BTCC - Croft 2010

[Allyc85]

Free practise 1 times from Croft

1. Tom Chilton (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/53/tom_chilton.html) Team Aon Ford Focus ST 1min 25.685secs
2. Steven Kane (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/44/steven_kane.html) Airwaves BMW BMW 320si 1min 26.081secs
3. Andrew Jordan (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/43/andrew_jordan.html) Pirtek Racing Vauxhall Vectra 1min 26.155secs
4. Rob Collard (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/45/rob_collard.html) West Surrey Racing BMW 320si 1min 26.389secs
5. Paul O'Neill sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Honda Integra 1min 26.623secs
6. Gordon Shedden (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/52/gordon_shedden.html) Team Honda Honda Civic 1min 26.651secs
7. Jason Plato (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/49/jason_plato.html) Silverline Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1min 26.702secs
8. Matt Neal (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/59/matt_neal.html) Team Honda Honda Civic 1min 26.775secs
9. James Nash Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra 1min 26.933secs
10. Mat Jackson (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/37/mat_jackson.html) Airwaves BMW BMW 320si 1min 26.977secs

11. Tom Onslow-Cole (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/60/tom_onslow-cole.html) Team Aon Ford Focus ST 1min 27.032secs
12. Alex MacDowall Silverline Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1min 27.222secs
13. Dave Pinkney Pinkney Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra 1min 27.847secs
14. Arthur Forster Forster Motorsport BMW 320si 1min 28.397secs
15. Daniel Lloyd Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra 1min 28.552secs
16. Andy Neate West Surrey Racing BMW 320si 1min 28.860secs
17. Martin Johnson Boulevard Team Racing Vauxhall Astra 1min 28.955secs
18. John George (http://www.crash.net/btcc/racer_bio/57/john_george.html) sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Honda Integra 1min 29.047secs
19. Lea Wood Central Group Racing Honda Integra 1min 29.732secs
20. Shaun Hollamby AmD Milltek Racing Volkswagen Golf 1min 30.231secs
21. Martin Depper Forster Motorsport BMW 320si 1min 30.979secs
22. Tom Boardman Special Tuning (UK) SEAT Leon 1min 40.666secs

[Eurotech]

Tom Boardman miles off the pace.... whats wrong?

[Allyc85]

Boardman had an oil leak.

FP2 times

Pos Driver Car Time
1. Matt Neal Honda Civic 1m25.430s
2. Tom Chilton Ford Focus 1m25.685s
3. Gordon Shedden Honda Civic 1m25.687s
4. Paul O'Neill Honda Integra 1m25.692s
5. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.776s
6. Jason Plato Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.909s
7. Rob Collard BMW 320si 1m25.920s
8. James Nash Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.935s
9. Steven Kane BMW 320si 1m26.081s
10. Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra 1m26.155s
11. Dave Pinkney Vauxhall Vectra 1m26.358s
12. Tom Onslow-Cole Ford Focus 1m26.402s
13. Tom Boardman SEAT Leon 1m26.448s
14. Daniel Lloyd Vauxhall Vectra 1m26.680s
15. Mat Jackson BMW 320si 1m26.700s
16. John George Honda Integra 1m27.228s
17. Arthur Forster BMW 320si 1m27.401s
18. Andy Neate BMW 320si 1m28.544s
19. Martin Depper BMW 320si 1m28.591s
20. Martin Johnson Vauxhall Astra Coupe 1m28.626s
21. Lea Wood Honda Integra 1m29.052s
22. Shaun Hollamby VW Golf 1m29.079s

[MattL]

Third pole of the year for Chilton - fourth straight pole for Team Aon!

[Allyc85]

Pos Driver Car Time
1. Tom Chilton Ford Focus 1m24.629s
2. Gordon Shedden Honda Civic 1m24.706s
3. Rob Collard BMW 320si 1m25.105s
4. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.157s
5. Matt Neal Honda Civic 1m25.234s
6. Jason Plato Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.317s
7. Tom Onslow-Cole Ford Focus 1m25.337s
8. James Nash Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.339s
9. Paul O'Neill Honda Integra 1m25.480s
10. Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.593s
11. Daniel Lloyd Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.858s
12. Mat Jackson BMW 320si 1m25.884s
13. Tom Boardman SEAT Leon 1m25.915s
14. Dave Pinkney Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.925s
15. Steven Kane BMW 320si 1m25.948s
16. Andy Neate BMW 320si 1m26.484s
17. Martin Depper BMW 320si 1m27.123s
18. Martin Johnson Vauxhall Astra Coupe 1m27.528s
19. John George Honda Integra 1m27.538s
20. Arthur Forster BMW 320si 1m28.311s
21. Shaun Hollamby VW Golf no time
22. Lea Wood Honda Integra no time

Great recovery by Chilton to take pole after crashing into the tyres at one point, though the other drivers are still bitching about the Fords top speed advantage!

