Re: BTCC - British Touring Car Championship

by **lightmas** on Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:46 pm

i love it on itv4.....then again iv never seen it on other channels....

the best thing is the show all of the support races, and the show is on for like 7 hours Very Happy

i usually record and just watch the 3 BTCC races live

Any WTCC fans here...how does it compare to BTCC

by **lightmas** on Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:36 pm

New Dunlop tyre for BTCC in 2010

A new specification of Dunlop tyre will be introduced in next year's British Touring Car Championship.

The new rubber, which conforms to new EU environmental regulations relating to oil usage, has been developed since the middle of 2008 and has already proven in tests to be faster over a race distance than its predecessor, and more durable.

It was given a thumbs up from drivers after two days of running at Snetterton in October and will be used from the second round of next season's championship, at Rockingham, onwards.

This is because Thruxton, which hosts the season opener in April, requires a special one-off construction to deal with the extra stresses created by the succession of fast right-handers.

by **lightmas** on Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:13 pm

BTCC starts this weekend..woot woot mrgreen

Its on after the early Malaysian GP.

Sad news that the 2009 champ Colin Turkington has lost his personal sponsor..therefor has no money to race. I shall have to find a new driver to support. I think Plato.

The full list of drivers...

2 Jason Plato - Silverline Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze
4 Matt Neal- Team Honda - Honda Civic (S2000)
5 Mat Jackson - Airwaves BMW - BMW 320si (S2000)
6 Rob Collard - West Surrey Racing - BMW 320si E90 (S2000)
11 Steven Kane - Airwaves BMW - BMW 320si (S2000)
20 Alex MacDowall - Silverline Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze (S2000)
21 Tom Onslow-Cole - Team Aon - Ford Focus ST (S2000 LPG)
22 Tom Boardman - Special Tuning (UK) - SEAT Leon (S2000)
23 Tom Chilton - Team Aon - Ford Focus ST (S2000 LPG)
27 Martin Johnson - Boulevard Team Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupe
28 John George - Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed - Honda Integra (BTCC spec)
29 Paul O'Neill - Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed - Honda Integra (BTCC spec)
30 Martin Depper - Forster Motorsport - BMW 320si E90
37 Arthur Forster - Forster Motorsport - BMW 320si E90
43 Lea Wood - Central Group Racing - Honda Integra (BTCC spec)
44 Andy Neate - West Surrey Racing - BMW 320si E90 (S2000)
52 Gordon Shedden -Team Honda - Honda Civic (S2000)
55 David Pinkney - Pinkney Motorsport - Vauxhall Vectra (S2000 + NGTC engine)
77 Andrew Jordan - Pirtek Racing - Vauxhall Vectra (S2000 + NGTC engine)
88 Philip Glew - Triple Eight Race Engineering - Vauxhall Vectra (S2000)
98 Matt Hamilton - TH Motorsport racing with Inten - Honda Civic Type R (BTCC spec)
99 Shaun Hollamby - AmD Milltek Racing.com - Volkswagen Golf

and the full list of races..

1 - 3 Thruxton 3rd Apr / 4th Apr
4 - 6 Rockingham 24th Apr / 25th Apr
7 - 9 Brands Hatch 1st May / 2nd May
10 - 12 Oulton Park 5th Jun / 6th Jun
13 - 15 Croft 19th Jun / 20th Jun
16 - 18 Snetterton 7th Aug / 8th Aug
19 - 21 Silverstone 21st Aug / 22nd Aug
22 - 24 Knockhill 4th Sep / 5th Sep
25 - 27 Donington Park 18th Sep / 19th Sep
28 - 30 Brands Hatch 9th Oct / 10th Oct

by **lightmas** on Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:18 pm

woot...Plato is champ!!!!

2nd year in a row the driver I support has won.

by **midgrid** on Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:58 am

Go Plato! I remember him winning his first title back in 2001; the second one has been a long time coming.

Now I have to wait for the DVD review to come out. In the meantime, here's one of my favourite YouTube clips of the BTCC (especially the end of lap 2):

by **lightmas** on Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:37 am

BTCC really does provide some of the best racing thats possible

by **Mika-Juan-Kimi** on Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:23 pm

it my second favorite racing series, just wish i didnt have to wait to the offseason to watch it on speed Sad