[Mark Petch]

Originally Posted by GHOGH

NZ has a 'GTR" series run as GT1/GT2 and GT3/GT4

http://www.gtrnz.co.nz/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT4_European_Series
http://gt4series.com/
(I have included the European GT4 definitions to clarify the earlier post on European GT4.)

Hi GHOGH,

I think FIRE is referring to the FIA GT3 and GT4 categories.

I think the recent NZ Endurance Championship shows just how few FIA GT3 cars there are in New Zealand, at most there are ten FIA GT3 cars of various ages, specification's etc, so other than Endurance racing, true GT3 as in adhering to the FIA BOP formula, is probably never going to happen in New Zealand as a domestic Series.

GT4 cars are less expensive, but still well in excess of NZ$250,000 and slower than the current crop of V8 Touring car's, which are now comparatively cheap second hand, at around $125K for a good V8ST car.

I believe as the owner of a FIA GT3 car that, the only way forward for Touring cars in New Zealand is for MSNZ to properly understand what is required to encourage and support a new parity based Touring Car category using the current V8ST and TLX cars as the baseline in terms of performance criteria.

Sadly, I think MSNZ lacks the knowledge, expertise, and resources to make this happen.