Thompson was 14th but just off the times of BMW factory drivers

Robert Huff took his first WTCC pole position in style in the sunshine at Oschersleben this afternoon. His time of 1:35.675 was even faster than Farfus' this morning and set a new record. He was the final car to cross the line as the Chevrolet team were careful to make sure that he was not plagued by traffic like his team mate Alain Menu, whose final lap was spoiled.

Lining up after a five week break but it was Chevrolet who took first blood with pole

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Plato is on Pole for Seat

Jason Plato boosted his title hopes by securing pole position for the first of Sunday's three HiQ British Touring Car Championship rounds at Silverstone. With six races remaining on the 2008 calendar, the SEAT Sport UK driver trails VX Racing's reigning champion Fabrizio Giovanardi by 40-points but with the Italian only qualifying in a lowly 11th position, Plato is well placed to make significant in-roads into the Italian's series lead.

Audi are again on pole at Brands Hatch

Ingolstadt/Brands Hatch – At Brands Hatch Audi managed setting their sixth best qualifying time in eight races: Timo Scheider secured the pole position with a lead of nine hundreths of a second. This means that the Audi factory driver and leader of the standings starts from the top grid position for the fourth time this year. A total of four Audi A4 DTM cars will start to the race from the first four rows of the grid on Sunday.

Chevrolet has handed over the keys a very unique car to games developers, SimBim. They have now created the V-WTCC, which stands for Virtual World Touring Car Chamionship. A V-WTCC RaceRoom™ will be set up at six FIA WTCC events in Europe where the winners from the qualifying races can compete against one another for a ticket to the final in Monza. The Virtual World Championship Touring cars will be driven over several rounds and has currently reached the fifth round of the season. Until 5 September everyone can take part in online races at the Anderstorp circuit in Sweden and try to get to the top of the classifications.

Jamie Green is just four points off the Championship lead

- Lewis Hamilton will return to his roots this coming Sunday when he pays a visit to the DTM race at Brands Hatch. For two years, he used to race in the Formula 3 Euro Series staged as a part of the DTM events and he won the F3 title in 2005. Now, Lewis will visit his Mercedes-Benz driver colleagues in the DTM. In addition, he will drive a couple of demonstration laps with his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-23, will sign autographs and will attend the race live at site.

Back from the summer break, the Audi drivers will hope to extend their title lead

Ingolstadt – 1.78 million German television viewers recently watched the live broadcast of the DTM race at the Nürburgring. They would be well advised to switch on the television once again on Sunday, 31 August at 1.50 p.m.: The exciting final spurt of the 2008 DTM starts at Brands Hatch close to the British capital London.

Legge will be back to Brands Hatch for the first time in four years

Ingolstadt -- The DTM races at Brands Hatch for the third time. The mere 1.929 kilometre Indy Circuit layout is exciting for both drivers and fans alike. The race in Great Britain means a return to Katherine Legge's home ground, where she last competed in a race in 2004. The eighth round of the 2008 DTM season is broadcast live on "Das Erste" on Sunday from 1:50 p.m.

Michael Galati leads the field at Mosport.

CANADA (Aug. 24, 2008) – Michael Galati, of Olmsted, Ohio, took his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car win of 2008, topping the field in the Mosport SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires at the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. After some last-corner Mosport International Raceway fireworks, Jason Saini , of Fort Worth , Texas , clinched the Rookie of the Year honors by finishing second, and Milwaukee ’s Peter Cunningham completed the podium, clinching the Manufacturers’ Championship for Acura.

SPEED Touring Car polesitter, Chip Herr in the No. 97 MAZDA6.

CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) – Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., captured his third pole of the season in preparation for Sunday’s SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires race. Teammate Michal Galati, of Olmsted , Ohio , made it an all-Tindol Motorsports front row for Round Nine of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport at Mosport International Raceway.

Cost-effective and durable solution provides tyre information to driver and engineer for touring and GT3/GT4 cars

A cost-effective tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) for touring cars has been developed by industry leaders BERU f1systems. Specifically for closed- wheel, road car-derived saloons and sports cars, the system provides accurate tyre pressure and temperature information for drivers and engineers to optimise tyre pressures and wear, as well as offering puncture detection.

Toyo Tires®, the official tire of SCCA Pro Racing’s SPEED World Challenge Championships, has been named the presenting sponsor of this weekend’s SCCA SPEED GT and Touring Car races at Mosport International Raceway as well as the SPEED Touring Car season finale at Road Atlanta.

Turner taking the win in race 3

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Jason Plato has clinched the first of today's three HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at Knockhill in Scotland.

Plato stole the lead from SEAT Leon TDi team-mate Darren Turner off the start and led all the way, setting the fastest lap to lead home Championship leader, Fabrizio Giovanardi (VX Racing Vauxhall Vectra).

The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Presented by Toyo Tires was showcased at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres on August 15-17, 2008. Over thirty-five racecars and drivers put on an incredible show that featured close racing and lots of passing in front of a huge crowd.

Golden Motors Rejoin In Germany

The Golden Motors team from Russia, will rejoin the championship at the end of August, for the next race meeting at Oschersleben.

James Clay leading Pierre Kleinubing and Jason Saini at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 10, 2008) – Road America might have owed James Clay one. After twice being upside down in the turn one gravel in 2004 and missing the race altogether in 2006 after a practice crash, Clay got his redemption Sunday, scoring his first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car win in a thrilling Round Eight at Road America, part of the Road Race Showcase weekend. Polesitter Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek , Fla. , and Jason Saini , of Fort Worth , Texas , completed the top three.

Pierre Kleinubing on his way to Pole

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 9, 2008) – Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., captured his record-extending 34th SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship pole position in preparation for Sunday’s SCCA SPEED Touring Car Round Eight race, part of the Road Race Showcase weekend at Road America. Jason Saini, of Fort Worth , Texas , will start second.

The last time SPEED Touring Car was at Road America Peter Cunningham wore No. 1 on the side of his car.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 6, 2008) - From Watkins Glen to Mid-Ohio and now Road America , SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge continues its tour of North America ’s greatest road courses. While SCCA SPEED Touring Car has hit the home stretch (Round Eight), SCCA SPEED GT commences the second half of its season, with the Road America SPEED GT Presented by Remington serving as Round Six. There is still much to be decided in both classes.