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Quite frankly I think the sentence will depend mainly on whether the judge is a motor racing fan or hates it 
Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 2013 Season Thread
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Yes, a lot lower, if convicted he'll probably serve less than a year, somewhere between a third and half his sentence. Also our "causing death by dangerous/careless driving" laws are a joke and way too soft.
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Attending the official 2-day Dunlop tyre test tomorrow at Snetterton:
- MG KX Momentum Racing - Plato/Tordoff
- Honda Yuasa Racing - Neal/Shedden
- Pirtek - Jordan
- eBay Motors - Foster/Collard/Turkington
- Speedworks Motorsport - Jackson (O)/Hawken/Loggie/Jones
(NB. Weds: Hawken) - HARD - Onslow-Cole/Goff/Holland/Fuller/Girling/Scott
(NB. Tues: Holland (am)/Fuller (pm), Weds: Girling (am)/Scott (pm) - Airwaves Racing - Jackson (M)/Smith (A)/Tandy/Caine
- RAR - Austin/Bratt
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Regarding the Frank Wrathall situation, didn't Vic Lee spend time for drug-related offences when he was running Vic Lee Motorsport and then once he got out he started Vic Lee Racing in about 1992? So prison does not in this case seem to have signalled the end of a tenure in the BTCC.
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No he did drug dealing during the 1992 season. The team had no title sponsor yet they were running bmw works engines, holinger gearboxes which were super expensive.
They used to always go testing in holland then bring the drugs back in secret compartments and air jack bottles etc. they were caught and he was sent to jail. He then got out set up the Peugeot works team in the early 00's and did the same and was caught.
He was let out again and now runs cobreau seats.
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Wasn't Steve Soper also up to something similar with Peugeot?
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That was vic lee racing again like I said above.
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I was keeping an eye on the live timings online, it seemed like Rob Austin came out for the last 15 mins in the toyota, which had only done a couple of laps in the afternoon. I'm thinking they may have asked him to try it out for them to see if it was ok.
I was very interested to see Nick Tandy being nearly a second and a half ahead of Matt Jackson and Aron Smith..... I also spotted on the screen that Aron Smith did a few laps in the number 4 car that Nick was driving and was still over a second and a half slower, so that proves the car's no better than the others. I think motorbase would be foolish not to go all out to get Nick in that third ngtc focus
I was very interested to see Nick Tandy being nearly a second and a half ahead of Matt Jackson and Aron Smith..... I also spotted on the screen that Aron Smith did a few laps in the number 4 car that Nick was driving and was still over a second and a half slower, so that proves the car's no better than the others. I think motorbase would be foolish not to go all out to get Nick in that third ngtc focus
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Since when did Warren Scott suddenly become an Insignia driver for Team HARD?
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Keep up:
http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3473
Warren Scott is racing the 2nd team HARD VW Passat from now on in a combined effort. His run in the Insignia was to allow him to try out an NGTC car.
Talk is that Robb Holland is replacing James Cole in the Insignia at least for Snetterton.
http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3473
Warren Scott is racing the 2nd team HARD VW Passat from now on in a combined effort. His run in the Insignia was to allow him to try out an NGTC car.
Talk is that Robb Holland is replacing James Cole in the Insignia at least for Snetterton.
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James Kaye switches Jack Sears car to an ex-Dynamics Civic.
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Ardius
Still reportedly AMD run. Makes me wonder where the NGTC Vauxhall project went...
Seems like a wise move, should be more competitive and more appropriate for Kaye as well.
This is a bit offtopic, and I don't know if linking your own website is below the belt on GTP, but have a look at this.
Looks a bit bare at the moment (just like every other motorsport blog, except with less misused apostrophe's) but in a couple of months it'll be full of reports, podcasts and goodness knows what else...
Check it out though, at the moment it's just a project and something to make my personal statement look a bit better but who knows what it might turn into.
This is a bit offtopic, and I don't know if linking your own website is below the belt on GTP, but have a look at this.
Looks a bit bare at the moment (just like every other motorsport blog, except with less misused apostrophe's) but in a couple of months it'll be full of reports, podcasts and goodness knows what else...
Check it out though, at the moment it's just a project and something to make my personal statement look a bit better but who knows what it might turn into.
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American Robb Holland confirmed driving the 2nd Vauxhall Insignia for team HARD:
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/07/29/robb-holland-returns-to-btcc-with-tony-gilham-racing/
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/07/29/robb-holland-returns-to-btcc-with-tony-gilham-racing/
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Kaye's Civic.
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Rob Austin survives a "shark attack": 
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/08/02/rob-austin-to-race-despite-being-savaged-by-shark/
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/08/02/rob-austin-to-race-despite-being-savaged-by-shark/
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Warren Scotts BMR Restart Passat.
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Does anyone know what actually happened to Austins leg then?
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Tordoff on pole at Snetterton.
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Excuse my double post, but Tordoff leads MG 1-2 in Race 1.
Timetable for today's ‪#‎BTCC‬ races: Race 1: 1202. Race 2: 1435. Race 3: 1702
Race 2 is manic. Plato engine issue, Shedden punted off. Jordan on a charge. Morgan, Smith, Newsham all wreck in a hairpin melee. Jordan punts Turkington off, Collard goes off. Airwaves vs Dynamics. And Jordan deserves a penalty...
Timetable for today's ‪#‎BTCC‬ races: Race 1: 1202. Race 2: 1435. Race 3: 1702
Race 2 is manic. Plato engine issue, Shedden punted off. Jordan on a charge. Morgan, Smith, Newsham all wreck in a hairpin melee. Jordan punts Turkington off, Collard goes off. Airwaves vs Dynamics. And Jordan deserves a penalty...
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A good example of a touring car race! I don't think Turk realised jordan had his nose inside when he moved over... Shame, as They said on TV Jordan was being quite respectful in not leaning on the back of the BMW. I was hoping for a BMW win obviously, and Collard bashing his way off track didn't help things either.
As a side note I just saw on Facebook that Turk will be driving an M3 at the Italian super stars event at donnington, it's a good event, worth going to IMO.
