The scene of Andrew Jordan's first BTCC victory, Croft circuit in North Yorkshire, is the next stop on the schedule for Andrew and Pirtek Racing over the weekend of 18/19 June as the 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship reaches the halfway point.

A year ago, Andrew scored his landmark victory at the challenging venue near Darlington and he now heads north once more in the midst of a fabulous season with the Pirtek Vauxhall Vectra. He has already won this season at Donington Park and has finished on the overall podium six times in 12 races to date. His pace has put him in the hunt for the overall BTCC crown and Andrew is one of six drivers starting to break clear at the head of the title race. He is now just 15 points behind series leader Matt Neal and only three points behind defending champion Jason Plato. With a gap of 35 points to Tom Chilton in seventh, it seems probable that the current top six drivers will battle out the title race over the second half of the season.

But Andrew's main target is the Independents' Trophy and he is currently third in the standings, just 10 points behind leader James Nash, Meanwhile, in the Independents' Team Trophy, Pirtek Racing is only five points behind first place. Supporting Andrew in the team contest is Jeff Smith in the other Pirtek Racing Vectra, and his impressive pace is set to increase further as his BTCC experience builds.

Andrew is delighted to be going back to the scene of the biggest win of his career to date. "Obviously after last year's win I'm looking forward to racing at Croft again. It is a very busy lap, with tight technical sections as well as some challenging high-speed corners like the Jim Clark Esses and Sunny. It is an important weekend as it leads into the summer break in the calendar, so we want to score well at Croft to set up a push for the Independents' Trophy over the second half of the season."

After the Croft weekend, the BTCC has a seven-week summer recess before the season resumes at the Snetterton track in Norfolk on 6/7 August.

After qualifying at Croft on Saturday at 15.05, the first of three BTCC races will be at 12.10 on Sunday, with race two at 14.40 and race three at 17.20. All three races will be broadcast live on ITV4 in a programme starting at 11.30. Qualifying will be broadcast live at www.itv.com and live results from the weekend will be available at www.tsl-timing.com