[BTCC] BTCC Game 2023

[crmalcolm]

With the announcement of Thompson's return - please note that this is (or currently appears to be) a replacement for Hamilton / Huff.

[steve_r]

Yay.
Go Bobby.

[crmalcolm]

After the results from Silverstone, the weekend scores are:

Entrant	Score
S griffin	22
Greem	31
crmalcolm	31
Steel Wheels	36
Petoli	41
sjb114 (unofficial)	45
sjb114	45
SSmith	47
BTCC frog	49
Chequered Pass	50
steve_r	53
Jay87	56
Evantra	66

[crmalcolm]

Which means, in the overall standings:

Entrant	Score
Steel Wheels	325
BTCC frog	331
SSmith	344
Jay87	355
steve_r	366
Evantra	367
S griffin	370
sjb114 (unofficial)	372
Greem	376
Chequered Pass	381
crmalcolm	384
sjb114	397
Petoli	414

[crmalcolm]

And when everything is reviewed - the picks for the final three rounds are as follows:

Entrant	R28	R29	R30
Steel Wheels	DeLeon	Thompson	Edwards
BTCC frog	DeLeon	Thompson	Cammish
SSmith	Halstead	Lloyd	Cammish
Jay87	DeLeon	Edwards	Thompson
steve_r	Sutton	Collard	Thompson
Evantra	Halstead	Thompson	Cammish
S griffin	Halstead	Edwards	Rowbottom
sjb114 (unofficial)	Rowbottom	Edwards	Gamble
Greem	Gamble	Halstead	Edwards
Chequered Pass	Osborne	Rowbottom	Halstead
crmalcolm	Edwards	Butel	Taylor-Smith
sjb114	Rowbottom	Edwards	Gamble
Petoli	Halstead	DeLeon	Cammish

[Steel Wheels]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

And when everything is reviewed - the picks for the final three rounds are as follows:

Not looking too strong to hold onto to the top spot, I may need the British weather’s assistance.

[Jay87]

I was top not long ago things have gone south since then haha. I had Lloyd when his drive shaft broke at donington and Chilton when he had to pit last week oh what might have been haha

[BTCC frog]

Originally Posted by Steel Wheels

Not looking too strong to hold onto to the top spot, I may need the British weather’s assistance.

It looks like I will overtake as long as Cammish finishes competitively in race three, so I have a good chance. But I am mostly worried about Steve r with Sutton, Collard and Thompson.

If I win this competition, I shall have to thank Nick Halstead and his choice of tyres in Donington Park race two.

[S griffin]

I can see another weekend of struggle for Cammish. Mind I’m not confident with my own choices!

[SSmith]

It looks like BTCC frog is the favourite for the title - only 6 points off Steel Wheels and with Cammish in R3.

Whilst I'm 19 off Steel Wheels and also with a slightly better trio (on paper), its highly unlikely that I'll outscore BTCC frog (13 ahead of me) given we both have Cammish in R3 and drivers of similar ability in R1 and R2. As others have pointed out, steve_r could really leap up the order with his team - especially as he could outscore Steel Wheels, BTCC frog, Jay87 and myself in the standings by 20+ in R1 alone.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by SSmith

It looks like BTCC frog is the favourite for the title - only 6 points off Steel Wheels and with Cammish in R3.

Whilst I'm 19 off Steel Wheels and also with a slightly better trio (on paper), its highly unlikely that I'll outscore BTCC frog (13 ahead of me) given we both have Cammish in R3 and drivers of similar ability in R1 and R2. As others have pointed out, steve_r could really leap up the order with his team - especially as he could outscore Steel Wheels, BTCC frog, Jay87 and myself in the standings by 20+ in R1 alone.

Think we’re both holding out for a surprise Halstead victory in R1 here!

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Think we’re both holding out for a surprise Halstead victory in R1 here!

Yes! Come on Nick!

[steve_r]

Originally Posted by BTCC frog

It looks like I will overtake as long as Cammish finishes competitively in race three, so I have a good chance. But I am mostly worried about Steve r with Sutton, Collard and Thompson.

I had a freakishly bad start to the season with Sutton and Collard both non-finishing in races where I picked them. Perhaps it will all be balanced out at the end, but it is a big gap to close. Autumnal weather could make the final rounds a complete lottery though.

I like this game. It forces me to take interest in drivers that I would normally not really notice.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

And when everything is reviewed - the picks for the final three rounds are as follows:

Butel is replaced by Gornall - which only affects my entry for the final weekend.

[BTCC frog]

I just need Dan Cammish to bring it home now in race three. If he knew that was all he needed to do it would be easy!

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by BTCC frog

I just need Dan Cammish to bring it home now in race three. If he knew that was all he needed to do it would be easy!

If Thompson is excluded from R2, things can change immensely.

[crmalcolm]

After R28, the table stood as:

Entrant	Total
Steel Wheels	346
BTCC frog	352
SSmith	366
steve_r	367
Jay87	376
sjb114 (unofficial)	379
Evantra	389
S griffin	392
Greem	392
Chequered Pass	399
crmalcolm	403
sjb114	404
Petoli	436

[crmalcolm]

After R29:

Entrant	Total
Steel Wheels	351
BTCC frog	357
steve_r	371
SSmith	376
Jay87	393
Evantra	394
sjb114 (unofficial)	396
Chequered Pass	407
S griffin	409
Greem	412
crmalcolm	418
sjb114	421
Petoli	457

[crmalcolm]

And for the final table:

Entrant	Total
BTCC frog	366
Steel Wheels	374
SSmith	385
steve_r	396
Evantra	403
S griffin	414
Jay87	418
sjb114 (unofficial)	419
Chequered Pass	427
Greem	435
crmalcolm	439
sjb114	444
Petoli	466

Congratulations to BTCC frog for taking the title. Snatching the lead in the last round with a pick of Cammish - coming from his result of 26th in round 23.

Second place goes to Steel Wheels. A long-time lead was overhauled right at the end.

Third spot is taken by SSmith


The vagaries of the grid size makes it a compromise when setting up the conditions. I'll take a look at wht size the grid is in 2024 to see what other options are available. Thanks to all who took part - see you all for 2024!

[steve_r]

Thanks. That was fun. For a while there I thought i would end up with a single digit score from the last 3 races combined, but then disaster struck Bobby Thompson. Oh well.

[SSmith]

Thanks crmalcolm for organising this, it's been very enjoyable, and I'm delighted to get a podium!

Congrats to everyone who took part. Special congratulations to BTCC frog and Steel Wheels!

[Evantra]

Thanks for keeping track of the scores and congratulations to the victors

[Greem]

It's me and crmalcolm in the relegation play-off

Seriously though - thanks for doing this, it's been fun.

[Steel Wheels]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

And for the final table:




Congratulations to BTCC frog for taking the title. Snatching the lead in the last round with a pick of Cammish - coming from his result of 26th in round 23.

Second place goes to Steel Wheels. A long-time lead was overhauled right at the end.

Third spot is taken by SSmith


The vagaries of the grid size makes it a compromise when setting up the conditions. I'll take a look at wht size the grid is in 2024 to see what other options are available. Thanks to all who took part - see you all for 2024!

As I predicted I managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Congratulations BTCCFrog.

To be fair after previous years I’m made up with a podium place overall.

Thanks for running crm, now to start planning next year!