<P> In 2002 JAS Motorsport entered the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with a Super 2000 spec Civic and was used until restart season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2005 . </P> <P> In December 2005, on the date of the new 2006 Civic Si's launch in the USA, Honda's R&D Engineering Team completed 645 laps in an eighth generation Civic Si coupe (FG2) to place first in the E1 class of the famous' 25 Hours of Thunderhill' marathon race . The drivers on Honda's team were Road & Track journalist Kim Wolfkill, Lee Niffenegger, Chad Gilsinger, Sage Marie, John Sherk, Rich Hays, Andrew Frame, Matt Staal and Car and Driver journalist Tony Swan . </P> <P> In the UK, the Civic has been used in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for several years and is still highly competitive . The Civic Type R made its debut in the 2002 season with the' Works' team run by Arena Motorsport . Built to BTC - T specifications, it gained the team third in the manufacturers championship . In the same year Synchro Motorsport won the BTCC Production Teams Championship with a pair of Civic Type Rs . </P> <P> The 2003 season saw the' works' team Civics secure an impressive second in the manufacturers championship . The 2003 BTCC Production Teams Championship also went to the Civic again, this time in the hands of Barwell Motorsport . </P>

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