BTCC 2010 Rumours

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Originally Posted by VkmSpouge

Shame that Volvo could not get the package together to compete this year. Hopefully they will do it one year.

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Aye, as much as I am enjoying the sight of some damn good independent teams in the championship, I hope we'll see some manufacturers soon.

Speaking of which in todays Autsosport, they're goign as far as saying that Plato is CONFIRMED at RML in one of TWO Cruzes and the team are trying to get works status to compete as Chevrolet UK, here's hoping that is true.

If so (and including Johnson) this I believe would be the predicted lineup

* Not confirmed but expected

WEST SURREY BMW: Collard, Neate, ???
ARENA FORD: Chilton, ???, ???
RML CHEVROLET: Plato, ???
MOTORBASE BMW: ???, ???
TEAM DYNAMICS HONDA: Neal*, ???
SUNSHINE TECHSPEED HONDA: O'Neill, George
AMD MILLTEK VOLKSWAGEN: Hollamby, Shaw
FORSTER BMW: Forster, Depper
SPECIAL TUNING SEAT: Boardman, ???
TEAM PIRTEK VAUXHALL: A.Jordan
PINKNEY VAUXHALL: Pinkney
TEAM WOOD HONDA: Wood
BOULEVARD VAUXHALL: Johnson

Overall that would be

24 Cars
13 Teams
7 different makes represented
9 different models

Considering the economic downturn recently, that would be a fabulous entry

AmD will only run one car as they only have the single VW.

TouringCarTimes suggesting that Alex McDowell will join Plato at RML

Matt Hamilton back with TH :)

Great news, I hope Matt Hamilton has a good rookie season in the BTCC and nice to see TH Motorsport continuing.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4502

Michael Doyle's website states his next race is 3/4 April Thruxton...interesting

Both Phil Glew and Dean Smith have been out testing triple 8 Vectras today at Rockingham. With Triple 8 stating they still own 2 vectras, story on Autosport.

what? how can you start with 3 cars, sell two and still have 2 left?

Because they didn't start with 3. They have at least 4.

I think someone (PDS?) said on one of these places that they had 5 plus 1 that needs some TLC.

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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

Michael Doyle's website states his next race is 3/4 April Thruxton...interesting

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Further inspection reveals a news story that says Doyle will be racing in the BTCC in 2010 in association with "Think Pink Scotland".