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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
If you look at the nationalities of the drivers in BTCC, DTM and Supercars, it becomes clear where the interest from outside national boundaries lies.
Arguably BTCC should consider a NI round, but a suitable track is needed first.
In Italy, we get DTM shown on our TV - but most Italians I speak to have never heard of BTCC.
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Assuming Lake Torrent doesn't become another Circuit of Wales it would be an interesting addition. There's a big fanbase for motorsport in Ireland, and if the ferry transport could somehow be subsidised for the teams then it would be quite appealing to them I'd think.
The BBC in NI have given Turkington and Smiley a really decent amount of coverage, and I reckon that they'd really kick that up a gear (Jackson, 2012) if they had a home race to shout about.
It's also an hours flight from me when I'm home, so that's quite handy too
