A trio of British Touring Car Championship stars will bring Darlington to a standstill when they make a pit stop in the town for a special motorsport forum event on the 29th of May.

HiQ Darlington, based in Meynell Road, will host the evening of thrills and spills from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, which will give people the chance to meet their racing heroes.

The motorsport forum is specially arranged by HiQ, official sponsors of the British Touring Car Championship, ahead of the next round of racing at Croft on Sunday June 1. Drivers Harry Vaulkhard, Alan Taylor and Martyn Bell will all be on hand to sign autographs, answer questions and pose for pictures and admission is completely free.

Free food and drink will be provided and 10 pairs of tickets will be given away during the evening. Harry Vaulkard (Newcastle), Alan Taylor (Whitley Bay) and their team, Boldon-based Robertshaw Racing are all from the region and on display will be their Chevrolet Lacetti and Honda Integra race cars.

For Barrow-upon-Humber driver Bell, Croft is also very much a home track and he will join Vaulkhard and Taylor from 6.30pm-8.30pm to sign autographs and answer questions for enthusiasts.

For the Robertshaw team, this will be its first race meeting in front of its home crowd as a BTCC entrant. It will assuredly be hoping for a strong performance at Croft after Vaulkhard scored his first BTCC point at Thruxton last Sunday.

Bell will be hoping Croft is where he can open his 2008 account as well, the Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch he drives for the Arkas Racing/Sunshine.co.uk team having always performed strongly at the North Yorkshire circuit.

HiQ’s BTCC spokesman Neil Burrows said: “We are really going all out for our most successful event yet and we want as many people to attend as possible.

“Our motorsport forums give people the chance to learn about HiQ, the BTCC and a chance to speak to some of the star drivers. We are delighted to be staging one at our Darlington store and we can’t wait to kick-off the event.”

HiQ Darlington, situated on Meynell Road, is a purpose built automotive specialist dedicated to providing the highest quality products and servicing for motorists and their vehicles. The store provides a dedicated fast fit service fully geared to meeting the needs of a comprehensive range of cars and light commercial vehicles.

For more information on HiQ Darlington, please call 01325 352727.