Production Car Racing (GT4, CTSCC, PWC GTS/TC, MX-5 Cup, etc)Touring Cars

[05XR8]

Yep. I was feeling TCR would have taken off and been a strong category for drivers without a Supercars seat. TCR being handled so poorly that anyone, straight from say 86s, can skip passed that right to GT4. Which, is actually happening.

 

[Pete05]

Yep. I was feeling TCR would have taken off and been a strong category for drivers without a Supercars seat. TCR being handled so poorly that anyone, straight from say 86s, can skip passed that right to GT4. Which, is actually happening.

The momentum TCR had at the start was similar to the way the SuperTourers took off in the early 90s.

In that first five years, every factory worth a damn was in it with both feet. Where it all went wrong, and TCR guarded against in their rulebook, was investment on a Formula One level by manufacturers on development.

One only has to compare the Mondeo that won the 1993 World Cup at Monza, to the Prodrive-built car that won the last British title.

The biggest investment on a local basis, was the Rogers supplying 25% of the field. Surely, that can't last forever? Garry is too smart for that as has been demonstrated by their parking the SF5000 category.

 

[05XR8]

We don't talk about S5000.

...but it ain't funny. Damn shame...

 

[Pete05]

We don't talk about S5000.

...but it ain't funny. Damn shame...

Is that like Fight Club?

Seriously though, they got that car wrong from the very beginning.

It was a compromise of two vaguely similar builds, in an effort to arrive at a peaceful solution.