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14 Feb 2016, 23:57 (Ref:3614694) | #76 | |
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Can't help but agree with the negative comments I'm afraid. Can't see the point in the whole thing. Going to be nothing like the BTCC, no one will want to damage anything so it'll be pretty much a processional affair. Hardly a great step into the BTCC. Ideal for the wealthy people who aren't rich enough for BTCC but want to 'race' a touring car I suppose but I cant see it taking off. Anyone half serious about progressing in tin tops is naturally going to do something on the Toca package.
Really don't know why Kieran Gallagher has entered. I'm sorry but he'd be far better off going into Clio's if he's serious about BTCC. |
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Most of the tickets are priced between £8-10. And Kipper is correct that the overwhelming majority of spectators have a connection to someone taking part. As someone once said "In the BTCC, a spectator in the grandstand knows the name of every driver on the grid. In club racing, a driver on the grid knows the name of everyone sitting in the grandstand." |
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Might well see a few more drivers signing up now basically all the BTCC seats have gone!
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The opening rounds have been cancelled, unsurprisingly.
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I think the thought was there would be a load of new cars build for this year, so plenty of spare machines kicking about, but that hasn't happened. Any new series like this needs to be on the TOCA package in my opinion. |
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Shame that this has been axed, but with only 1 confirmed driver it was always likely to be a struggle to get a grid of any sorts for Rd.1
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There were the press releases about the series starting and Kieran joining and that's it as far as I can tell. There is a Facebook page which is a little shonky and lacking content and there's a man. From Australia. Can't remember his name, but he and Harrison were on stage at the Autosport show.
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Only way this could have gone, I'm surprised anybody actually thought it could work??
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9 Mar 2016, 15:38 (Ref:3621576) | #92 | |
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Well it had lots of merits and it worked fine in Australia, but if you're not getting the demand, you're not going anywhere
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It's basically the V8 category B series. Maybe this one was intended to be the BTCC category B series but IMO having it farmed out to club meetings rather than supporting the BTCC itself was possibly a mis-step. That and the resurgence (so it appears) of Britcar could be a bit of unfortunate timing all round. I'm quite prepared to admit that I have zero knowledge of organising championships, mind you! Last edited by Greem; 9 Mar 2016 at 17:35. |
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I don't think racing on a club package was necessarily a bad thing as a number of drivers have moved into the BTCC from such a level. Ultimately, the series seems to have been born out of a hope to create a market for second hand BTCC cars that would not be competitive in any other category rather than the need to create a genuine feeder formula. |
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