BTC-T Vauxhall Astra Coupe

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The Triple Eight Race Engineering Vauxhall Astra Coupe was the first BTC Touring car to be unveiled in late 2000. Work began on the car in the summer of that year and as a result, had a massive headstart on the rest of the field come the 2001 campaign. In the end, it was developed so much more than the other cars, that it managed to win 25 out of 26 races in 2001 (although the only non Vauxhall win was a non-points scoring victory by Anthony Reid for MG, so they picked up maximum points in every race).

In 2002, despite a full time MG attack and the addition of Honda and Proton rivals, Vauxhall won a clean sweep of the titles again. Likewise in 2003 and 2004 when the Astra was retired from works competition, but it still lived on for a couple more years in private hands.

Chassis 1

2001 - Phil Bennett/Andy Priaulx/James Thompson | Bennett: Rounds 1-18, Priaulx Rounds 19-20, Thompson: Rounds 21-26
2002 - Matt Neal
2003 - Gavin Pyper/Carl Breeze | Pyper: Rounds 1-10, Breeze: Rounds 11-20
2004 - Paul Wallace/Stefan Hodgetts | Wallace: Rounds 1-12, Hodgetts: Rounds 13-18
2005/06 - Britcar
2007 - Encke Sport

Chassis 2

2001 - James Thompson/Phil Bennett | Thompson: Rounds 1-20, Bennett: Rounds 21-26
2002 - Paul O'Neill
2003 - Tommy Rustad - Swedish Touring Car Championship

Chassis 3

2001/02 - Yvan Muller
2003 - Gareth Howell/Paul Wallace | Howell: Rounds 7-8, Wallace: Rounds 9-20
2004 - Charlie Butler-Henderson/Gavin Smith | Butler-Henderson: Rounds 1-12/16-18, Smith: Rounds 13-15
2005/06 - Britcar
2007 - Encke Sport

Chassis 4

2001 - Jason Plato/Two Seater | Plato: Rounds 1-2
2002/03 - Two Seater
2004 - Michael Bentwood
2005 - Andy Neate
2005 onwards - Unused, owned by Daniels Motorsport

Chassis 5

2001 - Jason Plato | Rounds 3-26
2002/03 - James Thompson
2004/05 - Tommy Rustad - Swedish Touring Car Championship
2006 onwards - Unused, owned by Opel Team Sweden

Chassis 6

2001 - Unused
2002 - Tom Chilton
2003 - Gareth Howell | Rounds 13-20
2004 onwards - Unused, owned by Grahame Chilton

Chassis 7

2002 - Aaron Slight
2003/04 Rob Collard
2005/06 Mark Proctor
2007 onwards - Sold to Sweden

Chassis 8

2002 - Unused
2003/04 - Yvan Muller
2005 - Erkut Kizilirmak - Turkish Touring Car Championship
2006 onwards - Unused, owned by Arkas Racing

Chassis 9

2003 - Paul O'Neill
2004 - Luke Hines
2005 - Fiona Leggate | Rounds 13-30
2006 - Fiona Leggate/Paul O'Neill | Leggate: Rounds 1-15/19-21, O'Neill: Rounds 25-30
2007 - Unused, owned by Thurlby Motors

Chassis 10