The Irish Touring Car Championship (ITCC) is a touring car racing series held each year in Ireland. It was established in 2010.
History 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 0:59:098Mondello Park (International)Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:50:052Kirkistown Circuit Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:00:004Bishopscourt Racing Circuit (National)Erik Holstein BMW M3 1:13:753Bishopscourt Racing Circuit (International)Eoghan Fogarty BMW M3 1:35:111Anglesey CircuitMartin Tracey RS500 1:15:266Phoenix Park TrackPhil Brennan BMW M3 1:14:229
References
External links