BTCC 2024 News & Rumours - Page 33

thetool · 20 Dec 2023, 17:48 (Ref:4189519)

Something worth bearing in mind is that some of these teams have "expanded" in the past on paper but had to hand their TBLs back before the start of the season. Speedworks have done this at least once previously.

sceptic · 20 Dec 2023, 19:05 (Ref:4189522)

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Originally Posted by InYourMirrors45

Jelly, Watson, gamble and smalley

Jelley is not returning.

I think Collard is probably favourite for the last BMW seat.

Evantra · 20 Dec 2023, 19:24 (Ref:4189525)

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Originally Posted by sceptic

I think Collard is probably favourite for the last BMW seat.

They’d be on different sides of the garage, but somehow I imagine a Hill and Collard pairing could get rather spicy!

Mike Harte · 20 Dec 2023, 19:50 (Ref:4189528)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

They’d be on different sides of the garage, but somehow I imagine a Hill and Collard pairing could get rather spicy!

Don't overlook that Hill has so far, at least in the WSR ensemble, not exactly shown himself to be a team player. I do believe that there is not much love between him and Turkington, for example.

Adamcas87 · 20 Dec 2023, 23:19 (Ref:4189544)

Think Andrew Watson for the 4th BMW Seat would be good

SV8Predator · 21 Dec 2023, 09:29 (Ref:4189561)

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Originally Posted by Adamcas87

Think Andrew Watson for the 4th BMW Seat would be good

Not going to happen though.

coffinpilot · 21 Dec 2023, 11:38 (Ref:4189566)

It's the rumours page, so don't burn me (it's one of those my mate works at X type of things) but my *mate does work with Car Gods stuff, and he did say that after chatting with someone in the company that they said (as a sales pitch) that business has grown and they're putting a fair bit more into Gamble for next season.

Got to be honest, I had never checked out what Car Gods do, I thought they did wraps and stuff like that, didn't know they were a Power Maxed 'rival!'

*mate runs a valeting business, doesn't have the slightest interest in anything in racing outside of F1, didn't have a clue who Gamble was.

billy bleach · 21 Dec 2023, 12:00 (Ref:4189567)

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Originally Posted by coffinpilot

It's the rumours page, so don't burn me (it's one of those my mate works at X type of things) but my *mate does work with Car Gods stuff, and he did say that after chatting with someone in the company that they said (as a sales pitch) that business has grown and they're putting a fair bit more into Gamble for next season.

Got to be honest, I had never checked out what Car Gods do, I thought they did wraps and stuff like that, didn't know they were a Power Maxed 'rival!'

*mate runs a valeting business, doesn't have the slightest interest in anything in racing outside of F1, didn't have a clue who Gamble was.

That activation working well then!

Craner Curves · 21 Dec 2023, 13:00 (Ref:4189569)

They're pretty big. I only learned this when I saw ad hoardings all over the Adelaide street circuit last month for the Supercars finale.

Adamcas87 · 21 Dec 2023, 15:01 (Ref:4189582)

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Originally Posted by SV8Predator

Not going to happen though.

Why’s that?

Matt K · 21 Dec 2023, 15:20 (Ref:4189587)

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Originally Posted by Craner Curves

They're pretty big. I only learned this when I saw ad hoardings all over the Adelaide street circuit last month for the Supercars finale.

Saw that as well and was a bit surprised (positively). If they're indeed investing more, could it be Gamble that's in contention for the WSR seat? Given his record in Cicely's BMW that could be a good change for him.

ACF_ · 21 Dec 2023, 16:07 (Ref:4189590)

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Originally Posted by Matt K

Saw that as well and was a bit surprised (positively). If they're indeed investing more, could it be Gamble that's in contention for the WSR seat? Given his record in Cicely's BMW that could be a good change for him.

I was literally just going to post the same thing

E.B · 21 Dec 2023, 16:13 (Ref:4189592)

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Originally Posted by Craner Curves

They're pretty big. I only learned this when I saw ad hoardings all over the Adelaide street circuit last month for the Supercars finale.

Car Gods were one of the event 'partners' / sponsors. The presenters from the Kindig Custom US TV Show were part of sideshow Custom Car event and the Car Gods car care and detailing products were part of their show area. There was a Car Gods promotional shop with discounted product.

I believe Car Gods have just launched in Australia via a local distributor, and this was part of their Aus product range launch campaign.

