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665:"BTCC: Turkish team enters BTCC"
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195:Teams' Championships
862:BTC-T Proton Impian
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307:Fabrizio Giovanardi
114:Competition history
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503:References
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343:Super 2000
244:, who ran
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323:Knockhill
317:'s 100th
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137:2005 BTCC
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315:Vauxhall
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