1988 BTCC : Entry List

the Skyline is approved, don't worry about it . Sign me in

Jesper Taulborg wrote:

Roger that, will get some done by today

Nice lap --> Class A

Any preference for the car ? Sierra ?

Tiago Malafaya wrote:

the Skyline is approved, don't worry about it . Sign me in

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Jesper Taulborg wrote:

Roger that, will get some done by today

Nice lap --> Class A

Any preference for the car ? Sierra ?

Heh, yep deffo prefer the Sierra

Ole Marius Myrvold wrote:

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Ideally the two registered drivers which have yet to be seeded, Ole Marius and Dave, will be spread over Classes B and C, which would fill those two classes .

Oh! I would really like that to happen!

That would please me, i am going to do some laps on the server now

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Please give it your best try because we need to get a precise idea of your level. If we seed you in Class B but come race day you prove to fast for B and are more a Class A driver we will move you up to A. Only you will get what car is left available in A, i.e. most likely a slow one . Therefore it is in your best interest to be seeded in the correct Class right away .

I can already say: Definitely A. Actually we're doomed, this guy just became WTM champion for the 2nd time driving a Supra



I could have found an answer as to why the colour in the mod is yellow while it is purple in the picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16788879@N02/5104912701/

Quote :

Peter Buxtorf- he only did the first few rounds before crashing the car at Thruxton.
IIRC, the pattern on the paintjob changed a couple of times- there's a pic in Autosport of the Thruxton shunt and the pink spots have been replaced by diamonds- yellow I think

Noooo Peter, why!

I'll do my best with it, although it's quite dated after at least 7 years where it won the ETCC with Kelleners/Grano in '81.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_British_Touring_Car_Championship_season

Une BMW pour moi avec préférence pour la #44 ou la #43 si possible?

Je n'ai pas la #89 en BTCC 88... C'est une autre catégorie sans doute?

Philippe Martinelli wrote:

Une BMW pour moi avec préférence pour la #44 ou la #43 si possible?

Je n'ai pas la #89 en BTCC 88... C'est une autre catégorie sans doute?

OK pour la BMW #43 vu qu'Alessio veut la #44 . Mais si il s'avère que personne ne veut d'une des deux Escort en Class B je les virerais pour mettre deux Mercedes à la place, auquel cas y'en une aura pour toi si tu veux .

La #89 est dans le carset ETCC 1988, c'est marqué en rouge dans le premier post .

Ah on peut choisir

alors pour moi ca serra (de celle que j'aime le plus à moins) :

BMW
Holden
Rover
Nissan
Toyota
Ford


En gros, si y'a une voiture que personne ne veux, vous pouvez me la mettre, sauf la Ford, ca freine pas vraiment et ca part en cacahuète sans prévenir (oui je sais, c'est la plus rapide mais bon...)

OK ben Holden avec Antoine alors . Ca fait une belle paire de poneys pour aller avec cette cavalerie australienne !

Dave Simmons wrote:

That would please me, i am going to do some laps on the server now

OK thanks for the laps on the server . Class B it will be . Do you want to do the season with the Escort ?

Frank Verplanken wrote:

Dave Simmons wrote:

That would please me, i am going to do some laps on the server now

OK thanks for the laps on the server . Class B it will be . Do you want to do the season with the Escort ?

Yup that would do nicely Thanks

Richard can have Karl Jones

#8 Roger Dowson Engineering (Jerry Mahony)

it pains me to say but my 2nd choice is

#4 Dennis Leech (Dennis Leech) :

Since Alessio prefers the Demon tweaks car, can I have #32 or #34 please? I hate the number 3, so having it twice in the #33 would not please me

OK so with 40 available cars and the 40 registered drivers all seeded in the three classes, there is little point in waiting any longer before opening the booking. I have already edited the Entry List in the first post with the choices some of you have given. The others can make their choice among the remaining cars.

I am willing to give my Sierra and take the Rover if none of the Class A drivers having not given their car choice yet want the Rover .

OK vu qu'il y a 40 voitures disponibles et que les 40 pilotes engagés ont été répartis dans les trois classes, ça ne sert à rien d'attendre plus longtemps avant d'ouvrir les réservations. J'ai déjà édité la liste des engagés dans le premier post avec les choix de ceux ayant déjà fait part de leur préférence. Les autres doivent choisir parmi les voitures restantes.

Si personne ne veut de la Rover parmi les pilotes de la Class A n'ayant pas encore exprimé leur choix, je laisserais ma Sierra pour prendre la Rover

I'd like the #19 Sierra then

Wow the competition in Class A will be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE I can say goodbye to podiums

Yeah and with only the top 6 scoring people like me can kiss points goodbye . I sincerely hope we will have many epic fights between all you aliens at the front, and that a Class C driver will beat you all in the championship

#69 Corolla

Frank Verplanken wrote:

OK ben Holden avec Antoine alors . Ca fait une belle paire de poneys pour aller avec cette cavalerie australienne !

Ca fera surtout un bon benchmark pour me faire humilier chronométriquement Enfin bon on va bien rigoler

Carl Larrad wrote:

Richard can have Karl Jones

#8 Roger Dowson Engineering (Jerry Mahony)

it pains me to say but my 2nd choice is

#4 Dennis Leech (Dennis Leech) :

You are a true gent! Thank you!

Frank Verplanken wrote:

and that a Class C driver will beat you all in the championship

Ah yeah I forgot about this retarded way of attributing the BTCC championship back in the days... Never understood the logic behind that...

As often with Touring Car racing the main reason was to please as many constructors as possible . The first ETCC in 1963 was held along the same rules and had... 9 classes ! This way more or less everybody won something and could advertise it - "win on Sunday, sell on Monday"

Ah okay.

I forgot that the German Endurance Championship, cutely named Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (VLN) uses the same system, but with different coefficients based on how much competition there is in the class. Often there are more than 220 cars entered for one round, in about 15 classes.

Yes it's the same in the VLN, which is the offspring of the German DRMFT/DARM/DRP of the 1960s and 1970s. All those multi-class German series, and the BTCC or the ETCC as well, had coefficient of sorts, although usually it was only two : coeff. 1 and coeff. 0.5 if there were less than X starters in a given class.

JB Massida wrote:

Ah okay.

I forgot that the German Endurance Championship, cutely named Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (VLN) uses the same system, but with different coefficients based on how much competition there is in the class. Often there are more than 220 cars entered for one round, in about 15 classes.

Good luck to whoever scores the standings in that championship