BTCC Crashes 2001
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00:00Putting him under real pressure, down into bottom bend, Matt Neill, that's Matt Neill being turned sideways into bottom bend
00:07And we're on board with Phil Bennett in his first touring car ride and a big bang on the right hand side of his Vauxhall Astra
00:14Now he gets down into bottom bend and repays that favour, Matt Neill on the right hand side, absolutely shovel round, excuse me
00:21Well, yeah, all the way to start your career, bang, there you see Matt Neill, he just slides into the side of Bennett, now down into bottom bend
00:29You think that was easy, Matt? Oh, really? Try this for size, that's what my Vauxhall tastes like
00:33A couple of cars, side by side, over Paddock Hill Bend for the first time
00:38And the first roller at the bottom
00:42Of Paddock Hill Bend, that was Paul O'Neill, got a bit of a tap, brought out the safety cuts between the two yellow Ford Focus's
00:48As the rest of the field streamed down, and there Colin Blair, that was almost a carbon copy of Paul O'Neill's accident
00:54Exactly the same place, but a couple of laps later, he got tangled, that was one of the Honda Accords
00:58Now there goes Gavin Piper, his afternoon went from bad to worst as well
01:01James Thompson, cracking stuff from him, nice pass over the top of the hill, and we've got a spinner already
01:07James Kay, second position in the production class, right behind, well not right behind anymore, that's Harrison off
01:14The leader of the production class, off as was his wheel, just over the top of Paddock Hill
01:20Scary moment for Simon Harrison, the left front belayership rolling down the gravel trap
01:25But these boys have got to un-lap themselves, these are our race leaders, there is our race leader
01:30That's Kate on the inside of Mohan, and he's tagged him and turned him around
01:33Across the street, it's not over yet, he's just climbing all over the front of it, amazing stuff
01:37Really, Kate, what on earth is that all about?
01:39That's just animal, and I'll tell you what, it should be in a cage
01:43Mohan and Kate got involved, and Kate just drove that Peugeot further on the grass
01:48Then he pays the penalty, rides the guard, up in the air
01:51Well, that's a photograph he'll have for his scrapbook in years to come
01:54But one in Lobby
01:55Up on Collard in the Renault, as he negotiates his way through
01:58That's Howell in the forward focus, and Howell and Collard make contact going into the
02:02Oh, and he's sliding through the infield, broken front suspension, and he was taken out again
02:08Well, some might say that was justice, but certainly the contact going into the Campbell
02:12Collard's running round the outside of him, side by side, giving him a little bit of a
02:16Bit of a knick and tuck, he's actually giving him a real hip and shoulder
02:20Oh, push me off, will you, says Boardman, take that, mister
02:23Some real pressure, Jason, Plato lurking there as well, and while this is all going on
02:26He's trying to look forward as well, and James Thompson has lost the place, and he's tagged his teammate, maybe
02:30Left-hander in a minute, lunges down the inside, contact, well, do you mind?
02:35Piper moves to the outside, see what he can do, turn in, whoa, whoa, whoa, excuse me
02:41Now in the car with Tom Boardman, and that's one of the focusers going off, that's Jackson
02:47A bit of an impact there
02:49Coming down into the hairpin, Eves on the left, Eves, Kurt Luby, a little bit of a shuffle along
02:54Hive, well, excuse me, and slides through
02:57On those production cars, and this circuit for this lap time, it's going to be really, really tough
03:03Oh, and look, somebody's gone off
03:05Off backwards, Phil Bennett, very high-speed reverse park, what happened?
03:10Well, let's just listen to Bennett
03:13Well, there you go, that's a gearbox full of neutrals, suddenly the back end's going faster than the front of the car
03:18And off it goes into the gravel, and has gained some positions, but he may get a penalty as a result of all that
03:23Very rough and tumble, big contact in front, that's Case going off
03:27James Thompson just slotting it there, on board with Kurt Luby
03:30And we've lost it, into the first corner, the production boys haven't started yet
03:34Very focusing moment, this is our race leader at the moment
03:37The production car driven by Simon Harrison is in the lead, and that's one of them off early
03:41That's Alan taking a shortcut to the grass
03:44It's the Tom Boardman, Rob Cullard show, and they are always highly entertaining
03:48The pair of them, and Boardman is run wide, kicking up the gravel all over the place
03:53Cowboy, big right-hander here, the guys up in front can't see anything
03:57So, that's Soper, he's across, that looked like Thompson I think he took out
04:00Luby was on the right-hand side of the screen
04:02Gavin Piper in the red Alfa, you think it's confusing, so do we
04:06Puff of smoke, there goes Piper
04:09Unforced error, snatches defeat from the Duels of Victory
04:12That's what we're seeing at the minute
04:15Strong indeed, but Jackson is sideways, he's moved sideways, drives alongside, contact!
