British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)

[90sWereBetter]

Time for a thread on this country's best motorsport series methinks.

Unlike the insomnia-cursed F1 season, this year's BTCC season has been a belter. They were racing at Silverstone this weekend, and I can honestly say there was more action in the first race of the day than there was in the entire Singapore GP.

Andrew Jordan, in his privateer-run Honda, is on course to become the youngest BTCC champion if he can maintain his 30 point lead at the final three races at Brands Hatch next weekend. The works Hondas of Matt Neal and reigning champion Gordon Shedden are also contenders, whilst Jason "crash into everyone to win" Plato and Colin Turkington are still mathematically title contenders, in the MG and the BMW respectively.

Rob Austin is bloody brilliant, as is Dan Welch. Both privateers with huge fanbases getting great results against the odds.

And for those of you who like to watch bad driving, there's been plenty of that, served up by Plato, Neal, Shedden, Jeff Smith and the king of inept driving, Andy Neate, who crashes pretty much every race.

And the scary thing is, there is a driver in the series who is a year YOUNGER than I am. Step up Aiden Moffat, the youngest BTCC driver in history, at a mere 16 years of age. I kid you not, he is driving in this country's premier tin-top series, and he isn't even old enough to drive legally on Britain's roads yet.

 

[Donny Dave]

Time for a thread on this country's best motorsport series methinks.

So where's the thread about the British Superbike Championship then? :P

 

[Monty]

BTCC was fun back in the late 90s and early 00s when they ran cars to the 2 litre and S2000 specifications, and not the silly 3 door hatchbacks that a lot of teams get away with now. That and the real lack of works teams makes the who series far less entertaining to watch than it once was.

 

[Southwest]

I think the next race is the last this season, maybe you should have started the thread earlier in the year.

 

[richw]

A sport I've always wanted to go and watch but never got round to, might try and look to get to Thruxton next year.

 

[Desiro360]

I've enjoyed watching the British Touring Car Championship, have been to see them at Brands Hatch and Snetterton a few times

 

[Trainfan344]

I watched the race at silverstone yesterday of this and noticed how one person hasn't won the race before it started.

 

[Temple Meads]

Even if the BTCC isn't as exciting as it was (I'm not sure, as I wasn't watching it in the 90's), it's still a lot better than F1 is for action, I also need to see a live race before long..

 

[CC 72100]

Even if the BTCC isn't as exciting as it was (I'm not sure, as I wasn't watching it in the 90's), it's still a lot better than F1 is for action, I also need to see a live race before long..

I remember having the game from back when it was called TOCA touring car championship, classic!

I did see a bit at Rockingham a couple of years back when I was there for another event which allowed free entry into the circuit*, would like to watch a proper race in full one day

* said event may or may not have involved some green lorries that have features on a channel 5 series.