i love touring cars

[bigkris]

was just wondering if anyone had any good british touring car photo's? heres a few feel free to post yours:





i love touring cars and just thought between us we could have some interesting images

[shedspeed]

Have these, not retro, but from the glory days.

[cozjon]

the good old days of touring car

[Fennec]

WIN



I think Volvo + BTCC = Awesome.

[rmad]

[Davenger]

[Fuzzy]

There's only one that does it for me:



Big pic:

i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JPCN/Events/Goodwood%20FOS%202008/Niss_Primera_BTCC_Goodwood01.jpg

[dbizzle]

Ah, good times. Anyone else going to the final round of the BTCC at Brands Hatch this weekend? I'm really looking forward to it... ;D

Hope it doesn't rain!

[HoTWire]

Sept 27, 2009 23:21:35 GMT Fuzzy said:

There's only one that does it for me:

Yay I can pimp these pictures again :




Passenger seat is a bit tight (my feet)


^^ End of Goodwood hill


^^ My driver (Anthony Reid)

Good times....



Not sure what my fave touring car is,.. I'll have to have a think.

[autoverse]

As soon as I saw that Nissan I knew that HoTWire would post the above.

For now I'll just drop a link to a BTCC group on flickr (lots to see)
BTCC 50 Year Celebration

[dbizzle]

My favourite BTCC race - season finale '92.




Also, I can heartily recommend this superb DVD. And this one.

[rmad]

Awesome.

Everything that F1 isn't, if you ask me.

Great clip too - particularly Murray Walkers explanation of events at 6:28. Genius.

[dbizzle]

I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of John Cleland...!

I've got my fingers firmly crossed for Colin Turkington this weekend - Giovanardi's had his well-deserved glory, but Colin's paid his dues and deserves a trophy! (Although I'll be happy as long as anyone other than Plato wins the championship to be honest, cheating little beggar that he is.)

[Davenger]

Sept 28, 2009 9:18:21 GMT autoverse said:

As soon as I saw that Nissan I knew that HoTWire would post the above.

For now I'll just drop a link to a BTCC group on flickr (lots to see)
BTCC 50 Year Celebration

Graet link, found me some more Avenger porn ;D

Only pic I could find though.
It's a bit sad really, the Avenger won BTCC 3 times, but no one seems to remember. It's all about Minis Escorts and Capris

[HoTWire]

Sept 28, 2009 10:48:07 GMT Davenger said:

It's a bit sad really, the Avenger won BTCC 3 times

I never knew that..

[Fuzzy]

Sept 28, 2009 8:59:38 GMT HoTWire said:

Sept 27, 2009 23:21:35 GMT Fuzzy said:

There's only one that does it for me:

Yay I can pimp these pictures again...

I remember seeing those. I'm still jealous.

[Davenger]

Sept 28, 2009 10:59:41 GMT HoTWire said:

Sept 28, 2009 10:48:07 GMT Davenger said:

It's a bit sad really, the Avenger won BTCC 3 times

I never knew that..

Yeah, 1974, 76 and 77.
Run by the late great Bernard Unett

Wikipedia is great
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BTCC_champions

[DutyFreeSaviour]

Learn something every day here ^^

Volvo estates FTW! Now trying to get pass for BTCC end of season at Brands...... didn't know it was this weekend. Off to find / make up excuse.......

[Team Blitz]

Sept 28, 2009 10:59:41 GMT HoTWire said:

Sept 28, 2009 10:48:07 GMT Davenger said:

It's a bit sad really, the Avenger won BTCC 3 times

I never knew that..

That's because the over-all champion was a mere mathematical game after 1973. Unett, the Avenger guy who "won" 3 overall BTCC championships, was in the under 1300cc class, running against basically no one in his works Chryco (because the new 1974 "OPEC oil" rules had just done him an enormous favor). He only ever won 2 BTCC rounds. Whereas, people like Rouse won 60 races, Spice 27, Walkinshaw 9, Muir 23, etc. Because Unett ran up so many points in his minor class, he was CROWNed overall champion with LOTS of low overall placings buts lots of firsts in class. Meanwhile, the overall victors in much more competitive classes would trade off wins throughout the season, thus their individual totals were less. However, the Avenger wasn't beating them, lol. None of the above detracts from Unett, or is intended to. But it does put the Avenger's "prowess" into, um, perspective. The cars winning 99% of the BTCC races back in those years were NOT Avengers! Some win by maths. Some win by podium finishes. I'm interested in the latter rather than the former, as are most people.

[Rich606]

Sept 28, 2009 9:29:20 GMT dbizzle said:

My favourite BTCC race - season finale '92.




Also, I can heartily recommend this superb DVD. And this one.

Brilliant. '92 was the first season I really remember; from my point of view it was absolutely the glory days.

Odd thing that strikes me watching that though - I don't remember the last time I saw a Toyota Carina on the road...