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28 Jun 2005, 10:40 (Ref:1341845)
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Belcar/Britcar Brands Hatch
Was anyone else at Brands Hatch last weekend for the Belcar/Britcar meeting? - A great day of action and plenty of Variety!
If you did not make it, the Belcar race was excellent, and it was great seeing some cars over here which we would not usually see, like the Audi TT in the top class for example! Or the mighty PSI Porsches which usually only appear in the Belcar Championship. It was one of the PSI cars that won in the end, the Red Bull sponsored car, lovely livery by the way…  The Britcar race was quite exciting too, although the safety car came out a number of times. This was the first ever Britcar meeting I have been to, and I was very impressed with the different amount of cars running in the Championship. I will certainly watch them again next chance I get. I have also uploaded some images onto my website from the meeting. I have split the Galleries so it's not too confusing! Enjoy Belcar: http://jamies-motorsport-photos.foto...t/c595719.html Britcar: http://jamies-motorsport-photos.foto...t/c595708.html If you were not at this event – you missed out 
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28 Jun 2005, 11:13 (Ref:1341866)
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Pop over to the Marshals Forum as there is quite a long thread on the meeting already
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30 Jun 2005, 22:29 (Ref:1344295)
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Our Belcar pics from Brands are (finally) online here.
Our server had a major catastrophic failure yesterday for about 12 hours. Apologies if anyone was using the MSportUK affiliate style and had problems. All fixed now tho! |
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1 Jul 2005, 00:49 (Ref:1344362)
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I wanted to go, already had commitments at another circuit however. Shame that they were the same weekend really, as there was some excellent racing at Mallory, but I would've liked to see the Belcar series again. Saw it at Spa, but we missed the qualifying as we decided to go for lunch during the massive rainstorm, and then missed most of the race. Next time...
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2 Jul 2005, 19:20 (Ref:1345572)
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I also went. Saw some good racing. It was also my first time at Brands. Had a very good time. It really is a great track, especially when they use the full track.
Belcar really put up a show, a shame though the Corvette had to retire so close to the end. I also liked Britcar, first time I saw it. I do have a question though about the Falcon. After one lap it was already something like 4 seconds up on the rest of the field. Isn't that car a bit overpowered for Britcar? I thought it would be restricted to give the rest of the field a chance ... |
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2 Jul 2005, 19:21 (Ref:1345573)
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There is some talk that James Tucker and EERC will launch another new series just for V8 cars in 2006.
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4 Jul 2005, 16:30 (Ref:1347008)
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V8? That likely to include any GT2's, or possibly even some very restricted GT1 cars? A V8-engined series sounds a bit big for a club championship...? Considering a number of tight circuits in the country, and the general theme of V8's being pretty bulky...
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5 Jul 2005, 14:44 (Ref:1347822)
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Well TheNewBob...do you think James's ambitions are limited to running a club series ?
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5 Jul 2005, 20:14 (Ref:1348159)
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Hmm... OK I'll give you that one lol
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9 Jul 2005, 13:29 (Ref:1351121)
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Don't be surprised if James does not give up until Britcar, looks a lot like Belcar...
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10 Jul 2005, 20:38 (Ref:1352039)
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See they're having a couple of problems deciding if the GT2 Cadena Mosler should be able to participate without heavy restrictions... personally, at Silverstone, I thought that was the least impressive car of the whole day. Although to be fair it was their first race with it. Still, it's very much confirming that the series isn't going to let proper GT2 machinery in yet - so it won't start looking like Belcar for a little while to come...
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11 Jul 2005, 12:52 (Ref:1352547)
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Strange that they'll let a Aussie V8 Touring Car in, which must have 550-600bhp, a DTM Astra (450bhp, but huge downforce and a purpose-built racecar) and a GT3-RS 996 (the Mike Youles one), but they're umming and erring over a 450bhp Mosler.
The Mosler should race as it is in BGT and be in the same class as the Falcon. At the Bathurst 24hr the Mosler had to fight with the 7-litre Monaros (and couldn't live with them on pace), so it's a similar situation. |
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11 Jul 2005, 20:34 (Ref:1352959)
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All the more reason to keep BGT. The first of, I'm sure, many examples of people with a perfectly healthy GT2 car in the UK who need a place to race it. It's obviously not Britcar, because a fuss has been created. What other options do they have other than racing abroad...?
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