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Originally Posted by BLiTZ
The way things are going these days, race cars become obsolete far quicker it seems.
Look at the early 2000's and many of the old super tourers found a new home in Formula Saloons and were kept racing for a good few years after last of the ST series finally died (ETCC and STCC).
But looking at the BTC regs, after the transition from BTC-S2000 and subsequent S2000-S2000/NGTC hybrid-NGTC years aside from the ex-Arena/Dynamics EP3 Civics being repurposed as Time Attack cars and reports of the Protons being used in Asia I don't recall any other BTC cars being used in other series'.
Surely this makes them more eligible for historic status?
It's similar to what's happened on the GT front. Since the rise of GT3 there have been less 'open' championships where older cars can still compete at a high level.
Back in the early 2000's the British and Dutch GT championships were littered with odd-ball entries from all walks of life and then defunct regulations. Ok so there's Britcar but not a lot else.
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If no other series adopts the NGTC regulations, then all the current cars will be historic the moment BTCC moves to its next regulations.