24hr Predictions
24hr Predictions
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Minimac

Original Poster:

39 posts

217 months

Wednesday 20th August 2008
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Is anyone willing to look at putting together a race predictions table for each class at the 24hr?

Jemco Andy

527 posts

250 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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You going to run a book?? type

Graham

16,381 posts

313 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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maybe we could run a sweepstake on the time of the fog stoppage hehe

Brunswick

94 posts

223 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Do we know how many cars there are yet? Quite a few entries seem to be dropping out or still looking for drivers....??

Steve Britcar

237 posts

242 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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As Tony Blair famously said....

" I don't make predictions - never have, never will"

Trackside

1,777 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Steve,

Can you 'predict' when we'll see a more up-to-date entry list on the website? tongue out The one that's there at the moment is from June and is obviously a bit vague. Would be great to see a more recent list to see who's in etc.

Ta. thumbup

Oh, and I predict that there will definitely be a different winner than the last 2 years... wink

Minimac

Original Poster:

39 posts

217 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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I'll start the ball rolling, and we can be more specific, ie what teams if people fancy it. Here Goes:

Overall/Class 1 Mosler
Class 2 Ginetta (maybe top 6)
Class 3 BMW (definate top 8 finish)
Class 4 Honda (could creep into top 10)

pauljc

520 posts

266 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Trackside said:
Steve,

Can you 'predict' when we'll see a more up-to-date entry list on the website? tongue out The one that's there at the moment is from June and is obviously a bit vague. Would be great to see a more recent list to see who's in etc.
Today? wink
There was an entry list as at 21.8.08 posted on the Britcar site this morning at 10am.

Trackside

1,777 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Thanks, Paul. I didn't look at the home page, just went straight to the events/forms area where the older list was. rolleyes

Chris Patey

189 posts

233 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Where have the astons gone off the entry list I thought Barwell where entering their bio-fuel DBRS9 and cadena as well any ideas? And also the jaguar and the second TVR as well, seems as if all the english car have dissapered which is a shame!

Graham

16,381 posts

313 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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Chris Patey said:
Where have the astons gone off the entry list I thought Barwell where entering their bio-fuel DBRS9 and cadena as well any ideas? And also the jaguar and the second TVR as well, seems as if all the english car have dissapered which is a shame!
IIRC the second TVR team have done a fantastic job in building their car from scratch, but are still testing and not ready for an assault on the 24hr yet. The team are fairly devastated to miss this year, but im sure they will be back...


I'd be tempted to enter my tuscan, but currently I cant get gearboxes to last more than about ten mins!!!!!


I did hear of some cheap aston seats ( well comparitivley) so maybe they were struggling to fill the seats Credit crunch all round ??

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OOOHHHH i see Dennis wants 10k for a seat in his tiv... good job im broke.....

Edited by Graham on Thursday 21st August 20:23

Trackside

1,777 posts

262 months

Thursday 21st August 2008
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I was thought that Barwell were entering their Aston too. There's no Ferraris on the list either. And only 2 Porsches as well. Maybe there'll be some additions before the race. It would be nice to have some extra variety in the top classes but as has been mentioned, money is probably tight as far as the big stuff goes which may affect some teams this year. Still, 50 or 60-odd cars should still be a cracking spectacle and will increase the chances for the lower class M3s and Hondas to grab a top 10 finish.

Jemco Andy

527 posts

250 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Never mind Honda's & BMW's - believe you will see hoards of Ginetta's firmly in the top ten. Would be good to see a British car win wink

Trackside

1,777 posts

262 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Jemco Andy said:
Never mind Honda's & BMW's - believe you will see hoards of Ginetta's firmly in the top ten. Would be good to see a British car win wink
Agreed. And they do look good in 'Britcar' spec with the wings on. Trust yours will be up and running okay after Sunday's incident?

Jemco Andy

527 posts

250 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Should be thanks. Most of the bits have already turned up. We could have done without the added hassle of piecing the car back together, as there is still plenty of 24hr fettling to do e.g. lights etc. I'm sure we will still be tinkering come the Thursday morning.

The factory car is taking part in the Zolder 24 next week and so we will learn some more about the car's capability then. With their driver line up, fuel economy, lack of tyre wear etc, theres no reason why they shouldn't be aiming for a top three finish.

Chris Patey

189 posts

233 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Im hoping that the entry list does slightly change as the class 2battle looks good but no Porsches plus the Topcats Marcos has gone. And what also suprised me no Ferrari F430's and Astons in the top class which have proved themselves in long endurance races where as cars like the corvette and viper, prosport etc havnt had the best reliabilty this year, and im just hoping that they don't drop out or have early races problems so that us spectators have lots of fast cars and action to watch during the night, but a great entry list anyway and a great race in prospect!