Speedworks Motorsport is a British motor racing team based in

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. The team was formed in 2005 by Christian and Amy Dick. They are best known for competing in the

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since 2011. They also compete in the

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History

Speedworks Motorsport first started racing in the MaX5 Racing Series, before switching to

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racing in 2007. They have also entered a Chevrolet Corvette GT3 in the

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British Touring Car Championship

Toyota Avensis (2011–2018)

Tom Ingram - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R1 grid)

Alongside their British GT commitments, Speedworks also become one of the first teams to compete with a full

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specification car in the

with a

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driven by Tony Hughes in

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. They missed the third round of the championship at Thruxton in order to fix the technical problems they had been experiencing with the new car in the opening rounds. The team returned at the following round at

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where they scored their best result of the season with fourteenth place in race two, but they were forced to miss the

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round due to continuation of their power steering problems. The team raced again at

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and then skipped the next two rounds before racing in the final two events of the year. The following season they expanded to a two car team, with a second car for

GT Supercup champion, Adam Morgan alongside Hughes. On two occasions, former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill deputised for Hughes due to the latter driver's business commitments, the first being at Croft. O'Neill replaced Hughes once again at

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. In race two he finished fourth to achieve Speedworks' best result in the BTCC. At the end of the season Speedworks were 10th in the teams' standings and sixth in the independent teams' standings. At the end of the season Hughes announced his retirement from motor racing although he would remain involved with the team. Morgan left the team to drive for his family run Cicely Racing team the following season. In November 2012, Speedworks tested

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and

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. The following month, Newsham was confirmed in the first car for the 2013 season.

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joined the team for the 2014 season. He scored two podiums in 2015, and claimed two wins and six podiums in 2016. Ingram finished third in the 2017 season, with four wins and nine podiums in 30 races.

Toyota Corolla

For 2019, the team will campaign a single

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, for

, with manufacturer support from Toyota GB.

References

External links

Official site
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