BTCC

[Marc W]

I'm just off to the BTCC media day and thought some of you may be interested in the 2007 entry list;

No./Driver (NAT), Team, Car, Type
1. Matt Neal (GBR), Team Halfords, Honda Civic, Super 2000
3. Colin Turkington (GBR), Team RAC, BMW 320si E90, Super 2000
5. Fabrizio Giovanardi (ITA), VX Racing, * Vauxhall Vectra, Super 2000
7. Tom Chilton (GBR), VX Racing,* Vauxhall VectraSuper, 2000
11. Jason Plato (GBR), SEAT Sport UK, * SEAT Leon, Super 2000
12. Darren Turner (GBR), SEAT Sport UK, * SEAT Leon, Super 2000
14. Eoin Murray (IRL), Quest Racng, Alfa Romeo 156, Super 2000
15. Martyn Bell (GBR), Team Allaboutproperty.comBMW, 320i E46, Super 2000
17. Rick Kerry (GBR), Team AFM Racing, BMW 120D, Super 2000
19. Nick Leason (GBR), BTC Racing, Lexus IS200, Super 2000
21. Adam Jones (GBR), Team Air Cool, SEAT Toledo, Super 2000
22. TBA, SEAT Sport UK, * SEAT Leon, Super 2000
23. Matt Allison (GBR), Motorbase Performance, SEAT Toledo, Super 2000
25. Gareth Howell (GBR), Motorbase Performance, SEAT Toledo, Super 2000
28. Jason Hughes (GBR), Kartworld Racing, MG ZS, BTC
33. Tom Onslow-Cole (GBR), Team RAC, BMW 320si E90, Super 2000
38. Fiona Leggate (GBR), Kartworld Racing/Boston Bowl, MG ZS, BTC
43. Chris Stockton (GBR), BTC Racing, Lexus IS200, Super 2000
45. Jim Pocklington (GBR), J Team Motorsport with Tech Tuning, BMW 320i E46, Super 2000
48. Mat Jackson (GBR), Jacksons M.Sport, BMW 320si E90, Super 2000
52. Gordon Shedden (GBR), Team Halfords, Honda Civic, Super 2000
55. John George (GBR), TH Motorsport, Honda Integra, BTC
56. David Pinkney (GBR), A-Tech , Alfa Romeo 156, Super 2000
59. Richard Marsh (GBR), A-Tech Alfa Romeo 156, Super 2000
69. Simon Blanckley (GBR), Sibsport, Honda Integra, BTC
77. Mike Jordan (GBR), Team Eurotech Racing with John Guest-Speedfit, Honda Integra, BTC
90. Erkut Kizilirmak (TKY), Arkas RacingVauxhall, Astra Sport Hatch, BTC

There may be a couple more still before the first race if they can sort deals out in time.

I'm off to try and get photos of as many of them as I can now!

[MrKipling43]

Nice one, look forward to seeing the Civics.

27 entries: pretty good!

[rubystone]

Nice to see Simon has secured Number 69

[jellison]

But can you image the below all running Real V8 Supercars.

BTCC is great racing, but ha nice to think what it could be like...............

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Had a great afternoon at Rockingham, good to see the cars out in force. Shame about the non runners would have been nice to see the Civic and 120 diesel running. Only saw the Civic briefly as Team Dynamics were packing the car away ready to go back to base.

Took loads of pictures of the cars out on track which make a change to all the static shots that I have seen so far. It was my first time shooting at Rockingham and it is certainly not my favourite track. All of these pics were taken from the roof of the garages looking across to the main grandstand.

Will post a link to the full page of pictures as soon as I have finished processing them.

Enjoy













Regards

Tim

[autofocus]

Hi there,

I have now finished processing the images from today.

Please click the link below to view the pictures: -

www.dunlopix.com/BTCC%20Media.html

Enjoy.

Regards

Tim

[Marc W]

It was my first visit to Rockingham and a result mine are really poor compared to the ones above (and nowhere near my usual standards), but I'll post a link when I've uploaded them.

I had an excellent day though and can't wait till the new season now!

[jellison]

Leggate - not Champ Car Leggate?

Nice to see some RWD car in there, instead of the noddy FWD's (have the RWD's got to carry more weight like in the late 90's?

[FourWheelDrift]

You're thinking of Katherine Legge. Fiona Leggate ran the biofuel Astra last year before it was taken over by Paul O'Neill.

[MrKipling43]

WOOO HOOOO! BTCC cars look like cars again!

[jellison]

FourWheelDrift said:

You're thinking of Katherine Legge. Fiona Leggate ran the biofuel Astra last year before it was taken over by Paul O'Neill.

Ah yes - was close - she should do bette in that MG. SO is Legge still in with PSV in Champ cars?

[Marc W]

MrKipling43 said:

WOOO HOOOO! BTCC cars look like cars again!

Most of the cars in the above photos have ran in previous seasons! Only that Vectra is totally new, although there'll be a Civic coming from team halfords!

[FourWheelDrift]

jellison said:

FourWheelDrift said:

You're thinking of Katherine Legge. Fiona Leggate ran the biofuel Astra last year before it was taken over by Paul O'Neill.

Ah yes - was close - she should do bette in that MG. SO is Legge still in with PSV in Champ cars?

She's still in Champ Cars she's quite a sought after commodity, might be driving for Paul Stoddart. Good testing times with the new Panoz DP1 chassis too. She'll be around this year.

[jellison]

FourWheelDrift said:

jellison said:

FourWheelDrift said:

You're thinking of Katherine Legge. Fiona Leggate ran the biofuel Astra last year before it was taken over by Paul O'Neill.

Ah yes - was close - she should do bette in that MG. SO is Legge still in with PSV in Champ cars?

She's still in Champ Cars she's quite a sought after commodity, might be driving for Paul Stoddart. Good testing times with the new Panoz DP1 chassis too. She'll be around this year.

Have you got Stoddart Number???

[Marc W]

It's looking more likely now that she'll be driving for Dayle Coyne.

As for Fiona in the MG, I was talking to her about it yesterday and she feels far happier in it than the Astra coupe so hopefully she can have a good season. (Reliability allowing, the Gearbox packed up yesterday!) The only other drawback is that its a BTC spec machine and this season the rules have been changed to favour the S2000 Spec cars.

[jellison]

That old Torledo is Accient

[keith bond]

an't wait looks like another great season coming up

[jellison]

keith bond said:

an't wait looks like another great season coming up

And I thought my spelling was bad!?

[Marc W]

Here's my photos from the day;

www.flickr.com/photos/19193662@N00/sets/72157594586879121/

I'm not that happy with them, but it was my first ever visit to Rockingham, hopefully my photos from the race weekend will be better.

[Mannginger]

autofocus said:

Hi there,

I have now finished processing the images from today.

Please click the link below to view the pictures: -

www.dunlopix.com/BTCC%20Media.html

Enjoy.

Regards

Tim

Could SEAT not afford Plato this year and decided upon the remote control option?



Phil