New Motorbase title sponsor

Motorbase are expected to announce on Thursday that they have signed up Wrigley's Airwaves as a title sponsor for 2009. Airwaves have previously had a big presence in the two-wheeled world sponsoring the GSE Yamaha team in BSB last year, and currently sponsor the WRC coverage on Dave. The team is expected to be on the entry list as "Airwaves BMW".

Motorbase testing

Tim Harvey was invited by Motorbase to test one of their cars at Brands today; and he was joined by a man who should have been in the BTCC well before now, Jonny Adam. Tomorrow (Weds) they'll give SEAT Eurocup driver James Nash a run, alongside GT and Porsche veteran Michael Caine. Touring Car Times reports Motorbase want to keep both '08 drivers on if possible, so fingers crossed for a third car.

Motorbase BMWs

This is what happens when you have a day off work and waste time digging around btcc.net. These would be the cars bought off Schnitzer as was reported around Macau time presumably. Announcement expected later this week. Suspicions were raised when Motorbase changed their own website to include a Motorbase-branded Beemer on the header.

Sponsorship works

Nice happy article about Hewden's sponsorship with Motorbase this year. Interestingly they weren't roped in by any particular driver or team; instead they were so impressed with the exposure potential of the BTCC they went straight to TOCA who pointed them in the direction of potential suitable teams.
They're also looking to continue with Motorbase into 2008, which is good news all round.