Shedden: You can't drive through someone.

Well thats both Flash and Tom Onlsow Cole who have put the blame onto Jason Plato now and right they are too it just seems the clark of the course is completelly blind to any wrong doing of Plato's which is stupid cos he's gonna either seriously injure or kill someone one of these days.

Well thats both Flash and Tom Onlsow Cole who have put the blame onto Jason Plato now and right they are too it just seems the clark of the course is completelly blind to any wrong doing of Plato's which is stupid cos he's gonna either seriously injure or kill someone one of these days.

Once again Plato gets blamed for an accident when other drivers do the exact same thing. If you look at the footage you will see Onslow Cole moving accros to block Shedden and Plato was left with nowhere to go. Up at Druids Shedden whacked Turner up the backside to move him out of the way but that seems fine.

Also one of he biggest moaners in the BTCC, Matt Neal was doing the same at Clearways and the commentators just said its a classic move from Matt !

Yes contact will be made at these meetings for "entertainment" purposes, but to blame one driver is very blinkered

from where i saw it, Flashs retirement was the fault of Adam Jones.. and he should have known betetr.

as for the OC's retirement - as a lot of people have, id say its a racing incident.. howevere much i hate Jason, for once i wont blame him for it.. if he had hit Flash into OC, i would have.. but if he had nowhere to go.. you cant blame him.

watch the tv footage and its very clear that Jason Plato jinks to the right to tag Shedden.

The TV coverage shows the 3 cars being side by side, Plato is then squeezed to the inside until he has 2 wheels on the grass which slows him down so he's halfway along Sheddons Civic... Sheddon keeps moving across into a space that isn't there hitting Plato (Who has nowhere to go), causing a slide he (Sheddon) over corrects and slams into Onslow-Cole.... How can that possibly be Plato's fault?

I was there, Plato wasnt along side, he hit the back of Shedden then moved across got 2 wheels on the grass and then he back off and moves to the right and hits Shedden, he should have just let off and slotted in behind Shedden but he didnt, and i find it funny how everyone defends him when everyone knows he is one of the biggest cheats when it comes to hitting people in BTCC

trebor901 - I suggest you read your post again.... "he hit the back of Shedden then moved across got 2 wheels on the grass and then he back off and moves to the right and hits Shedden" - If he was behind and backs off how could he hit him again on the side?????

I'm not Plato's number 1 fan but I enjoy racing and don't like seeing someone blamed for every racing incident.
Yes, he has pulled off some moves you could say were stupid/dangerous but this wasn't one of them.

trebor 901 \\\\\\\\\\\please get your eyes tested or your brain!IT WASNT PLATOS FAULT!

Guys it was a racing incident - they happen

It was a case of 3 into 1 doesn't fit.

Just watched this a few mins ago. Shedden got poor drive off the previous corner but was still alongside Onslow-Cole. Shedden had to move left (to give Onslow-Cole room) into the gap Plato had gone for, as Shedden moved across, Plato then hit him as he was squeezed out.

It was simply a racing incident, no one was to blame. Plato did not hit Sheddon on purpopse.

Anyway as others have said Shedden had just punted Turner off goning into Druids so I think he should be quiet on this on.

And even if you were there Trebor TV gives you a better view of the actions plus multiple replays where you can pay particular attention to what happed

As for Plato killing somone? steady on. It's tin-top racing, if you are not rubbing you are not racing. The cars will take a little punishment allowing you to bang door handles, as a result all drivers will do this and crashes are bound to happen.

Noone really did anything wrong to cause this crash, just isn't room for 3 wide racing around brands, when it happens and everyone is moving about for position that's can be the end result. Plato has used some questionable tactics before but no one did anything on purposes. Although I've never seen him cause crashes like that on purpose, sure he has given people nudges and taps into corners but I've never seen him spin someone at speed

FooAtari - Totally agree with what you are saying.
The reason I and probably most other people watch Touring cars, (BTCC, WTCC, Supercar V8's etc) is the fact that they race, sometimes that means there is contact.
I would give up watching now if every little touch/rub/nudge/push was punished.... would end up being a procession like F1!!

At the end of the day racing is racing and all the drivers are there to win... when you have 20+ drivers wanting the same thing sometimes "incidents" happen.
Just got to get over it and move on to the next race.

"Just got to get over it and move on to the next race."

Well said. Most crashes are racing incidents because drivers are there to race not follow each other around. People are to quick to place blame and criticize (and normally defend their heroes for the exact same things)

People make way to big a deal about most crashes. It happened. Get over it and move onto the next race.

Guys, if Tom Onslow-Cole can get over it and say its a racing incident, then Im sure you can too.

YES IT WAS PLATO'S FAULT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, PLATO HAS BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH IT FOR YEARS, HOPEFULLY MATT NEAL WILL BRING HIM DOWN TO EARTH AGAIN THIS YEAR AS HE SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WHO'LL GIVE PLATO A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE!

GO GO GIOVANARDI ;)

Shedden was involved in his fair share of "driving through people" last season, and no doubt will be again later this year. This is touring cars, and these things happen nearly every race weekend.