1990s British Touring Cars | Crash Highlights | Volvo at Velocity!

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Rest in peace Murray walker 1923-2021

[@Hitmans30a]

One of the few moments in time when a category had it just right. This was a great era for touring cars .

[@Goodstegosaurus]

If memory serves me right, the Volvo was the only car before this crash that had side impact bars. Thank goodness they did

[@smallmaxo9659]

Well Volvo focuses on safety

[@irishwristwatch2487]

He was lucky it was RHD too, that was a big side impact

[@captmcneil]

They had a few ideas there, like SIPS. Although I don't know whether the bars specifically did very much. Saving the car from collapse here is most likely the roll cage. I do not want to downplay Volvo's commitment to safety, however.

[@jp3274]

Side Impact Proctetion System.

[@cat09tails22]

At 5:15 you can see the interior of a Renault and can see a blue side bar on the lower right across the doorway

[@PCGameFanatic]

This is when touring cars was touring cars. Super tourers.

[@tompirozek4490]

Agreed, not what we have now, its a shadow of what BTCC used to be

[@BurtSampson]

Same for DTM.

[@jamieeedden777]

Still got alot of vedieo tapes of the propper btcc

[@LewisHamiltonMSPR]

5:05 I like how Murray says "A bit of light engineering now" as the guy is hammering the bodywork back into shape.

[@PCGameFanatic]

Loved it when they put Murray Walker and Charlie Cox together.

[@skynet0912]

In the folk race series in Denmark, someone hammering away with a sledgehammer on their car is refered to as "use of precision tools"...

[@egon2875]

Percussive maintenance....😁

[@googleuser2571]

Super Touring, and Murray Walker in the commentary box. Golden era of motorsport.

[@garagemischief]

A match made in heaven, what a time we got to live eh 👍🏼

[@mrfrdman]

Love this Era of Touring cars :)

[@richardhammer187]

Probably my favourite class and era of motorsport, full stop, great memories.

[@fontheking5]

Really like the sound of these 2 liter naturally aspirated engines, with around 300 hp. These really were the days in Touring cars :)

[@AnthroGearhead]

Not as crazy as those Grp A racers

[@slonky821]

@@AnthroGearhead better racing though

[@AnthroGearhead]

Yes

[@markj2093]

300 bhp? your of your rocker, the ford put out well over 500 Bhp and was capable of well north of 175mph

[@fontheking5]

Well the Group A Sierra Cosworths were turbocharged, these ones are not...

[@adroxorz]

As an Aussie, I loved BTCC, growing up. Murray's voice is timeless. I loved Alain Menu and Jason Plato as drivers.

[@Roylevis]

this was the only track racing i followed religiously. it was so much fun to watch always things happening

[@mred5625]

"This is Radisich, there's a pea-souper inside his Ford Mondeo" a brilliant line from Murray Walker, telling it exactly like it is.

[@TekkenBones]

Those MK1 Renault Lagunas looked fantastic as Touring Cars

[@NemesisRTCW]

Most cars of this era looked good. Even the Primera ,Mondeo Peugeot and the Accord. Also some pretty mental power there on FWD cars as well.

[@ashtonworth6288]

There wasn't a bad looking 90's touring car, in my opinion.

[@irishwristwatch2487]

Revalia didnt agree lmao, spent a lot of time trying to take them out

[@automaticasthmatic]

My mum and dad had one when I was a boy, we always played as the laguna on TOCA Touring Cars on the PlayStation. M640 AOT. Even remember the reg😂

[@hamwicbi1265]

God i miss Super Touring cars, pure racing with international drivers. The car were monsters too

[@PROTEK123]

This was my era of BTCC and was great to watch , This years BTCC,2018, has shown me that now they have some competitive racing again , it will never compare to the glory days but def heading in right direction.

