BTCC back this sunday (03/04/11)

[Chriscooke]

Been waiting for this years season to start for ages. It's finally back on sunday and again it's on ITV4:D

Just a quick heads up for those who hadn't realised it's back :thumbs:

Ps. Go Plato

[pdh 14a]

Nice one! cheers for the heads up Chris :thumbs:

[slider200]

go neal :)

is it at thruxton?

[Chriscooke]

Neal :annoyed:

It's at brands mate, think it might be the gp track also :)

Thruxton is the start of may iirc. I'm hopeing to go to that one and silverstone this year, possibly the final at brands also :nod:

[slider200]

i'd be interested in joining you mate, used to go all the time, maranello wasnt as good as i hoped tho as was just pissing it down all day!

whats matter with neal? get some action when he's around but he's a bit like button off and on or crash lol.
i only like him due to the fact my earliest memory of btcc was him winning a race outright as a independant and winning £250,000.

[Johnny]

What ever happened to Giovanardi ???? ..... why does he no longer have a drive

[Egon]

Rumour has it lewis hamilton is there, supporting his little brother in the clio cup..:nod:

[Gazwould]

BTCC :cool:

[Chriscooke]

i'd be interested in joining you mate, used to go all the time, maranello wasnt as good as i hoped tho as was just pissing it down all day!

whats matter with neal? get some action when he's around but he's a bit like button off and on or crash lol.
i only like him due to the fact my earliest memory of btcc was him winning a race outright as a independant and winning £250,000.

I'll let you know :thumbs

I used to like neal when he was driving the primera and the first indipendent to win a race :nod: He's turned in to a whiney little git since though it seems :( Plus I like plato so that finalises it :D


What ever happened to Giovanardi ???? ..... why does he no longer have a drive

Vauxhall pulled out and 888 couldn't afford to keep him on board for last year due to lack of sponsorship iirc. He did the first race weekend of last year but that was it iirc :nod:

[neil c]

should be good racing this year, sure i read somewhere that they've got the biggest grid ever from 8 or more different manufacturers!

[sxbaz]

I'll let you know :thumbs

I used to like neal when he was driving the primera and the first indipendent to win a race :nod: He's turned in to a whiney little git since though it seems :( Plus I like plato so that finalises it :D


^^^ fully agree with this, matt neal seems like a bit of a nob since he went to vauxhall a few years back, plato ftw

[slider200]

I'll let you know :thumbs

I used to like neal when he was driving the primera and the first indipendent to win a race :nod: He's turned in to a whiney little git since though it seems :( Plus I like plato so that finalises it :D



Vauxhall pulled out and 888 couldn't afford to keep him on board for last year due to lack of sponsorship iirc. He did the first race weekend of last year but that was it iirc :nod:

yeah mate please do, at least want to make it for a couple of rounds, i'm gonna go for chilton this year just because the focus started to show some real promise last year and he's got mental hair that even his helmet cant flaten :) plus plato's just a snobby cock muncher haha :)

[spin-king]

Been waiting for this years season to start for ages. It's finally back on sunday and again it's on ITV4:D

Just a quick heads up for those who hadn't realised it's back :thumbs:

Ps. Go Plato

Love it my weekend off the wifes ging to realy like me now lol

And plato's again this year.

Did i hear corrrect turbo'd cars were back?

[Daz]

Can't wait :D

Will be watching it on ITV4.

Neal needs to come stone cold LAST. I hate his driving style so so much.

[arry]

Did i hear corrrect turbo'd cars were back?

Uhhuh. Cost cutting FTW :D


Can't wait :D

Will be watching it on ITV4.

Don't fancy going then? Only over the water.

[Mark]

Full season is here

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=488416

:thumbs:

[Chriscooke]

Did i hear corrrect turbo'd cars were back?

They were back last year in the Aon focus and the pirtek vectra :nod:


Full season is here

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=488416

:thumbs:

Thats a very usefull thread :nod: Subscribed to it so I can find it easily :thumbs:

[Daz]

Don't fancy going then? Only over the water.

I would love to but I keep getting distracted from my dissertation and I've not got long left so I really can't be doing with going to watch it. Will just watch the races on telly and work inbetween :nod:

I really want to hear the Focus though as it sounds crazy.

[Mark]

Go Aon :D

The Focus is going to kick arse this year :whip:

[Chriscooke]

Go Aon :D

The Focus is going to kick arse this year :whip:

Motorbase are running the focus this year also btw ;)

[Mark]

Motorbase are running the focus this year also btw ;)

Last years car though ;)

[Chriscooke]

Good car all the same :nod:

[Mark]

Yer but this years car should piss all over it. Chilton did a faster time in practice that last years race pace within a couple of laps :D

[Chriscooke]

I don't rate chilton much tbh. Who's his team mate this year? Onslow cole is at mbase isn't he?

