S9 E5: Ray Bellm

From witnessing the arrest of Vic Lee to revealing his role in the controversial 1992 BTCC championship decider, Alex Clarke is joined by former touring car driver and sports car champion Ray Bellm for a fascinating insight into one of the most extraordinary periods in British touring car history.Ray recalls his difficult introduction to the championship with Andy Rouse's Ford Sierra Sapphire in 1990, before explaining how he helped establish Vic Lee Motorsport's BMW programme, which took Will Hoy to the championship title in 1991.He also reveals what happened behind the scenes when Vic Lee was arrested in September 1992, how he stepped in to help keep the team racing, and what he said to Steve Soper over the radio during that unforgettable championship finale at Silverstone.Ray also discusses the formation of Team Dynamics alongside Steve Neal, before sharing some remarkable stories from his sports car career, including how he helped bring the legendary McLaren F1 GTR into competitive racing.

This week on Stories From SuperTouring, we head back to Thruxton in 2000 for one of the most dramatic meetings of the BTCC's final Super Touring season.Alex and Levi are joined by Scott Woodwiss and Michael Passingham to revisit an afternoon dominated by controversial Vauxhall team orders and a frightening high-speed accident for Volvo's Rickard Rydell.The team look back at the incidents, the decisions and the fallout from a memorable weekend at Britain's fastest circuit.

This week, Alex Clarke tells the remarkable story of Vic Lee Motorsport, from its rapid rise to the top of the BTCC to its dramatic downfall in 1992.From Will Hoy's championship triumph in 1991 to Tim Harvey's extraordinary title-winning season, we explore how VLM became one of Britain's leading touring car teams, before Vic Lee's arrest on drug smuggling charges threatened to bring everything crashing down.Featuring archive interviews with Tim Harvey, Steve Soper and Steve Neal, we revisit one of the most extraordinary stories in BTCC history.

This week on Stories From SuperTouring, we head back to Brands Hatch in 1992 for one of the most memorable races of the early Super Touring era.Will Hoy and Andy Rouse looked set to dominate for Toyota, only for the two teammates to collide and throw away a golden opportunity. John Cleland was there to pick up the pieces, while Steve Soper produced a brilliant recovery drive from the back of the grid.Joining us to look back at it all are touring car journalist Andrew Charman and motorsport photographer Greg Denton.

We're back for Series 9 of Stories From SuperTouring!Kicking things off, Alex Clarke is joined by former BTCC driver Simon Harrison for a chat about his racing career, including his time behind the wheel of the Peugeot 405 in 1995 and his return to the championship in 2000 and 2001.Simon shares his memories of racing in the Super Touring era, the highs and lows of his time with Peugeot, the characters he raced against and plenty of stories from behind the scenes.

On this week’s episode of Stories From SuperTouring, Alex and Levi are joined by touring car journalist Andrew Charman and motorsport photographer Greg Denton to look back at the dramatic finale to the 1999 STW Cup season at the Nürburgring — the final chapter of Germany’s Super Touring era.With the championship disappearing at the end of the season, the title fight came down to a final showdown between Christian Abt and Uwe Alzen, as Audi and Opel battled for one last piece of STW history.Together, they revisit the atmosphere surrounding the final weekend of the championship, the intensity of the title battle, and the significance of STW’s place in the wider Super Touring story.Factory rivalry, controversy, and one final showdown before the curtain came down on an era.

This week on Stories From SuperTouring, Alex is joined by former touring car engineer Brad Joyce to go behind the scenes of the BTCC during the Super Touring era.Having worked with a number of teams across one of touring car racing’s most competitive periods, Brad shares stories from the pitlane, the pressures of race engineering, and the personalities that shaped the championship throughout the 1990s.From working alongside Lawrence Bristow and Charlie Cox, to spells with West Surrey Racing and Prodrive, Brad reflects on engineering drivers including Craig Baird and Rickard Rydell during some of the BTCC’s most memorable seasons. Along the way, he gives a fascinating insight into how teams operated during the height of Super Touring, from developing cars and chasing performance to dealing with the intensity of race weekends.Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, technical insight and memories from one of touring car racing’s golden eras, this is an episode not to miss for any BTCC and Super Touring fan.

In this week’s episode of Stories From SuperTouring, Alex and Levi are joined by editorial director at The Race, Glenn Freeman and World Superbike commentator Greg Haines to rewind to Silverstone in 1998 — the venue for one of the most popular and emotional victories in BTCC history, Will Hoy’s final win in the championship for Ford.Blending paddock insight with memories from a dramatic weekend of Super Touring action, they revisit Hoy’s memorable farewell victory, the stories and rivalries surrounding the 1998 season, and why this meeting remains such a special moment for BTCC fans.

In this special episode of STORIES FROM SUPERTOURING, we head to the historic Goodwood Members’ Meeting for a weekend surrounded by some of the greatest touring cars ever built.Recorded from the heart of the paddock, Alex and Levi bring you exclusive interviews with the drivers who raced these iconic machines, the owners entrusted with preserving them, and the engineers and mechanics whose work behind the scenes keeps Super Touring history alive and roaring into the modern day.From stories of period BTCC battles and famous race weekends, to the challenges of maintaining highly complex 1990s touring cars decades later, this episode offers a rare insight into what it really takes to keep the spirit of Super Touring alive at one of the world’s most celebrated historic motorsport events.Featuring incredible machinery, fascinating paddock conversations and plenty of behind-the-scenes access, this is a love letter to the people who continue to preserve touring car history for future generations.

In this week’s episode of Stories From SuperTouring, Alex and Levi are joined by motorsport photographer Greg Denton and historian Chris Phillips to rewind to a landmark moment in BTCC history — the first ever double header meeting at Donington Park in 1991.Blending trackside perspective with historical insight, they relive a chaotic and unforgettable day that helped shape the future of the championship, from the intensity of two races in one meeting to the incidents and stories that defined the event.