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Old 01-06-2008, 08:54 AM
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Default BTCC at croft.. a diesel seat got pole!!

darren turner took pole in his diesel powered seat leon..
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http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews...bc5a1221d2d576

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Old 01-06-2008, 10:30 AM
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Darren, i thought it might be Jason.

Good stuff though, those diesel Seats have proved to be very good and clearly a match for the petrol cars

Whats Jasons grid position?
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1. Darren Turner (GBR), SEAT Sport UK/SEAT Leon TDI, 1m25.825s
2. Gordon Shedden (GBR), Team Halfords/Honda Civic, +0.101s
3. Jason Plato (GBR), SEAT Sport UK/SEAT Leon TDI, +0.202s
4. Colin Turkington (GBR), Team RAC/BMW 320si, +0.348s
5. Matt Neal (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +0.401s
6. Tom Onslow-Cole (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +0.413s
7. Mat Jackson (GBR), BMW Dealer Team UK/BMW 320si, +0.429s
8. Tom Chilton (GBR), Team Halfords/Honda Civic, +0.544s
9. Adam Jones (GBR), Team Air Cool/SEAT Leon, +0.663s
10. Steven Kane (GBR), Motorbase/BMW 320si, +0.736s
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Diesel is the future! Well so i though until the price of it has gone through the roof
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Originally Posted by the youth
1. Darren Turner (GBR), SEAT Sport UK/SEAT Leon TDI, 1m25.825s
2. Gordon Shedden (GBR), Team Halfords/Honda Civic, +0.101s
3. Jason Plato (GBR), SEAT Sport UK/SEAT Leon TDI, +0.202s
4. Colin Turkington (GBR), Team RAC/BMW 320si, +0.348s
5. Matt Neal (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +0.401s
6. Tom Onslow-Cole (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +0.413s
7. Mat Jackson (GBR), BMW Dealer Team UK/BMW 320si, +0.429s
8. Tom Chilton (GBR), Team Halfords/Honda Civic, +0.544s
9. Adam Jones (GBR), Team Air Cool/SEAT Leon, +0.663s
10. Steven Kane (GBR), Motorbase/BMW 320si, +0.736s
Nice one, top 8 dominated by the big boys as per
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Originally Posted by Matt J
what are the rules for Diesel entries? do they have the same power restrictions or something similar?
There all 300bhp as far as i know, they have an advantage on the straights but on the corners they have a disadvantage over the petrol cars due to the extra front end wieght, so both types of cars are about the same in terms of overall performance
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