HALSTEAD TO LINE UP ON BTCC GRID IN EXCELR8 HYUNDAI
British GT race-winner Nick Halstead will switch his focus away from sportscar racing in 2023 and will join the four-car Excelr8 Motorsport British Touring Car Championship attack.
The 50-year-old, who only began racing six years ago, has taken part in one BTCC meeting already when he subbed for Jack Butel at Croft in 2021. In 2022, Halstead, a former Ginetta GT4 Supercup frontrunner, raced a Fox Motorsport McLaren 720S to fourth place in the British GT driver standings alongside Jamie Stanley and Rob Bell.
Halstead said: “After two successful seasons in British GT where I have shown I can challenge at the front and win races, I felt the time was right to take on my next challenge.
“The opportunity to join forces with the defending champions and to get behind the wheel of the best car on the grid is one that is too good to miss, and it gives me the chance to now prove myself on the biggest stage in the UK.
“I believe it is the best team to help me get to where I want to be, and in Tom Ingram and Tom Chilton, I have two of the most experienced drivers on the grid to learn from.”