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30 Nov 2023, 13:45 (Ref:4187859) | #551 | |
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With these rumours seemingly very true, we’re looking at six cars dropping off the entry list if they don’t get picked up elsewhere. And most notably Bobby Thompson and Dan Lloyd out of perhaps the only seat they could afford.
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30 Nov 2023, 14:48 (Ref:4187867) | #553 | ||
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Which is probably why the team seemed to struggle. Cheap deals are just that - a cheap deal
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30 Nov 2023, 16:43 (Ref:4187874) | #554 | |
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The whole thing looks like it'll ramp up prices for a drive at the back of the field. Those above Hard will be able to charge a little more you'd think with supply and demand. And if a new entity was to take over the HARD entries you'd imagine to do things properly they'd charge more than the £260,000 one driver said they were quoted for a season.
I wonder if a driver or three who loses out will be able to convince backers that with £120,000 or thereabouts they could win TCR next year instead of the cost of a proper BTCC drive? |
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30 Nov 2023, 18:14 (Ref:4187877) | #555 | |
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If what I've heard is true, HARD's TBLs have gone to Bert Taylor and Carl Boardley.
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30 Nov 2023, 18:27 (Ref:4187878) | #556 | |
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30 Nov 2023, 19:13 (Ref:4187883) | #558 | ||
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What is the deal with One? They didn't test, I'm sure I read something about the Dynamics cars/engines going back. A reunion with the old BTC machines? (if he can shift the TCR FL5...) Is that 2+2 = 22? Bert Taylor has committed to TCR Europe and UK too, would love to see the family back in BTCC. |
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30 Nov 2023, 19:33 (Ref:4187890) | #560 | ||
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For however takes on the TBLs there is still the question of what cars do they run. By my calculation 5 of the 6 Cupras were mortgaged to various finance companies, and I assume the 6th one is in the hands of the liquidators. Depending on how involved this all gets there may be a question over how soon they can be sold. That's not to say that the new teams would have to use the Cupras, but short of building new cars there's not much else on the market at the minute. |
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30 Nov 2023, 20:11 (Ref:4187895) | #561 | ||
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Sounds like the mortgage companies have enough at their disposal to enter a fleet of Cupras themselves! |
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30 Nov 2023, 20:40 (Ref:4187898) | #564 | ||
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Anyone been to or near Blyton over the last few days? Hard are/were meant to running their scholarship program up there from the 28th Nov to the 1st Dec.
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Also people who paid for the passenger ride day haven’t got there money back either They have gone silent on everyone by sounds of it |
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30 Nov 2023, 23:11 (Ref:4187902) | #566 | |
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Complete silence unfortunately. A lot of people owed money including staff who now have to find new jobs a few weeks before Christmas.
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30 Nov 2023, 23:13 (Ref:4187903) | #567 | |
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Unfortunately, if they are about to fall into receivership, then that is standard operating procedure.
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1 Dec 2023, 06:34 (Ref:4187914) | #568 | ||
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The Team Hard website seems to be down now as well.
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1 Dec 2023, 08:39 (Ref:4187918) | #569 | |
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For new teams, I would think it would be cheaper to buy the Cupras off the finance company(s), however I suspect there is a procedure in place which may take a long period of time.
Do we know if Hard actually owned all the Cupras or did the likes of Boardley actually own some of them? |
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1 Dec 2023, 09:21 (Ref:4187919) | #570 | |
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BTCC: “With the deadline closing today, the list of approved TBL holders for the 2024 British Touring Car Championship will be issued early next week.”
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1 Dec 2023, 09:34 (Ref:4187920) | #571 | |
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Matt Bishop's Diagonal Comms agency is taking control of the BTCC press office, PR, media liaison, content creation, & digital & social media management for 2024. Hopefully a good step towards improving the championship's media presence.
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1 Dec 2023, 09:40 (Ref:4187921) | #572 | |
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I'm calling it now, Matt Neal and Jason Plato team up and put their finances together to scoop up Team Hard and become team bosses. They acquire 2 TBL's to run a 2 car team under the race name of Matt Plato Racing or Jason Neal Racing. Halfords livery on 1 of the cars and Adrian Flux livery on the other. Huff drives for Plato and Sheddon for Neal. Barry Ploughman engineers Sheddon's car and Charlie Broughton becomes an engineer for Huff with added personnel coming from RML from Plato's olden days.
Now roll on next year to prove I'm right. |
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Some of the people booked onto the scholarship days have reported getting refunded Yesterday.
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