2025: BTCC chat & discussion
Discussion
Sebring440 said:
Ant2552 said:
Are PMR actually sorted I’ve not seen or heard nothing about it till I’ve seen your post!
I don't think they're "sorted". If they were you would have thought they'd be telling everyone about it!Seen a few people say that they are pretty much nearly there! We shall see
s-x-i said:
Surprised there has not been more reaction to this.
Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
I dont think shedden has a big fan following, he doesn't have a great reputation for clean and fair racing as he was always too quick to give competitors a big shove in their rear corner bumper as they enter a corner rather than passing them fairly.Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
Saying that, it will be interesting to see how an old dog gets on, a lot of new talent have come through and established themselves since he last raced and the era of plato / shedden / neal push to pass has moved on. Rubbing and bumping will always be a part of BTCC and adds to the excitement but if thats all the driver is good for then they should head down to the banger racing track, passing cleanly and fairly takes a lot of more skill than shoving somebody wide.
Edited by acer12 on Tuesday 11th March 13:34
acer12 said:
I dont think shedden has a big fan following, he doesn't have a great reputation for clean and fair racing as he was always too quick to give competitors a big shove in their rear corner bumper as they enter a corner rather than passing them fairly.
Agreed. I'm not particularly excited about him returning to the series.acer12 said:
s-x-i said:
Surprised there has not been more reaction to this.
Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
I dont think shedden has a big fan following, he doesn't have a great reputation for clean and fair racing as he was always too quick to give competitors a big shove in their rear corner bumper as they enter a corner rather than passing them fairly.Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
Saying that, it will be interesting to see how an old dog gets on, a lot of new talent have come through and established themselves since he last raced and the era of plato / shedden / neal push to pass has moved on. Rubbing and bumping will always be a part of BTCC and adds to the excitement but if thats all the driver is good for then they should head down to the banger racing track, passing cleanly and fairly takes a lot of more skill than shoving somebody wide.
Contact is no different to track limits, drivers will always push it to the maximum of what they can get away with. Worth bearing in mind that whilst Shedden hasn't been racing BTCC, it doesnt mean he's not been racing. You don't get extended many invites to go historic racing if you trade paint every time you're behind the wheel.
emicen said:
acer12 said:
s-x-i said:
Surprised there has not been more reaction to this.
Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
I dont think shedden has a big fan following, he doesn't have a great reputation for clean and fair racing as he was always too quick to give competitors a big shove in their rear corner bumper as they enter a corner rather than passing them fairly.Great to see Flash back in the Championship.
Saying that, it will be interesting to see how an old dog gets on, a lot of new talent have come through and established themselves since he last raced and the era of plato / shedden / neal push to pass has moved on. Rubbing and bumping will always be a part of BTCC and adds to the excitement but if thats all the driver is good for then they should head down to the banger racing track, passing cleanly and fairly takes a lot of more skill than shoving somebody wide.
Contact is no different to track limits, drivers will always push it to the maximum of what they can get away with. Worth bearing in mind that whilst Shedden hasn't been racing BTCC, it doesnt mean he's not been racing. You don't get extended many invites to go historic racing if you trade paint every time you're behind the wheel.
From posts on this forum and other BTCC SM it feels like he lost a lot of fans / respect when he came back after his few years away and drove like a t1t when things werent going his way.
C69 said:
acer12 said:
I dont think shedden has a big fan following, he doesn't have a great reputation for clean and fair racing as he was always too quick to give competitors a big shove in their rear corner bumper as they enter a corner rather than passing them fairly.
Agreed. I'm not particularly excited about him returning to the series.In other news, is Daniel Rowbottom becoming a tv star …. If your reading this Dan I think I would have gone with the Mustang, not sure about the MG I’d have left it when you couldn’t get into the charging bay (there’s a nc500 video on YouTube, Plato, Kidd and Robo)
Nononsensecapeesh said:
My predictions, but in no particular order...Mikey Doble
Andrew Watson
Rob Huff
Jason Plato.
Nononsensecapeesh said:
CreesMilkyway said:
Nononsensecapeesh said:
My predictions, but in no particular order...Mikey Doble
Andrew Watson
Rob Huff
Jason Plato.
Nononsensecapeesh said:
GlobalRacer said:
Crees
Jelleyhttps://btcc.net/stephen-jelley-completes-2025-one...
Milkyway said:
Nononsensecapeesh said:
Thompson, if Speedworks doesn't work out
... must have missed that rumour.( I'll add Dan Zelos to the list then).
Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 18th March 09:40
Zelos is supposed to be going to Excelr8, budget permitting....
Nononsensecapeesh said:
...and to prove as such...
https://btcc.net/stephen-jelley-completes-2025-one...
Got to say 99% of posts on socials said Crees and it looked too much missing hair to be anything other than Crees in the picture. Glad it's Jelley though. Crees is ok but there's too much hype around him for my tastes.https://btcc.net/stephen-jelley-completes-2025-one...
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