BTCC team has race car stolen at promotional event

British Touring Car team Power Maxed Racing is offering an award for information after one of its race cars was stolen from a promotional event in London earlier this week.

The Audi S3 Saloon campaigned by Dexter Patterson this season had been on display at London's ExCeL Centre, where it had been kept in its trailer in a locked compound with security. Despite that, the trailer was taken.

Power Maxed Racing is offering a £25,000 (~$33,000) reward for information leading to the safe recovery of the car.

“We are understandably shocked and devastated that something like this could happen, particularly from what should have been a secure location,” the team said in a social media post. “We are not interested in confrontation, accusations or making this situation any more complicated than it needs to be.

“If you have the car, know where it is, or have information that could lead to its recovery, we encourage you to contact us directly and confidentially.”

This is the second time Power Maxed Racing has been dealt a bad hand in just over a year. Last August the team's headquarters was blighted by fire, destroying most of its equipment including the Vauxhall Astras it had campaigned in the BTCC since 2017.

It bounced back, however, building for new Audis for the 2026 season and winning three races – twice with Mikey Doble and once with Aiden Moffat – with Doble taking the independents drivers’ title and the team scooping independents teams’ honors. Patterson also won the Jack Sears Trophy for the highest performing driver over the course of the season who started the year without a previous to his name. Patterson ultimately stood on the rostrum for the first time at the season finale on the Brands Hatch GP circuit.

The team has also developed and is building a fleet of entirely new cars for a new junior championship which will feature on the BTCC bill from 2027.