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Triple Eight Racing, the Glossary

Triple Eight Racing (888 Racing) was a motorsports team formed in 1996 as Triple Eight Race Engineering, which competed in the British Touring Car Championship and the British GT Championship.^[1]

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Alain Menu (born 9 August 1963) is a Swiss racing driver who is currently working for Team BMR as a driving coach.

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Alexander Sims (racing driver)

Alexander George Oliver Sims (born 15 March 1988, in London) is a British professional racing driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing.

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Andrew Jordan (racing driver)

Andrew Phillip Jordan (born 24 May 1989 in Sutton Coldfield) is a British racing driver, who has driven in the British Touring Car Championship.

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Andy Neate

Andrew Simon Neate (born 19 August 1974 in Aylesbury) is a British former racing driver.

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Andy Priaulx

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born 7 August 1974) is a British racing driver from Guernsey.

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Anthony Reid

Robert Anthony Maxwell Reid is a British racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Ashley Sutton

Ashley John Sutton (born 15 January 1994) is a British racing driver, and four time British Touring Car Champion, who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship with NAPA Racing UK.

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Auto racing

Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

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Autosport

Autosport is a global motorsport publishing brand headquartered based in Richmond, London, England.

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Árón Taylor-Smith

Árón Taylor-Smith (né Smith; Born 9 November 1989) is an Irish racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing.

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Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

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BMW Z4 (E89)

The BMW Z4 (E89) is the second generation of the BMW Z4 range of two-door roadsters, and was produced from 2009 to 2016.

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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Briggs Motorsport

Briggs Motorsport was an Australian motor racing team which represented Queensland-based businessman John Briggs in the sport.

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British Formula Renault Championship

British Formula Renault Championship referred to one of two Formula Renault championships that were held in the United Kingdom.

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British GT Championship

The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom.

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British Touring Car Championship

The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA.

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BTC-T Vauxhall Astra Coupe

The Vauxhall Astra Coupe is a BTC-Touring class racing car that was built for the 2001 British Touring Car Championship season by Triple 8 Race Engineering, who ran Vauxhall's official works program.

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Buntingford

Buntingford is a market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.

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The Caparo T1 is a British mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-seat automobile that was built by Caparo Vehicle Technologies, founded by design director Ben Scott-Geddes, engineering director Graham Halstead, engineers formerly involved in the development of the McLaren F1 and Sean Butcher, marketing director and financier.

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Colin Turkington

Colin Henry Turkington (born 21 March 1982) is a British racing driver from Northern Ireland who competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Team BMW.

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Croft Circuit

Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England.

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Daniel Lloyd (racing driver)

Daniel Woodhouse Lloyd (born 4 March 1992) is a British racing driver and the 2009 champion of the Renault Clio UK Winter Cup.

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Derek Warwick

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born 27 August 1954) is a British former professional racing driver from England, who lives in Jersey.

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Donington Park

Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Derbyshire, England.

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Egg Banking

Egg was an internet bank headquartered in Derby, that is now a trading name of Yorkshire Building Society.

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Energy drink

An energy drink is a type of functional beverage containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation (marketed as "energy", but distinct from food energy).

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Erkut Kızılırmak

Erkut Kızılırmak (born 14 September 1969) is a Turkish racing driver.

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Eurotech Racing

Eurotech Racing was a British motor racing team based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, founded by Mike Jordan and currently owned by Jeff Smith since December 2014, that last competed in the 2018 British Touring Car Championship The team won both the BTCC independent teams trophy and the independent drivers' championship with Andrew Jordan in 2012 and won the BTCC drivers' championship with Andrew Jordan in 2013. Triple Eight Racing and Eurotech Racing are British GT Championship teams, British Touring Car Championship teams and British auto racing teams.

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Fabrizio Giovanardi

Fabrizio Giovanardi (born 14 December 1966 in Sassuolo) is an Italian racing driver.

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Gavin Smith (racing driver)

Gavin Smith (born 15 September 1977) is an Irish racing driver.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Greg Murphy

Gregory David Murphy (born 23 August 1972) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000.

