The Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship is organised by the BARC and the Welsh Racing Drivers’ Association, the main venue of the championship being

Pembrey Pembrey ( Welsh: ''Pen-bre'') is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated between Burry Port and Kidwelly, overlooking Carmarthen Bay, with a population of about 2,154 in 2011. The electoral ward having a population of 4,301. It is in t ...

. 2009 sees the championship travelling to

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. The championship has also raced at Ty Croes in Anglesey, Donington Park,

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, Silverstone,

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, Lydden Hill, Thruxton and

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Class structure

The championship was first awarded in 1991 and has been contested every season since then. The class structure is modified for 2008 as follows: Class A, for road based saloon and sports cars up to 1600cc. Class B is contested by modified, road based saloon and sports cars with engines of up to 2000cc. Class C follows the same rules as Class B, except that it requires engine sizes to be above 2000cc. Finally Class D is for cars conforming to

Touring car racing Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States. While the cars do not mov ...

regulations and re-engined sports cars, such as Caterhams. Points are awarded depending on where the driver finishes in their class (in essence, there are four race winners), with the overall championship being awarded to the driver who has managed to accumulate the most class points, regardless of their overall results in the races.

Champions

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Driver ! Car , - ! 1990 , Blake Edwards , Ford Capri , - ! 1991 , Blake Edwards , Ford Capri , - ! 1992 , Colin Gunderson , Porsche 911 , - ! 1993 , Ken Davies ,

Porsche 924 The Porsche 924 is a sports car produced by Porsche in Neckarsulm, Germany,from 1976 until 1988. A two-door, 2+2 coupé, the 924 replaced the 912E and 914 as the company's entry-level model. Although the 928 was designed first, the 924 was t ...

, - ! 1994 , Martin Davies ,

Ford Sierra The Ford Sierra is a mid-size car or large family car manufactured and marketed by Ford Europe from 1982-1993, designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément — and noted for its aerodynamic styling producing a drag coeffi ...

Sapphire , - , 1995 , Martin Davies ,

Sapphire , - ! 1996 , Martin Davies ,

Sapphire , - ! 1997 , Peter Dark , Darrian T90 , - ! 1998 , Mark Chandler ,

Mini The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...

, - ! 1999 , Graham Cole , Darrian T90 , - ! 2000 , Clive Hayes , Radical Prosport , - ! 2001 , Terry Brown , LM3000 Prosport , - ! 2002 , Terry Brown , Radical Prosport , - ! 2003 , Rhodri Jenkins , Honda Civic , - ! 2004 , Rhodri Jenkins , Honda Civic , - ! 2005 , Andrew Williams ,

Sapphire , - ! 2006 , Andy Williams , Ford Sierra Sapphire , - ! 2007 , Keith Butcher , Audi V8 , - ! 2009 , Russell Haggerty , Raw Striker , -

External links

2006 Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship
Sports car racing series Auto racing series in the United Kingdom Motorsport in Wales