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Irish Touring Car Championship
CategoryTouring cars
CountryRepublic of Ireland Ireland
Inaugural season2010
Tyre suppliersYokohama
Drivers' championCiaran Denver (2019)
Official websiteitcc.ie

The Irish Touring Car Championship. ITCC is a touring car racing series held each year in Ireland. It was established in 2010.

History

Brian Sexton, Barry Rabbitt and Philip Burdock, the series was created to cater for an obvious gap in the Irish Motor Racing scene as a replacement for the Saloon Libre class which had been run by Mondello Park.

The Irish Touring Car Championship was formed in 2010 by Brian Sexton, Barry Rabbitt and Philip Burdock as a replacement for the Saloon Libre class which had been run by Mondello Park. The series was designed to bring together drivers from various backgrounds, such as other touring car series and time-attack and track day competitors.

Race regulation and format

ITCC Classes
Class bhp per tonne
Class A 320
Class B 250
Class C 210

The series season consists of 5-6 events, each of which is made up of two rounds. Events are held at Mondello Park, using the International and National Circuits, Bishopscourt Racing Circuit in Northern Ireland. The series has previously held races at the Kirkistown Circuit, also in Northern Ireland, and at the Anglesey Circuit in Wales.

The ITCC series is open to any modified car as long as it is based on a four seater production vehicle. Since the inception the participating classes were divided into Super Touring, Super Touring 2.0 and Touring classes. From the 2019 season the classes were redefined based on power to weight ratio into A, B and C. ITCC is attractive in a way that there are little restrictions on what engine can be fitted or how it may be modified. The air intake and fuel systems, ECU and tyres are all free from restrictions.

From 2021? season, the Production class race in regularity race format, where the barrier lap time is set for each circuit. Penalties apply for exceeding the barrier time - demotion to end of the grid during the qualifying, and 3s time penalty for each time barrier time is exceeded during the race. Production class barrier time for Mondello National Track was 1.04.50, and for Mondello International Track was 2.02.00.

List of champions

Season Super Touring
/ Class A
Super Touring 2.0
/ Class B
Touring
/ Class C
2010 Martin Tracey Stephen Maher (Rookie)
2011 Martin Tracey
2012 Phil Brennan John Greaney
2013 Erik Holstein Norman Fawcett Andrew Twomey
2014 Dave O'Brien Eoghan Fogarty Jason Hughes
2015 Eoghan Fogarty Robert Savage Grzegorz Kalinecki
2016 Grzegorz Kalinecki Jay O'Reilly
2017 Shane Rabbitt Pa Hudson
2018 Philip Burdock
2019 Ciaran Denver Keith Campbell Daniel Faherty
2020 not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
Season Super Touring Production
2021 Ulick Burke Stephen Martin
2022 ongoing

Series lap records

As of 2021

Racetrack Driver Car Lap record (m:s:ms)
Mondello Park (National) Dave O'Brien BMW M3 0:59:098
Mondello Park (International) Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:50:052
Kirkistown Circuit Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:00:004
Bishopscourt Racing Circuit (National) Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:13:753
Bishopscourt Racing Circuit (International) Eoghan Fogarty BMW M3 1:35:111
Anglesey Circuit Martin Tracey RS500 1:15:266
Phoenix Park Track Phil Brennan BMW M3 1:14:229

References

  1. "New Irish Touring Car Series to Debut at Mondello". kildare.ie. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "ITCC TECHNICAL REGULATIONS 2021". ITCC.ie. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  3. "2018 Regs".
  4. "ITCC 2012 Points". Motorsport Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "ITCC 2013 Final Championship Points". Motorsport Ireland. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "2014 Yokohama Irish Touring Cars Championship Points - Final". Motorsport Ireland. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. "2015 Irish Touring Cars Championship Points after Round 12". Motorsport Ireland. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. "ITCC Championship History". ITCC.ie. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

External links

Motorsport championships in the Republic of Ireland
Open Wheel
  • Formula Vee
  • Formula Sheane
  • BOSS Ireland
  • Irish Strykers
Saloon/Sports Car
  • Irish Supercars
  • ITCC
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  • National Night Navigation Championship
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  • Drift Games Nationals
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  • National Loose Surface Autocross Championship
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  • Hewison Autotest Championship
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Trophies and Awards
  • Hawthorn Trophy
  • Leinster Trophy
  • Billy Coleman Award (the Young Rally Driver of the Year)
  • Sexton Trophy (the Young Racing Driver of the Year)
  • Manley Memorial Trophy (the International Driver of the Year)
  • Neil Shanahan Memorial Trophy
  • FIA Celtic Trophy
  • Ivan Webb Memorial Award
  • JC Millard Memorial Award
  • Martin Birrane Trophy
Defunct championships
  • Formula Ford
  • Fiat Uno
  • Fiat Punto
  • Punto Abarth
  • Porsche
  • RT2000
  • Saloon Libre
  • Closed Wheel Libre
  • Open Wheel Libre
updated: April 2023
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