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Now this I haven't seen before...
Hope this is the right place... this apparently is the Bulgarian Touring Car Championship... looks like they held a race on a motorway junction...
Certainly an interesting variety of machinery, and great safety measures (not). Anyone know anything else about this championship, like where else they race? Just a curiosity really... http://www.vromosracing.com/burgas/gallery.htm |
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flipping heck - BTCC round spaghetti junction - what fun
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I think this is a rally stage rather than a TCC?
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you're correct Rob
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See www.puru.de/bgtw05.html for Bulgarian TCC!
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In Palanga, Lithuania there's a 1000km (or actually 1003km because tv channel 3 spnsors race) touring car (and sports car) race on a motorway track.
Track: http://www.promosportas.lt/uploaded/...03km_trasa.jpg More info (regulations, results, photots etc): http://www.promosportas.lt/promo/ind...=1000km2en.php |
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Wow, I've heard about Lada Revolution, but didn't know, that it races anywhere
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I see they also had some ST cars racing in the series, at least back in '03. I noticed there was an old BMW and Dodge Stratus racing in the series?
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Audi A4 Quattro (ex BTCC & STCC), Honda Accord (ex ETCC?), Opel Vectra (?), Peugeot 406 (ex STW?) and BMW 320i.
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Nice use of spectator safety barriers there
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Imagine for example the marshalls being totaly unprotected by barriers and having the nerve to take their car with them, people and car in pretty dangerous place (a run off area essentially) for hours. Megara Circuit, Athens, Greece, 2005. |
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- There's a line across the tarmac under the front wheels of the Audi. - There's tyre smoke from the Peugeot at the back - There's a timing beam next to the guy standing on the right. It's not parc ferme, it's the starting grid |
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Mate, curcuit racing is supposed to be better for the safety of both competitors and spectators. Well. in some countries at least.
Valker, I can not beat your pics However on the last Megara race a car from our one make MG cup left the track and demolished an unprotected by bariers light building. Minutes ago the race meeting stewarts had finished their meeting inside that building... |
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it is rather dangerous . but i don't know what i would chose .. no racing or this kind of racing . it aint exactly England .. there's no tradition of marshalling .. no close circuits .. no nothing ..
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Guy flying on picture 2 broke some bones from his leg.
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Bad and all as that is, its relieving to know it was nothing worse. Thanks for letting us know.
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