BTCC vs other motorsports

[tator2001uk]

KARTING hehe 32 in a race, hundreds of overtaking manouverers and a few offs, makes all other racing zzzzzzzzzzz sorry boring

[Peter Mallett]

I thought of that but frankly no. The major Historic meetings are as professional as anything you get. Club racing to me is Britcar, FFord, Clubmans etc. But yes the CTCRC is a club event.

I'm tyring to demonstrate that "club" has many meanings though.

[The STIG]

Originally Posted by redshoes

I believe the point the Stig was trying to prove was that your average BTCC fan doesn't know/care about any other form of UK motorsport. Judging by the votes so far there's not much evidence of that.

Is right. although of course, I've been well and truely proved wrong - however, I'll make a firm conclusion when the poll closes (leaving the possibility for a surge of votes in the BTCC only catagory!!! )

[armchair racer]

cant be bothered with btcc any more, used to love it in the early to mid nineties , volvo estates and lagunas etc , not got any personality now imo , even though i have motors tv i dont watch it much on there , never mind paying to go to a circuit ... watched the classic touring cars at cadwell park this year , good stuff

[MikeHoyer]

I think maybe BTCC is "motorsport for the masses", and some of them then discover other forms of racing, and move on.

[Asp]

Originally Posted by redshoes

I believe the point the Stig was trying to prove was that your average BTCC fan doesn't know/care about any other form of UK motorsport. Judging by the votes so far there's not much evidence of that.

Of course, every survey is only as good as it's participants. IMHO, those people who log onto a motorsport forum will have a varied view on motorsport. Those people who watch the BTCC on the TV and go to one round a season aren't likely to be online. Take this same survey at a BTCC round and it might wield different results.

One thing that we're seeing in this thread is there a lot of people who will go to a BTCC round, because it's on at their local circuit, and because it's a racing event. Not "Club Racing only", but probably not enough to say both either. Makes Mike's comment sound exactly right - get involved in motorsport via watching BTCC, then find other series and watch them more.

[gts1]

Big reason I marshal btcc is its a 2 day event so I can see and work at almost all the circuits,this would not be the case if it was a 1 day event due to travel time and cost,and 2 day events are a great way of getting to meet like minded people and having a beer in the campsite when work is done,but saying this I also attend other 2 day meets and club events on a bank holiday Monday after a btcc weekend.
At the end of the day its your call