BTCC Knockhill: Rounds 25, 26 & 27, 01-02 Sep 2007

redshoes · 20 Aug 2007, 17:19 (Ref:1992930)

Thought I should start this thread early as there's a few changes to catch up with and have a feeling this is going to a moving target

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99336
New entry for Alan Taylor in a Robertshaw Racing Honda Integra

http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~10~id~153227.htm
No Eoin Murray

http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~10~id~153219.htm
No Motorbase

No Dave Pinkney

redshoes · 20 Aug 2007, 17:23 (Ref:1992931)

Forgot one

http://www.btcc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4892
No Jim Pocklington, probably

Matt · 20 Aug 2007, 17:36 (Ref:1992937)

So were at what, 24 cars for this round?

Hazard · 20 Aug 2007, 17:40 (Ref:1992940)

Okay then, like silly season a bit early then - possible entry list for Knockhill

Knockhill Entrylist

No	Driver	Team	Car	Class
1	Matt Neal	Team Halfords	Honda Civic	S2000
3	Colin Turkington	Team RAC	BMW 320si E90	S2000
5	Fabrizio Giovanardi	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	S2000
7	Tom Chilton	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	S2000
8	Gavin Smith	Team Air Cool	SEAT Leon	S2000
11	Jason Plato	SEAT Sport UK	SEAT Leon	S2000
12	Darren Turner	SEAT Sport UK	SEAT Leon	S2000
15	Martyn Bell	Team Allaboutproperty.com	BMW 320i E46	S2000
21	Adam Jones	Team Air Cool	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000
28	Jason Hughes	Kartworld Racing	MG-ZS	BTCC
32	Alan Taylor	Robertshaw Racing	Honda Integra Type-R	BTCC
33	Tom Onslow-Cole	Team RAC	BMW 320si E90	S2000
43	Chris Stockton	BTC Racing	Lexus IS200	S2000
48	Mat Jackson	Jackson Motorsport	BMW 320si E90	S2000
52	Gordon Shedden	Team Halfords	Honda Civic	S2000
55	John George	TH Motorsport	Honda Integra Type-R	BTCC
77	Mike Jordan	Team Eurotech	Honda Integra Type-R	BTCC
82	Fiona Leggate	Kartworld Racing	MG-ZS	BTCC

Withdrawn from championship/event:

No	Driver	Team	Car	Class
14	Eoin Murray	Quest Racing	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000
17	Rick Kerry	Team AFM Racing	BMW 120d	S2000
19	Nick Leason	BTC Racing	Lexus IS200	S2000
23	Matt Allison	Motorbase Performance	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000
24	Tom Ferrier	Motorbase Performance	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000
45	Jim Pocklington	J-Team Motorsport	BMW 320i E46	S2000
56	Dave Pinkney	A-Tech	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000
59	Richard Marsh	A-Tech	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000
69	Simon Blanckley	Sibsport	Honda Integra Type-R	BTCC
90	Erkut Kizilirmak	Arkas Racing	Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch	BTCC

Car graphics by Andy Blackmore - www.andyblackmoredesign.com

Hazard · 20 Aug 2007, 17:41 (Ref:1992942)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

So were at what, 24 cars for this round?

Bit less - but still more than 20.

Matt · 20 Aug 2007, 17:45 (Ref:1992943)

Eh, possibly at 20, if Neal doesn't race. Still, maybe with the less amount of cars, we won't see AS much carnage.

redshoes · 20 Aug 2007, 18:00 (Ref:1992954)

Forgot about Rick Kerry as well, he won't be there either.

rdjones · 20 Aug 2007, 18:08 (Ref:1992958)

As they are down on number do you think they will let me have ago, its going to be an interesting meeting. I'm looking forward to it, hopefully the 4 hour drive will be worth it.

**touringlegend** · 20 Aug 2007, 18:35 (Ref:1992980)

Still a respectable entry list, and the most competitive cars are still there.