MacDowall did well again, im really impressed with the lad this season!

Good to see Collard up there in qualy with the BMWs having not looked so good over a single lap this year.

Hollamby had his times disallowed for a failed ride height check, not sure what happened to Wood.

[Wasted Talent]

Pos Driver Car Time
1. Tom Chilton Ford Focus 1m24.629s
2. Gordon Shedden Honda Civic 1m24.706s
3. Rob Collard BMW 320si 1m25.105s
4. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.157s
5. Matt Neal Honda Civic 1m25.234s
6. Jason Plato Chevrolet Cruze 1m25.317s
7. Tom Onslow-Cole Ford Focus 1m25.337s
8. James Nash Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.339s
9. Paul O'Neill Honda Integra 1m25.480s
10. Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.593s
11. Daniel Lloyd Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.858s
12. Mat Jackson BMW 320si 1m25.884s
13. Tom Boardman SEAT Leon 1m25.915s
14. Dave Pinkney Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.925s
15. Steven Kane BMW 320si 1m25.948s
16. Andy Neate BMW 320si 1m26.484s
17. Martin Depper BMW 320si 1m27.123s
18. Martin Johnson Vauxhall Astra Coupe 1m27.528s
19. John George Honda Integra 1m27.538s
20. Arthur Forster BMW 320si 1m28.311s
21. Shaun Hollamby VW Golf no time
22. Lea Wood Honda Integra no time

Great recovery by Chilton to take pole after crashing into the tyres at one point, though the other drivers are still bitching about the Fords top speed advantage!

MacDowall did well again, im really impressed with the lad this season!

Good to see Collard up there in qualy with the BMWs having not looked so good over a single lap this year.

Hollamby had his times disallowed for a failed ride height check, not sure what happened to Wood.

Lea Wood - broken driveshaft

WT

[RMLCruzeing82]

good race by flash

and what an idiot Jackson is....twice knocking Boardman one of which could of been a nasty off but great save by Boardman

thumbs up to plato for a good 3rd place

[VkmSpouge]

Results Race 1:
1 Gordon Shedden
2 Rob Collard
3 Jason Plato
4 Matt Neal
5 Paul o'Neill
6 James Nash
7 Daniel Lloyd
8 Tom Onslow-Cole
9 Mat Jackson
10 Andrew Jordan
11 Steven Kane
12 Tom Boardman
13 Alex MacDowall
14 Martin Depper
15 John George
16 Martin Johnson
17 Andy Neate
18 Tom Chilton
DNF Lea Wood
DNF Arthur Forster
DNF Shaun Hollamby
DNF Dave Pinkney

Very good race. Gordon Shedden and Rob Collard providing a very close finish with Shedden just fending off Collard in the dash to the finish line. Nice midfield action too, good to see Paul o'Neill getting a top five finish again after a poor time at Oulton Park.
I wonder what Tom Chilton's problems were?
I also wonder why the Motorbase drivers have not been able to get as much out of their BMWs as Rob Collard has.
Congratulations to Daniel Lloyd for scoring points on his BTCC debut.

[#1JamesThompsonFan]

Did anyone see the onboard footage of the Oulton incident involving Jordan and Neate. Neate iterally drove Jordan off the track!!! Appauling racing. Neate turned full lock into Jordan and Jordan could only exit stage right

[VkmSpouge]

Result Race 2:

1 Gordon Shedden
2 Matt Neal
3 Jason Plato
4 Paul o'Neill
5 Tom Onslow-Cole
6 Tom Boardman
7 Andrew Jordan
8 Rob Collard
9 Alex MacDowall
10 Andy Neate
11 Tom Chilton
12 Martin Depper
13 James Nash
14 Daniel Lloyd
15 Martin Johnson
16 Shaun Hollamby
DNF Lea Wood
DNF Arthur Forster
DNF Steven Kane
DNF John George
DNF Mat Jackson
DNS Dave Pinkney

Gordon Shedden takes two wins out of two. Matt Neal did a good move to get passed Jason Plato at Sunny. I'm not so sure that Paul o'Neill will be allowed to keep fourth place, he seemed to cut part of the Hairpin to get passed Tom Onslow-Cole, I wouldn't be surprised if the stewards reversed their positions.
Good recovery drive by Rob Collard to come through from 21st to 8th, he really was the innocent party as Neal and o'Neill clashed tipping him into a spin.
And if anyone needs any spare parts for their Chevrolet Cruze I'm sure you'll find something at Croft as I think half of Alex MacDowall's car is currently littering the circuit.
Andrew Jordan on pole for race three.

