COVER STORY REVIEW 2023
CHAMPIONSHIP

2023 IN PICTURES
Revolution asked its regular photographic contributors to select their
Photo of The Year – these are the highlights that caught their eye

This season has seen Motorsport UK’s many Championships deliver top-class competition and plenty
of dramatic action, from the front-runners in the British Touring Car Championship to the first timers
in the Trials Championship; the flying future stars in British F4 to the open-wheel masters in Hill
Climbing and Sprint Championships.

British Truck Racing Championship
In another blockbuster year for the super-sized series, a
capacity entry list served up a feast of entertainment across
seven race meetings and culminated in the crowning of two
deserving champions in Ryan Smith and Paul Rivett – although
the route they each took to their respective titles could not
have been more contrasting.
As has been the case for the past seven years, Division 1
belonged to Smith as he comfortably powered his Daimler
Freightliner to an unprecedented eighth consecutive
championship victory. The multiple-champion was a tour-deforce with an incredible 16 race wins, six podiums and six pole
positions to finish ahead of David Jenkins and Stuart Oliver.

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Photographer: Graham Holborn
A pack of 5.5-tonne, 1,000BHP trucks make an imposing
sight as they head into the hairpin at the end of Cowles
Straight, Pembrey, with nobody wanting to back off.
In Division 2, however, there was nothing to separate Paul
Rivett and Adam Bint in the battle for honours. In a campaign
that saw the pendulum swing back-and-forth between the pair,
each ended the season tied on points. Rivett triumphed on a
tie-break, with his superior win tally of 18 to Bint’s six, netting
the former Renault Clio Cup champion his first truck title.
Bradley Smith, Simon Reid, John Powell, Craig Evans, Michael
Oliver, and John Bowler also played starring roles over the
course of the season.
Revolution - December 2023