BTCC | Oulton park 1999 | Jason Plato & James Thompson crash

Those to had a fight ones at Brands Hatch Indy in 1997 Champship James Thompson and Jason Plato

Thompson knew what he was doing

Jason Plato is a scumbag. He deserved that.

It's strange they never used Leslie's in car camera to show Thompson pushing plato off, it was obviously deliberate 😂

I had the VHS season review for the '99 season when I was I kid. I bloody loved John Watson and Charlie Cox's commentary. Some of the shit Charlie would come out with was hilarious! 'It looks like an entrant in the Grand National not a race car' 😂😂😂

Although yes, Thompson clearly pushed Plato off. I can't remember seeing a more blatant incident of that happening!

(Edit: Except for Senna yeeting Prost into another dimension at Suzuka 1990... Don't know how I forgot that one!)

Btcc is a shadow of itself now compared to this, 2023 season i have watched just doesn't have that energy it had, and that's going off a few years ago. The Hybrid thing isn't working for me sadly. Bring back the ballast

Plato ran into the back of Jimmy (not the first time either) and shoved him into David Leslie then aimed to bulldoze past the both of them on the inside and Thompson finally blew a fuse and just rammed Plato off the road. After this happened even years later in different cars you rarely saw Plato hit or shove Thompson ever again - because he knew what the price would be.... potentially very painful.

100% deliberate from Thompson out of order even if JP did some silly things himself.

That was Thommo marking Plato's card. Mess with me mate and you're mincemeat.

Makes a change a crash NOT ininvolving anthony cry like a girl reid

Snout nose at end he shoved him on purpose coz hes a shit driver

Me and my dad were stood on hill top right where that happened. I was about 13. One of my best Oulton Park memories. He died last year and we had his ashes spread at lodge corner.

Thompson was a right c@#£ of a racer. Always looking for trouble.

Rather convenient that his memory goes blank on what happened during the part where he rammed Plato off the track...

Thats not a crash. Thats an off.

Touring car racing at its very best , not like the sanitised version we have nowadays. BTCC ( barely touching car competition) 🤔

Payback Plato for all you stupid PIT manoeuvres you did over the years 😁😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Best era of touring cars . Period

Me uncle - plato fan SCUM! WHY!?
Me 11 years old who played Toca 2 on PlayStation ITS NORMAL! ITS WHAT THEY DO!
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karma for the deliberate push plato did on rydell which resulted in rydell getting a puncture and retiring in round 4 òuó

Thompson was later disqualified from the result for causing the accident with Plato by shoving him off to the side

Thommo (Thompsonj - ‘No I’m having none of that from you Plato, off you go sunshine!’ 😎👋