04:19He picks up, now here's another look
04:21Yeah, you can see Jackson, he gets out of shape as he cuts across the track
04:24Graves comes on all of his own, then gets slapped in the side, went back
04:29Now there's Kurt Luby on board with Bennett, and he hits him, pushes him wide, Luby's off, Bennett's around
04:35Luby drives down the inside of Bennett, Bennett gets sideways, but he does the right thing, he just floors the throttle
04:41Jackson is challenging for the lead in production, he's got past Graves, they've touched, and he's off
04:46That's Graves and Gavin Piper, Gavin Piper got a bit of a tank slap around
04:50Whoa, what was that all about?
04:52He's shimmying around in the track, then Piper comes across to the left
04:56As if Graves isn't there, slams into the right-hand side of the Honda, spins himself right
05:02Gavin Piper meantime, he's a busy boy
05:05Busy boy, he's off
05:07I don't know what he's doing, as long as he can see enough track through the windscreen, that'll do him
05:10Side window, he knows it's bad, and Gareth, what on earth is going on?
05:14Wakey wakey sunshine
05:18Well, I bet his hand missed the gear lever, he just can't, he doesn't know how to change gear
05:22But all of a sudden, on the dirty stuff, then into the gravel, into the barrier
05:26Both pressuring him, coming up into McLean's
05:29He's one out and one back, hung out to try there, and turned around as well
05:33Lost two positions, that was contact with Soper
05:37Steve Super taught him another lesson, there it is
05:39Vauxhall-Persia contact, right the Vauxhall goes
05:43Having a good race
05:44Meantime, more teammates in play, that's Muller and Plato, and Plato's tagged him
05:49Ethan Muller just gets hooked on the rear bumper, Plato through
05:53There's Plato's car, comes out, he's having trouble slowing down
05:56He locks off eventually, whack into the back of Muller's car, and there, the bumper
06:01Well, he's having a ball, but look at the two Vauxhall drivers
06:04They're having a dance of their own
06:06Oh, bang, excuse, look at Slade, way out to the left, Plato dives down the inside
06:11I can't believe the cut that Slade made, and bang, it's Thompson at the Plato's right-hand side
06:17Race leader, production leader, Simon Harrison
06:20Problems, big problems, that's the Melbourne Loop
06:23Looks like Harrison just locked up the rear brakes, the tails swung out
06:27Trying to get into the action
06:28I'll have a bit of that, he says, banging panels side by side
06:32Cuts back, Bennett stands on the gas, up the hill, bang, contact
06:36And they have both, what was that all about?
06:38Well, very simply, Bennett was trying to defend, not just into the corner, but out of the corner
06:42But watch, Bennett out on the left, Super gets to run up the inside
06:45Bennett then cuts across to stop Super
06:47Super, of course, on full power and accelerating quicker than Bennett
06:52Big lock-up, that's Dan Eaves
06:54That was quite a hard hit, straight into the wall there at Duffus
06:58On board, let's have a listen
07:00Now, Thomson trying to get past Mowen, and he's tagged him
07:09Very unfortunate, they're just coming through
07:12Clark, Thomson just catching up the hill for the first time now
07:17Colin Blair, contact there, that's Colin Blair off sideways
07:20And he's off, that's a very big off
07:22And if you want to see our car going at 100mph in reverse
07:26you've seen that Colin Blair spins, rolls, ends up on his side.
07:29Real pressure now, meantime, in the production battle.
07:32Shedden in the focus, Graves turns in, and he's nailed him!
07:35Really big hit going into the hairpin.
