 156 for another year.
www.alfabb.com /bb/forums/showthread.php?t=23323   (836 words)

  
 Problem | UK New Car Research
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Covering the complete lifecycle of car ownership from purchase, ownership - through to the end
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www.carpages.co.uk /chevrolet/daewoo_chevrolet_lacetti_15_12_04.asp   (206 words)

  
 IGN: FIA World Touring Car Championship
Connections for FIA World Touring Car Championship (PS3)
Most recent posts on the FIA World Touring Car Championship board:
Game Details for FIA World Touring Car Champio...
ps3.ign.com /objects/738/738203.html   (140 words)

  
 FIA to revive World Touring Car Championship in 2005. - Ultimatecarpage.com forums
FIA to revive World Touring Car Championship in 2005.
At the moment, the WTCC will effectively be the ETCC plus two overseas rounds (Buenos Aires and Macau).
Peugeot enters 2004 french touring car championship !
www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/showthread.php?p=92563   (409 words)

  
 Award for best position in the World Touring Car Championship - Chevrolet UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Chevrolet concludes 2005 WTCC campaign on the podium!
Chevrolet Europe Executive Director Erhard L. ("Hardy") Spranger kept his promise of awarding the Chevrolet team"s first podium position in the WTCC with a high-quality timepiece made by Swiss watchmaker AJS.
The movements are supplied by well-known manufacturers such as Eta and Unitas.
www.chevrolet.co.uk /info/news_events/group_2_page_23.htm   (491 words)

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