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16 Jun 2019, 17:08 (Ref:3912224) | #76 | |
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it's clear Tingram is prety much out of the title fight
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16 Jun 2019, 17:16 (Ref:3912225) | #77 | |
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Ugh... getting bored of seeing BMW winning now. Sadly expecting more of the same at Oulton..!
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16 Jun 2019, 17:28 (Ref:3912230) | #79 | |
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Decision to go on slicks was pointless - and it was even more so in Ingram's case. Starting third, having quite a lot of water around the track, it was really forcing the issue. He could've easily finished on podium if starting on wets. At least he tried some rallycrossing...
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16 Jun 2019, 17:48 (Ref:3912232) | #80 | ||
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TBH I was thinking slicks was going to prove the right choice if you could survive the opening laps. If the race had started 10 minutes later the result could well have been different.
The Toyota is coming along, but not quickly. One car and a not massive budget vs WSRs three quality drivers and three times the data is evident. I really do fancy AJ for the title; that car looks like it was made for him. Anyone punt any money before the season started? I'm also hoping he'll gain a new sponsor for next year, don't want the curse of Colin to strike him! |
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16 Jun 2019, 18:34 (Ref:3912237) | #81 | |
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the new standings
Turks 143 Cook 132 Sutton 130 Jordan 117 Neal 115 Butcher 113 Chilton 111 Cammish 97 Ingram 96 Plato 93 everyone bellow Plato is pretty much out of title picture did Tordoff's rotten luck move over to Butcher ? |
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16 Jun 2019, 19:14 (Ref:3912248) | #82 | |
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I put a tenner on AJ and a tenner on Tordoff at the start of the year. 9/1 on AJ, which looks much more likely than Tordoff at 14/1.
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16 Jun 2019, 20:23 (Ref:3912270) | #83 | ||
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16 Jun 2019, 21:06 (Ref:3912287) | #84 | ||
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I'm happy with how the season is going. The best/fast cars are doing the winning like they should. The 3 races today were won by drivers who had been up there on pace all weekend. No Mickey Mouse wins for rank outsiders so far this season. Good stuff!
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16 Jun 2019, 23:51 (Ref:3912325) | #86 | |
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I see smiley has a 5 place grid penalty next round for shunting goff off...
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17 Jun 2019, 00:35 (Ref:3912332) | #87 | |
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Good weekend of racing there
Well done AJ, he’s really looking like a proper title contender. First time since 2014 IMHO Chilton, glad he got to keep the win this time. He deserves it after a weekend of hard work. Ollie Jackson, shame that bale ruined his R1, but still a good weekend all in all Cook, now he’s looking a real contender with his consistency. Smiley looked good too, shame that incident with Sutton in R2 ruined his weekend As for the Porsches, what a plonker Dan Harper was on that final lap, he was lucky he was able to get going and still win. And R2 was almost a perfect race from a viewer’s point It seems if you want money fast, run a car wash at Croft Finally it’s great to see they are running Silverstone on two different layouts for next season |
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Got back from my first visit to Croft - and found an email from the circuit apologising for the issues with access due to weather.