07:37Shedden's still running, so is Graves.
07:39Graves is, well, that's one way to get through.
07:41Yeah, but you have to say also that Shedden probably finds reverse gear, not second gear.
07:45Well, it hasn't worked, and Graves is off!
07:47Unbelievable!
07:47Down into Duffer's tip.
07:48Keep it rolling, son.
07:49Keep it rolling.
07:51You could be in big trouble.
07:52Ain't over yet.
07:52Here's more action.
07:53Tom Budman, Colin Blair, side by side, bit of contact.
07:56They've got to turn right.
07:58He's turned him inwards.
07:59This is Blair home circuit, and Blair's off.
08:02Welcome home, matey.
08:03Really big pressure.
08:03That's a defensive line.
08:04Meantime, we've got a spinner there.
08:06That's Allen.
08:07Round and round.
08:07Which way am I facing?
08:09I'm going to watch some speed off for the left-hand.
08:11Hey, watch out, Tom!
08:13That was Ivan Muller having quite a focusing moment there.
08:16And then Muller has tagged Kramer.
08:17Kramer's off.
08:18No, he's on.
08:19No, he's off.
08:20No, he's on.
08:21Right him, cowboy!
08:24He's off.
08:25That's what James can see.
08:26Kramer going off and coming back on again.
08:29And going off again.
08:31Just ducking the pendulum swiftly at that Ford Focus.
08:34Right-hander coming up.
08:35Is he through?
08:35Yes, he is!
08:36Phil Bennett up into the lead.
08:38Hot stuff!
08:39Bennett on the outside.
08:40Whoa, I spoke too soon.
08:42Tagged him.
08:42That's Plato and Bennett.
08:44And Bennett has been shuffled into the infield.
08:46Slithering across the grass.
08:47This is going on and on and on.
08:49Now, Plato and Muller are going to be coming around here somewhere.
08:52Plato runs up the inside.
08:54Tags him on the right rear.
08:56And then just simply forces the Vauxhall sideways with the nose of his car.
09:01Now, that is out of order, Jason.
09:03You should know that.
09:05Now, side by side.
09:06Here they go.
09:06This is Plato and Muller.
09:07Teammates.
09:09No one bothering with the track whatsoever.
09:12Banging over the mud.
09:13Maybe this is going to be a better ending for them.
09:15Now through Gorham.
09:17Fast part of the circuit.
09:18And he's off!
09:19That's Eves Wide.
09:20Very big hit.
09:22Off backwards into the wall with Gorham.
09:24Big spin around as we saw.
09:27I don't know why.
09:28He just comes around the corner.
09:29He's wide again in the middle part of the corner.
09:31Of course, it's wet there on slick tyres.
09:34The grass is soaking wet.
09:35The car hits the barriers so hard.
09:37Throws it up in the air.
09:38Spins it round.
09:39Lands and keeps spinning.
09:41Really chunks and tails the Peugeot.
09:42Now, the grey part of the track's dry.
09:44The dark part's wet.
09:46Dan just gets those two left wheels on the wet part.
09:49And there you see.
09:50It just goes ballistic.
09:52There is Jason Plato.
09:54The man on the screen.
09:54And that's another one off.
09:55That's Collard.
09:56Collard in the Renault.
09:58Boy, was that close.
09:59Trying to stay in touch with Jason Plato.
10:01Feeding once again around Gorham.
10:03And he's running wide.
10:03And there's Dan Eves car.
10:04And that is just too close.
10:07Oh boy.
10:07And this is going on and on and on.
10:10Finally, Pirouettes around on the grass.
10:12Back again.
10:14Now we're going into the first corner.
10:16Let's see.
10:16There's Tom Boardman.
10:17Contact there.
10:19This gets tagged.
10:20Spins to the infield.
10:22Look at the gap.
10:22He's way behind.
10:23Indeed.
10:24But it was very confusing.
10:25Particularly for the touring cars.
10:27Pretty confusing there for Roger Mines as well.
10:29Just getting tagged by.
10:33Oh, just missing those tyres.
10:35We've lost it.
10:39Oh, that Armco looks so close.
10:41Bill Bennett under the circumstances.
10:47Simon Graves does exactly the same thing.