[Daz]

Who cares how well the focus does when it sounds like this :D

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[Mark]

We had the Aon car at work doing the final tuning for it :D

How can you not rate Chilton when he won the independant title last year :wack: Andy Neate is in the other car :)

[Johnny]

He did the first race weekend of last year but that was it iirc :nod:

yeah I remember that .... then I never saw him again :( shame ... he was my favorite driver .... completely nuts and would always go to far ... normally sideways attached to another car across the crass and back on track again

[Teggers]

Oh noes! I see John George is back there again :rolleyes:. 2-1 he doesn't finish the first race without crashing out...:wack:

edit: after watching that vid, I really should keep up more - didn't know turbo's were back! Might be more interesting now! Back to the halcyon days of the RS500's, T5's and so on!!

[Daz]

Oh noes! I see John George is back there again :rolleyes:. 2-1 he doesn't finish the first race without crashing out...:wack:

Hat's off to the guy though. He keeps coming back. Deserves respect for that :nod:

[Teggers]

Not after messing us about so much bullying us into buying the franchises. Sorry - I did like him as he was a nice boss right up until the time where things started to go pear-shaped.

Yes, deserves respeck for coming back -especially after that humungous smash :eek: but I'm no longer a fan...

[Mark]

All the drivers/team/cars

1 Jason Plato Silverline Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze
20 Alex MacDowall Silverline Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze

2 Matt Neal Honda Racing Team Honda Civic
52 Gordon Shedden Honda Racing Team Honda Civic

14 James Nash 888 Racing with Collins Contractors Vauxhall Vectra
34 Tony Gilham 888 Racing with Collins Contractors Vauxhall Vectra

5 Tom Chilton Team Aon Global Ford Focus
44 Andy Neate Team Aon Global Ford Focus

7 Mat Jackson Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST
66 Liam Griffin Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST

28 John George GoMobileUK.com with tech-speed Chevrolet Cruze
29 Paul O'Neill GoMobileUK.com with tech-speed Chevrolet Cruze

55 Jeff Smith Pirtek Racing Vauxhall Vectra
77 Andrew Jordan Pirtek Racing Vauxhall Vectra

8 Robert Collard WSR BMW 320si E90
18 Nick Foster WSR BMW 320si E90

12 David Pinkney Rob Austin Racing Audi A4
13 TBA Rob Austin Racing Audi A4

11 Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota Avensis

17 David Newsham Geoff Steel Racing BMW 320si E90

22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon

42 Daniel Welch Welch Automotive Proton-Gen2

43 Lea Wood Central Group Racing Honda Integra

50 Tony Hughes Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis

78 Chris James Team ES Racing Chevrolet Lacetti

99 Tom Onslow-Cole AmD Milltek Racing.com VW Golf MK5

[Chavbo]

We had the Aon car at work doing the final tuning for it :D

How can you not rate Chilton when he won the independant title last year :wack: Andy Neate is in the other car :)

With the help of Daddy's team orders on Onslow-Cole and the fastest car in a straight line...

Onslow-Cole's now driving the AMD Golf this year with the new engine, hope it does well as he seems like a decent driver.

Hope Mat Jackson has a good year in the ex-Arena Focus, seems a decent lad with a fair bit of talent. Hope Plato crashes repeatedly.

[zeppelin101]

Hope Plato crashes repeatedly.

Of course he will. Into everybody else.

[arry]

How can you not rate Chilton when he won the independant title last year :wack:

Well I rate him but you've kinna taken some of his glory by saying he had by far one of the most competitive cars last year :nod:

[Chriscooke]

We had the Aon car at work doing the final tuning for it :D

How can you not rate Chilton when he won the independant title last year :wack: Andy Neate is in the other car :)

Tom Onslow-cole should of won that title but team orders stopped him from doing so ;)

[Mark]

so he was the 2nd best one out there, man he must suck :wack:

I have met Tom and he seemed a nice bloke, He loved the 200 as well :D

[Chriscooke]

I have met Tom and he seemed a nice bloke, He loved the 200 as well :D

:cool:

I can't explain what it is about Chilton that I don't like or rate tbh. I may well just be jealous of his hair :D

[Chavbo]

Coverage on now lads, first race @ 11:45 :)

[slider200]

good first race, dont think neal deserved being taken out that early on

[arry]

Just got home in time for the last race, would have stayed til the end but wifey was too cold. . . . . .

[Mr C]

Just caught the last race there, just how sideways can you get a Vauxhall? Pretty damn sideways it seems :D

[arry]

Just caught the last race there, just how sideways can you get a Vauxhall? Pretty damn sideways it seems :D

That wasn't sideways, that was just understeer :D

[sxbaz]

looks like aons new car isnt as good as the old one, the hondas look the pick of the bunch overall for pace but platos cornering and driving skills will put him in with a shout this year too

[Chriscooke]

Donington round on itv4 now :thumbs:

[sxbaz]

awesome :thumbs:

[MEL]

woops :wack:

[Silane]

Plato :eek: and that BMW that was went off and came back on sideways across the track :eek:. Madness!

Great to see Andy Jordan win though. :D

[Silane]

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:eek:

[Chriscooke]

Awesome action packed racing today. A little too action packed for some though I guess :eek: :D

[marko14a]

Great racing today from all the cars. Hats off to the Silverline team for getting Platos car fixed in time :notworthy

[Daz]

Big crash for Plato. Chuffed he was out for round 3 and was still managing to overtake some of the others.

Today was a display of proper touring car racing.