BTCC- Answer the Question - Page 2

redshoes · 20 Feb 2005, 23:38 (Ref:1230992)

There wasn't an Independents' class in 2001 and I'm not sure I'd class Egg as privateers anyhow. If you discount that Neal actually scored 3 more wins before the next independent.

Matt Neal, Donington 1999
Matt Neal, Brands Hatch 2000
Matt Neal, Brands Hatch 2004
Matt Neal, Silverstone 2004
Dan Eaves, Oulton Park 2004

lj79 · 21 Feb 2005, 06:30 (Ref:1231116)

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Originally Posted by lj79

But before I go:

a) Which BTCC driver qualified on Pole for the 85 TT?

b) What was unique (in Touring Car circles) to the car? (clue - it was featured on Tomorrows World on BBC1)

Yep it was Dave Brodie

What was unique was it's car-pits telemetry system.

P.Cummins · 21 Feb 2005, 08:22 (Ref:1231190)

OK, well, someone post another one then.......

racer69 · 22 Feb 2005, 08:15 (Ref:1232096)

Who subbed for Tim Harvey in the Labatts Sierra at one of the Brands Hatch races in 1989?

Hint - A previous Bathurst winner.

lj79 · 22 Feb 2005, 08:21 (Ref:1232103)

Racer 69 - was it a`previous Bathurst winner at the time, or a future winner?

William Dale Jr · 22 Feb 2005, 08:34 (Ref:1232115)

Tomas Mezera?

lj79 · 22 Feb 2005, 08:52 (Ref:1232130)

Win Percy?

Neil Adams · 22 Feb 2005, 09:16 (Ref:1232151)

Tomas Mezera

P.Cummins · 22 Feb 2005, 13:27 (Ref:1232362)

Karl Jones?

lj79 · 22 Feb 2005, 13:49 (Ref:1232389)

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Originally Posted by P.Cummins

Karl Jones?

He's never won Bathurst

racer69 · 23 Feb 2005, 08:54 (Ref:1233229)

Yes WDJ and Neil Adams, it was Tomas Mezera.

Quite a good drive, he came third of fourth from memory in that race. I'm not sure why Tim Harvey wasn't racing though......

William Dale Jr, your question

P.Cummins - Karl Jones was racing a Sierra at the time, doing quite well as well. He set pole in the last round of the 1989 BTCC at Silverstone.

William Dale Jr · 23 Feb 2005, 09:04 (Ref:1233237)

OK, in 1988, one of Reudi Eggenberger's black-and-red Texaco missiles made several appearances at rounds of the BTCC. Who drove it?

And for bonus points, when was the other time an Eggenberger-built Sierra appeared in the championship and who was at the wheel?

lj79 · 23 Feb 2005, 09:48 (Ref:1233274)

Soper / Brancatelli - can't remember which one.

Did Schenider have a blast in 89?

Neil Adams · 23 Feb 2005, 17:59 (Ref:1233734)

both Steve Soper & Gianfranco Brancatelli drove them in 88

soper for rounds 3, 8 and 11
brancatelli for the final round

and Amato Ferrari in 1990, dont know how many rounds, probably just one

P.Cummins · 24 Feb 2005, 18:54 (Ref:1234760)

Soper and Brancatelli did drive an Eggenberger RS500 in 1988. Thats definite. Im not exactly sure when it made another appearence in the BTCC but I know for sure that Eggenbergar entered a 2 or so cars in the 87 Bathurst race and in the ETCC some time later but I cannot be sure if it was an RS500. Anyway, thats beside the point.

lj79 · 24 Feb 2005, 19:17 (Ref:1234803)

Yep 2 x RS500s.

"won" but didn't.

Someone kick my memory in to action - was the winning car excluded due to wheelarches being made of the wrong stuff.

Anyway P Cummins - this left victory to the King of the Mountain - Peter Brock in his Holden.

The video of the race is good - for long parts it ****ed down and some of the in car footage from the Nissan Skyline (Gary Scott?) is some of the best you will ever see.

P.Cummins · 24 Feb 2005, 19:30 (Ref:1234843)

Yes, I heard that. Thanks lj79.