[@noorazfaruddin467]

Super Era of Super Touring Cars

[@AGxAG]

I miss this on TV on a Saturday afternoon on Grandstand ,in between the horse racing and the football results

[@DA-yf5dn]

Those were the days! Miss the old touring cars and rivalries.

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Love these touring cars and stars of 90's - Love Winklehoff giving hand manking sign to biela at 0:44 and Murray Walkers excellent commentary

[@bield7]

The most exciting era of touring cars by far

[@kartwizard]

80s and 90s: the best era of Motorsport 😍

[@garethedwards2883]

Fantastic memories, thanks for the compilation.

[@olafeklund6200]

That was entertainment! Loved watching that on the TV back in the day!

[@markvickery1586]

When you look in your mirror and a Volvo 850 is breathing down your neck on a race track :D

[@luinpuin4152]

This is what racing was all about the btcc in the 90’s !

[@annagrahm9836]

TOCA 1 gameplay also was awesome (as reality was) forever in my mind and heart

[@Griff-Moto]

1:31 Love the fact that the safety car was a Jaaaaaaaag

[@ricky107_]

love seeing volvos go fast

[@paulofreitas3287]

golden times

[@jonnyboy3103]

James Thompson saying his cars “scrap” love it

[@JohnSmith-wf5xp]

“Dumkopf he says”!🤣 God love you Murray!

[@tomasnicolau]

This is absolute gold! What a championship

[@nicholashunt9522]

Murray Walker commentating on BTCC was ace.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Lovely stuff. Those Audi A4's courted quite a bit of controversy that season though with their Quattro system. Just like Alfa Romeo did back in the day with the spoilergate fiasco

[@OggaDugga]

Murray Walker was and always will be the voice of Motorsport

[@Milkydrummer]

Blaaaaaaddy hell this was a trip down memory lane! Anyone remember that btcc racing game with tiff’s voice on it… I remember all the drivers from that game. Those Renaults were iconic. All the cars were tbh… great vid. Thanks 🙏🏻 so

[@memyself717]

Smokin' Jo, Crashdisich and others, the good days.

[@I-T-S-M-E]

90s touring cars rocked.

[@stohelpsupport7615]

You just couldn't beat the BTCC back in the day. Best racing in the world IMO. You need nerves of steal to even get in to one of those cars let alone be in a race!!!

[@nigelhumphreysfsuk2833]

I STILL LOVE WATCHING BTCC BUT BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS SO MUCH MORE EXCITING

[@Aunini]

3:39 - not Leslie's finest maneuver...

[@Blackrabbit2280]

Best Time of Touringcars ❤ BTCC and the STW

[@JB-pd4gu]

BTCC from this time period and V8 supercars 😊

[@___Steinn___]

90s BTCC was the best ever!

[@queenanne5917]

Menu lied about getting hit from behind then.

[@0thers1d3]

These drivers were insane.

[@aisrael13]

Great great stuff!

[@julesmatthews2178]

By far the best ERA of BTTC 💯

[@Ellsastro2]

When I go karting I hear his voice commentating in my head, rest easy Murray. 1923-2021 🕊

[@fajarastanaprima2771]

2:27 it's funny how two Renault trying to sandwich BMW but at the end its both Renault get off the track first

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Oh I do remember all this. Love it

No idea what happened at Brands but just a big cluster feck! These were indeed golden times and I miss the sport as it was :(

[@markvickery1586]

Smoking Jo Winkelhock mixing it up at his best. There was no medium ground - he won or he was involved in a collision :D

[@3LionsCoaching]

Love all of this video. Cheers

[@nitramnitram1966]

Proper Big Boys racing. A cast of legends including the great Murray Walker.

[@PresidentCamacho2024]

more action in 6 minutes of btcc,. than in 6 years of f1,..