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup powered by AWS, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

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Haymarket Media Group is a privately held media company headquartered in London.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Jack Goff

Jack Alan Goff (born 6 March 1991) is a British racing driver.

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James Nash (racing driver)

James Elliott Martyn Nash (born 16 December 1985, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) is a British auto racing driver.

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James Thompson (racing driver)

Edward James Thompson (born 26 April 1974 in York, England) is a British auto racing driver.

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Jason Plato

Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing.

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Jeff Smith (British racing driver)

Jeffrey Frank Smith (born 27 March 1966) is a British racing driver and businessman.

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Jody Firth

Jody Firth (born 11 July 1981) is a British racing driver, who most recently competed in the British GT Championship.

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John Cleland (racing driver)

John Cunningham Cleland (born 15 July 1952) is a retired British auto racing driver, best known for winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 and 1995.

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Josh Cook

Joshua Alexander Cook (born 15 June 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ.

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List of BTCC champions

The title of BTCC champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a British Touring Car Championship season.

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Ludo Lacroix

Ludovic "Ludo" Lacroix is a French motor racing engineer currently engineering Tim Slade for PremiAir Nulon Racing in the Supercars Championship.

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Luke Hines

Luke Hines (born 4 May 1982 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire) is a British racing driver.

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Marc Hynes

Marc William Hynes (born 26 February 1978 in Guildford) is a British racing driver, who competed with Triple Eight Race Engineering in the British Touring Car Championship.

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Marussia F1

The Marussia F1 Team (subsequently Manor Marussia F1 Team) was a Formula One racing team and constructor which was based in Banbury, Oxfordshire and then later Dinnington, South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom and competed with a Russian licence from to and a British licence in. Triple Eight Racing and Marussia F1 are British racecar constructors.

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Mat Jackson

Mathew Jackson (born 10 June 1981) is a former British racing driver.

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Matt Neal

Matthew Stephen Phillip Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver.

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MG cars

MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, and M.G. Car Company Limited was the British sports car manufacturer existing between 1930 and 1972 that made the marque well known.

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MG Motor

MG Motor is an automotive brand owned by the Shanghai-based, state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor.

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MG6 (automobile)

The MG6 is a compact car which has been produced by MG since 2010.

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Next Generation Touring Car

Next Generation Touring Car, also known as NGTC and by its Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) designation TCN-1, is an FIA and TOCA specification and classification for production based race cars.

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Nonô Figueiredo

Flávio Pagano "Nonô" Figueiredo (born May 13, 1971, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver.

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Ollie Jackson

Oliver Jackson (born 26th April 1984 in Reigate, Surrey) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB series.

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Optimum Motorsport

Optimum Motorsport is a motorsport team known for success in sportscar racing, primarily with Ginetta and McLaren GT cars. Triple Eight Racing and Optimum Motorsport are British GT Championship teams and British auto racing teams.

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Paul O'Neill (racing driver)

Paul O'Neill (born 31 December 1979) is a British auto racing driver, and the half-brother of English singer Melanie C.

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Peter Brock

Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver.

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Phil Bennett (racing driver)

Phil Bennett (born 6 October 1971 in Kingswinford) is a British racing driver.

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Phil Glew

Philip James Glew (born 28 June 1983 in Grimsby) is a British racing driver.

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Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is a multi-event one-make motor racing series that takes place in the United Kingdom for the Porsche 911 GT3.

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Power Maxed Racing

Power Maxed Racing is a British auto racing team based in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Triple Eight Racing and Power Maxed Racing are British Touring Car Championship teams and British racecar constructors.

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Prodrive

Prodrive is a British motorsport and advanced engineering group based in Banbury, United Kingdom. Triple Eight Racing and Prodrive are British GT Championship teams, British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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Quantel

Quantel was a company based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1973 that designed and manufactured digital production equipment for the broadcast television, video production and motion picture industries.

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Rickard Rydell

John Rickard Rydell (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Swedish racing driver.

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RML Group

Ray Mallock Ltd., also known as RML Group, is a motorsports and high performance engineering company, based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Triple Eight Racing and RML Group are British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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Rockingham Motor Speedway

Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby.

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Roland Dane

Roland William Surrey Dane (born 17 October 1956) is an Irish-Australian automotive businessman who is best known for co-founding motorsport teams Triple Eight Racing in Britain and Triple Eight Race Engineering in Australia, of which he was team principal until the end of 2021.

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Russell Ingall

Russell Peter Ingall (born 24 February 1964 in London, England) is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver.

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Sam Tordoff

Samuel Lewis Tordoff (born 19 April 1989) is a British racing driver best known for his appearances in the British Touring Car Championship.

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Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.

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Snetterton Circuit

Snetterton Circuit is a motor racing course in Norfolk, England, originally opened in 1953.

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Sports car racing

Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels.

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SRO Motorsports Group

SRO Motorsports Group (formerly the Stéphane Ratel Organisation) is an international sporting organisation best known for promoting and running a variety of racing events and series, including the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, Intercontinental GT Challenge and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe.

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Supercar

A supercar, also known as an exotic car, is a type of automobile generally described as a street-legal, luxury superlative performance sports car, both in terms of power, speed, and handling.

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Supercars Championship

The Supercars Championship currently known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.

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Team Dynamics

Team Dynamics Motorsport was a UK-based motor-racing team based in Droitwich, Worcestershire; best known for their successes in the British Touring Car Championship, including winning the Overall Drivers title in 2005, 2006 and 2011 with Matt Neal and 2012, 2015 and 2016 with Gordon Shedden. Triple Eight Racing and team Dynamics are British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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Tesco

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.

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Tom Chilton

Thomas James Chilton (born 15 March 1985) is a British racing driver who currently drives for Team Bristol Street Motors in the British Touring Car Championship.

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Tom Coronel

Tom Romeo Coronel (born 5 April 1972) is a Dutch professional racing driver.

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Tom Onslow-Cole

Thomas Michael Onslow-Cole (born 16 May 1987 in Kingston, Surrey) is a former British racing driver.

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Tom Walkinshaw Racing

Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) was a motor racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976, in Kidlington, near Oxford, England, by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. Triple Eight Racing and tom Walkinshaw Racing are British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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Tony Gilham

Anthony Allen Gilham (born 19 May 1979) is a British racing driver.

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Triple Eight Race Engineering

Triple Eight Race Engineering, branded as Red Bull Ampol Racing in Supercars, is an Australian motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. Triple Eight Racing and Triple Eight Race Engineering are auto racing teams established in 1996.

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Vauxhall

Vauxhall is an area in London and is located in the London Borough of Lambeth and is in Central London.

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Vauxhall Astra

The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car (C-segment) that has been sold by Vauxhall since 1980.

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Vauxhall Cavalier

The Vauxhall Cavalier is a large family car that was sold primarily in the United Kingdom by Vauxhall from 1975 to 1995.

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Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors Limited,;Company No.

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Vincent Radermecker

Vincent Radermecker (born 5 July 1967) is a Belgian racing driver.

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Warren Hughes

Warren Hughes (born 19 January 1969) is a racing driver from Sunderland, England.

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West Surrey Racing

West Surrey Racing is a UK-based motorsport team run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. Triple Eight Racing and West Surrey Racing are British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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Williams Grand Prix Engineering

Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, currently racing in Formula One as Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor. Triple Eight Racing and Williams Grand Prix Engineering are British Touring Car Championship teams, British auto racing teams and British racecar constructors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Eight_Racing

Also known as 888 Racing, MG Racing RCIB Insurance, Triple 8 Race Engineering, Triple 8 Racing, Triple Eight Race Engineering (United Kingdom), VX Racing, Vauxhall Motorsport.

Triple Eight Racing, the Glossary

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Auto racing teams disestablished in 2018

Auto racing teams established in 1996

British Formula Renault teams

British GT Championship teams

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