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Another shot with engine and gearbox removed.
And since I've taken that one the loom and front subframe are out. http://www.amdessex.com/workshop.blog.cfm Cheers Shaun. |
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I heard Jason Plato complaining he and champion Turkington are not confirmed, which sounds quite incredible considering the championship has respectable crowds and live TV coverage.
How much does it cost to run in BTCC these BMWs and Chevys? |
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I've seen various people on here and other places say it costs around £250k to run a car for one season. But that was a couple of years ago, and I'm not sure of course where these people got there info, but it was the same figure consistantly mentioned......
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to get in 1 of the chevys for 1 round last year RML wanted 35-40k! Other teams walso wanted 350-400k for the whole season aswell
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I have heard double these figures for WTCC, not as much as I thought JP was seeking. Sounds even stranger...
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There's an audio interview with Philip Glew from the Autosport Show where he quotes a ballpark figure of 600K to run one car for a season. Obviously there are a lot of variables involved - what make of car you are running, how often you rebuild the engine, how many mechanics you have, what hospitality you want, etc.
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And that's £600k Redshoes? Yikes! Who pays repairs?
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Ya Turkington's future in the BTCC is looking doubtful [see link here]. It will be a real pity if the championship's missing its title holder through lack of funds. It'll be even worse if Gio and Plato won't be there either. I think 2009 will go down as one of the greatest title fights in the history of the championship... just thrilled I was privileged to be able to see it.
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Fitting end to an era I guess, as we know 2010 will be a transitional year, rather like 2000 was.
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I've reason to believe that 888 were spending nearly GBP1M/car but I guess a portion of that was development. I would imagine WSR were spending not far off that. Tim Harvey mentioned GBP900K during one of the commentaries last year. |
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Yeah, but you get my point. Hardly anybody was confirmed officially this time of year in 2009. Or 2008 for that matter. Or 2007, etc, etc. I find it a bit strange people are hitting the "panic" button already for the BTCC when we arn't even in February yet. Late February I'd be getting concerned if things were the same as they are now, but really, I can't see anything to say we won't have a good year's racing. Besides, it's the BTCC!
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Yeah, 900-1mil is what I thought. It's quite expensive, BTCC are absolutely right to act with the new rules.
It will be interesting to see DTM/JGTC's new rules, how much will be their cost per season. |
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Are Turkington's WTCC offers for a free drive, or bringing money with him I wonder.
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I'd imagine he has to bring money to Wiechers. Turkington himself is no pauper though. His family own quite a large construction business in Northern Ireland and while they may have suffered as a result of the property downturn there this past couple of years... I'm sure they did quite well during the boom years. In other words he would be able to get access to a decent warchest if he wanted to pay for a drive.
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Yes but I think he'll feel he is now at the stage in his career where he doesn't need to more or less self-fund his racing. I'd imagine he's more like Plato now, where he hopes to achieve other sponsorship based on who he is and what he's achieved. And I'm sure the likes of Tom Chilton will aim to achieve that sort of position in the future as well.
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Yes I agree with Craner Curves. Turkington can rightly think he shouldn't need to bring money for a drive (wasn't he paid under the RAC sponsorship?) but there is Plato as a good example.. If there aren't works teams, or the odd big sponsorship deal like RAC then you will have guys needing to bring money with them.
I always wonder how the likes of Turkington would get on approaching sponsors considering his family do own businesses as Davy pointed out. |
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No Martyn Bell this year due to injury - http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/15624..._out_2010.html
Shame, ok he's never been a front runner but he's a nice guy and it's always good to see him around the paddock. Hopefully he'll be fine for 2011. |
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