Expanded manufacturer / constructor championship for 2009

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Thu 19th March 2009 The 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship will feature an expanded championship for manufacturers and constructors.

The new championship is open to teams that have designed and built their own cars, which based on the entry list for the forthcoming season, includes VX Racing, Team Aon and Team Dynamics.

Points will be allocated as per the previous Manufacturers' Trophy - to the top two cars across the line to be nominated by each entrant prior to race day.

Both Team Dynamics and Team Aon, who are not manufacturer-backed, may still be eligible for Independents' honours - providing of course that they meet the normal criteria.

BTCC Series Director Alan Gow commented: "This expanded championship will produce added competition within that category, whilst also providing greater recognition for those teams who have used the BTCC's local homologation regulations to introduce cars of their own design, as opposed to those who have bought cars already developed by other manufacturers and/or teams."