It's a bit annoying that there's a month gap after Knockhill till the Thruxton rounds, and such a short time between Brands and Knockhill, considering the teams probably need to set off a bit earlier to get there.

rdjones · 21 Aug 2007, 19:17 (Ref:1993944)

You can cross Richard Marsh from the entry list, Dave Pinkney has just confirmed on Tin Top Tuesday that they have an engine problem and it has to go back to Italy and it wouldn't be back in time. I make that 18 now?

BootsOntheSide · 21 Aug 2007, 19:30 (Ref:1993951)

Mat Jackson won't get many Christmas cards.

**touringlegend** · 21 Aug 2007, 19:54 (Ref:1993974)

Erkut Kizilirmark has his sisters wedding too on the 2nd, so if that's true he's out ?

Boots, funny you should say that, as contrary to what Steve Neal was saying a lot of teams (including RAC..) offered or did help with the repair of the BMW. (Source: btcc.net).

Matt · 21 Aug 2007, 22:26 (Ref:1994106)

Quote:

Originally Posted by touringlegend

Erkut Kizilirmark has his sisters wedding too on the 2nd, so if that's true he's out ?

Boots, funny you should say that, as contrary to what Steve Neal was saying a lot of teams (including RAC..) offered or did help with the repair of the BMW. (Source: btcc.net).

Wonder if it'll be a big fat greek wedding.

redshoes · 21 Aug 2007, 22:32 (Ref:1994113)

Why would it be? He's Turkish.

Matt · 21 Aug 2007, 23:17 (Ref:1994140)

Oh, really? I always assumed he was Greek, his last name sounds very Greek. My joke failed then.

Tim Wilkinson · 21 Aug 2007, 23:52 (Ref:1994159)

I'd read that about a lot of other teams helping Mat, too - quite handy having a few beemers lying around these days!

Motorbase and Quest just don't seem to be having any luck at all - big bills after nearly every round. I'm looking forward to seeing Jim out again, and I hope he's made some steps forward with the car.

I suppose Knockhill is the circuit where a smaller grid will be noticed least - is it the shortest on the calendar? I can only think that BH Indy is close, but that has a lot more space.

**touringlegend** · 22 Aug 2007, 06:04 (Ref:1994251)

Knockhill's 1.3 miles Brands is 1.2, roughly rounded up. Knockhill has a limit of 28 starter's anyway I think.

duke_toaster · 22 Aug 2007, 08:21 (Ref:1994321)

Knockhill is carnage anyway, even if it was a 2 car race there would be a pileup. Shame Erkut's missing as he's pretty good at carving his way through T1 carmageddon.

MikeH · 22 Aug 2007, 13:19 (Ref:1994499)

Quote:

Originally Posted by touringlegend

Knockhill's 1.3 miles Brands is 1.2, roughly rounded up. Knockhill has a limit of 28 starter's anyway I think.

32 these days.

Sodemo · 22 Aug 2007, 16:38 (Ref:1994600)

Lots of dead Alfa-Romeo's... shame.

duke_toaster · 22 Aug 2007, 21:16 (Ref:1994746)

According to the Blue Book, it can be used for

Racing and sports cars over 2000 cc - 22
Racing and sports cars up to 2000cc - 28
Other classes - 32

I assume the BTCC is in the middle class, bluebookese isn't my first language

cos · 23 Aug 2007, 16:25 (Ref:1995209)

Gavin Smith hasn't yet got a deal to race at Knockhill so that might be another one missing.

Hazard · 23 Aug 2007, 17:13 (Ref:1995234)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cos

Gavin Smith hasn't yet got a deal to race at Knockhill so that might be another one missing.

Really? His deal was announced as for the remaining three rounds, what else do you hear?

cos · 23 Aug 2007, 18:18 (Ref:1995290)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazard

Really? His deal was announced as for the remaining three rounds, what else do you hear?

Just going on what I read in Autosport (in the Brands Hatch review pages)

Hazard · 23 Aug 2007, 18:52 (Ref:1995316)

Well, Gavin's page and the GR Asia quote implies it's for the remainder of the year. Considering the sponsorship is his own, can't see how there's a problem.

http://www.gavinsmithracing.com/about.shtml

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