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Old 11 Jan 2010, 16:30 (Ref:2611720)   #501
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Is Hughes looking to be coming back in his MG?
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Old 12 Jan 2010, 10:42 (Ref:2612098)   #502
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Thanks for the support.

The easy choice would have been to buy a Leon because that would have still ticked the VAG box for us especially as we have a great relationship with SEAT after winning the Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup in 2009 with our Leons.

But......the PR value of "just another SEAT" in the BTCC is virtually nil for AmD. A VW Golf in the BTCC is a completely different ball-game PR wise!

Its up to us to make sure we have the right balance between news worthiness and race worthiness?

I haven't seen any comments regarding running a second car but if we did it would be built by us in-house. However running 2 cars would be over ambitious at this stage.

This car needs a a thorough strip down and numerous technical changes to comply to RACMSA regs before the season starts in April. This work, including aero changes, will be completed in-house and we will include details on our Workshop Blog.

Cheers Shaun.
Did you plan this for a long time or did you see opportunities to develop a Volkswagen (or other VAG brand) racing car when BTCC announced the NGTC rules? So 2010 will a learning year. With NGTC it's cheaper to develop and run a car (at least in theory).

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Old 12 Jan 2010, 14:58 (Ref:2612197)   #503
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dont know but paul luti has bought one of the mg's. belive he is planning to run it with the toca engine
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Old 12 Jan 2010, 22:19 (Ref:2612449)   #504
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Did you plan this for a long time or did you see opportunities to develop a Volkswagen (or other VAG brand) racing car when BTCC announced the NGTC rules? So 2010 will a learning year. With NGTC it's cheaper to develop and run a car (at least in theory).

Good luck in 2010!
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The NGTC rules probably sparked the thought process! But developing a new car is very expensive at this level whatever the rules so, initially, buying a car was the first route and when the Golf became available it was our first choice.

Not many people would see it as a natural choice but we are taking into account the nature of our business which is VAG vehicle tuning and the VW Golf is our core business.

Thanks for the support.

Cheers Shaun.
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Old 13 Jan 2010, 18:06 (Ref:2612867)   #505
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SEAT Sport say that they will support anyone running a Leon FSI or TDI in local and World championships:

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''“After achieving all possible successes in the WTCC, we are now going to focus all our efforts on customer sports in different championships, such as the WTCC...

....The presence of our cars in different championships and countries will continue to be a major value to strengthen our brand image.''
http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.asp?idnews=446

Anyone brave enough to want to run a TDI in the BTCC? Can anyone from the UK afford it? Theres got to be 4+ diesel and a fair few petrol Leons available now. What happened to Northern South's TDIs? Were they petrol and converted to diesel?

Edit - side note, I think we need a Super Touring Register-style site for S2000 and BTC spec cars
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Old 13 Jan 2010, 20:23 (Ref:2612938)   #506
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Tom Boardman's WTCC car from 2009 was Darren Turner's 2008 BTCC chassis.
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Not many people would see it as a natural choice but we are taking into account the nature of our business which is VAG vehicle tuning and the VW Golf is our core business.
You've got support from me chap, and my uni housemate who's a dub nut becoming more and more of a motorsport nut too, he'll make sure the message gets out to dub culture as much as possible, spread the word.

Anything that gets more fans and more interest in the series is always a good thing.
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The NGTC rules probably sparked the thought process! But developing a new car is very expensive at this level whatever the rules so, initially, buying a car was the first route and when the Golf became available it was our first choice.

Not many people would see it as a natural choice but we are taking into account the nature of our business which is VAG vehicle tuning and the VW Golf is our core business.
Seems like a very prudent way to enter BTCC as well as getting good PR value for your money.

Do you plan to throw in an NGTC engine from at least mid season to get a head start for 2011 as well?
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First pictures of Andrew Jordan's turbo Vauxhall:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4318
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 11:54 (Ref:2613269)   #510
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new WSR livery unvieled, although not finalised....
www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4319
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 13:24 (Ref:2613318)   #511
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Colin Turkington's not yet committed to WSR though [see link here]... I imagine they're operating off a much smaller budget right now, the Alvara livery has a lot of white space on it.
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 15:57 (Ref:2613397)   #513
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Colin Turkington's not yet committed to WSR though [see link here]... I imagine they're operating off a much smaller budget right now, the Alvara livery has a lot of white space on it.
At the end of an interview on TCT said:

''Bennetts also backed up comments by Turkington to TouringCarTimes, that "As it stands, a golden opportunity exists for a company to take up title sponsorship of the most successful non-works BMW team in Europe."'

http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4322

So it looks like it could end up changing. Personally, I hope it does, there's enough white BMWs over the past few years in motorsport to last a lifetime. For the record, Alvara is part of Ceravision, meaning Andy Neate's links etc.
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Old 14 Jan 2010, 20:07 (Ref:2613497)   #515
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i sooooo want that AJ Vectra as a 1080p background its just such a simple but brilliant livery for that car
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First pictures of Andrew Jordan's turbo Vauxhall:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4318
Umm...distinctive, to say the least. Will have to wait until the photo shoot to make a definitive judgement

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new WSR livery unvieled, although not finalised....
www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=4319
That, on the other hand, looks gorgeous
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Umm...distinctive, to say the least. Will have to wait until the photo shoot to make a definitive judgement
The sketch looks better as the real car.
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So WSR's big announcement was that they have no major sponsor and no drivers! It's all very well Dick Bennetts taking up the possibility of running 3 cars or doing ETCC/WTCC (story on TCT) but so far they seem to have squat.
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''Bennetts also backed up comments by Turkington to TouringCarTimes, that "As it stands, a golden opportunity exists for a company to take up title sponsorship of the most successful non-works BMW team in Europe."'
That is one bold statement considering the competition from both STCC, DTC and WTCC indie BMW teams... and WSR hasn't even participated in eg the ETCC AFAIK, so how can they judge their strenght relative other European teams?
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That is one bold statement considering the competition from both STCC, DTC and WTCC indie BMW teams... and WSR hasn't even participated in eg the ETCC AFAIK, so how can they judge their strenght relative other European teams?
As ever, simply on the number of titles and races won! :P
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As ever, simply on the number of titles and races won! :P
So 1 BTCC title & 0 ETCC titles make them the best European indie BMW TC team?

That pales in comparison to eg WCRs 5 STCC titles & 1 ETCC title to just name 1 other team in contention.

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So 1 BTCC title & 0 ETCC titles make them the best European indie BMW TC team?

That pales in comparison to eg WRCs 5 STCC titles & 1 ETCC title to just name 1 other team in contention.
Maybe there including indie titles?
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Well, thats quite easy to determine, here is the statistics for the top three STCC teams:

Kristoffersson Motorsport: 7 titles
5 - STCC drivers titles
2 - STCC team titles

WestCoast Racing - 7 titles
4 - STCC drivers titles
2 - STCC team titles
1 - ETCC drivers title

Flash Engineering - 6 titles
3 - STCC drivers titles
3 - STCC team titles
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Maybe there including indie titles?
Even if they did (which wouldn't' be an apples to apples comparison), WSR hasn't raced BMW long enough to make it 5 titles in total including indie titles.
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I think its fair to say WSR have a huge amount of success in the BTCC running Ford, Honda, MG and now BMW but like has been said does that make you the most successful non works BMW team ? WCR have a better track record and more titles. Some time I think BTCC teams bask in the BTCC's former glory too much.
WSR did launch th career of one Ayrton Senna though so they might have a right to boast, just not about their BMW achivements

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