Team Varta's Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship Production class squad is expected to double in size to four cars from t🌼he series' next round at Croft.

Jim Edwards, their highest-placed Production driver, will switch from his Honda Accord to a new Peugeot 307 with which his te♋am-mate Tom Boardman has already won three times this season.

Porsche racer Richard Marsh will take over the Accord, while Jay Wheal✱s, a front-runner in the one-make Proton series, will drive a Peugeot 306.

"This means another two cars out there on the BTCC's Pr✤oduction class grid, but there are plenty of reasons we have to do this," said team boss John Batchelor.

"Four cars also give us a much stronger chance to pick up extra points in the Production class teams'♕ ch꧃ampionship.

"Jim, meanwhile, has worked wonders in the Accord, which is not the most competitive car out there, to stay in the hunt for the Production class drivers' title. Tom's wins clearly demonstrat🔯ed the potential of the 307 and, with them both now in Peugeots, they🧔 can work together as a team to close on the leaders.

Batchelor also said his team will soon annouℱnce a new sponsor in addition to battery giant Varta.