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15 Jan 2021, 10:42 (Ref:4029191) | #1 | |
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TCR Australia 2021
Since 2020 was a bit of a flop...
What we know so far: Title Sponsor - Supercheap Auto Secondary Sponsors - Total, Panta TV deal - Ch7 Drivers/Teams/Cars Luke King MPC Audi Chaz Mostert MPC Audi (partial season) Liam McAdam Audi Nathan Morcom HMO Hyundai TBA HMO Hyundai TBA HMO Hyundai Michael King DashSport Hyundai Brad Shiels Tilton Hyundai Michael Clemente Honda Zac Soutar Honda Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Honda John Martin Wall Racing Honda James Moffat GRM Renault Dylan O'Keeffe GRM Renault Aaron Cameron GRM Peugeot Ben Bargwanna GRM Peugeot Jason Bargwanna GRM Peugeot Jordan Cox GRM Alfa Romeo Michael Caruso GRM Alfa Romeo Lee Holdsworth ASM Alfa Romeo Jay Hansen AMS Alfa Romeo Ms Angelo, and a few others to be confirmed. Still several cars laying dormant, including 1 Renault, a Honda or two, 2 Astras, 2 Audis, and 2 Golfs. |
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It doesn't look bad. We have variety of cars, drivers with experience in different categories, TV production looked good last year, it should be enjoyable to watch.
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No VWs ,there are three in the country.
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It was somewhat interesting to note the cross promotion there was during the cricket today.
Apparently as much as everyone hates it, it's actually effective for the tv stations. As much as the series is known by us and other fans who engage in domestic motorsport. For a lot of people that are inclined to like car racing, those cross promotions would be the first glimpse they've ever had of the series. I personally think it was a bit early to go to a commercial tv station. It kind of allows C7 the opportunity to mess about with it before the class firmly established itself in Australia. But we'll see how it goes. |
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18 Jan 2021, 06:43 (Ref:4029794) | #5 | |
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Josh Buchan HMO Hyundai
Chelsea Angelo MPC VW, from Philip Island onwards. |
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18 Jan 2021, 08:15 (Ref:4029802) | #6 | |
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18 cars at Symmons in January after nothing in 2020 is a pretty good effort.
How many TCR cars are going to the non-championship race meeting at Baskerville the weekend after? |
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hopefully all the cars that remain straight once Symmons is complete, minus The Chaz
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19 Jan 2021, 02:04 (Ref:4029951) | #8 | |
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Mr Pother could be a factor.
I'm sure the promotors would love to see a Coke car. |
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Interesting that in a recent video of their on fb, Greg Rust mentions that there's multiple makes, like it's specific feature of the series. That should just be normal and not thought of as something distinct.
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19 Jan 2021, 11:01 (Ref:4030000) | #12 | |
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The number of manufacturers is something TCR can crow about, rather than the quality of the drivers, the cars, the crowds etc etc which is obviously inferior to Supercars. You emphasize your strengths when marketing, not your shortcomings. |
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Idk about crowing about. After all, unless it gets to a wild figure of 10+, it should just be normal. Nope, the drivers are fine. They're of a sufficient level. No, the cars are. People like them. On the contrary, they can. Their presence accounted for an enormous jump in attendance at Shannons Nationals rounds. As a percentage, possibly the biggest increase for any domestic motor racing attendance ever in Australia. Once again, Idk about "obviously". If it's inferior, then it's negligible. Supercars has a bigger commercial presence, but it's got a 22 year head start. It also is has a higher percentage of supercars fans, which is different from car racing fans. Well, yeah. But it's like the AFL saying that AFL teams play in the AFL. |
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Far out imagine just worrying about TCR, instead of bagging out Supercars. Nothing you say adds any value to the conversation, just trying to bait people into arguments... |
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20 Jan 2021, 07:50 (Ref:4030180) | #17 | |
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Imagine having the time to quote a post, and dissect it almost down to single words. Some people need a life.
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24 Jan 2021, 02:34 (Ref:4030869) | #19 | |
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Holdsworth fastest in P1, leading an Alfa 1-4 quartet.
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24 Jan 2021, 04:20 (Ref:4030875) | #20 | |
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Holdsworth fastest again in P2.
The Hondas are seemingly nowhere. |
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It's not a big deal. Adam's onto it.
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Speaking of Juarez and his knowledge of marketing. I'm sure he'd agree with me when watching the cross promotion in the cricket that a weakness of the promotion is that it's being referred to as "TCR Australia"?'
The name means nothing for most people at first glance. You have to push the "brand" then you have to push what it is. Most people couldn't care less about the acronym. Whereas if it was called "2 litre touring car series" or "2 litre Car racing series", people instantly get what it is. The 5 hour broadcast for tomorrow is another idea I'm not sure about? There'll be a lot of deadtime, and if the spectacle on track isn't what is hoped to be, it'll probably put people off. |
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Watching the stream now
Its a good package especially with TCM S5000, tcr, tcm, tranzam and excel silliness. Makes for an entertaining afternoon with variety. Supercars needs to look at its support card, need more than supercars, last years supercars, and even older supercars, and pickup trucks Strange decision to race on a monday thats not a public holiday |
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