[@kieranbrooks8216]

Fantastic era for the touring car championship with all the works teams and heroic drivers too. The accident between Smokin Jo, Menu and Hoy at Thruxton really is a hilarious accident. It looks almost impossible for that to be the outcome lol. Menu on the radio was priceless as well. He declares it was the BMW that pushed him off, but thought his teammate was the one who started it. Winkelhock obviously didn’t think it was his fault either judging by how annoyed he was afterwards. To me it looked like Menu actually caused the first pincer movement, just before the cars go out of shot? Also, can anyone identify what caused the pile up at Brands Hatch? No cars actually collided with Menu or Ravaglia after they spun going down the hill. It looks to me as if one of the factory Vauxhalls (so either Thompson or Cleland) makes a sudden jink to the right for no apparent reason while going down the hill and this caused the tenpin effect. Goodness knows what caused the “pea souper” in the mondeo haha

[@fill7t1]

Best years of btcc.

[@CanonTogger717]

Classic touring cars love it

[@RashkaPradita]

2:30 epic moment for BMW😂

[@nikitasimakovs7268]

2025

[@marcosironi2771]

Top drivers, top cars, top show. That was Btcc

[@xander1052]

Nothing can stop the winkelrock!

[@bremCZ]

Radisich was awesome. He had so much bad luck and still managed to win.

[@PrinsPrygel]

The golden age of BTCC

[@TheCoronaMortis]

The GOAT era of BTCC.

[@rilo6913]

that poor 850 :'( and burt lol

[@andrewdrabble8939]

True but it's because it was a Volvo that was the reason Kelvin Burt wasn't killed. Built like tanks made even more solid by the roll cage

[@chrismoore5206]

@@andrewdrabble8939 he had a serious eye injury, because of that,if me memory is correct

[@TheCaptainJJ]

@@chrismoore5206 You may be thinking of James Thompson from 1995. Kelvin missed Snetterton and was back at Brands Hatch

[@fst-timer7107]

That's one of those where, as soon as you know where you're heading, time goes reeeeaaaal slow.

[@SprowstonRipper]

Had he hit that barrier on the drivers side I doubt he would have survived. Very lucky boy.

[@もりもり-k3x]

this is a real race.

[@MY-pj8cd]

That Volvo ripped that barrier a new one😂

[@farrelzong4443]

BTCC 1990s the best car model ever 🔥

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

Electric cars will never replace the Real cars the sound gears screaming just awesome ! 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻😉

[@D5DRIFT]

Thompson at the end, is your scrap? Yeah. Lol

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Murray Walker, what a legend! I remember that crash, was super scary.

[@whitesapphire5865]

When the cars were what it said on the tin! Not like today's homogeneous steel cages with a manufacturer's tin work draped over it! I still remember the glory days of Ford Sierra, one, two, three and then a load more behind them. Good old Volvo 850, built like a tank, and a bit of a handful in the corners, but generally not bad. Just a pity that Volvo dropped out before they could make a real impact on BTCC, when it was still British Saloon Car Racing. Good old Murray Walker too, back in the day when he commentated on all aspects of motor sports.

[@davidquinn93]

I miss the old Snetterton

[@stuartnorman9010]

Agree DQ its nice being able to stand at the Esses now, in the 90s wasn't really possible but tracks too long now. We used to watch at Coram into the old Russell Chicane what fab times.

[@shadowgaming6660]

Winkelhock crash compilation

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Murray walker only one bloke I liked listening to more was Barry sheen They were both absolutely fantastic Demo derby car racing at is best 👍👍😍😍

[@paulmartin2807]

Where's the track in the first clip,I don't recognize it...

[@maccmike8]

I remember the Burt crash. Just wow.

[@AmirPomen]

The era where all cars were lovely.. 850 estate, a4, e36, laguna, accord baaically all cars were great car in this series

[@mohdyuslan7512]

I have memory with volvo 850 btcc rydell..swedish motor assemblies

[@tabletlenovo902]

When Btcc ruled.

[@Fireblade918]

That was the days of the true BTCC great cars not the hot hatches they race nowadays.

