Excelr8 Motorsport

{{short description|British motor racing team}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2021}}

{{infobox motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|GBR}} EXCELR8 Motorsport

| logo =

| founded = 2007

| principal = Antony Williams
Justina Williams

| current series = MINI CHALLENGE
BTCC

| former series =

| current drivers = BTCC

80. {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Ingram

3. {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Chilton

33. {{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Morgan

TBC. {{flagicon|GBR}}

| driver titles = 8 Mini Challenge UK titles since 2010

BTCC 2022

| team titles =

| folded =

}}

EXCELR8 Motorsport is a British racing team that is headed by Justina Williams, and is currently competing in both the MINI CHALLENGE and British Touring Car Championship, the latter under the Team VERTU{{cite web |title=Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS transforms into Team VERTU for 2025 BTCC season |url=https://btcc.net/team-bristol-street-motors-transforms-into-team-vertu-for-2025-btcc-season/ |website=BTCC |date=28 October 2024 |access-date=14 February 2025}} name.

The team has successfully competed in the MINI CHALLENGE since 2010 racking up multiple championships in both the Cooper and JCW classes, with the likes of Nathan Harrison,{{cite web |title=Harrison crowned champion as Brown ends season on high |url=https://www.minichallenge.co.uk/2020/11/15/harrison-crowned-champion-as-brown-ends-season-on-high/ |website=Mini Challenge |date=15 November 2020 |access-date=23 February 2021}} triple JCW champion Dan Zelos,{{cite web |title=DAN ZELOS THRILLED WITH HISTORIC THIRD TITLE |url=https://www.minichallenge.co.uk/2024/08/11/dan-zelos-thrilled-with-historic-third-title/ |website=Mini Challenge |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=14 February 2025}} Matt Hammond and Tom Ovenden.{{cite web |title=TOM OVENDEN DELIGHTED WITH 'UNREAL' TITLE WIN |url=https://www.minichallenge.co.uk/2023/11/05/tom-ovenden-delighted-with-unreal-title-win/ |website=Mini Challenge |date=5 November 2023 |access-date=14 February 2025}}

Joining the BTCC in 2019, the team ran ex-Triple Eight & AmD Tuning MG6 GT cars with drivers Rob Smith and Sam Osborne.{{cite web |title=Sam Osborne graduates to BTCC with Excelr8 |url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019/03/sam-osborne-graduates-to-btcc-with-excelr8/ |website=The Checkered Flag |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=23 February 2021}} In what was very much a learning year, the team was able to secure two points scoring finishes as it learned the ropes with a focus on then taking a step forwards in year two of the programme.

In 2020, the team replaced the ageing MG with brand new Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance cars{{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/11/13/hyundai-name-debut-2020-new-look-excelr8-entry/|title=Hyundai name to debut in 2020 with new-look Excelr8 entry|date=13 November 2019|website=TouringCarTimes|language=en-US|access-date=13 November 2019}} that it had developed in house during the winter. Senna Proctor and Chris Smiley would share driving duties and both secured podium finishes, despite the COVID-19 pandemic restricting the amount of testing that was possible with the new car.

For 2021, EXCELR8 joined forces with Trade Price Cars to enter four Hyundais under the name EXCELR8 Trade Price Cars,{{cite web |title=Trade Price Cars Racing switches to Hyundai for 2021 BTCC season |url=https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/153454/trade-price-switches-to-hyundai-for-2021-btcc-season |website=Autosport |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=23 February 2021}} retaining the services of Chris Smiley, and taking on Tom Ingram, Jack Butel, and Rick Parfitt Jr.{{cite web |title=Ingram announces 'multi-year' deal with Excelr8 Trade Price Cars |url=http://www.btcc.net/2021/01/20/ingram-announces-multi-year-deal-with-excelr8-trade-price-cars/ |website=BTCC |access-date=23 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=Smiley faces second season with Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC team |url=https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/154595/smiley-remains-with-excelr8-hyundai-btcc-team |website=Autosport |date=15 January 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=Parfitt Jr completes Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC squad for 2021 |url=https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/155176/parfitt-jr-completes-excelr8-hyundai-btcc-squad |website=Autosport |date=23 February 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021}}

The team also competes in the Mini Challenge with eight drivers in the JCW category and seven drivers in the Trophy category, they remain the most successful team to date in the Mini Challenge.