A good response from them, and definitely seems that they care about the experience of spectators. So how did my first visit go? Sat Nav suggested an arrival time of 1100hrs - which was straying consistent until 7 minutes away from the circuit. Then traffic came to a standstill, and it took a further 1hr15 to get parked. So missed the start of the first race. Staff were friendly, helpful and in good spirits, so praise should go to them. I appreciate the weather was out of their control, but they still made every effort to get everyone in as best as they could. I was concerned when cars were sliding in the mud trying to get into the car park, and in the back of my mind I was fearing the chaos that might occur when leaving. Once parked up, and into the circuit, the day was enjoyable. It was definitely not a £2 burger place though - £8.50 for a Cheeseburger seemed to be the standard rate! As with most circuits, if you are not their at the crack of dawn, you tend to find all of the decent viewing spots are taken up by tents and shelters - seemingly abandoned for the day in a lot of cases, with the owners reappearing every few hours, taking up the space of small office for just 2/3 people. I know it's not a Croft specific issue, but I really feel there should be certain areas of viewing where any form of shelter/tent/gazebo is not permitted. Mid way through the afternoon, when the sun came out, I saw plenty of people disposing of their ponchos - a definite mistake they regretted later! The circuit pa system leaves quite a bit to be desired. The coverage is very limited, and means that at various parts of the track you have no supporting information other than what is on track in front of you. I was expecting a large screen - the circuit map provided for the event shows 2. Not sure why they weren't in place? The most enjoyable racing for the day came in the support packages - even the Porsches were not processional - but the BTCC races were a little bit disappointing. I'm not expecting smashes and continual action - but there seemed to be no hint of challenges for the lead across all 3 races. Perhaps the ballast should be put back up again a bit? Time to leave came - the car parks, as expected, where very muddy by this point. The staff were faultless though in their support to getting out, pushing and dragging cars as needed and ensuring all (I hope) got away safely and smoothly, alebit very muddy. Exiting did not take anywhere near as long as I have experienced at other circuits (I'm looking at you Silverstone/Brands). And it probably took less than 15mins from starting the car to being on open road. Gratitude is due to all the staff for their work during the day - organisers, marshals, stewards, and even team crews from being friendly yet efficient in everything they did. But special thanks to the car park staff - without them it could have been a very different day, and I'm sure some of them are still trying to get the mud out of ears and noses! If I could offer one bit of feedback into their post-event review - more straw in the car parks may have helped to prevent the mud being as bad. |
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17 Jun 2019, 07:20 (Ref:3912372) | #89 | |
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They posted an explanation/apology on social media on Sunday morning. The big screens were supposed to be on grass areas but the ground but after all the rain, the ground was too soft.
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17 Jun 2019, 14:34 (Ref:3912445) | #91 | ||
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Question for anybody: the Subaru did not get it's customary advantage of good drive out of the corners.
To my mind nobody seemed to be struggling for drive... has the new tarmac levelled the playing field? |
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17 Jun 2019, 18:26 (Ref:3912482) | #92 | |
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Just watched all three races as I was away for the weekend. Sutton seemed to be getting a good punch out of the hairpin but it was cancelled out by the straight line speed advantage of the cars he was against.
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19 Jun 2019, 11:11 (Ref:3912847) | #93 | |
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Does anyone know what was in this video trade price cars had to delete and apologise to Tom Chilton for?
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Sutton doesn't want to be Mr. Consistent !
hmm isn't that what got Turks the title last year with only a single win ? and this line Sutton basicly admited they had that advanatge with handling Quote:
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They did a video call ‘Straight out of Croft’ , it was a very light hearted Micky taking video about how they were going to blow all the opposition away. All teams and a lot of drivers got a mention, but someone somewhere had a sense of humour failure and took offence to the saying something along the lines of ‘Jake took a hit from Chilton’ and in the response Zak from TPR who stars in the video kicked a box of Shedded Wheat. The whole video was done in a humorous way, so I struggle to see why anyone would get so upset. Obviously too many ❄️ about in the paddock.
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'I honestly think he shouldn’t be in this championship because he’s that far off – it’s dangerous.' So I would imagine the teams might not be at the light-hearted jovial stage yet? |
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19 Jun 2019, 21:31 (Ref:3912977) | #99 | ||
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However going crying to TOCA I think was off, surely a quick word to the Team boss could have resolved the issue more quickly and less embarrassingly for all parties involved. There is a good reason Chilton is known as Chilly to some, because he is such a snowflake |
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20 Jun 2019, 06:11 (Ref:3913024) | #100 | |
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Is that it? Someone knocking over a packet of cereal? The way they were so apologetic sounded like they had implied something about Tom's lifestyle or something.
For goodness sake, yes what is wrong with a quiet word rather than running to TOCA, ovet the last couple of years I've lost a lot of respect for motorbase in general now. |
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