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I really enjoyed seeing this kind of racing. Very similar cars, but so very different due to transmissions, engine placement and rwd vs fwd.. Made for some truly inspired driving, and for some madness too

John cleland why am i getting a black and orange flag Cos ye cannae drive john and ye have gone and killed another cavalier

R.I.P Will Hoy, David Leslie, Keith O'Dor and the legendary Murray Walker.

JC drove that Cav like every single sales rep did.

"i should have learned." "but were not giving up" - 2 quotes that sum up why cleland was my favourite btcc driver. also the fact that my dad had a cavalier gsi in the mid 90s when i was a kid helped me pick my allegiances. but this video reminds me of why the supertouring era was one of my favourite categories of racing. elbows out, super competitive racing in cars that looked almost identical to normal roadgoing saloons, with the legendary murray walker commentating.

murray walker perfect on every call.

Anyone notice Hoy sucking on an oxygen mask at the end of the first race? Anyone know the story behind that?

16:30 O'dor was pushed on to the grass by Chris Nissen

This is hands down one of the best BTCC seasons ever

Real Racing

This is full of legends

Steve Soper. Basically God.

5:47 OMG

20:40 I can't help but think team orders would have secured John Cleland the title in '92. I know it was early in the year, but in such a competitive year and with John ahead in the points, a few low place finishes cost him dearly.

19:52 that Vauxhall had some serious grunt

I love how the DNFs are just strewn around the track just off the racing line 😀!!

0:47 that's an authoritive moustache.

Anyone sharing a btcc race from the early 90s is doing gods work. Thank you so much!

15:31 holy shit that caught me by surprise

Was the oil flag not waved at the crash scene? That could have ended much worse than it did.

The drivers weren't allowed to change to wet-weather tires when it started to rain?

Great series of uploads of one the best BTCC seasons of the 1990s. Obviously the Season Reviews are edited down versions of the highlights that were shown on Grandstand. At the Pembrey round, Allam is shown being waved past Cleland, but just before John pulls into the pitlane, he's ahead again! This is because they edited out the bit where Jeff gets very sideways around the back of the circuit and loses the place again. The best bit that wasn't shown was when Cleland's engine blows and his first reaction is "it's now rubber ducked!"

“‘You’re ahead and I’m second to you!’ says Keith O’Dor!” - LMAO! 😂

14:14 John Cleland giving an interview during a race? What a badass.

Why is Mike asking bout the pace lap when surely he'd know regardless if he was on the front row or not lol

I wonder if Tim Sugden was any relation to the actress Mollie Sugden, who was best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in Are you being Served?

Great stuff, what was the new chicane built for at Oulton Park?

What is the music called? Please let me know. Thank you.

good god this is exciting. seeing such old cars racing in their prime is amazing

14:11 In-car interview during the actual race ... don't see that much in BTCC, although Cleland ended up always matching his doggedly competitive driving with sharp-tongued interviews over the years, and frequently got the screen time as a result. (Plato, similarly, later on.) Vauxhall incredibly reliable underneath Cleland, too. Years and years, he was just there. I always loved the fact that the Cavalier looked so uncomplicated. No spoiler, no problem.

Thanks for uploading these, I was at Outlon in '92, great memories! I was on the start/finish straight so had no idea what happened to Cleland on lap 1 at the time!

That collision at Brands between Rouse and Hoy was the beginning of the end for Toyota's chances in '92. If luck had gone his way a bit more I reckon Rouse could've taken the championship this year, or at least got closer.

Mike "Bloody" Smith - Graham Goode.

I'm kind of enjoying the VHS quality. It makes this video feel like even more of a time machine!

John Cleland was always a treasure to watch! :D

7:26 - it ain't the crash that did his neck, its was that hair cut. O my days!

1991 is not a good season for robb gravett in the trackstar Sierra but second is fantastic result at brands hatch Indy circuit

Tim sugden and Steve soper shared the car 44 at bmw because Steve soper dropped out a few races because he was racing in the German touring car championship

3:38 that’s not will hoy going off that was ray bellm hoys teammate he went straight on hoy was still on the track

Colin McRae scored his first and only point in the btcc 1992

This was Colin McRaes first appearance in btcc before going back to rallying

Big roll for David Leslie on round 10 knockhill

Cleland not happy about being black flagged in round 9 at knockhill

My favourite era of bttc

Love this .x.

Mesmerising, beautiful and brilliant.!X

You are an absolute legend for uploading this, I've only ever seen the infamous final round and didn't realise how dominant the Toyotas were at times. I love the BTCC, truly these were the golden years

got any footage of 1992 other than the finale? can’t find any footage of the full season

Yes it was one of the best years of racing, the 2 litre format was really working with some fantastic racing, and yet its the shortest review vid they made! My personal favourite year was 1989, a huge lack gf Sierra Cossies, just awesome :) I've got most of the nineties so will put some effort in and upload them

This was a really good VHS review, I used to have it years ago. I've got mixed feelings about parts of it though, as while it covers the Hoy/Cleland battle well, due to time constraints, a lot of good scraps do get edited out (you can see that by watching the full Grandstand footage of rounds 1-5 and 9 on here). Saying that, there look to be interviews done especially for the VHS which is nice😊