BTCC 2018 in-season discussion

[Racer65]

Rob Austin used to run panels on his cars with various slants on this could by your spot.

[KA]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

Or even better, do it as blatant as HRT did in F1 with exciting brands such as "This is a Cool Spot", "Your Logo Here" and "This Could Be You"

in BTCC however the money is tight you just have no decals (motorbase/BMR 2015)

...or you could just go the whole Jan Lammers....
http://www.dayvtec.com/wp-content/up...urs-1080-2.jpg

[S griffin]

And I seem to remember reading Ian Court wanted to run his Alfa with a phone number on his car for potential sponsors

[btccbloke]

good old John B&Q still rules when it comes to sponsorships.

...Look out for Josh Autoglym at Snetterton lol

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

good old John B&Q still rules when it comes to sponsorships.

...Look out for Josh Autoglym at Snetterton lol

Lord rest your soul, John Batchelor.

AHEM! Back on subject!

[Jiiiiiiim]

Wasn’t there a rumour that AmD weren’t the only team sniffing around the Team HARD garage at Croft?

Mind you the way things seem to be going it would be a brave man to try and poach another driver from Mr G, judging by his reaction to Jake’s departure.

Heard stories that Dynamic’s were poised to make a bid for the 3rd BMR TBL (from TOCA I’d assume) when it looked like a 3rd car would materialise! However the last minute Price deal kissed goodbye to a 3rd Dynamics Honda for Mat Jackson. That I would like to of seen.

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Jiiiiiiim

Heard stories that Dynamic’s were poised to make a bid for the 3rd BMR TBL (from TOCA I’d assume) when it looked like a 3rd car would materialise! However the last minute Price deal kissed goodbye to a 3rd Dynamics Honda for Mat Jackson. That I would like to of seen.

I think Dynamics do still have an old shape Honda, however I cant see them rolling it out and cant see Jackson coming back to be honest

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

I think Dynamics do still have an old shape Honda, however I cant see them rolling it out and cant see Jackson coming back to be honest

There's already enough Hondas on the grid as it is as much as I miss Mat Jackson.

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by KA

...or you could just go the whole Jan Lammers....
http://www.dayvtec.com/wp-content/up...urs-1080-2.jpg

Not made up sponsors, but an early version of crowd-funding. Don't have one big sponsor, just get lots of little ones.

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

There's already enough Hondas on the grid as it is as much as I miss Mat Jackson.

hes off the radar for most teams now i think, cant see him back next year which is a shame.
Few words about wanting to get back to the grid when he broke the silence to do britcar with Stuart Lines but if he was serious he would have been doing something at Snetterton last week

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

hes off the radar for most teams now i think, cant see him back next year which is a shame.
Few words about wanting to get back to the grid when he broke the silence to do britcar with Stuart Lines but if he was serious he would have been doing something at Snetterton last week

Like TO-C and Welch and Mike Epps to name a few....

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

Like TO-C and Welch and Mike Epps to name a few....

yep, its either no budget or no real interest, either way doesnt look good.

2 seats now going spare and he isnt in the frame for either despite being one of the most consistent drivers between 2013-2017 and with at least a dozen wins in that time.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

yep, its either no budget or no real interest, either way doesnt look good.

2 seats now going spare and he isnt in the frame for either despite being one of the most consistent drivers between 2013-2017 and with at least a dozen wins in that time.

He's won 31 in all and was Runner-Up in 08 in only his 2nd Season, how times change...

He kind of brought it on himself by the way he tried to leave Motorbase for Honda but I won't resort to slander. Wonder who'll get those seats? Especially if Jake Hill is unsuccessful with AMD....

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

...

He kind of brought it on himself by the way he tried to leave Motorbase for Honda

My understanding is neither side were exactly angels about it

[S griffin]

Well we've only got a week till Snetterton, so there should be an announcement on who takes the empty seats soon

[Alfisti]

I'm wondering if Shaun might jump in the MG himself if Jake can't.

Thinking TG may be trying to sort Boardley out for his spare seat...

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

I'm wondering if Shaun might jump in the MG himself if Jake can't.

Thinking TG may be trying to sort Boardley out for his spare seat...

Shaun suggested the move was about performance, no disrepect to him, hes a steady peddler but when theres a lot of experienced hands around surely he might as well hand the keys to someone who till get some results

as for Broadley, everyone was suggesting he would swap with Caine but I havent seen anything more about that

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

Shaun suggested the move was about performance, no disrepect to him, hes a steady peddler but when theres a lot of experienced hands around surely he might as well hand the keys to someone who till get some results

if that is the case why doesn't he call Mat Jackson ?

[btccbloke]

think hes busy

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Steel Wheels

I know 2 of the Team HARD drivers were very vocal about 4 cars being too many for the team to cope with & were pushing to separate the Brisky/HARD split more than just in name.

At the time this was posted - Hill was still a Team HARD driver.

Then Hill left Team HARD with immediate effect, which sounded pretty definite.

Originally Posted by medius

TG doesn't sound happy regarding the line about Jake still being under contract.

TG has suggested that his contract will prevent him from driving elsewhere...

Then yesterday, Hill tweeted:
'Cannot wait to be racing with #BriskyRacing & johndanbyracing silverstoneclassic this coming weekend'

So if Hill is free to drive with Brisky (albeit in a different car), does that mean that Brisky are the holders of his contract, and could take their backing elsewhere?

It would seem strange to me for one of the marquee sponsors of Team HARD to run a driver who has 'left the team'?

I get the feeling that the whole TG/Hill/Brisky/HARD saga has got a bit more to run yet.....

[KA]

Originally Posted by redshoes

Not made up sponsors, but an early version of crowd-funding. Don't have one big sponsor, just get lots of little ones.

Indeed- you could almost call it a more extreme version of Jack Goff's 'stickerbombed' MG from a couple of years back...

https://www.motorsport.com/btcc/phot...4489&sz=8&s=-6

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

TG has suggested that his contract will prevent him from driving elsewhere...

Then yesterday, Hill tweeted:
'Cannot wait to be racing with #BriskyRacing & johndanbyracing silverstoneclassic this coming weekend'

So if Hill is free to drive with Brisky (albeit in a different car), does that mean that Brisky are the holders of his contract, and could take their backing elsewhere?

It would seem strange to me for one of the marquee sponsors of Team HARD to run a driver who has 'left the team'?

I get the feeling that the whole TG/Hill/Brisky/HARD saga has got a bit more to run yet.....

Brisky's website is only up-to-date to 2017, but gives the impression they have a personal deal as one of Hill's backers, so if he's running at Silverstone Classic (AFAIK he's on the entry list for one of the GT races in a Lotus Elan, and the pre-66 touring cars in a Lotus Cortina) I'm guessing this is probably a completely separate deal that isn't affected by the situation around his BTCC contract - even if Gilham thinks he can hold Hill to his contract and prevent him from driving with a rival team in the BTCC, presumably he wouldn't be able to prevent him from driving with anyone else on non-BTCC weekends...

http://www.briskyracing.com/drivers

[Nononsensecapeesh]

I just hope there will be more new winners before the season is out.

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

I just hope there will be more new winners before the season is out.

Hello Dan Cammish

[BvtchxrSqvadNathan]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Hello Dan Cammish

+1 on this.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

I just hope there will be more new winners before the season is out.

Cammish, Smiley and Butcher have all shown race winning pace so far. Don't think it'll be too likely to see any others this season.