TCR UK 2024

[coffinpilot]

How many are open for BTCC? I'm sure it was just three last year? How many will be open for the National circuit I wonder?

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

I saw people in the Brooklands grandstand, my (perhaps outdated) thinking was this was reserved for BRDC members, so I didn't try and gain access. Was it open to all?

BRDC stand was open to the public. It usually is at most club meetings.

[coffinpilot]

Just spotted the advert to run in the Audi that Sargant raced at Silverstone.
£14,500 +Vat per round?
No wonder the grid has shrunk this season if that's a weekend arrive and drive price.

[antnee]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

Just spotted the advert to run in the Audi that Sargant raced at Silverstone.
£14,500 +Vat per round?
No wonder the grid has shrunk this season if that's a weekend arrive and drive price.

Over 7 rounds/weekends, its around £100k - that's been the ballpark figure for a seasons costs for a few years now. A good seat in VW cup 7-8 years ago would have set you back £35-50k for a season and TCR cars require a lot more maintenance on them. I would guess the Mini JCWs are around £80-100k a season with a front running team.

[Racing_Dad]

Originally Posted by antnee

Over 7 rounds/weekends, its around £100k - that's been the ballpark figure for a seasons costs for a few years now. A good seat in VW cup 7-8 years ago would have set you back £35-50k for a season and TCR cars require a lot more maintenance on them. I would guess the Mini JCWs are around £80-100k a season with a front running team.

That would seem a fair cost for arrive and drive, assuming no insurance inc. and that's on the money for JCW's, the higher end of that scale if you run with a particular team.

[coffinpilot]

Was interesting to see Stewart Lines on Facebook last night saying that TCR UK is going to BARC next year. There were a few nice things about BTCC said, but I imagine at this point that they couldn't give two figs about TCR. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out, especially if there was a miracle and they had a bigger grid than BTCC!

[v8supes]

Have fun supporting the 6 car British Endurance Championship.

[coffinpilot]

Originally Posted by v8supes

Have fun supporting the 6 car British Endurance Championship.

That's been a bit of a disaster this year. The path back to the Britcar 24 hours doesn't seemed to have worked.......

[SSmith]

TCR UK Entry List for Thruxton.

12 cars. 8x Gen 2, 4x Gen 1.

Boardley, Newsham, Hutchison, Shepherd, Laidlaw, Laidlaw, Lewis and Stewart Lines (in the Gen 2 Audi raced by Sargeant last time out) are in Gen 2 machinery. In Gen 1, Kerry, Beech, Smith and Bloch are entered.

[v8supes]

How good was race 1 at Thruxton today? Phenomenal stuff, never saw anything like it.


Why does the TCR rule set produce such poor racing? Genuinely across ALL series, the races are very processional with some large gaps.

[Evantra]

Don’t know why Shepard still bothers…

[Adamcas87]

Originally Posted by v8supes

How good was race 1 at Thruxton today? Phenomenal stuff, never saw anything like it.


Why does the TCR rule set produce such poor racing? Genuinely across ALL series, the races are very processional with some large gaps.

Why watch it then

[samchevron]

TCR UK have posted their 2025 calendar and confirmed moving to BARC next year.

https://www.tcr-uk.co.uk/tcr-uk-joins-barc-for-2025/

[coffinpilot]

16 cars on the entry list for this weekend. No Will Beech on the list, so I guess Rick Kerry takes the Gen 1 title. The two Laidlaw cars are switched to VZ Cupras. Not a cheap car if built new, possibly and upgrade model?
I'm predicting Boardley takes the title in the first race on Sunday.

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

16 cars on the entry list for this weekend. No Will Beech on the list, so I guess Rick Kerry takes the Gen 1 title. The two Laidlaw cars are switched to VZ Cupras. Not a cheap car if built new, possibly and upgrade model?
I'm predicting Boardley takes the title in the first race on Sunday.

16 is a better grid than most this season! Cool to see the VZs, they are brand new cars. A couple of new/returning names in Dyer, Camp and Bensley.

Shame that Gen 1 is now decided before the racing. With low interest all season, I question whether they should continue the class for 2025.

[flatlandsman]

Has anyone got an itinerary for the weekend?

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by flatlandsman

Has anyone got an itinerary for the weekend?

https://brscc.co.uk/events/2024-brscc-finals-weekend/

[Evantra]

Carl Boardley becomes a 2-time champion.

Didn’t watch a whole lot of this year, but from the final few rounds it still seems like reliability issues are woeful (all 6 of the last 6 races for Sheperd whose car must be cursed) and grids are fluctuating. Hopefully numbers climb back up for next year and the new Cupras, Lynk&Co and Hondas are back.

[ahobson98]

Unfortunately, these reliability issues will always exist when running expensive cars on tight budgets.

A lot of the teams will only be replacing parts when they break rather than replacing bits after each round/race, and high powered FWD cars on slicks will always put a lot of stress through shafts etc.

Would like to know what happened to Bensley, very odd looking crash.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by ahobson98

Would like to know what happened to Bensley, very odd looking crash.

Oh yeah, and no replays in the coverage either (for both overtakes and contact) is quite poor. Especially since the camerawork / TV direction doesn’t always pick up the move in the first place! I guess if they’re sharing with British GT on occasion next year they’ll have more angles to play with.

I was expecting Boardley to completely dominate so nice that the championship was somewhat closer in the end, coming down to the last race.

[coffinpilot]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Oh yeah, and no replays in the coverage either (for both overtakes and contact) is quite poor. Especially since the camerawork / TV direction doesn’t always pick up the move in the first place! I guess if they’re sharing with British GT on occasion next year they’ll have more angles to play with.

Alpha Live have been horrendous at points this year. Not just in TCR. I Get in the past that part of the deal with club racing is to make sure everybody gets the airtime. not just the leaders, after all the racers pay for it, but some of the coverage has just been below par but cutting away from stuff on BRSCC weekends where an amoeba could work out cutting away is the wrong thing to do, then they do it.

I'm not saying it's easy, or that I have the skills, but as a consumer of club racing streams I've got to say they've rested on their laurels, or gone in a huff with TCR. After all, where did the qualifying go?

[TinTopGrumpy]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

I Get in the past that part of the deal with club racing is to make sure everybody gets the airtime. not just the leaders, after all the racers pay for it

I wish they would do that. My brother has been in multiple races this year fighting for first in class but they just stay stuck on the cars battling at the front.

That's the big problem with multi-class racing. The film crews don't get that there can be a fight for 20th overall but 1st to 5th in class which means far more than the two guys running around at the front 3 seconds apart.

[coffinpilot]

This is an intersting read.

TCR UK and World Tour at Donington next year.
https://touringcarmagazine.co.uk/202...cr-world-tour/