[BDunnell]

Did anyone see the onboard footage of the Oulton incident involving Jordan and Neate. Neate iterally drove Jordan off the track!!! Appauling racing. Neate turned full lock into Jordan and Jordan could only exit stage right

I agree. From the still photos, it looked a racing incident, but the on-board footage left no doubt at all.

Good action so far at Croft, though. The race two scrap between Onslow-Cole and O'Neill was enthralling.

[trebor901]

that whole clash between O'neill, Neal and Collard, is it just me that thinks that Paul maybe didnt see Matt there because it looked as if Paul O'neill moved to the inside more once Collard went out wide

[BDunnell]

that whole clash between O'neill, Neal and Collard, is it just me that thinks that Paul maybe didnt see Matt there because it looked as if Paul O'neill moved to the inside more once Collard went out wide

I don't reckon anyone was to blame there. Just one of those things. Whether Collard would see it like that I don't know...

[Allyc85]

Yea was a racing incident in my eyes. So unlucky for Rob after a great drive in the first race!

Great racing so far, really enjoying it though I do seem to be wasting a very nice, sunny day watching motorsport again!

[Wasted Talent]

Did anyone see the onboard footage of the Oulton incident involving Jordan and Neate. Neate iterally drove Jordan off the track!!! Appauling racing. Neate turned full lock into Jordan and Jordan could only exit stage right

True, but didn't seem to stop Jordan Jnr doing something very similar to Mat Jackson here at Croft

WT

[Eurotech]

never mind Touring Cars, I'm becoming a Finlay 'Flat Out' Ratcliffe fan :D that guys a legend in the Ginetta Juinors....

[trebor901]

Ginetta Juniors are awesome and Jake Hill seems to be a class act in that car would be nice to see what he could do in a more powerful car

[Dave B]

Slighty annoyed that i'm near Croft but not there!

[trebor901]

the one meeting this year Jordan hasnt said he could win this weekend he has taken his first win

[Eurotech]

Congratulations to Andrew Jordan, Great drive....

Interestingly, thats the first win for a Eurotech prepared car since Mondello Park 2006.... :)

[trebor901]

Great drive from Jordan but Kane imo doesnt deserve that 3rd bit of a desperate move using Boardman as a brake and while he was locked up aswell, imo not on.

[Eurotech]

I'd say Boardman got what he deserved tbh for backing Paul O'Neill into Chilton and Kane...

[BDunnell]

Boardman certainly didn't deserve to lose places like that, having defended so resolutely. O'Neill's move on the last corner of the last lap, going over the inside of the hairpin having been nudged there by Jackson, looked rather marginal even if it was unavoidable after the push from the BMW.

[RMLCruzeing82]

congrats to jordan suprise win there

Boardman should of had 3rd desperate move on kanes half

[trebor901]

wow! another big crash to end the weekend this time in the Ginetta G50's, good to see both drivers are ok though

[rwdvectra]

big well done to andrew jordan on his first win and defo deserved imo.

o'neil had a strong showing in a car thats getting on a bit

[RMLCruzeing82]

great weekends racing. hope the Ginetta drivers at the end are ok

and does anyone know what the song was called used on the end credits?

[trebor901]

another little thing ive noticed this year what happened to sweeping the track between races? i cant remember ever seeing so many marbles of rubber on track throughout the day

[UltimateDanGTR]

well done andy jordan, he and the team deserve it.

another great days racing from the BTCC, especially collard vs shedden at the end of race one.

[VkmSpouge]

Congratulations to Andrew Jordan on his first ever BTCC win. Very well deserved :)
Very good for the title race that both Jason Plato and Matt Neal suffered problems in the final race, it gives everyone a chance to keep them within reach with half the season gone.

[trebor901]

now even Shedden has gone from 6th to 3rd in title race this weekend this year could well be the closest for a long time

[DazzlaF1]

wow! another big crash to end the weekend this time in the Ginetta G50's, good to see both drivers are ok though

What happened like? I missed it with the online feed from ITV went dead

[Eurotech]

Stephen Tyldsely (HHC) and Jon Barnes (Barwell Motorsport) had a small coming together on the way into Sunny and both ended up hard into the barriers. Jon Barnes' car caught fire at the back briefly but both drivers were OK I believe.

[52Paddy]

Brilliant racing from the BTCC at Croft. Some rough nudges but nothing out of touring car's ball court in my opinion. Kane might have muscled his way to that podium spot but I was delighted (as a Kane fan), especially considering he started 19th!

Steady run from Jordon and well done to Shedden for his 2 previous victories. A lot of car damage at this meeting (McDowell, Shedden and other more minor troubles). Also have to hand it to Tom Boardman for great defensive driving all day. Likewise to Onslow-Cole and finally, thumbs up to Daniel Lloyd for a strong debut :up:

Best meeting so far this year in terms of action.