BTCC 2012 - Nutters in ordinary family cars.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:59 pm

Yes, and believe it or not, on both occasions

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:42 pm

There is defo footage of the 1997 crash. It's not great but it is from the rear of another car (I can't remember who I'm afraid) as I am sure he got tagged at the top of Crainers and went hard into the barriers backwards. That was a very big accident.

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:46 pm

kals wrote:

SecretAgentHarvick wrote:

2. What's some of the history of the series... biggest crashes? Best races? Best finishes, etc.?

I would recommend you find copies of the season reviews, if you have access to RFM or another torrent site. 1998 is one of the finest seasons, 1992 also.

As for biggest crashes I would say:

- 1992 TOCA shoot out, Keith O'dor
- 1993 TOCA shoot out, Nigel Mansell
- 1994 British GP support race @

silverstone, half the field
- 1995 Oulton Park, Richard Kaye
- 1996 Oulton Park, Kelvin Burt
- 1996 Brand Hatch (final round), half the field

That's all I can think of right now.

I will add 3 more;

- 1995 Thruxton, Charlie Cox
- 2000 Brands Hatch, James Thompson
- 2000 Croft, Vincent Radermacker

phil1993 · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:49 pm

Didn't Matt Neal have an enormous one at Paddock Hill bend one year after a tag from Collard? 2006 was it?

kals · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:54 pm

[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4WguwkhGWU[/youtubeidiot]

From 7:16, I never knew there were highlights broadcast by BBC. Unfortunately this doesn't include Slight's crash. It's also on the video as the TOCA shoot out but it was the TT or the International Invitational.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:11 pm

phil1993 wrote:

Didn't Matt Neal have an enormous one at Paddock Hill bend one year after a tag from Collard? 2006 was it?

Correct, race three. It was a retaliation for Neal doing his standard bump and pass.

Adding to the list:

1995 - Brands Hatch, Cleland in both races
1997 - Silverstone, Lee Brookes
1999 - Silverstone, Rickard Rydell

gd49 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:09 pm

RtN wrote:

kals wrote:

SecretAgentHarvick wrote:

2. What's some of the history of the series... biggest crashes? Best races? Best finishes, etc.?

I would recommend you find copies of the season reviews, if you have access to RFM or another torrent site. 1998 is one of the finest seasons, 1992 also.

As for biggest crashes I would say:

- 1992 TOCA shoot out, Keith O'dor
- 1993 TOCA shoot out, Nigel Mansell
- 1994 British GP support race @

silverstone, half the field
- 1995 Oulton Park, Richard Kaye
- 1996 Oulton Park, Kelvin Burt
- 1996 Brand Hatch (final round), half the field

That's all I can think of right now.

I will add 3 more;

- 1995 Thruxton, Charlie Cox
- 2000 Brands Hatch, James Thompson
- 2000 Croft, Vincent Radermacker

Wasn't Radermacker's crash missed by the cameras?

Neal's 1994 Silverstone rollover is worth seeking out, bizarre crash.

1995 season is my favourite but only season review from 1992-1998 will be worth watching.

RtN · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:11 pm

There's a good rear-facing onboard shot from the car in front which captures the impact well.

EDIT: At 3:45.

Also note Plato\Tarquini as a sizeable off at the beginning of the video.

kals · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:14 pm

Talking of roll overs, there's also Will Hoy and Tim Harvey at Silverstone in 1993. At the first round at Silverstone in1993 Eugene O'Brien harpooned Keith O'Dor hard on the first lap. A few rounds later Steve Soper had a hard crash at Oulton Park when his steering failed.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:17 pm

John George's enormous Brands Hatch shunt too

kals · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:22 pm

And then there was Robb Gravett's sizeable shurt at Thuxton in 1989

Also, Lawrence Bristow (1991) and David Leslie (1995) both had big accidents at Oulton Park by going off and striking the barrier on the inside of the Shell Oils hairpin.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:56 pm

Anyone have Top Gear's bit on BTCC from a few years ago? They showed a lot of crashes then, as to why it was their favorite series.

amq55 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:12 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

Anyone have Top Gear's bit on BTCC from a few years ago? They showed a lot of crashes then, as to why it was their favorite series.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:48 pm

Tom 'Thick as a plank' Boardman is off to WTCC to partner Oriola.

Meanwhile,

84keenan @

RobAustinRacing Hello Rob, hows that cunning plan coming along? has Collin [sp] rang you yet to say he is up for the seat?

RobAustinRacing @84keenan We are in touch, its a money issue as always but I think / hope I may have something in the pipeline to resolve that issue.

Please happen.

kals · PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:56 pm

'Thick as a plank'????

Who is Rob Austin referring to?

phil1993 · PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:58 pm

Heard things about him that he is very dim.

And Rob is referring to Turkington

kals · PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:09 pm

phil1993 wrote:

Heard things about him that he is very dim.

So you've never heard him talk then?

phil1993 wrote:

And Rob is referring to Turkington

Just awesome

Gaara · PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:54 pm

Turk back would be nice.

kals · PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:50 pm

Alex MacDowell will be testing for Motorbase soon. His options for 2012 are BTCC with Motorbase or WTCC with RML.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:54 pm

Flash Engineering is unlikely to retain Turkington, so bets are on that he's on his way back to Britain.

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