[@johnstonlee]

Absolute carnage love it

[@206freeme]

1994 season probably the last great season . before all this aerodynamic b/s kicked in , i remember alfa romeo starting it all with their rear wing grrrrr but that 95 bmw sounds amazing.

[@kells77]

No way Was good right up to 1999

[@collegegoer45]

Murray Walker is a fucking legend

[@cliffwheeler7357]

You need to broaden your vocabulary. How about Murray Walker is an (incredible, amazing, awesome, extraordinary, prodigious) legend. Choose any one of the above and drop the unnecessary obscenity.

[@sonicstep]

Seems like yesterday. I can't believe this was some 24 years ago. The Audis were the class act. But were always given weight ballast, because they were deemed to have four wheel drive advantage.

[@andymoore7337]

More carnage than watching banger racing from Wimbledon?😂😂😂

[@ronny302]

In the 90s and early 2000s, I was a huge motorsport fan and watched lots of racing series, especially touring cars, formula 1, NASCAR etc. Today, I don´t watch anything anymore besides MotoGP (which is still great). Times just have changed to the worse. Racing isn´t exciting anymore. Cars are just plastic cans and prototypes with too much aerodynamics and racing isn´t thrilling, but just boring.

[@OMEGA-gq4xb]

Hopefully the new regulations in WEC and F1 will be help make racing more exciting again. I wish I could watch Moto GP and Australian Supercar Championship, but I don't have their subscriptions.

[@asurada999]

rose tinted glasses. in 2019 we had one of the most exciting F1 seasons in years and the WTCR finale in Malaysia was simply brilliant, nothing short of the supertouring era. also, with the new Hypercar regulations, WEC will rise again just like in the 90s.

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

Watching this on Saturdays or sundays on itv in the mid 90s was the best

[@davidd1345]

@@asurada999 exciting 2019 season of F1 racing?? Are you for real ?

[@TheSultan1470]

@@davidd1345 yes

[@SotaGrom]

2:12-2:40 was incredible

[@gosportjamie]

Smokin' Jo playing in the dust...

[@fst-timer7107]

These were the days when every manufacturer wanted in. Today we've got maybe 2 works teams.

[@ramsramsay1267]

I couldn't get why they were/are twitchy? You can push em with your thumb, easy. But there were 30-35 on a grid and extremely great drivers. Cheers for that, who can forget the alfa on two wheels sideways,,,,,, er tarquiny? and the pushthrough VOLVO-STUNNING DAYS

[@jamsee1]

The golden era was amazing without the weight ballast restricting, the reverse grids and the stupid, idiotic rules they have now. Pure racing, great cars and magical times for the BTCC. Super tourer era was the best, understand they had to cut costs but the restrictions of racing in touring cars turned many fans away from 2000 since the super touring era.

[@sonicstep]

Unfortunately, those Audis had to eventually take ballast. Their four wheel drive was considered too much of an advantage over the others running two wheel drive.

[@noorazfaruddin467]

Absolutely pure racing of Super Touring Cars.

[@jamsee1]

@@sonicstep Yeah true and probably because why they change the rules to everyone having 4 wheel drive after 1996. Still the best era of touring cars.

[@forkwit2848]

that 850 has a lotta damage

[@darrenangel461]

But kelvin Burt didn't.

[@SVPSkins]

Volvo, the best sounding Touring car ever in my opinion.

[@Curi0u50ne]

Green flag TOCA Touring cars with Tiffany Nidel. Three into one doesn’t go!

[@marcosaugusto5341]

Frank biela nice

[@Goober-o3n]

That impact that kelvin burt had at Oulton park is just absolutely sickening to see..even 3 decades later....the super tourers were bloody fabulous..thank goodness we had Murray walker commenting!

[@SabberJupp]

One thing was nothing to discuss about: when a Volvo 850 tank lost controll, you better get out of the way!

[@SuperDougie89]

1996?

[@alanchapman7729]

Marshall waving the red flag used to work at the same place as me,wonder what happened to her?