There are now less than three weeks to go before Britain’s premier motor racing series – the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – headlines at the Donington Park circuit in Leicestershire on Sunday 15 July.

The BTCC could not be arriving at the Midlands venue at a more dramatic moment, with Italy’s Fabrizio Giovanardi and Briton Jason Plato separated by just one point at the top of the table.

And with Donington enjoying an excellent location – just minutes from junctions 23A and 24 of the M1 motorway by East Midlands Airport – BTCC race day is expected to draw a bumper crowd. Indeed, tens of thousands of fans from across the region and neighbouring cities of Birmingham, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham are likely to flock to the historic Donington circuit for what will be the BTCC’s only visit of 2007.

The fixture marks something of a home event for a number of the high-profile teams and drivers in the BTCC, chiefly reigning champion Matt Neal (Droitwich), new race-winner Mat Jackson (Henley-in-Arden) and his family’s Jacksons MSport BMW team, front-runner Mike Jordan and his Eurotech Honda squad (Sutton Coldfeld), rising star Adam Jones (Solihull) and Richard Marsh (Ashbourne), who not only drives for but owns the Coventry-based A-Tech Alfa Romeo team.

The event is also dear to the heart of the BTCC’s pro-active title sponsor Dunlop whose UK headquarters is based nearby at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. Across the region, Dunlop and its group of companies employ some 2,000 people.

An 11-race bill, including the latest three BTCC rounds, awaits the crowds at Donington on 15 July, with the on-track action scheduled to start at 9.10am. Adult race day tickets can be purchased for just £20.00 via the Donington website donington-park.co.uk/ or by calling the circuit on 01332 819505.

That price includes access to the popular Pit Lane Walkabout session when the public is invited into the Donington pit lane to meet the teams and drivers for autographs, photos and plenty of great giveaways.