West Surrey Racing

West Surrey Racing or WSR is a British racing team based in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey. The team was formed by Dick Bennetts and Mike Cox in 1981 and Bennetts remains the team principal to this day.

2001
After losing the Honda works deal to Arena International Motorsport, WSR agreed a deal with MG Rover to run the works MG Sport & Racing team in the British Touring Car Championship. The team entered at the Knockhill round midway through the season with a three car effort for Anthony Reid, David Leslie and Warren Hughes. Leslie managed a third place finish in only the second race for the MG ZS and Reid scored the car's first win only two rounds later.

2002
MG retained the same lineup for 2002 whilst also sanctioning a privateer effort under the Team Atomic Kitten banner for youngsters Mat Jackson and Colin Turkington. Reid scored a pair of wins at Knockhill in September which would be MG's only wins of the season.

2003
2003 saw a reshuffle for WSR and MG - the Team Atomic Kitten deal was wound up which saw Mat Jackson depart the team and stop racing at a top-level for a few years. David Leslie and Warren Hughes both departed the works effort to embark on various sportscar programmes. Colin Turkington's impressive outings for Atomic Kitten meant he was promoted to the works MG team alongside Reid and former Formula One driver Mark Blundell - making his debut in the series. Blundell departed after three rounds and Hughes retook his spot in the team.