BTCC Rd. 7 @ Knockhill 24th-25th August 2013

pimmy · PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:34 pm

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Track Stats:
Length:      1.2713 miles
No. of laps: 24
Distance:    30.5112 miles
Races held:  49 (since 1992)

2012 Winners:
Race 1: Rob Collard
Race 2: Rob Collard
Race 3: Dave Newsham

All-time Winners:

Drivers:
7: Jason Plato
4: Matt Neal
3: Alain Menu, Rickard Rydell, Anthony Reid, Darren Turner, Gordon Shedden, Rob Collard
2: Frank Biela, Fabrizio Giovanardi
1: Jeff Allam, Tim Harvey, John Cleland, Julian Bailey, Steve Soper, John Bintcliffe, Derek Warwick, Laurent Aiello, Gabriele Tarquini, Simon Graves, Andy Priaulx, Yvan Muller, Mat Jackson, Tom Chilton, Tom Boardman, Dave Newsham

Manufacturers:
9: Honda, Vauxhall
8: SEAT
4: BMW
3: Audi, Ford, MG, Chevrolet
2: Renault, Volvo, Nissan
1: Toyota

Championship Standings:
1.  Matt Neal        256
2.  Andrew Jordan    247
3.  Gordon Shedden   234
4.  Colin Turkington 219
5.  Jason Plato      206
6.  Sam Tordoff      182
7.  Adam Morgan      162
8.  Árón Smith       119
9.  Jeff Smith       116
10. Tom Onslow-Cole  108

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kals · PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:17 pm

Glad BTCC still uses Knockhill. It is a great track.

pimmy · PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:21 pm

No Jeff Smith this weekend

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:39 pm

That's a shame, although I wonder why they couldn't find somebody else to fill the seat.

Hoping we don't get too many that can't be bothered to travel to Scotland. I've never really understood it anyway. It's Knockhill. Hardly Thurso or Stornoway.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:37 am

That picture in the OP must be a frickin' amazing place to watch from. You might see the entire track from there, less perhaps the bits around Duffus dip where it drops down...(hence the name...duhhh :P )

Anyway, due to F1InPubs duties I'll be lucky if I see anything live. Maybe race 3 if I'm lucky.

Again I'll rant against the scheduling.

DON'T race when F1 is on, it can't be that hard....can it?

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:58 am

codename_47 wrote:

That picture in the OP must be a frickin' amazing place to watch from. You might see the entire track from there, less perhaps the bits around Duffus dip where it drops down...(hence the name...duhhh :P )

That's from the top of the Knockhill itself (the one in the pictures with all the transmission masts.) It's private ground (hence all the sheep) so if you did try to watch from there you'd probably get shot by a disgruntled farmer.

Fair enough if Smith has business commitments but there's no excuse for a top team like that to not run someone out in the second car. Hoping the usual "But it's sooooooo faaaaaar..." nonsense doesn't claim too many entries this weekend.

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:31 am

Looks like it may be showery on Sunday. I'll take waterproofs......

Slam · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:14 am

codename_47 wrote:

That picture in the OP must be a frickin' amazing place to watch from. You might see the entire track from there, less perhaps the bits around Duffus dip where it drops down...(hence the name...duhhh :P )

Anyway, due to F1InPubs duties I'll be lucky if I see anything live. Maybe race 3 if I'm lucky.

Again I'll rant against the scheduling.

DON'T race when F1 is on, it can't be that hard....can it?

It's about time you started BTCCinPubs tbh...

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:34 pm

James Kaye did his knee in and will miss the race, Amd won't be replacing him.

highgroove · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:28 pm

And Rob Austins other leg was eaten by free willy, so he won't be participating either. Etc etc... Sounds like a lot of bs excuses not to travel up tbh.
How far is Knockhill from Croft btw?

ryan86 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:10 pm

I can get from Dunfermline to Selby and back on £50 worth of fuel.

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:51 pm

Gaara wrote:

James Kaye did his knee in and will miss the race, Amd won't be replacing him.

Bit more on this. As it turns out, AMD are just renting the car from Dynamics and part of the agreement is that Kaye races it and no one else. Strange, but that seems the jist of it.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:23 pm

Slam wrote:

codename_47 wrote:

That picture in the OP must be a frickin' amazing place to watch from. You might see the entire track from there, less perhaps the bits around Duffus dip where it drops down...(hence the name...duhhh :P )

Anyway, due to F1InPubs duties I'll be lucky if I see anything live. Maybe race 3 if I'm lucky.

Again I'll rant against the scheduling.

DON'T race when F1 is on, it can't be that hard....can it?

It's about time you started BTCCinPubs tbh...

I wish! In Birmingham we get around 50 people per race (depending on timezones...more for Brazil, Canada etc, strangely more still for Aus...)
but any time we've done anything else (Indy500, switching the BTCC before/after meetings, Bathurst etc), no-one seems bothered. Damn casuals

Hope it rains so much they have to race on Monday!

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:06 pm

kart99 wrote:

Gaara wrote:

James Kaye did his knee in and will miss the race, Amd won't be replacing him.

Bit more on this. As it turns out, AMD are just renting the car from Dynamics and part of the agreement is that Kaye races it and no one else. Strange, but that seems the jist of it.

Would be down to insurence wouldn't it?

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:35 pm

highgroove wrote:

How far is Knockhill from Croft btw?

170 miles, depending on route.

There isn't really any excuse for it. I drove from Suffolk to the Outer Hebrides in a day, earlier this month. Where's the love for Scotland?

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:14 pm

The kid from One Direction's car for the weekend.

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:34 pm

In significantly fewer pieces than it will be by 5pm on Sunday afternoon.

kart99 · PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:57 pm

Mike Bushell will replace Andy Neate this weekend.

kals · PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:36 pm

Well that's a drop out I'm not disappointed with.

highgroove · PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:39 pm

De Cesaris fan wrote:

highgroove wrote:

How far is Knockhill from Croft btw?

170 miles, depending on route.

There isn't really any excuse for it. I drove from Suffolk to the Outer Hebrides in a day, earlier this month. Where's the love for Scotland?

Pfft child's play, that! I drove from Cardiff to Darlington last week, 288 miles each way and it only took 4.5 hours to complete. Can't see how Knockhill is a problem really...

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