BTCC - Rockingham, who was there (SPOILERS!)

[jamiebae]

So who was there today? Saw a few PH stickers in the car park, including a black mk1 Clio with various yellow bits.

Shame about the weather but it made race 1 a lot more exciting. The straight line speed of the Focuses is really something else, and there are a lot of mutterings in the paddock about them needing to be pegged back, if they make the car handle properly they'll be untouchable.

Matt Neal showed that if there's nobody in front to ram then he can actually do a decent job, the BMWs appear to be nigh on impossible to get off the line now, we're almost reversing the situation from last year now where the FWD cars leave the BMWs for dead off the start.

Congratulations to JP on winning race 2, and it was good to see Rob Collard giving him a run for his money at the end. Andy Neate seems to be getting his eye back in a little and driving like less of a 'plonker' than at Thruxton and James Crash Nash looked pretty good when he managed to keep it on the road.

Bring on Brands Hatch

Edited by jamiebae on Sunday 25th April 22:21

[wildman0609]

great day of racing, particularly enjoyed seeing the cars on wets really sideways round turn 1 in btcc race 1, that's scary fast to get sideways there
they really need to sort out the car park situation.
most other circuits you can get out of fine this was ridiculous

[jamiebae]

wildman0609 said:

they really need to sort out the car park situation.
most other circuits you can get out of fine this was ridiculous

Agreed, it was carnage. I was in the trade area and jumped some of the queues but it still took me ages to get out.

Just spotted Harry Vaulkhard in back of shot on the highlights, he was hovering around the Chevrolet hospitality too. If you're reading this Harry, flip flops aren't really appropriate attire for a race meet in the UK in April

[PabloTeK]

I was there, getting out was a free-for-all! We spent a bit at Tarzan watching Collard et al giving it just a dab of oppo round it there!

Now if we could get NASCAR there...

[wildman0609]

nascar would be amazing

what do you guys reckon would fill the grand stands though? besides f1

it's such an amazing facility would like to see le mans series etc go there

[Truckosaurus]

wildman0609 said:

what do you guys reckon would fill the grand stands though? besides f1

Free tickets...

When SEAT gave away tickets they got around 50,000 people there for the Cupra championship/F3/British GT.

[TheArchitect]

Only watched it on Tv but looked like a cracking weekend, rockingham wasnt too bad for parking when i went a few years back, but then iirc it wasnt too busy (was a D1 event).

Looking forward to this season, just a shame so many big names are not there.

[Ahonen]

Truckosaurus said:

wildman0609 said:

what do you guys reckon would fill the grand stands though? besides f1

Free tickets...

When SEAT gave away tickets they got around 50,000 people there for the Cupra championship/F3/British GT.

Yep, a bigger crowd even than when Champ Car visited. We were racing that day and I've never experienced an atmosphere like it - the crowd cheered for anything that moved. Superb.

[Scuffers]

Ahonen said:

Truckosaurus said:

wildman0609 said:

what do you guys reckon would fill the grand stands though? besides f1

Free tickets...

When SEAT gave away tickets they got around 50,000 people there for the Cupra championship/F3/British GT.

Yep, a bigger crowd even than when Champ Car visited. We were racing that day and I've never experienced an atmosphere like it - the crowd cheered for anything that moved. Superb.

I remeber that...

just goes to show what the place could be like if managed properly and without the influence of some negative sections of the county