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Circuit Info:

Length: 2.9689 miles
No. of laps: 3x 12
Race distance: 3x 35.6268 miles
Races held: 89
First race: 14/06/1959
First race on current layout: 07/08/2011
Lap record: 1:56.362, Rob Collard, BMW 125i M Sport F21, 2016

2016 Winners:

Race 1: Colin Turkington
Race 2: Mat Jackson
Race 3: Gordon Shedden

All-time Winners:

Drivers:
13: Jason Plato
5: James Thompson, Gordon Shedden
4: Andy Rouse, Colin Turkington
3: Gawaine Baillie, Jack Brabham, Will Hoy, Fabrizio Giovanardi, Mat Jackson
2: Mike Parkes, Stuart Graham, Robb Gravett, Alain Menu, Yvan Muller, Matt Neal, Tom Chilton, Andrew Jordan
1: Jack Sears, Roy Salvadori, Mike Salmon, Jackie Oliver, Roy Pierpoint, Frank Gardner, Brian Muir, Win Percy, Gordon Spice, Jeff Allam, Pete Hall, Mike O'Brien, Steve Soper, Gabriele Tarquini, Kelvin Burt, Joachim Winkelhock, Anthony Reid, David Leslie, Peter Kox, Simon Graves, Paul O'Neill, Luke Hines, Rob Huff, Tom Onslow-Cole, Dave Newsham, Sam Tordoff, Árón Smith, Jack Goff

Manufacturers:
17: Ford
14: Honda
13: Vauxhall
7: Jaguar
6: SEAT, BMW, Chevrolet
5: MG
3: Renault, Volkswagen
2: Rover, Toyota, Nissan
1: Triumph, Holden, Alfa Romeo, Subaru

Teams:
16: Triple Eight Racing
7: RML Group
6: Rouse Sport, Team Dynamics
5: Northern South
4: Equipe Endeavour, Team BMR
3: Alan Brown Racing, Williams Touring Car Engineering, Arena International Motorsport, West Surrey Racing
2: Gawaine Baillie, Stuart Graham, Trakstar Motorsport, Schnitzer Motorsport, Prodrive, Eurotech Racing, Motorbase Performance
1: Tommy Atkins, Dawnay Racing, DR Racing Division, Bill Shaw Racing, Motor Racing Research, Malcolm Gartlan Racing, Broadspeed, Samuri Racing, Gordon Spice Racing, AMS Racing, Alan Docking Racing, Vic Lee Motorsport, Alfa Corse, Barwell Motorsport, Jackson Motorsport, Team ES Racing

Championship Standings:

1. Gordon Shedden - 188
2. Rob Collard - 177
3. Colin Turkington - 176
4. Ashley Sutton - 168
5. Tom Ingram - 140
6. Matt Neal - 135
7. Andrew Jordan - 128
8. Rob Austin - 109
9. Mat Jackson - 102
10. Adam Morgan - 101

Useful Links:

Event Timetable
Live Timing (includes driver tracker)
Live trackside commentary
Live ITV Stream (qualifying)

Weekend Notes:

- Stewart Lines hops back behind the wheel to complete the season in his Maximum Motorsport Focus.
- Brett Smith replaces his father, Jeff, at Eurotech Racing for the remainder of the year.
- Motorbase Performance will only field a two-car entry at Snetterton, having been unable to build a new car since Croft and with Luke Davenport still out injured. They will return to a three-car line-up at Knockhill with a driver still TBA (possibly Rory Butcher).

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Fuck's sake BTCC, you had ONE JOB

IE have 6 week break, FINE. F1 is about to go on a similar break so it's nice to have you back to fill the void

But wait, you've managed to clash with F1 AND the Spa 24 hours? What the hell was wrong with waiting one more week to get the weekend to yourself
(And I have the whole weekend off so you just know there'll be zero series racing that weekend )

But yay, BTCC is back, wooo great racing on a track that's not quite as good as it used to be....yaaay

Also: Clio race after BTCC race 3. Crap. (But at least that one might make Motorsport UK....?)

Even worse news:

The Yaytree is dying

I can't actually find any modern pics from this season that aren't on closed facebook groups (though I've just asked to join one dedicated to the tree and the first post is by Marv lol), but yeah, the tree seems to have damn near collapsed.

RIP Yaytree, nevar 4 get

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Also, Plato and Sutton had their chasis swap and Plato is now certain it's his chassis that's the problem, not him

Hope he still gets smoked this weekend even in a "fixed" chassis, further pushing him into retirement.

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

When he finally buggers off I won't be able to say I'm blocked by a BTCC driver on Twitter any more

What did you do?

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Well I don't remember @platoing him but I do tend to tweet Knighthoods for taking him out. He seems the type to ego search

New livery for Josh Price:

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Dynamics

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Dynamics reckon the ride height check on Neals car was carried out incorrectly

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/07 ... ualifying/

Dynamics won the appeal, Neal starts 4th.

There could be on and off rain showers tomorrow.

Plato's car swap obviously saw him wiping the floor with Sutton then

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

And the forecast has changed overnight... Mostly dry. Possible rain towards the end of the meeting.

Well it's a bit grey there

2017 is immune to rain

(Unless it's NASCAR, then it falls there LOADS )

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Slightly longer angle of the Croft qualy crash there, didn't realise one of the cars mounted the wall and nearly went over it

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Good to see Davenport here

The Yaytree may be dying ( ) but we might have found a replacement

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Yaytree's already dead, now it's just rotting away