Neil Adams · 24 Feb 2005, 19:36 (Ref:1234857)

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Originally Posted by lj79

The video of the race is good - for long parts it ****ed down and some of the in car footage from the Nissan Skyline (Gary Scott?) is some of the best you will ever see.

ahh the skyline caught in the ran was 87? i bought the 86 video from duke in good faith expecting to see said footage, they have the packaging and summary on their site wrong!

racer69 · 25 Feb 2005, 06:59 (Ref:1235284)

P.Cummins:

Eggenberger ran 2 XR4Ti Ford Sierra/Murkors (however it's spelt) in the 1986 ETCC. In 1988 they ran 2 and sometimes 3 RS500s in the ETCC, plus the occasional entry in the BTCC.

In 1987 they ran 2 Ford Sierra Cosworths in the early rounds of the World Touring Car Championship that year, before upgrading to the RS500 at Brno? from memory. The 1987 WTCC included rounds at Bathurst (the Bathurst 1000), Calder Park (a combined oval/road coarse, Australia was the only country to get 2 rounds), Wellington and Mt Fuji.

At Bathurst the Eggenberger Texaco Sierra RS500s came first and second, but were protested primarily by Frank Gardner (who ran the local factory JPS BMW M3s) for illegal wheel arch modifications. They had been modified to fit bigger wheels (and therefore tyres) They were protested and ultimatly disqualified. They appealed and took it to the FIA in Paris, who dismissed the appeal, handing the win to Peter Brock/David Parsons/Peter McLoed in the third placed Mobil Dealer Team Holden Commodore. The decision by the FIA/FISA was handed down on the Friday of the last round at Mt Fuji, forcing Eggenberger to quickly 'legalise' the cars. They still won the race though.

On-Board footage of the Nissan Skyline:

That was 1987, Glen Seton as the rain was starting to come down for the 'first time', before the more severe second storm. The race was cloudy, but stayed dry for roughly the first 120 laps or so (of 161).

Neil - Yes, 1986 was bone dry. Still quite a good race though. The last 'real Bathurst' as some would say.....(last Bathurst with no safety cars, no Caltex Chase, no FIA interference etc.....)

lj79 · 25 Feb 2005, 07:33 (Ref:1235321)

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Originally Posted by racer69

P.Cummins:

Neil - Yes, 1986 was bone dry. Still quite a good race though. The last 'real Bathurst' as some would say.....(last Bathurst with no safety cars, no Caltex Chase, no FIA interference etc.....)

and the death of Mike Burgman...

Neil Adams · 25 Feb 2005, 13:17 (Ref:1235641)

was that the guy who had rolled down conrod straight? the car was totaled and a marshal was in tears, horrific accident

who got the question right William Dale Jr ?

lj79 · 25 Feb 2005, 13:21 (Ref:1235648)

[QUOTE=Neil Adams]was that the guy who had rolled down conrod straight? the car was totaled and a marshal was in tears, horrific accidentQUOTE]

Yep, but I think it was towards the end of Conrod. Don't know about the marshall

Peter Williamson had a major shunt on Conrod too in his Supra in 86. Lucky t get away with his life.

William Dale Jr · 25 Feb 2005, 13:35 (Ref:1235666)

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Originally Posted by Neil Adams

who got the question right William Dale Jr ?

lj79, you had the right names, but Neil gave the most complete answer.

Soper was the driver for every appearance of the Eggenberger car in the 1988 BTCC bar one: the final round at Silverstone, where Brancatelli raced (and won) whilst Soper was away racing at Bathurst that weekend. And yes, it was Amato Ferrari in 1990. He did at least 2 rounds, one at Brands where he bunkered it at Clark Curve at the end of the first lap, and he was also at the Birmingham Superprix round. Can't remember whether he appeared again, though.

Your question Neil...

Neil Adams · 25 Feb 2005, 15:57 (Ref:1235803)

who holds the record for the most outright wins as an independent?

lj79 · 25 Feb 2005, 16:27 (Ref:1235822)

Matt Neal????

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