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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Folded | 2018 |
| Base | Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Former series | BTCC
Formula Renault BARC British GT Championship Blancpain Endurance |
| Teams' Championships | BTCC – Manufacturers: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014 BTCC – Teams: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 BTCC – Independents: 2011 |
| Drivers' Championships | BTCC: 2001: Jason Plato 2002, 2004: James Thompson 2003: Yvan Muller 2007, 2008: Fabrizio Giovanardi BTCC – Independents: 2011: James Nash |
| Website | http://www.tripleeight.co.uk/ |
Triple Eight Racing (888 Racing)[1] was a motorsports team formed in 1996 as Triple Eight Race Engineering, which competed in the British Touring Car Championship and the British GT Championship.
The team's original focus was to design, build and race Vauxhalls on behalf of the General Motors brand in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). A close working alliance developed during a decade of success and Triple Eight became Vauxhall's technical partner for motorsport. In 2009, Vauxhall Motors ended its support for the BTCC, however the team continued to compete using Vauxhalls until the end of the 2011 season. From the 2012 season, Triple Eight began to build and race MG6 GT cars on behalf of MG, in a revival of the marque in the BTCC. The following year, the team entered the British GT Championship, running a pair of BMW Z4 GT3s.
Prior to the start of the 2015 season, the team rebranded itself as Triple Eight Racing across all its motorsport programs, introducing a new team name and logo.[1]
- ^ a b "Triple Eight shakes up brand with modern new look". Triple Eight Racing. Triple Eight Race Engineering Ltd. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2014.