RE: BTCC 2016: Thruxton
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skeggysteve said:
shake n bake said:
Yeah, o.s front wheel was flapping about before he hit the barrier.
It looked like something did break, the front right was steering towards the barrier.Rufus said:
I think Welch broke a toe-link or trackrod end on the right front over the kerb rather than a puncture to cause the crash.
They push their luck with the amount of thread engagement on their bottom arms to get more camber gain so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the cause. Ask me how I know.Dan blamed a bolt according to this tweet - https://twitter.com/BTCCDanWelch/status/7294097824... ..
FWIW said:
The Wookie said:
They push their luck with the amount of thread engagement on their bottom arms to get more camber gain so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the cause. Ask me how I know.
How do you know?
Nice shorts at 2:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaj7kE1KX0Munter said:
FWIW said:
The Wookie said:
They push their luck with the amount of thread engagement on their bottom arms to get more camber gain so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the cause. Ask me how I know.
How do you know? Nice shorts at 2:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaj7kE1KX0
king bks to belt line they split, while I was waddling over an invisible obstacle!!Incidentally, if you listen very carefully to the footage you can hear me screaming 's
t st st' all the way into the trees, so I have the claim to fame of swearing on national television Janesy B said:
Great day, managed to avoid getting burnt to a crisp and got out the car park in 5 mins after a light jog back to the car from the pit straight.
Neal is an absolute bellend, not only does he cause chaos he has the cheek to mouth off after causing a huge collision.
As spectacular as it is, and I think tyres should wear to reward drivers that drive smoothly, they really need to make a tyre for hot days at Thruxton. That said some of the drivers were really hammering the kerbs.
Nice pics again, I think this is easily the best looking car on the grid. I really struggle taking pictures of it thoughNeal is an absolute bellend, not only does he cause chaos he has the cheek to mouth off after causing a huge collision.
As spectacular as it is, and I think tyres should wear to reward drivers that drive smoothly, they really need to make a tyre for hot days at Thruxton. That said some of the drivers were really hammering the kerbs.
Edited by Janesy B on Sunday 8th May 22:07
Decreasing the number of laps from 16 to 12 is a 25% reduction (pedantry matters).
It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
nicholasm said:
Decreasing the number of laps from 16 to 12 is a 25% reduction (pedantry matters).
It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
Ah yes, you are correct. Apologies! It should be sorted now.It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
Matt
nicholasm said:
Decreasing the number of laps from 16 to 12 is a 25% reduction (pedantry matters).
It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
Tregurtha (pedantry matters).It was a cracking day out at Thruxton yesterday. Dan Welch was unlucky in the last race. I think he said afterwards that the mechanical breakage was a £3 bolt. In my opinion, the best race at yesterday's meeting was the Ginetta Juniors, with Middleton & Tregurther constantly duelling for the lead.
Could you not have linked this thread to the existing thread with 90 posts which has been running all weeekend?? Bit disrespectful to the users on that thread to disregard what they posted (seems to be a common theme with motorsport front page articles, its not as if there are hundreds of threads running in the motorsport section that you have to filter through, there is always 1 on topic BTCC thread running).
Edited by acer12 on Monday 9th May 14:37
acer12 said:
Could you not have linked this thread to the existing thread with 90 posts which has been running all weeekend?? Bit disrespectful to the users on that thread to disregard what they posted (seems to be a common theme with motorsport front page articles, its not as if there are hundreds of threads running in the motorsport section that you have to filter through, there is always 1 on topic BTCC thread running).
Ask nicely and we could do just that! 
In all seriousness it's a totally valid point but I'll comment in that thread and check the temperature there as once it's done it's done and consensus may be that it's best kept within the 'specialist' arena rather than out in the wilds of General Gassing, via the homepage.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention though, entirely valid and it's in everyone's interests to make noise about BTCC on PH.
Cheers,
Dan
Afternoon all! The following point....
Cheers!
Dan
acer12 said:
Could you not have linked this thread to the existing thread with 90 posts which has been running all weeekend?? Bit disrespectful to the users on that thread to disregard what they posted (seems to be a common theme with motorsport front page articles, its not as if there are hundreds of threads running in the motorsport section that you have to filter through, there is always 1 on topic BTCC thread running).
...was made firmly but fairly in the parallel conversation thread off the homepage story. I said in response I'd test the temperature among PH BTCC enthusiasts for merging the thread and linking this one into the one off the back of the news story but once done it's done. Personally if there's a big thread on the race going on within PH I think it would be great to have it linked from the homepage as a reflection of the interest in the race but I'll see what you think before doing so. Going forward we could do this as a matter of course as we'll be reporting in this style from each round. Cheers!
Dan
The Wookie said:
Sadly those shorts perished a while back when I was climbing over the beam for the electric gates at my girlfriend's yard... I almost had to drive the horse box the last 200 yards in for her as she was crying with laughter! fking bks to belt line they split, while I was waddling over an invisible obstacle!!
Incidentally, if you listen very carefully to the footage you can hear me screaming 'st st st' all the way into the trees, so I have the claim to fame of swearing on national television
Didn't want to talk about the Church incident until after this weekend, but did you get to see if they had made any improvements to the safety the corner?king bks to belt line they split, while I was waddling over an invisible obstacle!!Incidentally, if you listen very carefully to the footage you can hear me screaming 's
t st st' all the way into the trees, so I have the claim to fame of swearing on national television Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff