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16th Jan 05 at 15:28

found this on PF, superb vid, is a round of the 1989 BTCC using a street couse in birmigham city centre

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/video/rs500.wmv

34mb but worth it

Adam-D

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16th Jan 05 at 15:29

d/l now

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16th Jan 05 at 15:29

is worth it, i thought the mid 90 touring car racing was best, but this has changed my mind

[Edited on 16-01-2005 by jr]

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16th Jan 05 at 16:05

that has to be the best video ive ever downloaded!

never knew that loiuse aitken walker raced in btcc as well!

brillaint video, see how fast the rs500's passed the class b astra gte!

GLSi GUY

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16th Jan 05 at 16:07

can someone stick it on CD for me and send it to me? cos its gonna take forever to download on 56k

Adam-D

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16th Jan 05 at 16:16

thats fooking ace that

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16th Jan 05 at 16:22

the commentry makes it

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16th Jan 05 at 16:25

Ace vid! I loved Touring cars back in those sort of days... so much closer and action packed - all the cars on edge... drivers fighting for places whatever the risk.

Now BTCC is all too namby pamby...

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16th Jan 05 at 16:27

the in car with james weaver is like

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16th Jan 05 at 16:30

the tim harvey car (blue and white labbatts one) is now owned by martin500 on passion ford, must be so

to see the car that is sitting in you garage being used like that

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16th Jan 05 at 16:36

Brilliant video thanks for putting that link upi. I remember it really well, and its funny to see the roads of Birmingham in 'race' mode yet again. There are still barriers up in places from when it was on.

Just goes to show why it failed though!! Did you see how much the cars were bouncing up and down due to th euneven road surface.

The 2 years the racing was on in Birmingham were Brilliant shame they never spent the money and got all the problems sorted for it to continue.

I lused to live and still do (same area) around 5 miles from the city centre and you could here the cars there testing on the run up to those weekends.

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16th Jan 05 at 16:54

quote:
Originally posted by MatG
Brilliant video thanks for putting that link upi. I remember it really well, and its funny to see the roads of Birmingham in 'race' mode yet again. There are still barriers up in places from when it was on.

Just goes to show why it failed though!! Did you see how much the cars were bouncing up and down due to th euneven road surface.

The 2 years the racing was on in Birmingham were Brilliant shame they never spent the money and got all the problems sorted for it to continue.

I lused to live and still do (same area) around 5 miles from the city centre and you could here the cars there testing on the run up to those weekends.

, never even heard about it before

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16th Jan 05 at 16:55

MatG, where aboutse was the racing?

MatG

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16th Jan 05 at 17:01

The racing was around the city centre, The pits and start/finish line was on the Bristol Road where Bristol Street motors is. It then went slightly out of town, up the hill around the roundabout you see in the first 3 mins of that videa, down again and around the rear of the city centre.

A lot of the roads have changed now and it most likely wouldnt even be possible these days especially since the new Bull ring delevopment.

It was great fun though and I have loads of pics some where of the days I went, in both years.

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16th Jan 05 at 17:03

Nice, i didnt really recognise much of it at all. I think you should get those pics up!

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16th Jan 05 at 18:01

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Originally posted by safe_si
Nice, i didnt really recognise much of it at all. I think you should get those pics up!

yep would like to see the pics if you find them

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16th Jan 05 at 18:10

I will have a hunt in the loft, I ahve them some where if not my parents will have them. IT was along time ago

I will certainly look though

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16th Jan 05 at 18:10

quote:
Originally posted by MatG
I will have a hunt in the loft, I ahve them some where if not my parents will have them. IT was along time ago

I will certainly look though

MatG

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16th Jan 05 at 18:18

This was the course:

Off to have a look in the loft now

More info, pics, and videas can be found here:

http://www.birmingham101.com/101superprixVIDEO.html

[Edited on 16-01-2005 by MatG]

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16th Jan 05 at 18:29

the track is diffrent to what id imagined

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16th Jan 05 at 21:15

TTT because its a cool vid

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16th Jan 05 at 21:34

When the back comes out Murray doesn't even mention it, when that happens in todays racing it is front page news.

The in car stuff is difficult to take your eyes off.

I like '550bhp, not your average Sierra'. Maybe that comment was true then but its probably not any more if you check PF member list

[Edited on 16-01-2005 by Ian]

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16th Jan 05 at 21:38

Excellent video cheers

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16th Jan 05 at 21:40

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
When the back comes out Murray doesn't even mention it, when that happens in todays racing it is front page news.

The in car stuff is difficult to take your eyes off.

I like '550bhp, not your average Sierra'. Maybe that comment was true then but its probably not any more if you check PF member list

[Edited on 16-01-2005 by Ian]

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