BTCC is deadly.

whyamihere

Watching Herbert, Turkington and Giovianni having a 3 way battle through a hairpin and a chicane I realised I'd stopped breathing for around 30 seconds. If the battle had carried on I probably still wouldn't be breathing.

I love BTCC...

tlw1

yep - don't watch it enough though.

Was there on Sunday & it is great close racing.

Daz555

Great series. Why people watch still watch the shambles that is F1, when we have BTCC and MotoGP, is beyond me.

llamafarmer

I went off BTCC when they cut the supertouring cars and I thought it got really dull. It does look a lot better these days though.

The Northern Monkey

love btcc.. Watched it this weekend along with all the other races...

The kids in those ginetta's and nutters

Always go and watch a round every year

jayson

Im a big fan or the porsche carrera cup myself, always loved 911's since i was a teenager.

Even with all of the drama that seems to be goin on in and around it my first love is and always will be F1, ive watched it since i was old enough to even know what was happenin on the tv which is about 35 yrs now!!!!

Northwind

BTCC lost its edge when they stopped racing volvo estates Still great mind but those were classic years.

paul.skibum

MotoGP, F1 I still watch.

BTCC I used to follow but miss the volvo estates defnitely. The cars these days look like kev boy motors.

stuart_c-2

They only stopped running the estate when they brought in the super touring rules with the aero kits. They couldn't fit a spoiler to the roof. The Volvo was always the loudest car out there just because the boot echoed the noise so much.

Then you had the Mondeo that was running a V6 instead of a straight 4 pot like everyone else, that used to sound like it was screaming it's nuts off.

The old days were cool. 8)

llamafarmer

Northwind wrote:

BTCC lost its edge when they stopped racing volvo estates Still great mind but those were classic years.

Amen! Those volvos were superb. I loved the fire spitting V40s too though.

I used to go to Thruxton every season - Rydell's Swedish shuffle down at the first chicane

boogercj

Ah, the days of Listerine BMW's, Alfa 155's, Volvos in fact any more than 3 manufacturers! Those were the golden ages of BTCC (and World superbikes) IMO.

It looks like it's got better than it was say a couple of years ago, but nowhere near as good as it was back then.

Oh, and Chevrolets? What happened to good cars?! :twisted:

Joe_Pineapples

I stopped watching the BTCC when knocking someone off the track became a legitimate overtaking maneuvre. Call me old fashioned, but I remember the days of Steve Soper, Johnny Cecotto, Joachim Winkelhock and the like battling it out and using skill to pass their rivals rather than the front bumper.

MotoGP on the other hand, now that is where the real action happens. I'll never forget watching Rossi at Phillip Island in 2003 win by 15 seconds, cancelling the 10 second penalty he'd been given for passing under a yellow flag. Legends are made of this.

stuart_c-2

This....



is when BTCC was cool.

I don't think there was ever a time when a bit of "rubbing" wasn't part of BTCC. It's just harder to do these days with all the stupid bodywork glued on. I lost interest a few years back when they started looking like kit cars. I think they tried to copy the DTM style from that era and failed.

Sir HC

Some of the old supertourers are still racing, the likes of the Rapid Fit Mondeo, Matt Neals Honda as well as others.

The BTCC is set to change in 2011 with new rules, which should bring more manufacturers in.

Northwind

Stuart_C wrote:

This....



is when BTCC was cool.

John Cleland, what a legend. 1992, last round, last lap, him and Steve Soper... "Just a little rubbing! Rubbing's racing!"

jay12

BTCC is great. short laps, lots of turns and no pit stops lik in F1 and it's more exiting too.

i do love some 24hr racing like in Le Mans

stuart_c-2

Northwind wrote:

John Cleland, what a legend. 1992, last round, last lap, him and Steve Soper... "Just a little rubbing! Rubbing's racing!"

Murray Walker's commentary:

"I'm going for number 1" Cleland is saying!

What a blinder.

Dirtydog11

Anyone remember when Mike Smith tried his hand?

No one's mentioned Andy Rouse and the RS500s and what about the Birmingham Superprix not to mention Frank Sitner in the BMW M3.

Touring cars today isn't a patch on what it was in the late 80s early 90s

Andy B

Anyone watch the Aussie V8 Supercars? (or the V8 Utes)

Awesome door banging stuff :twisted:

Joe_Pineapples

I watched the V8's at the weekend, they're mental.
100 laps of Phillip Island and the leading Ford and the second placed Holden were separated by a gap the size of Lena Zavaroni's waist!

llamafarmer

Mansell vs Cleland in the pouring rain at Donnington. Classic race!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-R665bquMg