Jason Minshaw

With the Avon Tyres British GT Championship enjoying a summer away from the race track, TCF look back on the first half of the 2013 season.

In a pair of close finishes in the second Avon Tyres British GT Championship races at Snetterton David Ashburn and Nick Tandy became the first repeat winners of the 2013 season while Ryan Ratcliffe and Rick Parfitt Jr. added a second GT4 win to their first earlier in the day.

Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen scored their second win of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship season, the Trackspeed duo coming out on top of a fine battle for the lead to win the first of two 60-minute races at Snetterton.

Changing conditions at Snetterton brought about a breathless pair of qualifying sessions to decide the grids for the two Avon Tyres British GT Championship race this weekend.

Ecurie Ecosse’s BMW Z4 GT3 started from pole for drivers Olly Bryant and Marco Attard and in the closing stages of tumultuous race that included bizarre accidents that begat wild strategies, a late twist and a surprising lack of penalties they emerged at the front to win the Avon Tyres British GT Championship Silverstone 500.

Fortec Motorsports left Rockingham with another top five finish to add to their collection in the just their second weekend in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

Two teams that had suffered on the opening weekend of the season bounced back, taking full advantage of the extra points on offer from the two hour Avon Tyres British GT Championship race at Rockingham.

The combination of the Porsche 997 GT3R and Trackspeed’s trio of pro drivers proved too strong for the rest of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship as the team ended qualifying for tomorrow’s two hour race at Rockingham first, second and third.

A largely quiet second practice Avon Tyres British GT Championship ended with – just as the first did – a Trackspeed Porsche fastest, though this time it was championship leaders Nick Tandy and David Ashburn’s #31 fastest.

Trackspeed’s three Porsche 997 GT3R ended the opening practice session of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship in the top three places, Richard Westbrook the fastest man in the #32 car.

After the season opening races Easter Monday at Oulton Park the Avon Tyres British GT Championship returns to action this weekend at the Rockingham ‘roval’ in Northamptonshire.

Benji Hetherington and Ollie Hancock launched the Fortec Motorsport name on the Avon Tyres British GT Championship podium in the team’s first ever GT race.

David Ashburn survived a two lap sprint under pressure from Mark Patterson to add a race win to his first race second place on a successful weekend of Avon Tyres British GT racing at Oulton Park.

Trackspeed began the Avon Tyres British GT Championship with a 1-2 at Oulton Park with Phil Keen taking the lead from Nick Tandy on the final lap of the first 60-minute race of the weekend.

Benji Hetherington and Allan Simonsen shared the first two pole positions of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship between them at Oulton Park.