The latest meeting of the MSA British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton, Hampshire didn’t go to plan for Martyn Bell. Contact with a rival driver saw him retire from round 8 with damage to his suspension.
Martyn was hoping for a better meeting at Thruxton – the fastest circuit in the BTCC calendar, after he was caught up in someone else accident in round 4 at Rockingham two weeks previously. This time he was shunted from behind by Eoin Murray causing heavy damage to the rear of the car and the suspension.
After a positive first season in 2006, HW is once again sponsoring Martyn Bell in the British Touring Car Championships. Yesterday, Sunday 1st April, saw Martyn compete in the first three rounds of the competition at Brands Hatch. After a winter of testing, a new engine and the sorting of last seasons troublesome suspension, things are looking good.
Despite overall finishes of 13th, 13th & 11th. Martyn took 10th, 9th & 7th in the independents. With over 25 cars on the grid, these are great results –the disqualification of Turner in race 3, saw Martyn rise a place from 12th/8th to 11th/7th.
Through Jan, a member on our forum we got hooked up with a British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) driver by the name of Martyn Bell. 2006 saw Martyn and his team competing in their first season of the BTCC. No stranger to motor racing, previously Martyn was a driver in the Kumho BMW Championship, BTCC being the next step up the ladder.
