father_jack

Hi all - I'm a new poster on these here forums.
Anyway...... was at the touring cars on Sunday at Knockhill. What's happened, there used to be a decent mix of cars Audis Alfas Fords Volvos etc. Now all I could see were two works Astra teams and possibly the Peugeot coupes- the rest looked like privateers.
A very poor show I thought, where have all the other teams gone? Still the rest of the racing was pretty good. The MG Xpower 500bhp thing was most awesome and grunt-tastic.

Dream Weaver

I agree father - bring back the good old days of 1992 with Rouse and Hoy battling it out in the Omega Carinas, and Cleland swaring a lot

I actually prefer the production guys now in the touring cars i.e. the ones you said looked like privateers.

DW

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Remember Mansell @ Donnington - Class

Dream Weaver

Certainly do

He was doing superb, charging through the field then lost it. I was stood right between the old hairpin and the bridge so saw the whole thing.

Even managed to get my mugshot in The Sun in the crowd scene behind

DavidBrown

Nahh.. Bring back the earlier Rouse days when they thundered round in RS500's

Those were the days..

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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David

It was that particular race - one of the best I've ever seen & in the wet too That man could drive...

Just like the only time I'll ever take you on track - in the wet

Markus

Ahhh, the good old days. I remember going to brands hatch and watching the Volvo estates cause serious mayhem at druids. Top class action. It's a real pity its gone downhill, bit like F1. Rallying is still cool though.

andrew6321

Bring back Gerry Marshall and his awesome V8-powered Vauxhall Ventora. Or the works Rover P6 V8, with flared arches. Does anyone else remember these beasties, or am I just too old..?

Andrew

DazV

Anyone Frank Sytner losing his rag with Mike Reid ?

GranTurismo

Small, boys, jumpers for goal post, mum calling you in for tea "In a Minuet mum.." they cried.....

I remember all that old stuff and it was fantastic, but the stuff on the telly at the weekend was great racing, just missing the support from the manufacturers. The new formula is working well, next year it will be better. So I think touring cars is a long way from Crap.

Dream Weaver

GT - its crap, lets face it

GM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by GranTurismo:
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I remember all that old stuff and it was fantastic, but the stuff on the telly at the weekend was great racing, just missing the support from the manufacturers. [/quote]

Didn't see the stuff on the telly but from trackside it was pretty boring I'm afraid

druddle

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by andrew6321:
<B>Bring back Gerry Marshall and his awesome V8-powered Vauxhall Ventora. Or the works Rover P6 V8, with flared arches. Does anyone else remember these beasties, or am I just too old..?

Andrew[/quote]

i remember seeing the rover v8's, bmw m635csi, mg metro turbos in the touring cars at silverstone for the 1983 british GP. also the xr4i sierras and the rs1600i's at brands in 1985.

dave

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Markus

Think I'm going to get into watching bikes. Superbikes seem to always be at brands hatch and it's meant to be a great laugh, plus I'm a secret biker at heart.

father_jack

Yeah - the old days - Rover SDI's - Jag XJS -what were they thinking of. Me the 5th Duke of Wimbourne, ..... etc.