Restart Racing are not new to touring car racing. They won a championship as recent as 2022 with current driver Chris Smiley… the new BTCC outfit bring a two-car team to the 2024 grid. 

Driving alongside already-mentioned Smiley, a BTCC winner returning to the series, is a young driver in Scott Sumpton. Sumpton, 19, already has two years of touring car racing under his belt but this will be the first in the Cupra Leon. This is the same situation for Smiley who has had his previous win in the BTCC in a Honda Civic. Exciting times for one of the BTCC's newest teams entering into its first season of BTCC action.