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David Pittard Blog: An Introduction

Hi! Welcome to my 2013 blog where I hope to keep you up to date with my championship campaign in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge with SV21! My name is David Pittard, I’m 21 from Hertfordshire! As well as a...

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David Pittard Blog: A Day Of Could Have Beens

Hi Everyone! It’s been a little while since my introduction blog just before my season started at Oulton Park! And it seems ages ago! The past month has been quite spaced out but everything that has...

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David Pittard Blog: Trading Paint And Winning Podiums

Well, after an eventful Oulton Park and the first 3 rounds of the Ginetta GT5 Challenge I was looking for the complete opposite for the next three races at Rockingham. Having shaken the car down for...

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David Pittard Blog: Win Some, Lose Some

Having had a bit more of a consistent weekend at Rockingham on a track I didn’t think would suit us I was really looking forward to Silverstone where I was sure the circuit would suit the package we...

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David Pittard Blog: Worse For Wear!

It’s been a while since my last blog, since then we have raced at Snetterton and Spa two very contrasting circuits and in some ways two contrasting sets of results! Snetterton is always a circuit I...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Brands Hatch Indy

After a long, wet, largely racing free winter the TOCA package roars back into life this weekend on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, the British Touring Car Championship headlining with the Ginetta GT4...

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David Pittard Blog: The 2014 Season is upon us!

Well… the eve of the 2014 season is upon us! The traditional opening to the British motorsport calendar at Brands Hatch kicks off this weekend… and finally I can say I will be a part of it! 2014 brings...

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David Pittard Blog: Over The Moon

We’ve Arrived! Well, I know I said I’d like to sneak a podium in the final race after the reverse grid but getting one a race early in the 2nd race and backing that up with a 4th in the final race and...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Donington Park

Donington Park, based near Derby right next to East Midlands airport will host the second round of the British Touring Car Championship! The shorter National configuration is used for the weekend...

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David Pittard Blog: Move Of The Season!

Heading to Donington I tried my hardest to keep an open mind as we did for Brands and Thruxton, however after two strong results at both the race and test it was hard to not have my eyes set for the...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Thruxton

Thruxton, Hampshire, the fastest circuit in the UK! The fast and flat circuit which hosts the fastest corner in UK motorsport, with high tyre wear and high kerbs has provided some fantastic and...

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David Pittard Blog: Thruxton Wins, Oulton Optimism

So it’s been over 4 weeks since Thruxton! The wait seems longer than the start of the season! It has in no way been a quiet time for me though as I can now officially say I’ve finished education and...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Oulton Park

David Pittard’s lastest #tracktalk gives us the lowdown on Oulton Park in Cheshire History Oulton Park is the first of the (what I would class as) up North rounds of the BTCC calendar! The very pretty...

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David Pittard Blog: Exceeding Expectations

“Sorry for the lack of updates readers, leading up to and after Croft I have been flat out organising various things for the race weekend including my new sponsor for the Croft weekend, Ratio Seven...

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David Pittard Blog: Season So Far & Summer ‘Break’

Well… if you’d asked me on the KX Autosport stage in January: “What will you want to have achieved going into Snetterton at the halfway stage of the championship?” I would have replied: “Run top five...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Snetterton

The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship and it’s band of support championship’s return to action this weekend at Snetterton after a five-week summer break. Ahead of the meeting, Michelin...

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David Pittard Blog: Ready To Bounce Back

It was a very frustrating weekend at Snetterton, a circuit I was really looking forward to as I always go well there. A lack of straightline speed though saw me in the bottom two in all the speed...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Knockhill

The British Touring Car Championship and its support championships makes its traditional trip north of the border this weekend to Fife in Scotland and the unique Knockhill circuit. The package goes...

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David Pittard’s #TrackTalk: Rockingham

Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup front-runner David Pittard gives us the lowdown on this weekend’s venue for the BTCC package Rockingham in the latest instalment of his #TrackTalk feature. Rockingham...

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David Pittard Blog: Catching Up

So … it’s been a while since I’ve written one of these… so be prepared for an essay! Last time I caught up was after a disappointing Snetterton, and a lot has happened since then both on and off track!...

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