Touring Car Crowds

rdjones · 22 Apr 2002, 13:47 (Ref:267377)

I have just seen over on the TocaTour site that there was 16,500 people at Oulton yesterday, which I think is a very healthy crowd indeed. I also belive that there were 18,500 at Brands a couple of weeks ago, so you can say the BTCC is on the way up again.

RickP:Clio51 · 22 Apr 2002, 15:00 (Ref:267421)

Mmm.. thats really not very big crowds... TOCA used to claim 25,000+ on a regular basis and virtually any meeting in Europe gets considerably more than that...
Eg Renault day at Jarama last year, 25,000+, Dutch Clios and V6's at Assen, 35,000+ (down from expected 70,000 due to horrendous weather...)
There are still some serious issues with the promotion...
RickP

rdjones · 22 Apr 2002, 15:29 (Ref:267455)

But I think that it is good starting point. Does anyone know how many people where at the same meeting last year.

**touringlegend** · 22 Apr 2002, 16:01 (Ref:267481)

Not sure of exact figures, but I'm pretty certain both rounds have been an improvement on last year. Maybe it's somewhere over at TOCAtour

Paul Rayner · 22 Apr 2002, 19:20 (Ref:267706)

First round 2001 - "Over 14,000", second round, "13,500".

Source: Renault marketing CD.

Surely there were more people than that at Brands?

Lorna · 22 Apr 2002, 19:26 (Ref:267717)

I don't know but there has definitely been more people at the first two meetings. That was obvious by just looking left and right! They are on their way up

Carrie · 22 Apr 2002, 20:37 (Ref:267849)

It really did feel as if there were more people than was quoted for Brands and it was a good crowd for Oulton yesterday (and qualifying - you only needed to look at the number of cars for confirmation of that)
It's certainly on the way back and getting better crowds than last year.

Eddie_harasym · 23 Apr 2002, 08:59 (Ref:268205)

There was definatly more people at Oultin this year than last, think there could have been more if the weather had been better in the morning.

Startline1 · 24 Apr 2002, 01:06 (Ref:268998)

TOCA`s figures can be misleading as they include all the "freebie" tickets given away by the manufacturers and dealers.

Les · 24 Apr 2002, 05:51 (Ref:269088)

I was looking across to Knickerbrook and the number of cars in the carpark - that was the most I have ever seen.

Paul Rayner · 24 Apr 2002, 10:02 (Ref:269194)

Was it me or were there more people on the banking up by hill top than normal? Seemed to be slightly less on the infield than last year though.

Les · 24 Apr 2002, 17:59 (Ref:269591)

Slightly less on the infield because it was a bit soggy perhaps.
Also vehicles weren't allowed to park there (shame!) so more people were down the front.

Rhys · 24 Apr 2002, 18:51 (Ref:269655)

I got moved from a spot just before knickerbrook on the outfield because the ground was subsiding! madness!

Definately more people there. One of the biggest crowds i've seen in a long time. Perhaps with some competant TV coverage (with will hoy too! wow!) the BTCC will get the recognition it deserves.

Eddie_harasym · 25 Apr 2002, 17:39 (Ref:270552)

Yep I noticed the roped off an area, right at the end of the day, what stupidity.

DMC · 26 Apr 2002, 16:37 (Ref:271459)

Well for the V8 Supercars over here AVESCO, the series promoter's attendance figures include:

* Birds flying overhead
* Clouds in the sky
* Trees by the track
* Dollars in HRT/TWR's bank account
* The amount of times Tony Cochrane sh.its on club racing.
* Number of times Mark Skaife talks sh.it
* Bumps in the Canberra track surface
* Cars burnt out on Mount Panorama
* Number of laps a DTM car would win by if it was allowed to race at Bathurst.

And they are still only getting a few tens of thousands of people at each race.

Pip · 28 Apr 2002, 18:40 (Ref:272680)

Hopefully if the racing stays as good and people watch it on ITV, they might decide to goto their local track when there is a meeting - adverts on local ITV regions might help too...

Guy Goddard2 · 28 Apr 2002, 20:13 (Ref:272755)

When you look at Donnington in 98 when 50,000+ turned up simply beacuse Mansell was there puts it into perspective to the goal we need to achieve.
The BTCC is going through a changing period with lots of new faces, if some of the old had remained ie. Menu, Rydell it would have at least put a balance between the new and old drivers and yet still kept the media and public interest rather than having to start from scratch.

Regards

Guy

StuiE · 9 Jul 2002, 13:48 (Ref:330188)

Quote:

Originally posted by DMC
Well for the V8 Supercars over here AVESCO, the series promoter's attendance figures include:

* Birds flying overhead
* Clouds in the sky
* Trees by the track
* Dollars in HRT/TWR's bank account
* The amount of times Tony Cochrane sh.its on club racing.
* Number of times Mark Skaife talks sh.it
* Bumps in the Canberra track surface
* Cars burnt out on Mount Panorama
* Number of laps a DTM car would win by if it was allowed to race at Bathurst.

And they are still only getting a few tens of thousands of people at each race.

LMAO!

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