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« on: August 10, 2010, 08:43:16 pm »
Monday Nights, BBC1 10:30PM

Caught this last week and the second episode was on last night, a very interesting documentary following the 2009 BriSCA Formula One Stock Car series.

Well worth a watch even if you've not watched stock cars before as there is quite a lot behind the scenes, and the competition between two families on and off the track.

BBC iPlayer Link - Monday 9th August - Episode 2



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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 07:31:44 am »
Got this on series link.  Watched last week and was pretty good. Proper UK Redneck....

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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 04:57:23 pm »
All good stuff, but the racing doesn't come across properly on TV. You have to be there to get the full experience.

Has pushed me towards getting tickets to this years world final though

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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 09:35:53 pm »
Bump for any of you, about to start on BBC1

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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2010, 11:19:14 pm »
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Has pushed me towards getting tickets to this years world final though


Is that "World Final" in the american sense where its actually just a Regional sport that people go too to watch out of curiosity like Cheese rolling or Bog Snorkling, or "World Final" in the sense that everybody else uses it in for things like the Olympics, Football/Rugby/Cricket World Cups etc...
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2010, 07:49:43 am »
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Is that "World Final" in the american sense


Not exactly, the world final grid is made up of 34 cars. Only 20 of those are for UK drivers that have qualified through a series of races throughout the system (this isn't limited to UK drivers either, just anyone who races in the UK series).

12 places are reserved for overseas drivers, who are typically Dutch (they race cars to the same specification), New Zealand (they race very similar, full contact cars), South Africa and USA (Sprint Car/Late Models)

The final 2 places are for on the night, last chance qualifiers and is open to anyone that races that night.  There's expected to be over 20 non-UK drivers amongst those that haven't directly qualified.

With £10K up for grabs for the winner, this is usually the toughest and most entertaining race of the year.

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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2010, 12:34:44 pm »
fair doos
good answer to my rather sarcastic but fairly serious question
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