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General => Photography Section => Topic started by: Hedge on April 03, 2010, 09:26:20 pm

Title: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Hedge on April 03, 2010, 09:26:20 pm
Had an excellent day, slightly damp at times but still good.
Enjoy.

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Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Hedge on April 03, 2010, 09:26:44 pm
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Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Hedge on April 03, 2010, 09:27:31 pm
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Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: VC on April 03, 2010, 09:36:23 pm
superb work as always dude :congrats:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: gillm on April 03, 2010, 09:43:14 pm
cool pics . i was there :)

cilo cup was some good close racing . shame the amd car placed 19th on the grid
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Greeners on April 03, 2010, 09:56:11 pm
Great pics big fella!  :congrats:

How did the Golf get on?

Looking forward to a bit of this on the telly tomorrow!  :party:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Hedge on April 03, 2010, 09:58:25 pm
To be fair I have to say I was a guest of the AMD Milltek team and the mood in the garage was very upbeat.
They were thrilled to be there in an unproven car and I understand that 19th isn't special but compared to the budget of the bigger teams then they are doing very well.

I am looking forward to the rest of whatever the season brings and wish them all the best.  :happy2:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Greeners on April 03, 2010, 10:09:25 pm
Is it me or do some of the cars look a bit light on sponsors?
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: VC on April 03, 2010, 10:19:27 pm
Is it me or do some of the cars look a bit light on sponsors?

either that or they just dont realise the BHP increase stickers add  :pomppomp: :signLOL:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: MP5 on April 03, 2010, 10:50:42 pm

Some great pics... :congrats:

Looking forward to the race and all the best to the AMD team for tomorrow.... :happy2:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: RedRobin on April 04, 2010, 12:24:17 am

Is it me or do some of the cars look a bit light on sponsors?


....I'll let some of the teams know that you're offering sponsorship, Nath, when I'm there again tomorrow  :evilgrin:

Hedge and I had a great day and as he says, this is the first outing for the AmDMilltek GTI and it's a case of a steady build up. Driver Shaun is pleased with the car so far.
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Saint Steve on April 04, 2010, 06:35:52 pm
Great racing on the box today.

Although seeing the Golf failed to finish a race and was bringing up the rear of the field in the 3 races before repeated breakdowns.

Does anyone know why AMD have not gone with the 2.0TFSi engine??
Other Car runners including Vauxhall are running with Turbo charged cars and AMD's reason for not running that was cus they couldnt run with one , hense the 280 FSI unit, which seems along way down on power compared to the rest of the field.

Hope they find some more ponnies or they will struggle to compete this year i feel.
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Saint Steve on April 04, 2010, 06:37:41 pm
Nice photo's Ian btw.

Wanted to go today but some people are too sad and wanting Sky fitting on Easter sunday ffs :mad:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: Hedge on April 04, 2010, 06:46:28 pm
Does anyone know why AMD have not gone with the 2.0TFSi engine??

They are running to S2000 rules.
Scroll down to the car overview section.

http://www.btcc-racing.com/about/

Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: chungster on April 04, 2010, 09:34:51 pm
don't think he's down on power.

Shaun is still getting used to the car.

plenty of support for him tho out on the hills.  :happy2: 

when he came back out for final few laps in Round 3 the crowd were cheering.

Took over 1000 pics today. Will post some up in a mo. Was good day. Saw Robin too in the morning for quick natter. And NeilM on way home although he didn't see me  :signLOL:
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: NeilM on April 05, 2010, 11:00:24 am
Every one I spoke to at Thruxton said the Golf looked and sounded great and it had the crowd behind it, I dont think Shaun was under any illusions in his first race, the Fords started the same in their first season and their budget & resources must be huge compared to AMD.

Nice to have a car running in the BTCC that you can follow.

Sorry Chungster, didnt see you, I was stuck on the muddy banking at Allard

Car just didnt seem to handle that well, obviously I need a bit more power.   :laugh:

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Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: chungster on April 05, 2010, 04:13:44 pm
hey neil,

i saw u on the A303 / M3. See my post in Spotted section.  :happy2:

Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: RedRobin on April 06, 2010, 12:04:56 am
^^^^
Yup, it's as Chungster says: Lots of support for Shaun and the AmDMilltek Golf. Was Shaun's first outing and he's still learning the car. Shaun had never driven Thruxton before. Plus there's work still to be done to improve the car. He spun in race 3 which caused problems with n/side drive, hence he stopped. A CV joint broke in an earlier race but in practice on Saturday, Shaun beat a couple of the other cars. It's early days.

Sorry I didn't stop and chat longer, Lee, but I was a guest of the AmDMilltek team all weekend and had been asked to return to base in the paddock straight after that race.

I'll post more info about the weekend tomorrow.
Title: Re: BTCC Thruxton - plenty of pics.
Post by: T88OMM on April 09, 2010, 08:24:47 am
Awesome pics Hedge  :drool: