Mark Smith is an auto racing driver, in the 2006 British Touring Car Championship for the In-Front team in an Alfa Romeo 156. Their preperations were hampered pre-season, when a gearbox which was supposed to come ready-to-run was supplied in kit form and not until after the first race weekend. As a result, the team did the first race with an old-fashioned H-pattern box, and skipped round 2 completely. They have yet to score a top 10 finish. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season will be the 49th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... The Alfa Romeo 156, manufactured by Alfa Romeo, was introduced in 1997 as replacement for the 155. ... The title of BTCC champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a British Touring Car Championship season. ... The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season will be the 49th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ...
Before entering the BTCC, Mark primarily raced in VW cars, first in the Tomcat Vento Challenge (which he won in 2000), and later the VW Racing Cup, in which he was runner up in 2005. He is from the Staffordshire town of Hednesford. Volkswagen (Ger. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Hednesford (pronounced Hensford) is a small town in Staffordshire, England, within Cannock Chase district. ...