BTCC 2007 - rumours (merged)

Guys, do any of us ACTUALLY have the skills to interpret and build a product to these regulations? How on earth can we be saying the rules are vague when we have no appreciation of whats involved - hence my use of the phrase "apparent ambiguity." Lets leave it to the engineers to sort out and no matter how apparently inferior and confusing the S2000 regs maybe, BTC and WTC teams have shown equally competitive cars can be built and raced - it's up to the guys in the workshops to make the most of what they have from a set of rules that appear more centrally focused on the base showroom offering. Means the manufacturers will have to offer you and I something better in the road car (if they are to be successful racing it) and makes the marketing boys and girls happy because they're actually promoting the sporting pretentions of the model in their range!

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Originally Posted by tin-top fan

Could this be the way that Clyde Valley run Chevies in the Championship next year? http://www.motorsportads.co.uk/race-...cars/7489.html (thanks for the link Iain :D )

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Aww you beat me :evil: I was gonna post that d'oh

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Originally Posted by SEATFreak

and how is there no incentive to run three cars?

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Only two cars can be nominated to score points, if there are 3 cars, and one of the nominated points scoring cars crashes out, the car not nominated still wont score points. So in that respect it does seem pointless...

...from a spectators position - it means less cars.

But it could help to have 3 - such as Halfords entering Howell, it can help in pushing opposition further down the field.

Indeed. Sometimes literally....... ;)

I was told over the weekend that someone has bought the three Astra Hatches from triple 8 and intends to race 2 of them in BTCC in 2007 glad they havn't gone to britcar or another country.
Also some interesting comments and pics on www.adam-jones.co.uk
And another Alfa for a B'ham based driver later in the season

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Originally Posted by tyreman2

I was told over the weekend that someone has bought the three Astra Hatches from triple 8 and intends to race 2 of them in BTCC in 2007 glad they havn't gone to britcar or another country.
Also some interesting comments and pics on www.adam-jones.co.uk
And another Alfa for a B'ham based driver later in the season

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Yay, more Vauxhalls. Good news for all :beer: . What is going to happen to the third? Will it be a spare or if someone brings enough money, it will enter too, or is it going to be used for another purpose. Next year, we could have three different types of Vauxhall http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/dance017.gif. Nice to hear that more cars are entering and I'm guessing the Alfa could be Birmingham based drifter Phil Morrison (obviously not :p ).

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Originally Posted by tyreman2

I was told over the weekend that someone has bought the three Astra Hatches from triple 8 and intends to race 2 of them in BTCC in 2007

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Anything to do with Techspeed and thurlby?

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Originally Posted by tyreman2

And another Alfa for a B'ham based driver later in the season

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Kelvin Burt was born in Birmingham......

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Originally Posted by tin-top fan

Kelvin Burt was born in Birmingham......

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That would fit in with the Alfa Romeo 156 - He drove for GA Motorsports in 2004 aka QUEST and Quest said they want to run two Alfa Romeos

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Originally Posted by Captain VXR

That would fit in with the Alfa Romeo 156 - He drove for GA Motorsports in 2004 aka QUEST and Quest said they want to run two Alfa Romeos

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Quest WANT to run two Alfa's but if you listen to the interview with E Murrey on Crash, it doesnt sound 100% he will be out never mind two!

Its a good guess but wrong, infact way of the mark.

Good luck to Adam Jones I for one think he will be a big player in 2007 if the rumours I hear are correct, also Kartworld may be a big player if the other rumour is true I ve been told about.

Happy new year all.

Dan

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Originally Posted by dwracing23

Good luck to Adam Jones I for one think he will be a big player in 2007 if the rumours I hear are correct, also Kartworld may be a big player if the other rumour is true I ve been told about.

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I just hope your team will be playing, Dan.

It will be interesting to find out what Kartworld will be running next season. The next couple of months should be quite busy for announcements in the BTCC (I really hope so anyway), I guess we'll find out what Mr Hughes has in store for 2007.