Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 2012

[Ardius]

I'm pretty sure Tony Gilham is a far better driver than John Thorne. But as ever I'm happy to be proven wrong.
I think of it quite like the Chris James - Dave Newsham partnership. Except without Thorne spouting his mouth on twitter.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Thorney Motorsport is also a well respected tuning company for the VX220, and more recebtly the VXR range I think.....

really?? i take it all those folk got their manifolds then

http://www.vx220.org.uk/forums/topic/101421-thorney-motorsportany-problems/

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=16234072

 

[DK]

NEWSHAM!!! Woo. I'm so chuffed he held on for the win. Not to meantion he's from Inverness like me which made it so much sweeter to watch!!

What about poor Andrew Jordan?

 

[cally-dave]

really?? i take it all those folk got their manifolds then

http://www.vx220.org.uk/forums/topic/101421-thorney-motorsportany-problems/

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=16234072

Fair enough, but I'm sure you would be hard pressed to find a company that has a 100% satisfactory customer service record lol.

 

[Ardius]

Apparently Paul O'Neill is back in Tony Hughes' car for Knockhill! 👍

 

[Tom]

Apparently Paul O'Neill is back in Tony Hughes' car for Knockhill! 👍

Great news! Where'd you hear that?

 

[RobFocus]

I saw that on the official forum yesterday... good news 👍

Hope he can get a full season sorted for 2013

Edit: http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3101

 

[Ardius]

Not sure this was posted before, I know the first interview has been posted, but here's the second one with Robb Holland talking about driving the Civic for the first time in testing.



Interesting to hear about the "Dynamic Rear Toe" on the Civic. Never knew about that before! 👍

I'm patiently waiting for the post-Snetterton race interview, should be interesting!

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Late last year, there was a proposal to build a circuit near Ebbw Vale in Wales, one that could host the likes of the BTCC, WTCC and MotoGP. The project needed two hundred million pounds, which is a big ask, but it appears that the developers have raised enough capital to make the project viable, and details of the "Circuit of Wales" have been released, including an artist's impression of the layout:

I'm not sure if it's the final design, though.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Louise Goodman is racing a mini. Wonder if she knows what she's getting herself in for

 

[Ardius]

So, Knockhill this weekend! Who's going to get the most air this weekend? Of all the tracks on the BTCC calendar, Knockhill is the one I look forward to the most just for shots like this:

and racing like this:





If there is any track that would instantly improve the WTCC, its this one! Just looking at the circuit map, it looks incredibly simple and short, but its such a unique and fun circuit to watch drivers way over the limit, monstering the kerbs, sliding the cars and braking completely on the limit.

 

[paulmac2k9]

I'll be trackside for this one (Been going since 2007) and I can't wait .

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

So, Knockhill this weekend! Who's going to get the most air this weekend?

one of the minis

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42427406@N05/7779799224/in/photostream

ill be there from thursday onwards again 3 minis entered in this including the youngest mini driver who just turned 16 on tuesday! sat his ards on the same day.

 

[Furinkazen]

Rob Austin is skipping Knockhill but is hopeful of having sorted turbo issues with the A4 and have good funding for two cars for the final three races of the season.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Just hear tonight that we have entered the youngest person ever to race in a Scottish saloon championship at 16 years and 4 days bring on the tv coverage!

 

[RobFocus]

Tony Gilham and Ollie Jackson will be missing Knockhill as well

http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3113

Looking forward to watching it at home this weekend, might head down to Rockingham next month if I feel like it

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Want the cavalier!

 

[cally-dave]

Thats John Clelands BTCC monster, now owned by Jim Pocklington, who fully restored it. It's the one Cleland used to race back in the day :-D

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Dave newsham is also running different sponsorship aswell it appears.

 

[RobFocus]

Love the Cav 👍

Probably the exact car from that race at Silverstone

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Well I did have a chat with the guys that brought up the Audi it's a non running and isn't bielas car it's bintcliffes(everything inside the car says bintcliffe) but they didn't want to bring bielas car.

They are in the process of rebuilding the engine which is £40,000

Ford on track dunno how good the vid is as uploaded over 3G

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/...12-BC61-0835633A8BBE-541-000000FFB24602A5.mp4

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

some proper pics from today

rest here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42427406@N05/sets/72157631228152486/

mondeo test session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoTR2YuGYKc&hd=1

 

[Tom]

Mate, they're awesome! I love all of those Super Touring cars. 👍

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Gordon's broke the lap record for Knockhill minis out on track and we've stole 888's pit stall.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Super tourers were just out and whyte in the accord ran into the back of Reid in the nissan lol

Raining now.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

First race about to start and the ginetta pace car had broken down

 

[Ardius]

Grid for race 1:

Awesome to see Paul O'Neil straight on the pace and congrats to Aron Smith for his best qualifying position! 👍
Should be a fun first corner as Collard is going to get a great start with the RWD.

 

[RobFocus]

Nice to see Aron Smith so far up the order

I expected Sheds to qualify higher than that, but he can win from 6th, no problem

Collard will almost certainly lead into the first corner

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

super tourers coming together during the demo run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx0MO6foHUg&hd=1

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

some pics from day 2