The 2017 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars and sportscars held across England. The championship's field consists of varying types of cars from production cars to sportscars & GTs that compete in five classes, in two categories, depending on horsepower, momentum, etc. This is the 15th season of a Britcar championship. For 2018, race one includes all cars of every class, while there are two separate race lengths and finishes, although the E class and S class cars compete in the same race, Sprint cars run for 50 minutes, Endurance for 120. one for the Sprint class and one for the Endurance. The season began on the 14th of April at Rockingham and ended on the 18th of November at Brands Hatch.
↑ The Sprint category drivers race for 50 minutes in race two, the Endurance category for 120 minutes.
↑ The race started late and ran too long into the night for a second race, so was run in the second race format.
↑ Tom Barley crashed out in the race earlier, bringing out the red flag and a complete restart of the race, from lap 0.
↑ Despite being a regular car eligible for points, MacGregor entered originally as an invitation car, so raced in his normal car after the Arrinera failed.
↑ The Arrinera was due to race in round five but an engine failure prevented the car from competing.
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