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WHY TOM CHILTON IS READY TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE

When the wraps came off BTC Racing’s new British Touring Car Championship signing – quite literally – at Autosport International, it was a surprise. Tom Chilton had jumped from Motorbase Performance to a less experienced team and will go into 2020 as part of the ambitious squad’s three-car Honda Civic Type R FK8 line-up.

Chilton has only one objective in 2020. “It is the title or bust for me. That is what it is all about,” he declares.

He will get his hands on a newly-built FK8, and has been impressed with the engineering strength and ambition behind BTC. Chilton says: “I met with [joint owner and businessman] Steve Dudman at Knockhill last year and he told

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