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Originally posted by racer69
1998 is ancient?
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Ancient or not, the term "V8 Supercars" sounds like something that a 14 yo kid would make up.
They continue to refer to the ATCC, when they hark back to results from that series when determining the number of "championship wins" that a particular driver has won.
Unless I'm very much mistaken the ATCC title was dropped in deference to Shell's sponsorship of the series, wasn't it?
ie: the Shell Championship Series.
That's a commercial decision. Nothing to do with the type of car being raced, its heritage or the national status of the event.
I s'pose though, an AUSTRALIAN touring car championship wouldnt' sit well with the Kiwis, Chinese or any other Asia/Pacific nation that's silly enough to host this event..