The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will see a new addition to the grid for the 2010 season as Pirtek Racing launch their campaign on Britain’s premier motor racing series. The team will be run by former BTCC race winner Mike Jordan’s, Jordan Motorsport squad and will see Mike’s 20 year old son Andrew Jordan taking on driving duties as he aims for victory in the Pirtek backed car.The team will run the proven Vauxhall Vectra car for their 2010 campaign, giving continuity to Andrew after a competitive season in the 2009 VX Racing Vectra. The Pirtek Racing team is also the first to announce the use of the new two litre turbo powered TOCA engine which will power their Vectra for the forthcoming season. Andrew Jordan, who already has six BTCC podiums to his name commented, “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of next season. It’s good for me to be continuing with the Vectra, I always felt it was a strong, great handling car and I had some good outings in it last season. At times we struggled with the engine power, so now with the new TOCA engine not only will it be cost effective to run but I’m confident we should be capable of winning.”Mike Jordan added, “It is a good feeling to be back involved with a car and our own team in the BTCC with Pirtek’s support. The package of the Vectra and the TOCA engine should be very strong and I’m sure Andrew can use his knowledge of the car to great advantage. The team will also have a level of continuity as several personnel have been carried over from working with Andrew on the Vectra at VX Racing last season as well as the JordanSport Britcar programme.”Alan Gow, Series Director, British Touring Car Championship added, “Andrew’s results in his first two seasons clearly show he’s a real star of the future and I know Pirtek Racing will be a very well set-up and determined team – geared around Andrew and run by his father Mike, it has all the ingredients for success.“It’s great to see the team also taking advantage of our new TOCA NGTC engine. While the NGTC cars themselves won’t appear until 2011, we’ve decided to allow some teams to use the engine from 2010. While some teams will undertake their own engine development programmes, this is the unbranded TOCA engine that is available for lease or purchase and, as we have already announced as part of the BTCC’s future, will significantly reduce their running budgets.”Fluid transfer solutions specialists, Pirtek, who are known for their striking race car liveries, like their Aussie V8 Supercar, will run the BTCC car in their bold corporate colours of red, blue and yellow. The car’s livery and the team’s other sponsors will be unveiled in January at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham’s NEC, where Mike and Andrew Jordan will also be in attendance to share their thoughts on the forthcoming season.