BTCC - Thruxton 29th & 30th August

[AlexRS2782]

Thought i'd start the thread ready for later this morning as it appears there wasn't one since Knockhill.

Full quali list below to start with.

1 Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean 1:15.521s
2 Jake HILL (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +0.086s
3 Josh COOK (GBR) BTC Racing +0.111s
4 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Toyota Gazoo Racing UK +0.210s
5 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.317s
6 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport +0.334s
7 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.341s
8 Daniel LLOYD (GBR) Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing +0.401s
9 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +0.410s
10 Senna PROCTOR(GBR) BTC Racing +0.418s
11 Jason PLATO (GBR) Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing +0.522s
12 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Ginsters EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com +0.578s
13 Tom CHILTON (GBR) Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport +0.632s
14 Gordon SHEDDEN (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean +0.645s
15 Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team BMW +0.690s
16 Chris SMILEY (GBR) Ginsters EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com +0.745s
17 Jack GOFF (GBR) Team HARD. with Autobrite Direct +0.989s
18 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +1.123s
19 Jade EDWARDS (GBR) PHSC with BTC Racing +1.169s
20 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +1.219s
21 Árón TAYLOR-SMITH (IRL) Team HARD. with HUB Financial Solutions +1.225s
22 Jack BUTEL (GBR) EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com +1.242s
23 Paul RIVETT (GBR) Racing with Wera & Photon Group +1.249s
24 Sam SMELT (GBR) Toyota Gazoo Racing UK +1.359s
25 Jack MITCHELL (GBR) Team HARD. with Autobrite Direct +1.485s
26 Carl BOARDLEY (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +1.540s
27 Sam OSBORNE (GBR) Racing with Wera & Photon Group +1.549s
28 Rick PARFITT (GBR) EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com +1.616s
29 Nicolas HAMILTON (GBR) ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading +2.655s

[colin79666]

What is it with the Hondas (Dynamics in particular) killing their brakes? Seems to be a recurring issue over the last few years.

[oobster]

Is the BTCC coverage ever in high-def?

[rscott]

oobster said:

Is the BTCC coverage ever in high-def?

Yes, on Sky and Virgin. ITV4HD is a subscription only channel.

[cuprabob]

"Working harder than a fat lad's arteries"

[markcoznottz]

rscott said:

oobster said:

Is the BTCC coverage ever in high-def?

Yes, on Sky and Virgin. ITV4HD is a subscription only channel.

Real shame itv4 hd is not on freeview

[MB140]

cuprabob said:

"Working harder than a fat lad's arteries"

I’m watching this on a recording as I’ve been to Stamford Car show most of the day. Unfortunately MrsMB140 is now looking at me strangely as I’ve just spat a mouth full of tea out due to laughter. Best line in BTCC commentary ever.

[BadOrangePete]

Barring the safety cars Race 3 was great, felt for Jade Edwards though she seems to get no luck. Interested to know what happen regarding Morgan cutting the chicane

Edited by BadOrangePete on Sunday 29th August 19:29

[HARTLEYHARE1]

Absolutely on the edge today

Ash and Ingram in a different league mind

[rscott]

markcoznottz said:

rscott said:

oobster said:

Is the BTCC coverage ever in high-def?

Yes, on Sky and Virgin. ITV4HD is a subscription only channel.

Real shame itv4 hd is not on freeview

There's limited HD capacity on Freeview and the exclusivity deals ITV have with Vrigin & Sky are the main reason they can afford to transmit in HD on satellite.

[Kraken]

BadOrangePete said:

. Interested to know what happen regarding Morgan cutting the chicane

Nothing at all which I find odd as there were multiple penalties in the Ginetta Juniors for drivers cutting the chicane.

https://www.barc.net/online_noticeboard/thruxton-a...

[p1doc]

MB140 said:

I’m watching this on a recording as I’ve been to Stamford Car show most of the day. Unfortunately MrsMB140 is now looking at me strangely as I’ve just spat a mouth full of tea out due to laughter. Best line in BTCC commentary ever.

same for me-wife wanted to know what i was laughing at

[K50 DEL]

Seems like Ollie had a weekend to forget.... Anything specific Wookie or just one of those meetings?

[A500leroy]

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

[Sebring440]

A500leroy said:

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

Have you not been watcing it lately then?

[A500leroy]

Sebring440 said:

A500leroy said:

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

Have you not been watcing it lately then?

not missed a race since 1998, its the same old every race, sutton and ingram drive like the cars on fire turks is careful just in case he has an off and everyone else is a chicane to make the numbers up.

[AndrewGP]

A500leroy said:

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

Just caught up with everything today. Each to their own of course, but I'm really enjoying it. Ash and Tom are fantastic to watch and it's never boring watching the cars right on the limit through Church.

Hope the car isn't too badly damaged Wookie, that right front looked a bit poorly though

[agent006]

AndrewGP said:

Just caught up with everything today. Each to their own of course, but I'm really enjoying it.

Same. I think these last couple of years have been some of the best I've ever seen. Yes there's the Hamish Irvine Cup going on at the back end but someone's got to be there, and full grids keep the money coming in. The mid field is actually great racing most of the time and the top 15 or so aren't that far off each other time wise.

Go on youtube and watch a late 90s superTouring era race. They're really not as good as we remember them.

[MB140]

A500leroy said:

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

That’s never going to happen. The budget required to run and develop those cars was monumental compared to the current BTCC.

Look at some of the engine stuff going on back then. Throwing valves of the end of the cam profile to get round maximum valve lift restrictions for example. Pretty much necessitated an engine rebuild every few hundred miles.

[Kraken]

A500leroy said:

Is it me or is BTCC getting a little dull? Its all getting a bit F1 with far to many rules, we need to get back to the super touring days where the Mondeo,Vectra,Laguna,406,Primera went head to head properly.

Can't say I've seen any issues with too many rules. Did you have something in particular in mind?

Reasonably big shake up coming next year with the new TOCA engine, hybrid system and removal of success ballast (to be replaced with reduced hybrid) so that may shake the order up a bit. Personally I don't think there's a lot wrong as the best are at the front as they should be but the wins are spread around.