Rotary domination in the BTTC

[clive]

In this weeks MotorSport news paper there is a double page interveiw with Win Percy who was the crowned BTTC Champion driving an RX-7  with 10 wins from 11 starts in 1980 and won 9 out of 10 races in 1981, which l am sure you will all agree was one hell of a feat!

For 1982 the RAC governing the sport had enough of this Rotary domination  and introduced the rule that all cars competing must have a four door counterpart thus outlawing the RX-7.

I still remember the two cars  LOUDLY HOWLING gloriously around Brands as this was before the days of silencers on any racing cars.

[Gman]

Time then for the RX8 to kick some ass??

[Martiny]

Wow!

What a shame the motorsport tw*ts dont know what they are doing.

Clive, I fear that this might happen to Dave Nixon and Stacy Vickers, seeing as they are thrashing the competition in their races.

I suppose they will also come up with some pathetic rule/s to make sure the RX-8 doesnt do well in Motosport, either.

[JamesFD3]

Not sure if anyone caught this but in the November 2004 issue of EVO magazine Yvan Muller drove Stacy Vickers Mk1 RX-7 comparing it to other classic touring cars inc RS2000,Lotus Cortina and BMW M3.

Interesting to note that this car has also been driven by Win Percy who drove the original championchip winning MK1 RX-7 and commented that this car is even better than the original!!

James

[johnf]

Re:

"Clive, I fear that this might happen to Dave Nixon and Stacy Vickers, seeing as they are thrashing the competition in their races. "

Any dates / venues for their appearances in 2005 /

John

[Martiny]

ah Good point, John. They need our support, so I will find out and post back.

[Ray]

Race dates are available at:
http://www.csccgb.co.uk/pages/dates.asp

I\'m not sure if they will both be out at all rounds, but you can usually can a list of the competitors entered at a meeting from   http://www.barc.net/corporate.htm

[clive]

Good to see you on here Ray, thanks for the dates.

How\'s the RX-4 racer coming along.

[Ray]

Not too bad. Mainly bodywork to be finished and a spray job.
Most of the mechanics are sorted. It does actually start and run now.
I\'m hoping to get a few track days done over the summer.
I\'ll try and get a few pics, here\'s one from earlier before I started putting it back together

[MikeLMR]

looking forward to seeing some of the more progressed piccies, sounds like your pretty far on now.

Hopefully I can make the cadwell round this year ... always seems to be on the same weekend as somthing else.

~ Mike

P.S on the BTCC topic I have two models of the BTTC cars signed by Win Percy and the other driver who\'s name I forget.

[clive]

Originally posted by Ray
Not too bad. Mainly bodywork to be finished and a spray job.
Most of the mechanics are sorted. It does actually start and run now.
I\'m hoping to get a few track days done over the summer.
I\'ll try and get a few pics, here\'s one from earlier before I started putting it back together

Real good to hear it\'s coming along nicely,

Hopefully we can persuade you to bring it to rotorstock that way as we want hopefully to show the public at least one of each Rotary  model and even better a stock one and a modified model if we can.

[clive]

Originally posted by Gman
Time then for the RX8 to kick some ass??

There was an announcement last week that it looks like Mazda are going to re-enter the BTTC with, wait for it ---------------------- a Mazda 3 !! after withdrawing in the mid 90\'s with the Exedos.

I am sure that someone here will know but l have the feeling that only 4 cylinder  piston engines are allowed now ?

[Martiny]

Clive, did you mean Xedos?

Hell, nothing wrong with a Mazda 3, at least MAzda are going to have a go!

[clive]

Originally posted by Martiny
Clive, did you mean Xedos?

 

Thats the one

[PaulFitzwarryne]

Clive- I thought what Win Percy won was the RAC British Saloon Car Championship and that it was later the event became the BTTC Championship.

The objection to the RX-7 competing was it was a sports car not a saloon. The RAC clarified the definition as a saloon as a 4 door car. Thus, the 626 became the typical Mazda entry by such teams as TWR.