After he was released from prison, Vic Lee began his BTCC campaign with taking over Bowman Motorsport and reastarting it as Vic Lee Racing

Vic Lee Racing

Vic Lee Racing formerly Vic Lee Motorsport was a UK auto racing team, most famous for running BMWs and Peugeots in the British Touring Car Championship, and most infamous for the drug-related convictions of its owner Vic Lee....

 team. After success in National Saloon Car Championship and BTCC Class B with Peugeot 306

Peugeot 306

The Peugeot 306 is a small family car built by the French car manufacturer Peugeot from 1993 to 2002 replacing the 309. Peugeot gave the 306 many updates and aesthetic changes to keep up the competition but it was replaced by the 307 in 2001. Cabriolet and estate versions continued until 2002...

, Peugeot supported VLR for their 2001 BTCC season campaign. VLR began using 3 406 coupes

Peugeot 406

The Peugeot 406 was a large family car made by the French automaker Peugeot from 1995 to 2004. Available in saloon, estate and coupé bodystyles with a choice of petrol or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself replaced by the Peugeot 407...

 for Dan Eaves

Dan Eaves

Dan Eaves is a British auto racing driver.- Career :He started racing karts in 1990 before switching to cars in 1994. He raced in the National Saloon Cup in 1999 and 2000, finishing 4th in the series both times with a Bowman Motorsport Peugeot 306...

, Steve Soper

Steve Soper

Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...

 and Matt Neal

Matt Neal

Matthew Neal is a British motor racing driver. He won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. He has also won a European Touring Car Championship race. He is 6' 6" tall, making him almost entirely unable to race single-seaters...

, but sponsorship issues led to releasing Neal after only 1 round. The campaign was unsuccessful with best finishes were 2 3rd places from Eaves. After this poor performance Peugeot withdraw their backing for VLR. The team, in 2002 known as Team Hallfords, continued racing with 406. Eaves stayed with the team, while 1992 campion Tim Harvey

Tim Harvey

Tim Harvey is a racing driver from England. He was the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Champion. A household name in the 1990s, Harvey won the prestigious BTCC title in 1992, and was a frontrunner for most of the late 80s and early 90s...

 and Carl Breeze

Carl Breeze

Carl Breeze is a British auto racing driver, born 7 July 1979. He is not to be confused with Hyla Breese, another racer with British Touring Car Championship experience. His racing heroes include Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and Valentino Rossi....

 joined the team. Again the campaign was not that the expected. The only podium finish was second place of Eaves at Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

. After the season the team switched to the Sergio Rinland

Sergio Rinland

Sergio Rinland is an Argentine engineer best known for his work in Formula One. He is currently Owner and Managing Director of the Automotive Engineering and Management consulting company Astauto Ltd.- Career :...

 designed Peugeot 307

BTC-T Peugeot 307

After two seasons of running the big and heavy Peugeot 406 Coupe, Vic Lee Racing entered a new car in the BTCC. Designed by renowned Formula One designer Sergio Rinland, the Peugeot 307 was the second BTC Touring spec car built by the Coventry-based firm...