2022: BTCC and support series

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trackdemon said:

AJB88 said:

Hamilton confirmed at Team Hard.

Another season of battling to get above 20th? Or keep it out the wall?

Don’t mention ‘The Wall’...
(Katie Piper mentioned on the Wall about him racing around at 200mph... I must have missed that.)

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 14th April 10:10

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ajprice said:

DanielSan said:

I didn't think they could make that livery any busier. I was wrong.

There's still a bit of plain blue there on the bonnet. Maybe they haven't sold sponsorship on that bit yet?

Have to feel sorry for the body shop...

[Milkyway]

New Hybrid rules introduced...
https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/btcc-reveals-h...

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 14th April 23:02

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stevemcs said:

thats going to be confusing

I was just hoping that they would keep it simple... for this season at least.

[Milkyway]

NB: I have read a report in Autosport that the TOCA engines might get a slight power increase... it seems that they are a few MPH down on the straights in testing.

Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 16th April 09:12

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CanoeSniffer said:

Milkyway][url said:

New Hybrid rules introduced...
https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/btcc-reveals-h...

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 14th April 23:02

Genuinely struggling to think where they’re going to squeeze 15s of deployment out at Brands Indy.. granted maybe they spend a little longer over 120km/h there than my old Jag

How I envision it...
( But I still think that they are over complicating things)

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BTCC 2022: x29 DRIVERS.
(C) = CONFIRMED.... Finally ———————————————————————————
TEAM BMW: BMW 330e M SPORT (x2):
COLIN TURKINGTON (C)
STEPHEN JELLY (C)
—————————————————————————————
ROKIT MB MOTORSPORT: BMW 330e M SPORT (x1)
JAKE HILL (C)
—————————————————————————————
HALFORDS RACING with CATACLEAN: HONDA CIVIC (x2)
GORDON SHEDDEN (C)
DAN ROWBOTTOM (C)
—————————————————————————————
LASER TOOLS RACING: INFINITI Q50 (x2)
AIDEN MOFFAT (C)
DEXTER PATTERSON (C)
—————————————————————————————
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING UK: TOYOTA COROLLA GR (x2)
RORY BUTCHER (C)
RICKY COLLARD (C)
—————————————————————————————
PMR: VAUXHALL ASTRA (x2)
MICHAEL CREES (C)
ASH HAND (C)
————————————————————-
EXCELR8: HYUNDAI i30 (x4 Total)
BRISTOL STREET MOTORS & TRADE PRICE CARS: (x2)
TOM INGRAM (C)
TOM CHILTON (C)

TRADE PRICE CARS: (x2)
DAN LLOYD (C)
JACK BUTEL ( C)
—————————————————————————————
BTC RACING: HONDA CIVIC (x3)
JOSH COOK (C)
JADE EDWARDS (C)
JASON PLATO (C)
—————————————————————————————
CAR GODS / CICELY MOTORSPORT: BMW 330e M SPORT (x2)
ADAM MORGAN (C)
GEORGE GAMBLE (C)
—————————————————————————————
TEAM HARD: CUPRA LEON (x4)
AUTOBRITE DIRECT WITH JOURNEYHERO
BOBBY THOMPSON (C)
WILL POWELL (C)

YAZOO WITH SAFFU RACING
ARON TAYLOR-SMITH (C)
NIC HAMILTON (C)

UPTON STEEL with TEAM HARD RACING: INFINITI
RICK PARFITT Jr (C)

—————————————————————————————-
MOTORBASE PERFORMANCE FORD: FOCUS ST

NAPA RACING UK: (x2)
ASH SUTTON ( C)
DAN CAMMISH ( C)

APEC RACING WITH BEAVIS MORGAN (X2)
OLLIE JACKSON (C)
SAM OSBOURNE (C)
—————————————————————————————

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 3rd May 12:39

[Milkyway]

Will Powell...
https://www.btcc.net/2022/05/03/will-powell-to-tak...

[Milkyway]

Brands Hatch: News update.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BtccManagment/status/15...

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 5th May 21:33

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cuprabob said:

Driveline Shunt said:

Milkyway said:

Brands Hatch: News update.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BtccManagment/status/15...

Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 5th May 21:33

Never thought I'd see a Marina in the BTCC!

ISWYDT

Bernard Unett in the Avenger was quite close.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 6th May 10:03

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Driveline Shunt said:

Excellent - though there can be few more unlikely Touring cars/ saloon racers than Tony Lanfanchi's Moskvich..

Great days... when they ran a class system.

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bigbadbikercats said:

Milkyway said:

Driveline Shunt said:

Excellent - though there can be few more unlikely Touring cars/ saloon racers than Tony Lanfanchi's Moskvich..

Great days... when they ran a class system.

Was that the period when they ran a cost based class structure and the Moskvich had about a 50% capacity advantage over anything else it would have been racing against?

I seem to remember that it was based on engine capacity...
Class A was the for big bangers down to about E for the lower capacity.
But each class had its own individual points... so a successful driver in the lower classes could win the overall Championship.
( Half points if less than six cars started in the class... I think)

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 6th May 20:49

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Smollet said:

Driveline Shunt said:

Tony ran the Moskvich as a cost rule was introduced that season, good article here:

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article...

Well I never. Thanks.

It mentions the Production cars series... wasn’t this just for ‘standard’ cars as opposed to the full fat Touring cars.
Still, that was a great series too... lots of variety.
( But, I still didn’t know that price was a factor

Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 7th May 09:50

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A bit off piste I know...
I was watching an old ‘Tipping point’ on W.

Question: Jason Plato is a Champion in which sport.
A: Motor Racing
B: Horse Racing
C: BMX Racing.

Of course the answer was ‘C’... maybe that’s one of JP’s hidden talents.

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Looking forward to hearing & watching the Ginettas this weekend.
https://www.ginetta.com/news/ginetta-gt4-supercup-...

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bigbadbikercats said:

Driveline Shunt said:

Tony ran the Moskvich as a cost rule was introduced that season, good article here:

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article...

Phew! I was beginning to wonder if I’d imagined that! :-)

It seems like a very Tony Lanfranchi story, he always seemed to me to be one of those guys with an eye for an angle and a gleefully ruthless willingness to exploit it when he found one…

Along with Gerry Marshall... great characters.

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No Marina!
( Would have looked good from the blimp)

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Smollet said:

Weird tv schedule today. I always record the whole meeting then skip to the bits I want. If I hadn’t noticed the regular showing was interrupted by the showing of the film Twins. I’d have missed the second BTCC race. Fortunately it’s being shown live on ITV. Seems a very bizarre move by ITV though

Maybe they have seen the popularity of the BTCC meetings...but, I agree a bit bizarre.
( Thought there was something special they wanted to show on ITV4)

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 15th May 14:13

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Smollet said:

cuprabob said:

Smollet said:

Weird tv schedule today. I always record the whole meeting then skip to the bits I want. If I hadn’t noticed the regular showing was interrupted by the showing of the film Twins. I’d have missed the second BTCC race. Fortunately it’s being shown live on ITV. Seems a very bizarre move by ITV though

You would have missed the 3rd BTCC race as well. I believe they are doing it to raise the profile as some people don't venture down as far as ITV4

Oh yeah. Just noticed that

Edited by Smollet on Sunday 15th May 14:09

BBC1: 2 - 5.... WOMANS FA CUP FINAL
C4: 2:30 - 5....RUGBY CUP FINAL.
( Not showing second Formula E race though)
Up against some stiff competition then.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 15th May 14:40

[Milkyway]

Steve Rider has just said OULTON PARK will be on the ITV channel as well.