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Any attempt to launch a tin-top series in the UK is always going to be up against it. TCR UK has survived for now but had to evolve into the Touring Car Trophy to ensure that.
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Just looking at the SCV8 site on the wayback machine:
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The car had even a shakedown.
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Darryl O'Young was due to contest the final round of the 2010 DTM season in place of Alexandre Premat but didn't make the start.
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Anthony Reid was somehow linked to both MG in the DTM and Brilliance in the WTCC in 2005.
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10 Nov 2021, 18:40 (Ref:4082651) | #136 | |
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There was once a rumour linking the Gumpert Apollo to the DTM around 2006/2007.
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This past thread - https://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1808161#post1808161
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https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...ensible-season - According to this article, Alan Jones was approached by Mazda to drive for them in the 1993 Touring Car World Cup, the drive eventually went to Slim Borgudd and Australia had only Mark Skaife and Tony Longhurst to represent them.
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https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...996/5/december - The North American Touring Car Championship tentatively featured 18 entries for its inaugural season.
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Jason Watt was aiming for a Honda drive in the 2001 ETCC.
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If Alfa Romeo had gone through with their proposed BTCC return with the 156, be it '98, '99 or 2000 then would they have still intended to run Fabrizio Giovanardi and Nicola Larini whatever happened?
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Those two were on the entry list for 98, so definitely for that year. Not sure about other years
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Motorcycle hero Kevin Schwantz was due to drive for Nissan in the 1994 TOCA Shoot-out - https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1994/4/month-motor-sport
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My thought is that they didn't think their car would be suited to the twistier UK circuits. Where the low drag 156 has its strength is on tracks with long straights, which the UK doesn't really have.
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Eh. Silverstone, Donington, Thruxton, bits of Croft.. .. how long a straight do they need ?
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