TCR Australia 2024

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

What’s the resale value of a brand new, new-shape Peugeot TCR race car when there is no place to run them?

You mean the previously homologated one?

They still own Renaults and Alfas too

[one five five]

Originally Posted by Mixer

The odd time here or there is OK but both those grids are strong now, and TCR has literally treaded water with nothing but excuses for 2 years

The theory presumably goes that grids would grow on the Supercars support bill

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

What’s the resale value of a brand new, new-shape Peugeot TCR race car when there is no place to run them?

The way the old-spec Peugeots went in the two South American TCRWT rounds, there’d potentially be a market for them there

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by one five five

The theory presumably goes that grids would grow on the Supercars support bill

My belief is if the category gets less high maintenance ownership and no longer tries to be the big cheese then maybe entry fees are reduced and media could be better, but that doesn't change the facts that the anti competitive supply arrangements make cars that should be cheaper to run than Super2 more expensive.

[GTRMagic]

While AdCafe now has a survey..

[Mixer]

The current string of articles and the strenuous denials from ARG seem to indicate a revolt might be brewing.

Would Mr Lotti be OK with TCR running with AASA?

Made more complicated by the issues around TCR logbooks and so on but restraint of trade is an interesting area of law.

[one five five]

MA holds the local TCR rights which were tendered out to ARG to run the series, I wonder how long that contract is for?

[GTRMagic]

Contracts for running the series seem irrelevant when nobody wants to show up with the fust collecting cars in their back sheds, unused..

[racer69]

The interesting thing about the 2024 TCR/SpeedSeries season is that, using QR as an example, the only stories & reporting to come out of that round (beyond race results & disqualifications) in the general motorsport media was all about the low TCR grid numbers and the Olyphant incident.

Nothing noteworthy about the GT’s or Trans-Am despite those being made out as the standouts of the program this year.

[one five five]

AA reporting this week that TCR rumoured to feature on Supercars support bill for four of their six rounds next year