Edit: I was pretty close. I found this from Care Distributors, the new local seller:

Quote:

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Car Gods in the Australian market in partnership with Care Distributors. The brand is prominently featured track side at this weekend's ADL500.
We are delighted to be launching the brand in Australia and New Zealand to add to the growing list of markets where the products are already available.
Car Gods is a lifestyle premium detailing range including over 100 of the finest hand-crafted products to cover all aspects of vehicle detailing, from pre-cleaning and decontamination to protection and restoration.
Car Gods are the finest detailing products going and we are looking for distribution partners around Australia and NZ for this range and some other exciting car care brands. If you think this range may suit your business.....

.

billy bleach · 21 Dec 2023, 20:34 (Ref:4189604)

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Originally Posted by Adamcas87

Think Andrew Watson for the 4th BMW Seat would be good

Wasn’t Watson already announced as staying at PMR?

Pickles · 21 Dec 2023, 21:15 (Ref:4189607)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Wasn’t Watson already announced as staying at PMR?

Doble and Taylor-Smith have been confirmed as staying.

redshoes · 21 Dec 2023, 21:20 (Ref:4189609)

About time we had one of these. I may have missed a few so feel free to edit/update as required. I can't remember which teams have/haven't confirmed what cars they will be using but I'm not expecting any changes from last year.

TBL	Team	Car	Driver	Notes
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus	Ash Sutton
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus	Dan Cammish
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Ronan Pearson
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Tom Ingram ?
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Tom Chilton ?
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30
West Surrey Racing	Laser Tools Raing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e	Jake Hill
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e	Colin Turkington ?
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e	Adam Morgan ?
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	Aron Taylor-Smith
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	Mikey Doble
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
Restart Racing	Restart Racing	Leon Cupra	Chris Smiley
Restart Racing	Restart Racing	Leon Cupra
Aiden Moffat Racing	?
Aiden Moffat Racing	?
CBM Racing	?

Greem · 21 Dec 2023, 21:53 (Ref:4189611)

Ah, a table. 2023 is complete

**touringlegend** · 21 Dec 2023, 21:59 (Ref:4189612)

Thanks redshoes

Given that we have teams of 4 x 4, 2 x 3 and 1 x2 .. I am struggling to see where the the AMR and CBM licences end up?

Pickles · 21 Dec 2023, 22:08 (Ref:4189613)

I'm pretty sure we'll see Boardley running his own Cupra, probably driving it himself

Evantra · 21 Dec 2023, 22:11 (Ref:4189614)

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Originally Posted by Greem

Ah, a table. 2023 is complete

Not nearly enough random question marks!

4x Alliance, 4x WSR, 4x Excerl8 and 4x Speedworks alone more than covers the points positions for each race.

billy bleach · 21 Dec 2023, 22:28 (Ref:4189616)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

About time we had one of these. I may have missed a few so feel free to edit/update as required. I can't remember which teams have/haven't confirmed what cars they will be using but I'm not expecting any changes from last year.

TBL	Team	Car	Driver	Notes
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus	Ash Sutton
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus	Dan Cammish
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus
Alliance Racing	NAPA	Ford Focus
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Ronan Pearson
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Tom Ingram ?
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30	Tom Chilton ?
Excrlr8 Motorsport	Excelr8	Hyundai i30
West Surrey Racing	Laser Tools Raing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e	Jake Hill
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e	Colin Turkington ?
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e	Adam Morgan ?
West Surrey Racing	WSR	BMW 330e
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
Speedworks Worksport	Speedworks	Toyota Corolla
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
One Motorsport	One Motorsport	Honda Civic
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	Aron Taylor-Smith
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	Mikey Doble
Power Maxed Racing	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
Restart Racing	Restart Racing	Leon Cupra	Chris Smiley
Restart Racing	Restart Racing	Leon Cupra
Aiden Moffat Racing	?
Aiden Moffat Racing	?
CBM Racing	?

Why no Sam Osbourne ? Not very Likely he will be shown the door?

SV8Predator · 21 Dec 2023, 22:35 (Ref:4189617)

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Originally Posted by Pickles

I'm pretty sure we'll see Boardley running his own Cupra, probably driving it himself

OR:

He'll be defending his TCR championship.

Pickles · 21 Dec 2023, 22:44 (Ref:4189619)

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Originally Posted by SV8Predator

OR:

He'll be defending his TCR championship.

Potentially, sounds like you know more than me

but knowing who is now working for him, I'd assumed he'd be running the BTCC Cupra if not driving it himself.

ACF_ · 22 Dec 2023, 08:05 (Ref:4189630)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Why no Sam Osbourne ? Not very Likely he will be shown the door?

I think Alliance will stay the same i.e. Sutton, Cammish, Osbourne & Rowbottom.

redshoes · 22 Dec 2023, 08:19 (Ref:4189632)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Why no Sam Osbourne ? Not very Likely he will be shown the door?

As I said, "I may have missed a few so feel free to edit/update as required".

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