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Post by tomcat »

found this interesting link which includes all data from last season of the super tourers.
check out the snett report and the speeds they werer going around the bends!
124mph around corum!!
http://www.carenthusiast.com/btcc99.htm

Still faster than the current touring cars

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i love the 90's touring cars, in my opinion the best touring car decade :)
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1999 ,rounds 15/16 at snetterton looked interesting under floodlights:auto:

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Great link Scott. I was also impressed with the 112 entry into Riches and the 135 approach speed into it!! With grip, stability and a 1'09 from just 300 odd horsepower I'd agree that these were the pinnacle of saloon car racing; certainly in our era anyway.

It would be interesting to compare the DTM times for Brands (off to do just that, right now)

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great link and a very good read kept me ocupied for a while

now i may get shot down for this but i prefere the late 80's with the cosworths with 500+ bhp hearing them going round the streets of birmingham ive never heard anythink else like it since
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Streets?? That must have passed me by mate; they did a street race?

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keep up Stu they used to be on tv and were great to watch.

i agree the cosworth and m3 era was by far my favourite

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The circuit layout for the Birmingham superprix is still there even down to big roundabout that they cut in half. Is was an amazing experience and the sounds.....awesome.

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Post by Finchy »

Keep an eye out for the LMA Eurosaloons, there is a small grid of about 8 super tourers still racing.

And funnily enough most of the Prodrive stock of the Ford Mondeo from 2000 is kept in suffolk. Its still raced today and was featured in EVO with Tom Chilton at the helm a few months back.

I was fortunate enough to spend 2 seasons running this car and rebuilding it.

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