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19 Nov 2018, 20:21 (Ref:3864308) | #1351 | |
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Im sure Crees is a nice guy and probably a good peddler, but i cant help feel underwhelmed, even by the well known standards of a Tony G #gamechanger announcement.
Still, now we have a fair idea who will be at the back and the dross from Hard and AMD is almost out of the way, im looking forward to some proper news from some of the bigger teams |
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19 Nov 2018, 20:33 (Ref:3864310) | #1352 | |
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at least we have one team fully confirmed
Volkswagen CC - Team HARD - Mike Bushell Volkswagen CC - Team HARD - Bobby Thompson Volkswagen CC - Team HARD - Carl Boardley Volkswagen CC - Team HARD - Michael Crees Honda Civic - Team Dynamics - Matt Neal ?? Honda Civic - Team Dynamics - ???? Honda Civic - BTC Norlin - ???? Honda Civic - BTC Norlin - ???? Honda Civic - Simpson Racing - Matt Simpson Honda Civic - AMD - Jake Hill ???????? Honda Civic - AMD - ???????? MG - Excelr8 Motorsport - ??? MG - Excelr8 Motorsport - ??? Audi S3 - Trade Price Cars Racing - ??????? Audi S3 - Trade Price Cars Racing - ??????? Vauxhall Astra - PMR - ????? Vauxhall Astra - PMR - ????? BMW 125 - WSR - ?????? BMW 125 - WSR - ?????? BMW 125 - WSR - ?????? Ford Focus - Motorbase - Tom Chilton ?? Ford Focus - Motorbase - ????? Ford Focus - Motorbase - ????? Toyota Avensis - Speedworks - Tom Ingram ???? Alfa Romeo Giulietta - HMS - Rob Austin ???? Mercedes A - Ciceley - Adam Morgan ?? Mercedes A - Ciceley - ????? Mercedes A - Laser Tools - Aidan Moffat ???? Subaru Levorg - BMR - Ash Sutton ?????? Subaru Levorg - BMR - ?????? |
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19 Nov 2018, 21:46 (Ref:3864337) | #1355 | |
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I heard that after his performance at the Brands finale he secured his drive for next year with them.
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19 Nov 2018, 21:59 (Ref:3864341) | #1356 | |
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How can the ‘dross from AmD’ be almost out of the way when there has been no announcement of who will drive the cars? Who is to say they won’t be drivers capable of fighting consistently inside the top ten?
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19 Nov 2018, 22:11 (Ref:3864350) | #1357 | ||
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Precisely. Shaun now has two race winning cars, hopefully he will bag a good driver or two: he hasn't spent a packet on those cars to make the numbers up.
If he can get Goff or AWE or Hill or Butcher on board then I think a race win is a real possibility. I'm sure there'll be some shaking with Shaun soon enough. |
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20 Nov 2018, 00:16 (Ref:3864373) | #1360 | ||
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Crees, a charity class "winner". Yay...
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20 Nov 2018, 08:01 (Ref:3864417) | #1361 | ||
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Give the lad a break; the poor soul hasn't turned a wheel in anger yet. He might turn out to be good!
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20 Nov 2018, 08:25 (Ref:3864425) | #1362 | |
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I had respect for AMD until last seasons revolving door, but even then, they are never going to win anything, even with the Civics they have now obtained imho.
Tho if im wrong ill admit it here first |
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20 Nov 2018, 09:58 (Ref:3864439) | #1363 | ||
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Ex Clio racer and now Mini Challenge racer Rob Smith is announcing plans tomorrow at 8am
Could be a potential for Excelr8? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk |
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They’re proven race winners and a lot of people would still class them as a championship contender with the right driver. If Shaun gives Jack Goff a seat, he can bring a couple of years of data, not to mention the fact that there’s 30+ Eurotech staff including both of the number one mechanics looking for work. With the right combination of car, driver and mechanics, they’ll be a front runner again this year. |
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Am I the only one who remembers how much speculation that Mat Jackson would race for AMD this tear when he 'lost' the Ford drive? I wonder if he was prevented from racing in the BTCC due to contractural reasons this year, but would be available next year?
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20 Nov 2018, 11:33 (Ref:3864464) | #1366 | |
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20 Nov 2018, 12:11 (Ref:3864473) | #1367 | ||
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20 Nov 2018, 13:54 (Ref:3864494) | #1368 | |
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Crees, we'll see how he gets on. Nice to see Team HARD get their line up sorted out early
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20 Nov 2018, 15:49 (Ref:3864515) | #1369 | |
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AFAIK this was only ever speculation. I'm not sure there was ever a replacement drive in the offing for him after losing the Ford seat
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20 Nov 2018, 15:58 (Ref:3864519) | #1370 | ||
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Speculation was the word I used, but there did appear to be a mutual admiration between AMD & Jackson at the time (but maybe this was just flame fanning?).
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20 Nov 2018, 18:07 (Ref:3864548) | #1371 | |
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"Scott confirmed that the Team BMR squad is fully committed to return to the BTCC next season, and developments were being made to its Subaru Levorg GT machines ahead of the new attack. He said drivers would be announced in due course."
- from the 888 article on Autosport / Motorsport.com https://www.motorsport.com/all/article/?id=4300940 |
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20 Nov 2018, 18:31 (Ref:3864551) | #1372 | |
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20 Nov 2018, 19:40 (Ref:3864567) | #1373 | ||
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Hopefully Ash and Jason will be in better run teams in cars that are capable of performing on all 10 weekends. Winning a championship like Ash did in a car that sucks as many weekends as the Subaru does is a great achievement.
Ash at WSR would be my top pick for a fantasy BTCC driver/ team combination. If I were Warren I'd have binned the BMR name and used 888 branding on my team. But I'm not! |
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20 Nov 2018, 20:03 (Ref:3864575) | #1374 | |
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That’s good, hope Ash continues to shine
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20 Nov 2018, 20:17 (Ref:3864583) | #1375 | |
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Double driver announcement at 8am tomorrow according to ITV Motorsport’s Twitter.
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