A previous competitor in the Championship, Andrew oversees the sporting and administrative operation of the British Truck Racing Championship, issuing regulations, managing team/driver relations, and ensuring smooth event delivery among many other tasks. Andrew chats to Steve Taylor about The British Automobile Racing Club heading to Brands Hatch for not only its final event of the 2026 season but for also a title decider that is guaranteed to deliver fireworks – both on and off the track.

The British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC) is one of the best-loved, most coveted motor racing championships not only in the United Kingdom, but around the world.

Pitting heavyweight behemoths that weigh more than five tonnes and producing in excess of 1,200bhp against each other, its no wonder that the championship has been a long-standing success.

The series’ roots were forged in the United States of America in the late 1970s and just a few years later – 1984 to be correct – Truck Racing hit British shores with the inaugural event being held at Donington Park.

Since then, the championship has continuously grown in stature with global manufacturers such as DAF, MAN, Iveco, Volvo and Mercedes all being represented along the way.

For a long time, the championship has been split into two classes; Division 1 and Division 2. Both classes race at the same time, with a capacity entry list of 20 trucks often being fulfilled every year.

Division 1 is the series’ premier class and features the more advanced machines, all of which are fitted with bespoke braking and suspension systems, as well as producing more power.

Division 2 meanwhile is likened towards more production-based machines that are found pounding the roads every day; with modification restrictions at a premium for those that are competing.

In this modern era of the championship, seven events make up the schedule with a total of 34 races taking place over the course of the season. Six of those events take place in the United Kingdom, with the other seeing the series head to France to take centre stage at Le Mans.

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The third running of the Welsh Motorsport & Supercar Festival will be bigger and better than ever. After huge success in 2024 & 2025, 2026 is going to go from stength to strength – with supercar and hypercar zones, super rare cars, classic car collections, rally cars, race teams, MOTO GP motorbikes, a trade village, food stalls, live music, autojumble, and much more, all located in the paddock and throughout the venue.

The Welsh Motorsport & Supercar Festival will feature displays from the many world-class automotive companies located in and around Wales, as well as vehicles from the UK and abroad, making it a truly international celebration of supercar and motorsport engineering.

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The Battle of Britain Race Meeting returns to Croft Circuit on 22–23 August, bringing two thrilling days of motorsport to the famous North Yorkshire track.

Fans can look forward to a packed weekend of high-speed action, bumper grids and close, competitive racing, with an exciting mix of machinery taking to the circuit on both three and four wheels.

With plenty of variety and action from start to finish, it promises to be a fantastic summer weekend of racing at Croft.

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