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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">BTCC</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">16/12/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">BTCC Prize Fund</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">1 Million Prize & Promotion Budget</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> Non-works entries in the Touring class will share a £400 000 prize fund in 2001, which should be quite an incentive for more teams to enter this class.<BR> <BR> The Production class is allocated £100 000. This sum will be in addition to monies provided by BF Goodrich.<BR> <BR> Another half million pounds will be used to promote the series and individual meetings.<BR> <BR> BF Goodrich will be the BTCC’s sole tyre supplier and will support the Production Class with the company’s own prize fund scheme. The winning driver in the Championship will receive £5 000, with £3 000 for second and £2 000 for third. The top team will receive £6 500, second getting £3 500 and third £3 000.<BR> <BR> BMP has also confirmed that between four and eight of European Formula Racing’s two-seater F1-style cars will appear at each BTCC meeting, with competition winners and celebrities being taken for rides in the cars.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>