BMW Show RWYB, Santa Pod – September The handy thing about a sportwagon is that there's more space for spare tyres. There's something fantastically gladiatorial about the 'Run What Ya Brung' sessions at Santa Pod drag strip, home to the big car club shows in the UK. You want the applause of the crowd? Light 'em up in the burn

FIA GT3 Silverstone – May For me racing should equal excitement and danger: preferably with plenty of fire - at the back of the car, I hasten to add. There's something primal about over-running cars as they brake into corners: exhausts popping and spitting flame. Some cars do it more than others, depending on engine config, and you know that

British Touring Cars Race 3, Brands Hatch – April Touring cars are back in business in the UK. Crowd numbers are back up to the glory days of the Super Tourers of the '90s, the drivers have proper charisma (okay, maybe it is a bit pantomime occasionally) and although the cars might not seem outwardly that impressive the racing is what makes