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2013 BTCC- Mercedes confirmed for 2014!
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Author:  kart99 [ Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:30 pm ]
Post subject:  2013 BTCC- Mercedes confirmed for 2014!
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2013 Calender:

Rnd Date Circuit
1. 30-31 March Brands Hatch Indy
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2. 20-21 April Donington Park
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3. 4-5 May Thruxton
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4. 8-9 June Oulton Park
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5. 22-23 June Croft
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6. 3-4 August Snetterton
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7. 24-25 August Knockhill
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8. 14-15 September Rockingham
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9. 28-29 September Silverstone
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10. 12-13 October Brands Hatch Grand Prix
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So here's the grid as it stands:

NGTC Confirmed Drivers

Team Dynamics
1 Gordon Shedden - Honda Civic
2 Matt Neal - Honda Civic
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MG KX Momentum Racing
99 Jason Plato - MG 6
88 Sam Tordoff - MG 6
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Ebay Motors (WSR)
29 Colin Turkington - BMW 1-series
5 Rob Collard - BMW 1 - Series
18 Nick Foster - BMW 1- series
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Pirtek
77 Andy Jordan - Honda Civic
55 Jeff Smith- Honda Civic
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Airways Racing (Motorbase)
7 Matt Jackson - Ford Focus
8 Aaron Smith - Ford Focus
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Motorbase Performance
4 Michael Caine - Ford Focus (from Round 2)

Speedworks
17 Dave Newsham -Toyota Avensis
48 Ollie Jackson - Toyota Avensis
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Dynojet
11 Frank Wrathell - Toyota Avensis
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Ciceley Racing
33 Adam Morgan - Toyota Avensis
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Team HARD
31 Jack Goff -Vauxhall Insignia
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20 James Cole -Vauxhall Insignia
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6 Tom Onslow-Cole - VW Passat CC
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22 Robb Holland/Howard Fuller

wixracing.co.uk(Rob Austin Racing)
14 Will Bratt- Audi A4
13 Rob Austin-Audi A4
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AMD
TBA - Vauxhall Astra

BTC Racing
28 Chris Stockton - Chevrolet Cruze Hatch (From mid-season)

IP Tech Race Engineering
44 Andy Neate - Chevrolet Cruze (from Round 2)
TBA - Chevrolet Cruze

Welch Motorsport
10 Dan Welch - Proton Gen 2
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Thorney Motorsport
TBA - Vauxhall Insignia
TBA - Vauxhall Insignia

Jack Sears Trophy for S2000 cars entry list

Lea Wood Racing
43 Lea Wood - Vauxhall Vectra
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Motorbase Performance
66 Liam Griffin - Ford Focus
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AMD
15 James Kaye - VW Golf
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Welch Motorsport
12 David Nye - Ford Focus
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Techspeed
90 Joe Girling - Chevrolet Cruze
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Driver
39 Warren Scott - SEAT Leon
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Car count: 32 (Not counting Thorney or AMD Astra)
26 NGTC cars
6 Jack Sears Trophy cars

Those in bold are confirmed

Confirmed support package
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Renault Clio Cup
British FFord
Ginetta Supercup
Ginetta Juniors

Rules and Regulation Changes
New tyre rules including:
1.New 'soft' tyres that can only be used once during the races
2.You are now banned from mixing tyres meaning slick or wets only.

More bonkers boost regulations

http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3257 - Three strike rule

David Addison replaces Toby Moody alongside Harvey

Credit to the relevant people for the photographs.



2014 Confirmed entries

Ciceley Racing
Adam Morgan - Mercedes A-CLass
Author:  phil1993 [ Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
I noticed in the back of Autosport that AmD is willing to run the S2000 Golf next year or sell it for someone and that WSR is selling 2 of their BMWs
Author:  kart99 [ Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Chris James is likely not be returning next year
Author:  Gaara [ Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
WOO!
Author:  hedgey666 [ Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
That's a relief. Any chance he could take Neate with him?
Author:  kals [ Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
kart99 wrote:
Chris James is likely not be returning next year


That's fine as long as ES Racing remains.
Author:  kart99 [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Adam Morgan may not return next year as he is struggling for budget.
Author:  pimmy [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
His car's written-off as well :( .
Author:  kals [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Thanks Andy Neate.
Author:  phil1993 [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
kart99 wrote:
Adam Morgan may not return next year as he is struggling for budget.


That's a shame. He has talent and he's been unlucky, although he missed some glorious chances through his own errors.

Didn't Ginetta stop the free BTCC ride prize this year?
Author:  kart99 [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Yes. They gave a cash prize instead
Author:  pimmy [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Tony Hughes will not be driving next year but he will stay with Speedworks as a sponsor with the aim of getting O'Neill in the car full-time.

Should have these as a support series :lol: :
Author:  RtN [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Liam Griffin will probably not be back either. He's off to GTs (still with Motorbase).

EDIT: Also, reading through the 2012 thread, I have found the reason why the engine parity was bollocksed up. Look who was in charge of it;

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/07/lotu ... rformance/
Author:  codename_47 [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Never read such a dejected season review from a team:

http://www.thorney-vauxhall.co.uk/thorneyRacing.html

Amazingly open and honest tbh, I hope 2013 is a lot better for them.

P.S From the bottom there, Fuck you Vauxhall, you're promoting your racing heritage in your latest ads, yet you spend all your money on Football. Arses.
Author:  Philthy82 [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
codename_47 wrote:
Never read such a dejected season review from a team:

http://www.thorney-vauxhall.co.uk/thorneyRacing.html

Amazingly open and honest tbh, I hope 2013 is a lot better for them.

P.S From the bottom there, Fuck you Vauxhall, you're promoting your racing heritage in your latest ads, yet you spend all your money on Football. Arses.


Great article, thanks for posting that. Those are the kind of efforts that are increasingly rare in professional motorsport these days, and BTCC should be proud to have them.

Sounds promising for next year:

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As for Thorney Motorsport running a team next year? Well it appears that hard work and perseverance do have their rewards, we have three large sponsors on board for next year so our plan is to run a pair of Insignias VXR-R's under a new team name which will be announced at Autosport in January.
Author:  kals [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
That's the kind of honesty and charm that builds legends. These kinds of people are and should always be the backbone of the BTCC. Thorne could have bought a car to run (like Pirtek racing) but chose to do it the hard way. Kudos. Here's wishing him and his organisation and successful 2013.
Author:  kart99 [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Dave Newsham wants to go NGTC next year:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8327
Author:  kals [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Newsham should try to hook up with someone like Rob Austin or Tony Gilham.
Author:  hedgey666 [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
Newsham would be a good fit with Austin... would love to see what he could do in a well sorted NGTC car.
Author:  phil1993 [ Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BTCC 2013
So Tim, why not say this on TV...

Tim Harvey wrote:
ARMED with the same factory MG equipment as Jason Plato, and run by the crack Triple Eight team, Neate scored a total of 79 points from 30 races and finished 16th in the championship. Team mate Plato scored 376 points, 297 more than Neate, and finished third in the championship! Granted Neate has worked hard to raise the money to pay for his seat (rumoured to be £650,000) but that does not give him the talent required to do the car and team justice. Not only was his performance a complete waste of machinery, he failed to give MG or Triple Eight any help in the manufacturers’ and teams’ championships. And during the course of the series he managed to run into or upset the majority of his fellow competitors. Hopefully MG will be able to use his generous funding to put a quality driver in a third car for 2013
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