Provisional Entry List for Round 3 of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship

A 30-car provisional entry list is published for the first 2-hour race of the 2006 Avon Tyres British GT Championship season and includes six GT2, seven GT3 and seventeen GTC entries

GT3 is Go at Donington Park

The first appearance of the new GT3 cars will take place for round 3 of the 2006 Avon Tyres British GT Championship at Donington Park on Sunday May 21st.   Barwell Motorsport is running a trio of Aston Martin DBRS9s and will be joined by three Lotus Exige cars, run by the Lotus Sport Cadena team, and by a single Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3.  The seven GT3 entries swell the provisional grid for round 3 of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship to twenty-nine cars across the three classes, with the possibility of more joining the grid on May 20/21.

Danny Watts Steps up to British GT with Trackspeed

British F3 race winner and 2002 Formula Renault Champion Danny Watts has signed to drive the new Trackspeed GT3 class Porsche 997 at Donington Park on May 20/21 in Round 3 of the 2006 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

The 26-year-old driver from Buckingham has been competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup this year and took a podium finish at Mondello Park in Ireland last month.  Watts will partner Trackspeed’s joint team owner Rory Fordyce in the Porsche, the first 997 to race in British GT, in the 2-hour race at Donington Park on May 21st.  The Watts/Fordyce partnership will line up alongside the Guildford based teams existing trio of Porsche 996’s, which race in the GTC Class.

Provisional TV Times - Round 3 from Donington Park

Channel 4:03/06/06 07.30

Motors TV:03/06/06 at 17.3004/06/06 at 21.3005/06/06 at 08.0008-09/06/06 at midnight