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When was the BTCC best? NGTC vs Super Touring

To complete AUTOSPORT's look back at the Super Touring era, current British Touring Car reporter KEVIN TURNER oversees a duel between the best of the 1990s and the current crop

Kevin Turner Aug 17, 2013, 8:06 PM

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The British Touring Car Championship has been going through something of a purple patch of late. Grids have been routinely in the mid to high-20s this season and we've already had six different winners.

The Next Generation Touring Cars, first introduced in 2011, have brought more teams and marques onto the grid, and fans still flock to the circuits in their tens of thousands. Thanks to the return of Colin Turkington we also have four ex-champions, plus up-and-coming stars like Andrew Jordan.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.