10:50I don't know what Graves is going to say.
10:52And there's real pressure as well.
10:54That's Bennett and Soper.
10:55Tags.
10:55He pushes him.
10:56And again.
10:57Hip and shoulder.
10:58Push wide.
11:00Now, and Soper fights back.
11:01Soper nails Bill Bennett straight into the back of the car.
11:04Soper's in front.
11:05Bennett's still going.
11:05Well, I'll have a bit of that since Tom Ferrier looks.
11:10This is the third time these drivers have got together.
11:12Started at Donington.
11:13Carried on a Knock Hill.
11:15And of course here in Nylancroft.
11:17That's what they used to look like.
11:19And he's off.
11:21Bill Bennett absolutely sideways.
11:23Save of the day.
11:24He's brought it back from nowhere.
11:26I bet you he didn't even know where he was.
11:28There's so much spray out there.
11:29He just floored the throttle and the car straightened itself up.
11:32Now lunging down the inside of Tim Harvey.
11:34Tower bend.
11:35Straight ahead.
11:36He's off.
11:39Dear me.
11:40Can he keep it running?
11:40Can he?
11:41No, he's just caught in that mud.
11:43That's the end of it.
11:44Now, here's another look through the chicane.
11:50Stands on the gas and saves it.
11:52Yeah, he did.
11:52That's all you can do in a front-wheel drive touring car is nail the throttle.
11:55It will sort itself out.
11:57But look at those conditions.
12:00Two wheels on the grass.
12:02Dear me.
12:03Straight across.
12:04And there's Jackson.
12:06And he's run very wide as Tim Edwards Jr.'s.
12:08He's clumbed the pylon at the end of the pit straight and he's still running.
12:13Jackson's in front.
12:14No, he's not.
12:15Edwards is back in front.
12:17Over the gravel, doesn't really slide down very much.
12:20Sideswipe the tires.
12:22Then he has another go at the barrier.
12:24And he's still running.
12:25It was just back in front look over the gravel doesn't really slow down very much
12:30Side swipes the tires then he has another go at the barrier, and he still keeps going his boots flat in the throttle
12:37Problem big problem. I got it. I got it. I've got it no
12:41I haven't it just like I get lost all commitment into the corner too many more points
12:47Okay, Plato to the right Muller's duck to the left Muller's on the grass Muller's off
12:52Sliding down the inside the field is streaming down through cascades now. It's got to be close well
12:56That was James Thompson just missing about Muller
13:00Plato gets a good run off old hole gets alongside Prio
13:03Muller thinks he can go the long way around but once on the grass it is history the car spins
13:09Look at that tufts of grass and mud everywhere back across the track somewhere James Thompson got through how he missed him
13:16I don't know here's what happens coming down from cascades the tap on the back from Harrison on man
13:23I'm Owen should have lost that car, but he just floors the problem
13:26Would you do in front wheel drive is the on board view from Piper's car?
13:30There's the Honda going down the inside Jackson on line bang in the right rear corner
13:35Jackson's furious graves is picked up on positions now Gavin Piper moving up on the inside of Tom Portman and there goes James
13:41K. Looks like it's fun to leap off the track. I think it was unassisted
13:45Well, we have to wait to see and that one's certainly hard to tell whether I was forced or on force
13:50But here's the on board view
13:51James K coming up into priority bumps and all of a sudden back goes to the front and he's into the gravel behind him
13:57but
13:58There you go all by himself
14:00How's it gonna sort itself out around the first quarter fine on board with Tommy urdos contact that sofa and Thompson?
14:06If I was off to the infield everyone else still running. That's great. Someone else has taken to the sand dunes
14:12Any Templeton in the now, let's try to piece this together on board with Gavin Piper, let's look ahead
14:19Now that was O'Neill and graves
14:22Now, let's have another look graves and O'Neill again on board with Roger Moen. So if it goes through
14:28Okay, we've seen that first bit of contact
14:35Nice performance there from the Peugeot. Oh, there's some contact between the MGs
14:38Take each other out boys. You're trying to get that. Here we come. There's a priory corner Reid puts his car inside
14:44Well, he was far enough forward, you know in these situations. You've got to decide
14:47I'm not gonna shut the door from all our after bridge left-hander. This is his opportunity
14:52Contact no Plato's through contact with Muller and Plato
14:55Coming into red gate for the first time a bit of a touch from behind as well
14:58Phil Bennett great start from him and James Thompson who was doing well. He's been turned around
15:02I think that was contact with sopa that time Jason. Well again guilty. That's my verdict
15:08He's off what he look he's just been tagged by Plato down into the old hairpin really fast part of the circuit
15:14He's fine. Just backed off into the gravel trap
15:17Here's the view from Plato's car
15:18Dan eaves the leads as they come through craner curves on the brakes and then Plato uses the Peugeot to slow his Vauxhall down
15:25He's coming and then all of a sudden
15:27Bang in the back and that's signs everywhere and eaves is out of the race
15:32Well, he might have got the two points for the cannon mate, but he's certainly got the it's now virtually on level with the Vauxhall
15:37Team now Muller down the inside of Bennett Goddard tagged him Bennett round Muller through
15:44And Simon Graves is off that's exactly the same spot
15:50Sliding off sideways up into McLean down into the old hairpin turns in tight
15:54Ahead of us. That's John B and Q. Oh, dear me
15:59No way to go
16:00Well, what was that all about in John B and Q was driving slowly around the exit to be read and I think it's actually cost
16:06Him a bit of time because Bennett is moving up on the inside of him on the inside of contact
16:11Bennett then he drives over the top of him Reid spins. Can he hold it?
16:15Forget it right beers off. He wasn't prepared to concede momentum. He just kept his boot in it made contact, but then
16:24Left rear to right rear that's what cause look you see the wheel
16:28That's Anthony Reid's rear suspension as it should not be it's broken. It's the result. Here's another result same thing
16:36Dear me, that was as close as you'd like nearly eaten alive by Blair and the other I think I've got it
16:42I think I got it slide slide. It was the Honda pendulum now
16:47Bennett's going please try to keep it together gentlemen Bennett's off off into the gravel
16:51This is coppers corner the next corner after McLean's he's still running never say die
16:55Appear to be more affected by the rain than other parts of the circuit
16:59Yeah, it's on barrier helpfully demonstrates for us and indeed this Danny
17:03I mean don't want to play in the sandpit together. There's contact there
17:08That's use in the MG big sideways. They got tagged on the way down nice save Tom board
17:13This incident occurred because subclips told everybody spreads out bands like Jackson finds himself with nowhere to go
17:20Except the barrier on the right there
17:21You see said clips Lexus stranded in the middle of the track cars to the left cars to the right
17:26Jackson up the back of the Peugeot and then it goes on
17:29You can see the sheen and the rotors that come through Grameel band he just aqua-plained off saves this bloke
17:36Slithering up through the sign up towards the barrier. Oh, that'll hurt big hit
17:41as well
17:43There's so for how this accident so and it come more and more water
17:47And then there was a little river and I just echo playing off the track and hit the barrier quite hard
17:51No control whatsoever. Oh into the barrier James K as well. James K is off pedicure been into the gravel
17:59What a bang now, here's Phil Bennett's view. It was contact with Phil Bennett
18:05Right rear of the Peugeot left front of the voxel. Here's the other view from on board of Danny
18:10Well Bennett's on the right hand side super right try to run around the outside now. He's down the inside
18:16He's taking the W of Plato's off
18:19Unbelievable Plato's gone straight across there
18:21Unforced error keep it moving mate. Keep it moving
18:25Turns in there's a river running across he catches the cab all of a sudden the car goes sideways
18:30They floors the throttle which is what you do in front-wheel drive that lifts off the car spin
18:35Harmlessly, oh, how close can you get that? Oh, look at this is the view from James Thompson's car up periscope
18:42Bang, he's running to the back of the proton trying to get through at bottom Ben's
18:47One more step up the rank for Jason Plato. This gap is closing this check. Don't look that's one of the Honda's
18:53That's graves often. He's nerfed the wall backwards going down through paddock
18:57Shining above everybody at the moment. We just saw a flash passes Tom board, but yeah, boy catch it
19:02The other way come on Tom you can do it and again the other way follow the pen