BTCC entries/rumours that never came to be

[S griffin]

Obviously WSR were hoping they could run Colin that year, after all they did register his name alongside Collard and Neate. But I do wonder if they had chosen Colin instead of Rob, if Rob would have gone off somewhere else? RML? I would have loved to have seen that team of Plato and Collard that year

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Was Simon Hill ever supposed to drive the AMD Golf at some point? 2010 or 2011, before Shaun Hollamby retired and signed TOC?

[AnonymityRules]

Joanna Clarke was looking for sponsorship with the aim of returning to the BTCC in 2003.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Bamboo Engineering and Harry Vaulkhard were aiming to return to the BTCC in 2011.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

WSR intended to run two MGs in '05 but only Collard's entry appeared. Of the drivers linked to their 3rd entry in '06, I think Stuart Hall was one of them but there were so many, I lost track ('scuse the pun).

Vic Lee's team initially looked into running Lexus' in 2002 but stuck with the Pugs. I think Erdos and Eaves (and possibly Soper before he retired) would have been the drivers.

Eoin Murray would have continued into '08 had he had the funds.

I think Pickford expressed an interest in a 2007 return.

Erkut Kizilirmak tried but failed to run his Astra Coupe in the 2008 finale then sold it to the Boulevard team. He intended to return in 2010.

I was half-right about Stuart Hall, he did test for a BTCC team in 2006 but it was actually Team Dynamics/Halfords, Colin Turkington also tested for them before returning to WSR/Team RAC.

[AnonymityRules]

Team Dynamics signed Jack Clarke as their development driver in 2015 after Motorbase were forced to sit out the first half of the season.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Mark Blundell were all linked to MG (and Peugeot in Hill and Mansell's cases) at some point during the 2001-2003 period.

[AnonymityRules]

A rumour from Portugal once linked the late Colin McRae to the stillborn Super 2000 Nissan Primera in 2004.

Wasn't this meant to be a joke or something like that?

[Nononsensecapeesh]

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/1...im-sugden.html - Tim Sugden was a contender for the 2nd Audi seat alongside Frank Biela in 1996.

[AnonymityRules]

Jonathan Adam tested the ex-Joe Girling Chevrolet Cruze at Knockhill ahead of Aiden Moffat's debut in 2013.

[AnonymityRules]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Obviously WSR were hoping they could run Colin that year, after all they did register his name alongside Collard and Neate. But I do wonder if they had chosen Colin instead of Rob, if Rob would have gone off somewhere else? RML? I would have loved to have seen that team of Plato and Collard that year

WSR also hoped they could Colin in 2011.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Harry's last year in the BTCC with the Lacetti, he mentioned in an interview on Donington circuit PA that Warren Hughes was coaching him and they were very close to getting him in a second car before the end of the 09 season. Didn't happen.

This implies Warren Hughes was in the frame to make a return as Bamboo's second driver in 2009. They also hoped to run two cars in 2010 until they joined the WTCC.

[AnonymityRules]

1997 RAC Tourist Trophy:

There were other notable entries on the list that never made it to the race, with Jamie Spence entered in a Toyota Corolla by RouseSport that failed to make it to the grid.

Peugeot had entered its BTCC duo of Tim Harvey and Patrick Watts, but did not show up for the race, despite a competitive showing in the Bathurst 1000 race a couple of weeks earlier.

Also, Tim Sugden was a last-minute replacement for Ian Heward and Tomas Johansson was supposed to be team-mate to Jan Brunstedt.

Watts was also the original intended driver for the Toyota Corolla in the 1998 BTCC.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Tom Ferrier was supposed to join Michael Bentwood at Edenbridge in the Production Class for 2003 until his sponsor backed out.

[AnonymityRules]

Jonathan Cocker was linked to WSR for 2016.

Dan Cammish also tested for WSR but only as a stand-in for Sam Tordoff.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

James Thompson drove the original GPR Motorsport Toyota Avensis NGTC car in the practice sessions only at the 2010 BTCC finale. Would have been interesting if he'd done what Andrew Jordan did at Silverstone this year with the Corolla Hybrid.

[AnonymityRules]

Bryce Wilson was Nissan's test driver in the late 1990s (Supertouring era) and intended to test the infamous IF Motorsport Abarth Grande Punto ahead of the 2010 Season.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Jonathan Adam tested the Motorbase Ford Focus ahead of a possible return as the team's 3rd driver in 2011. Of course, that role ended up being shared between Michael Caine and Jimmy T.

Nick Tandy also tested for Motorbase in 2011 and again in 2013 with the possibility of racing for them at some point in the latter season.

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by AnonymityRules

1997 RAC Tourist Trophy:

There were other notable entries on the list that never made it to the race, with Jamie Spence entered in a Toyota Corolla by RouseSport that failed to make it to the grid.


Also, Tim Sugden was a last-minute replacement for Ian Heward and Tomas Johansson was supposed to be team-mate to Jan Brunstedt.

Watts was also the original intended driver for the Toyota Corolla in the 1998 BTCC.

Jamie Spence was actually going to drive the Corolla in the 98 TT that got cancelled

Also Sugden drove the Mint Motorsport Cavalier, which was driven during the season by Jamie Wall. Heward drove an older Cavalier for ProMotor Sport that year

[AnonymityRules]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Jamie Spence was actually going to drive the Corolla in the 98 TT that got cancelled

Also Sugden drove the Mint Motorsport Cavalier, which was driven during the season by Jamie Wall. Heward drove an older Cavalier for ProMotor Sport that year

It was Touring Car Times that made those claims. - https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/03/29/journey-back-time-1997-rac-tourist-trophy/

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by AnonymityRules

Ben Winrow tested a Special Tuning SEAT Leon at the end of 2010 and was linked to a possible half-season as Tom Boardman's team-mate in 2011.

Tom Onslow-Cole also tested the STR SEAT Leon before he signed for AMD.

[AnonymityRules]

Tony Hughes originally intended to hire Dave Newsham as his team-mate at Speedworks for 2011. Newsham would eventually drive for Speedworks in 2013.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Martyn Bell intended to return in 2011 after his 2009 hip injury forced him to sit out the 2010 Season.

[AnonymityRules]

After winning the 2019 TCR UK title, James Turkington was rumoured to be in the frame for joining his brother Colin in the BTCC for 2020, most notably the 2nd TPC Racing Audi alongside Bobby Thompson but that seat went to James Gornall.

[S griffin]

Shane Lynch of Boyzone did consider racing in the series for 2007