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12 Mar 2023, 23:28 (Ref:4146850) | #1 | |
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What is going on with TCM this year, the car count for the last two round's is about 12 or 15.
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12 Mar 2023, 23:55 (Ref:4146852) | #2 | ||
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Poster Child for when a category ignores cost control measures and prices most competitors out of the class.
There were 7 cars on the grid first race at Symmons.At Newcastle they found a few invitational cars happy to run around 3-4 seconds a lap off the pace.Got the grid up to 12. There was only a very small field at Bathurst at the end of last year.Barely double figures. Hard to see a way back with anything that resembles the current Regs. |
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Good numbers at PI as I expect at a great race circuit. |
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15 Mar 2023, 01:35 (Ref:4147119) | #4 | |
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A real shame for this category, if they can’t raise the grid count.
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They, some may say JB, started an arms race years ago, the problem with that is eventually you run out of people who can afford to keep up.
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The now parked Steve Johnson Falcon cost over half a million dollars to build.If that is the price of front running admission it is way too much. |
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There are a number of more highly speccced cars that ran in the series at different times, and the tuning capabilities alongside driver experience and skill, saw their gear rendered ineffective fairly easily.
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26 Mar 2023, 05:31 (Ref:4149192) | #8 | |
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Nothing like having a Ford Escort running around in the TCM series.
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