[BTCC] 2024 BTCC Rds. 7/8/9 - Snetterton 25/26 May

[ahobson98]

Completely agree, the package is far worse than it used to be.

The problem (I think) is that to appear on the package, it costs a lot of money for a championship, and high entry fees get passed on to competitors. Therefore only manufacturer supported championships tend to end up as a permanent part of the package.

The closest racing is always between slower cars which have a lot of drag (Minis, Caterhams, Legends e.t.c.), but drivers who have a lot of budget and don't mind paying the high entry fees for the TOCA package tend to want to drive faster cars such as Porsches/ Radicals.

Therefore the best championships only make sporadic appearances on the package. Can't really see this changing unless Gow stops charging the support series as much to appear.

[AJD]

It probably would have been different had TOCA removed the Ginettas and had time and an idea of a replacement. However Ginettas chose to move and at least to the public it came out of nowhere which made finding replacements hard I imagine.
However we are now a season on from that and still haven't got permanent replacements which probably again just shows the financial mire the country finds itself in at the moment.

[Moneyseeker]

Originally Posted by ahobson98

Completely agree, the package is far worse than it used to be.

The problem (I think) is that to appear on the package, it costs a lot of money for a championship, and high entry fees get passed on to competitors. Therefore only manufacturer supported championships tend to end up as a permanent part of the package.

The closest racing is always between slower cars which have a lot of drag (Minis, Caterhams, Legends e.t.c.), but drivers who have a lot of budget and don't mind paying the high entry fees for the TOCA package tend to want to drive faster cars such as Porsches/ Radicals.

Therefore the best championships only make sporadic appearances on the package. Can't really see this changing unless Gow stops charging the support series as much to appear.

I think TOCA is quite a dated promoter with a hangover from when manufacturer series we're queuing up to pay big money for a slot and now they are in the same boat as others in simply trying to fill track time with support races.

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