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Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan
THe Halfords team received too much support from Honda to be in the independants, however it would have required Honda UK to pay the Entry fee into the Manufacturers championship. Something they didn't want to do, or Head Office told them not to.
End result Halfords in neither the Manufacturers nor the Independants championships.
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I tend to agree here, your either an independant or a manufacturer however recently teams like BMW Dealer Uk and Dynamics have been pushing the boundaries.
Take Dynamics, if Honda have no envolvement in the car then why plaster the Honda branding on the roof/overalls etc, they constantly refer to the car as being Honda therefore this is a manufacturer who doesn't want to pay the entry fee, same with Jackson motorsport, again why call yourself a "dealer BMW" outfit with BMW personal and the car prepared at other facilities (so i hear), both should be manufactuers and the BTCC would do them selves a favour by insisting on this.
Having said this why would BMW or Honda want to pay the entry fee as both teams give the exposure they want anyway, what would be good is teams remove all the manufacturer branding on the car (inc Badges) and then insist that the manufacturer pays a contribution to the advertising. Until this happens the manufacturers like BMW are laughing with WSR and Jackson promoting the brand for them without actually laying out a load of cash!.