Cragrat

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Today on ITV4 at 11:15 (according to my tv listing)

set ya vcr's

The Underdog

looking forward to it. wtcc today too

Fil

on it all, btcc, wtcc (tho race 2 might clash with btcc ) and f1 later.

Fil

BTCC race 1 12.17
BTCC race 2 14.29
Super Touring Car Championship 16.15
BTCC race 3 16.57

Staffi

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What cars are in the a Super Touring race Fil do you know??

chris cdti

28/29 car field of that there is 22 super touring cars. Mondeo's vectra's primeras Alfa Romeo 155/156 two Vauxhall cavs Honda accords and a few bmw.320i. Then the others are m3's rs500 etc.

Staffi

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Cracking, thanks for that Chris

chris cdti

there is even a 98 Williams Laguna in the coffee green.

The Underdog

1st race was a bit dissapointing.im glad coling won but only a few passes all race.

Glenn_

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Cool. Im watchimg the proper touring cars.

Glenn_

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Just listening to the commentry and im laughing about throwing the car parts in the skip.

BM08

Ok just got in and I'm seeing all the 90s- cars, whats going on?

Awesome to see them again live on tv, should be good watching cars with different setups and engines

Oh and how come they all look like they did back then? Have they been restored or what?

BM08

How awesome do those cars look, especially the e30 bmws.

Sniffle

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They was on slicks, Rain came they all pitted on parade lap for wets and by the time they was ready to race it was to late as the BTCC race has to start on time.
So they might run it after but I'm guessing itv4 wont show it now

BM08

Well yeah, it's nearly 5 then it takes a good 30mins for the race and the interviews after, then there might be 5mins if were lucky

Bloody tennis, don't want to see that rubbish anyway

Sniffle

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Really hate seeing the demolition derby style,
Especially the factory teams against the privateers.

BM08

Yeah not nice seeing a small teams car smash into the tyres

Glenn_

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Do these new touring cars all have therr own engines ie the focus has a ford engine the bm has a bm engine or do they use similar engines.

Sniffle

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The factory teams will use their own engines purely for marketing,
Would look very bad if say Honda/BMW used another brand of engines lol
Not sure about the smaller teams they might use anything that will fit if they need a new engine.
But they have to be built to certain spec IE 2litre, turbo charged, direct injection
and only get 4 engines per car for the season.

STeve

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been a pretty tame days racing tbh, only good thing was the retro touring cars

BM08

What was that, super touring race tomorrow at 8pm on the itv website? They could have showed at least a few laps

chris cdti

MG 888 team use the toca ngtc engine.

Its a shame they did not over run the btcc coverage like they do with football or snooker etc and then run the boring tennis late.

Glenn_

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Sniffle thanks for that info.

BM08

Yeah I know, it would only be 30mins tops. Oh well.

So did I read right? It's on the itv website at 8pm tomorrow? Or did it mean on the itv4 channel? The misses was talking and it flashed off the screen

Sniffle

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tv guide says storage wars at 8pm might cancel it ( lets hope so )
and the website don't show a guide for tomorrow so might be worth a check

chris cdti

yeah 8pm tomorrow online.

best bit is the tennis is fucking finished!!!! Some greasy looking twats chatting!!!

BM08

Oh right that would be ideal


Chris, your joking!? Bloody finished? What a joke

chris cdti

No police camera action followed by an hour of cheers is on instead

BM08

Oh no old school police camera action with Alastair Stewart, the guy who preaches the road law and then goes out speeding himself

chris cdti

Yeah whilst pissed.

BM08

Mr RS500

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They all look the same as they are all the original cars mate , and to run in this series they have to carry the original livery from that period

I was at oulton all weekend and had a great time

Im quite involved with this historic super touring series and its put a real spark back into my life if im honest , its great to be involved

chris cdti

Its great to see the old moneys no object super touring cars being used. I bet its not cheap running them now with the lack of parts available as highlighted by John Cleland on tv today.

Mr RS500

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Thats the big downside to it

The Labatts BMW will retire after today due to this issue alone

the owner has an RS500 touring car that i have just done some resto work on and also a Honda super tourer he will use rather than the BMW

its a real buzz being around these great cars and seeing them race again

This is the IMBERTI rs500 i have been working on

chris cdti

Thats a shame the VLM M3 will no longer be used. What are the parts like for the RS500's?

Mr RS500

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Not bad realy

All engine parts can be bought over the counter , its gearbox and susp parts that are hard to find , but many of these rare parts are being remanufactured now so this will make life easier

chris cdti

So there could be more RS500's going into the championship rather than the supertouring cars? (car price depending)

chris cdti

Is this the same car as the one your restoring Paul?

Mr RS500

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Thats the car mate

has never been used in well over 20 years , im not restoring it as such , just doing some updates and fitting some new parts

I had the pleasure of driving the car a few weeks ago at the silverstone classic media day

was a great day



Me sat ready to go on track



a little bit about the day here

http://prospectevents.blogspot.co.uk/

and yes that is me in the short video reving the engine , lol

chris cdti

The Video of the M3 qualifying at the last round is spot on. It looks very fast