the state of super touring !!

[marcus]

call me slow but I finally have been able to watch rnd 1 of the BTCC for 2000 and recieved quite a shock when i saw how few cars were there...thank goodness they have 3 car teams now or else a 10 car grid would have been there...dont know what the state of play is now but it seems to me that ST is dying an agonising death...the BTCC seems very small but still reasonably competitive..here in OZ we only have one car that has a chance of winning as the rest are very old and nowhere near as good as the winning BMW..germany have opted for the DTM (which seems to be going well so far) but im not sure about any other series....is there still a super touring series anywhere in the world that is booming ???
and why are they booming and the other failing ???

class b seems very slow and again not many cars out there but if everyone was driving them then i guess the series would be a competitive one again.

im just confused by super touring at the moment