In 2005,

Team Dynamics Team Dynamics Motorsport is 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 Ne ...

took advantage of a loophole in the

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regulations that allowed cars to enter, whether they were on sale in the

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or not. They converted a pair of Honda Integra Japanese imports into

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spec racing cars, using the internals from the moderately successful

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that had been competing in the

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since 2002. The car was an instant hit, winning its debut race at Donington Park despite only having a limited amount of testing.

Matt Neal Matthew Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver. Neal is a triple BTCC Champion having won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Neal is also a record 6 time BTCC Independents Champion having won the ...

scored points in every single race to take his first

title - the first for a privateer driver in the modern era. He repeated the feat in 2006 and by that point, five cars had been built, all of them race winners in the hands of the Dynamics drivers, before being passed into the hands of various independent teams. The cars remained in the championship until 2011, in the hands of

Lea Wood Lea Wood (born 18 August 1984) is a British auto racing driver and mechanic, employed at his father's garage based in Hereford. He has competed previously in the British Touring Car Championship. Racing career Early years He started club level ...

, even finishing 7th at Oulton Park in that final season - an impressive result for a car that had been built 6 years previously. Indeed, it was the last of the BTC-Touring spec cars to be used in the BTCC; and was only finally retired as cars built to these regulations could no longer compete in 2012.

Chassis History

Car 1 *2005 -

*2006 - Mike Jordan *2007 - Mike Jordan *2008 - Andrew Jordan *2009 -

Martyn Bell Martyn Bell (born 17 July 1964) is an auto racing driver. Since 2006 he has contested the British Touring Car Championship, but he spent the majority of his career racing BMWs in various championships. He won one overall title and 3 class titles ...

*2010 - John George Car 2 *2005 -

Dan Eaves Dan Eaves (born 3 June 1975 in Worcestershire) is a British auto racing driver. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship between 2000 and 2005, and again in 2009, winning a total of six races (including a triple-race clean sweep at ...

*2006 -

David Pinkney David Pinkney is a British businessman and auto racing driver. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship on and off between 1989 and 2011. Racing career James Weaver talked David into racing and he started out in the Uniroyal Saloon ...

*2007 - Unused *2008 - Unused *2009 - John George *2010 -

James Kaye James Kaye (born 18 February 1964 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is a British auto racing driver. He has been a stalwart competitor of Hondas in various championships since 1995, and has had 2 lengthy spells in the BTCC. He won the BTCC indepe ...

*2011 - Dubai 24h - WRC Developments with Barwell Car 3 *2005 -

Gareth Howell Gareth Howell (born 6 January 1981) is a British racing driver, and multiple British Touring Car Championship race winner from 2000 to 2008. Career Howell drove his first kart aged 4 and began his racing career aged 8. He is a former British kar ...

(Rounds 22-30) *2006 -

(Rounds 19-30) *2007 - Simon Blanckley (Rounds 1-21)/Alan Taylor (Rounds 25-30) *2008 - Alan Taylor *2009 - Unused *2010 -

*2011 -

Car 4 *2006 -

*2007 - John George *2008 - John George - Written off in an accident at Brands Hatch in the final round of the season. Car 5 *2006 -

Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979) is a Scottish auto racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for the Halfords Racing with Cataclean team. He has previously won the series on three occasions; in 2012, 201 ...

*2007 - Unused *2008 - Mike Jordan *2009 - Paul O'Neill *2010 - Paul O'Neill

References

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