BTCC @ Rockingham 17th-18th Sept. OINK

pimmy · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:00 pm

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Track Stats:
Length:      1.94 miles
No. of laps: 16
Distance:    31.04 miles
Races held:  14 (since 2003)

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2010 Winners:
Race 1: Matt Neal
Race 2: Jason Plato
Race 3: Matt Neal

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All-time winners:

Drivers:
4: Matt Neal (2003, 2008, 2010 x2)
3: Jason Plato (2007, 2009, 2010)
2: Fabrizio Giovanardi (2007 x2), Stephen Jelley (2009 x2)
1: Yvan Muller (2003), Gordon Shedden (2008), Mat Jackson (2008)

Manufacturers:
4: Honda (2003, 2008, 2010 x2), Vauxhall (2003, 2007 x2, 2008)
3: BMW (2008, 2009 x2)
2: Chevrolet (2009, 2010)
1: SEAT (2007)

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Championship Standings:
1.  Gordon Shedden 182
2.  Matt Neal      181
3.  Mat Jackson    159
4.  Jason Plato    147
5.  James Nash     135
6.  Andrew Jordan  121
7.  Tom Chilton     98
8.  Rob Collard     91
9.  Alex MacDowall  74
10. Tom Boardman    55

Timetable
Pick Em's

Gaara · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:02 pm

Plato in the oval wall in race one would be ideal.

RtN · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:06 pm

Would be nice to see a pack of 30 head into turn 1.

Not so nice seeing them all trying to brake for the hairpin.

kart99 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:07 pm

Should be fun. Will have to record it as I am working, which is a bitch.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:23 pm

My last round of the year possibly (Uni)

But, Michael Caine will be blowing the bloody doors off of the Airwaves Ford
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kals · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:30 pm

Amazing! That's great. He's been around for so long it is about time he made his BTCC debut.

pimmy · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:39 pm

So we're looking at a 27-car grid for this weekend then, assuming Hughes & Wood show up. Possibly 28 if 888 can find another driver.

kart99 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:42 pm

Should be 28, should it not?

Going by manufacturer, this is how the grid should look this weekend

Chevy

Plato
MacDowell
O'Neill
George
James

Honda

Shedden
Neal
Wood

Ford

Neate
Chilton
TOC
Jackson
Caine
Griffin

BMW

Collard
Foster
Gilham

Toyota

Wrathell
Hughes

Vauxhall

Jordan
Nash
Smith

Seat

Boardman
Newsham

VW

Byford

Proton

Welch

Audi

Austin
Swanwick

If everyone turns up, it means we should have 28 cars on the grid for Rockingham.

pimmy · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:51 pm

Nope, Swanwick's entering at Brands.

kart99 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:52 pm

Ah well, 27 cars is ace.

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:05 pm

Nice grid.

I still can't work out if I actually like Rockingham. I mean, the first corner and oval section is cool, and the races are usually pretty good. It just seems to be missing something. Maybe the backdrop is a little bland.

Really looking forward to it though. Clios and F-Renault are back with us as well.

(although I'll miss those Mini's)

phil1993 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:06 pm

De Cesaris fan wrote:

Nice grid.

I still can't work out if I actually like Rockingham. I mean, the first corner and oval section is cool, and the races are usually pretty good. It just seems to be missing something. Maybe the backdrop is a little bland.

Exactly my feeling

kals · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:21 pm

De Cesaris fan wrote:

I still can't work out if I actually like Rockingham.................. It just seems to be missing something.

Yes, character.

kart99 · PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:33 pm

Also, if we do get 27 cars am I right in thinking this will be the biggest grid for the BTCC since 1994?

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:23 am

kals wrote:

De Cesaris fan wrote:

I still can't work out if I actually like Rockingham.................. It just seems to be missing something.

Yes, character.

And soul.

Speedworx · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:46 pm

Tracks can have character and soul (Knockhill), but produce dull racing (see knockhill again).

Rockingham might be dull, but I've yet to see a dull BTCC race there.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:36 pm

I know, but for me a circuit seems wrong unless it has trees and elevation changes and a sense of everything being packed in like at Brands or Oulton.

kart99 · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:33 pm

Speedworx wrote:

Tracks can have character and soul (Knockhill), but produce dull racing (see knockhill again).

Knockhill has NEVER produced a dull race.

Gaara · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:28 pm

kart99 wrote:

Speedworx wrote:

Tracks can have character and soul (Knockhill), but produce dull racing (see knockhill again).

Knockhill has NEVER produced a dull race.

Look at the poster...

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:31 pm

Speedworx wrote:

Tracks can have character and soul (Knockhill), but produce dull racing (see knockhill again).

I'm sorry, but just LAWL.

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BTCC @ Rockingham 17th-18th Sept. OINK

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