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Memorable BTCC Moments
There's got to be some, it's the series' 60th Anniversary this year after all.
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This one is memorable for the wrong reasons. Anyone remember that woman who did the grid walk and was still trying to get interviews well after the 3 minute board? She mustn't have been allowed on the grid for the rest of the day and I don't think we ever saw her again. That's the first and only time i've seen something like that, I just cant remember when it was, may have been when BTCC was on MotorsTV and Sultana or Santa or what ever that channel was called.
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So many since the beginning
The 2 car shootout for the title in 1958 That big battle at Crystal Palace in the early 70s Rouse vs Soper in 88 The Man's an Animal! That famous race by Mansell in the rain Neal winning the big cheque And that fabalous 3 way fight for the title in the final round in 09 |
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I can't remember the date, but the time that Nettan Lindgren won her class at Thruxton. Everyone in the pit lane stood and applauded her as she drove in at th end of the race.
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Not as memorable as the time she berated Jonathan Palmer after their collision at Snetterton. ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman rammed’ as Murray said
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'The car upside-down is a Toyota ... with Will Hoy crawling out of it!'
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Rouse and Soper at Brands and Donington 1988.
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Watched the Touring Car Legends documentaries from early 2014, Rouse and Gordon Spice had a memorable stint as team-mates in 1981.
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Tell us more, why was it memorable?
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It was actually 1980 and you can tell they were a formidable pair determined to give each other a run for their money if the clips from that particular season in Touring Car Legends Part 1 is anything to go by, Spice and Rouse even go as far as describe their time as team-mates in that particular episode.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EgZYIB2qk
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What about the Capris vs Rovers?
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I wasn't around, but people always seem to remember they had great battles, particularly at Silverstone
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Ford vs Rover, the story of the early 80s
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I witnessed a lot of spectacular things on (and off) the tracks when I was on the touring car circus however for me it was the huge crashes that must have cost a serious amount of money to repair, I was actually watching from Paddock bend when this happened !!
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Tony Dron , his Dolomite giving away a litre to the Capris , catching and passing Gordon Spice in his Capri on the run to the chequered flag after Spice had been baulked by a backmarker at the final corner , to win the September Thruxton round outright .
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Matt Neal's 1st win in 99 of course.
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Watching the off season touring car race at Donington from just beyond Starkeys, looking back and seeing Odor's Primera ABOVE the bridge in mid air, not through it or under it!!
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