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James Kaye is a British auto racing driver. He has been a stalwart competitor of Hondas in various championships since 1995, and has had 2 lengthy spells in the BTCC. After racing in the British National Production Saloon Championship with several championship in the late 80s and early 90s, he entered the BTCC as an independent in 1992, winning the independent title in his Toyota, and again in 1994. In 1993 he raced a semi-works Toyota for the Park Lane team, ineligible for the Total Cup for Independents. In 1995 he was hired by Honda for their BTCC programme, racing there for 2 seasons. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
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The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ...
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He had an assortment of sports car drives for Honda from 1997-1999, returning to touring cars in the National Saloon Championship in 2000. The same cars were eligible for the newly-created Class B of the BTCC that year, and James was runner up in a Honda Accord. This was renamed the Production Class for 2001, and James again finished 2nd, before winning the Production Class title in 2002 for Synchro Motorsport, a team of Honda employees working in their spare time at the Honda factory in Swindon. Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ...
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Swindon is a large town in the South West of England, near the M4 motorway. ...
The team moved up to the Touring class of the BTCC for 2003, defined as an Independent team as they had no financial or technical backing, James classified as Indendent runner-up and 14th overall. As of 2006 he still races for the team, and was 11th overall in 2004 and 2005. He took his first series podium at Oulton Park in 2006 after 14 years of trying. The 2003 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 46th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ...
The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season will be the 49th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ...
The 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 47th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ...
The 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 48th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ...
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, northwest England,about 5 miles from Winsford, 13 miles to Chester City Center, 8 miles to Northwich and 17 miles to Warrington with nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line set in rolling...
His younger brother Richard Kaye, and his Father Peter Kaye have also raced professionally. |