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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
It was always bizarre that Australian fans did not seem to like them...
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They did like them to an extent in 1995 and 1996, grids were generally good and it existed on its own as an alternative to V8s but their paths weren’t crossing.
That all changed in 1997 when they were offered the Bathurst 1000 and AVESCO fuelled an “us or them” war.
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
That ARG also has Trans Am doesn't help I think. It dilutes the entries across multiple categories.
In TCR UK events, TCR is the clearly defined "top" category.
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TCR Australia has never been billed as the top category by the likes of Trans-Am and particularly TCM stated that they felt TCR got preferential treatment , particularly when it came to broadcast times etc…
The race formats never really indicated TCR was the main show, other than they raced last.