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The 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for production based touring car racing cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. it is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It will be the 56th British Touring Car Championship season.
Teams and drivers[]
| Team | Car | Chassis Specification | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
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| Honda Yuasa Racing Team | Honda Civic | NGTC | TBA | C | ||
| Honda Yuasa Racing Team | Honda Civic | NGTC | TBA | C | ||
| MG KX Momentum Racing | MG6 GT | NGTC | Andy Neate | C | ||
| MG KX Momentum Racing | MG6 GT | NGTC | Jason Plato | C | ||
| AmDTuning.com | TBA | NGTC | Ollie Jackson | I | ||
| BTC Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | NGTC | Chris Stockton | I | ||
| Dynojet | Toyota Avensis | NGTC | Frank Wrathall | I | ||
| Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | NGTC | Jeff Smith | I | ||
| Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | NGTC | Andrew Jordan | I | ||
| Redstone Racing | Ford Focus ST | NGTC | Mat Jackson | I | ||
| Redstone Racing | Ford Focus ST | NGTC | Árón Smith | I | ||
| Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | NGTC | TBA | I | ||
| Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | NGTC | TBA | I | ||
| Team HARD. | Honda Civic | S2000 | TBA | I | ||
| Team HARD. | Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R | NGTC | TBA | I | ||
| Team HARD. | Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R | NGTC | TBA | I | ||
| Tech-Speed Motorsport | Chevrolet Cruze | S2000 | Joe Girling | I | ||
| Thorney Motorsport | Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R | NGTC | TBA | I | ||
| Thorney Motorsport | Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R | NGTC | TBA | I |
Driver changes[]
Changed teams[]
Entering/re-entering BTCC[]
- Chris Stockton will return to the BTCC fulltime in 2013 with BTC Racing driving their NGTC Chevrolet Cruze.
- Joe Girling enters the BTCC driving for Tech-Speed Motorsport in their S2000 Chevrolet Cruze.
Leaving BTCC[]
- Tony Hughes and Liam Griffin both left the BTCC at the end of the 2012 season after their second years with Speedworks Motorsport and Redstone Racing respectively.
Team changes[]
- BTC Racing return to the BTCC for the first time since 2008 with a single NGTC Chevrolet Cruze, originally constructed for use in the 2012 season with RML before Chevrolet pulled their manufacturer support but acquired by BTC Racing in October 2012.
- Team HARD. will expand to at least a 3 car team in 2013 having acquired two NGTC Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R cars from Thorney Motorsport , as well as continuing on with their S2000 specification Honda Civic.
- In October 2012, AmDTuning.com announced that they were selling their S2000 Volkswagen Golf in preparation for a NGTC campaign with Ollie Jackson in 2013.
- Following the successful introduction of a NGTC Ford Focus ST at Snetterton for Mat Jackson in 2012, after the final round at Brands Hatch, Redstone Racing announced they were selling their three S2000 Focus' to build two more NGTC Focus' for a two car team in 2013.
- Tech-Speed Motorsport plan to return to the BTCC, having missed the 2012 season, running a single S2000 Chevrolet Cruze chassis powered by an NGTC engine. The team had hoped to run at Silverstone and Brands Hatch toward the end of 2012, but did not feature. The car will be driven by former Dunlop Production Touring Car Championship driver Joe Girling.