Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Autosport Plus

Jason Plato goes back in time

Last month we ran an AUTOSPORT story in which BTCC king Jason Plato discovered his ancestors. As Marcus Simmons explains, there were plenty of pitfalls along the way but many stories too - from the macabre to the comic.

When AUTOSPORT got together with Jason Plato for a trip into his past - tracing his ancestors for a feature that ran in AUTOSPORT last month - nobody could have predicted that we would uncover a connection that resonates so spectacularly with his brand-new British Touring Car Championship programme with MG.

There was only the smallest of inklings of any Plato connection with Abingdon, the town that would become synonymous with MG production, and which is still home to the marque's Car Club. In fact, as we would discover, the MGCC's headquarters even overlook the cemetery where Jason's great-great-great grandfather Henry Plato has been resting since 1883!

Previous article Long-time BTCC team owner Roger Dowson dies aged 67
Next article WSR boss Dick Bennetts believes his team is ready to challenge for the 2012 BTCC title

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe