BTCC followers.....

[saltyman]

keep an eye out this year......new guys are in town

my brother in law is running 2 cars this year, after a great few seasons in the john cooper challenge, its onwards and upwards!

forster motorsport:

 

[Pickle]

Good luck!

I follow the BTCC, love it

(although the best years were when JC was rockin the Cavalier )

 

[lewis1641]

Wicked. What does he do? Does this level of motorsport fund itself?

 

[tintin40]

Love BTCC plenty over taking plenty gentle touching its how motor sport should be. Always try to watch. Nice car to. Good luck

 

[mikesnowdon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCij9mYIokA

EDIT:

Cosworth anyone!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuNExxp ... re=related

 

[saltyman]

Wicked. What does he do? Does this level of motorsport fund itself?

he owns his own garages, and started off funding alone.

when he won the mini championship that opened the door to sponsors etc that helps but its still mega expensive.

think the cars are £130,000 each (he wrote one off the first time he tested it) and it costs £30,000 a weekend to run them, then the staff and truck, then parts and a depot to store them.......bloody expensive.

 

[Pickle]

and it costs £30,000 a weekend to run them

:shock:

Thats more than a lot of people earn a year!



My business partner races a BMW 2.0 E30 series. I think that is a lot more affordable, but still offers BTCC style fun.

 

[lewis1641]

wow that is expensive.

the funding of race teams always interests me as there surely becomes a point at some level where it is profitable. (according to jackie stewart's book anyway...)

i suppose the majority of teams do it because they are petrol heads and the works teams do it as advertising.

havent seen any bttc for ages.

 

[lewis1641]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCij9mYIokA

EDIT:

Cosworth anyone!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuNExxp ... re=related

" i'm going for first, says cleland"

i think that finger gesture means something different murray!

motorsport gold. cleland was a legend.

 

[lewis1641]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCGnkAp ... re=related