Flash Nilsson's views on touring car racing

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Over the past year I have visited the WTCC, BTCC, STCC and DTC as well as the DTM.

All the S2000 racing wherever they were held, were just the same as any other country!
I visited the DTC and the STCC at Sturup in Sweden. The racing was identical! And I'm sure if the BTCC ran there the racing would again be the same! Top teams with good drivers out front with the slower cars running at the back.
Any touring car driver will tell that the art of racing a touring car is keeping momentum, even during the supertouring era, Just watch one make a mistake at a corner, miss a gear, and they loose 2, maybe 3 places, until they get back-up to speed! 2 litre touring cars are not renound for their exceleration!

You had the top professional teams and you had the teams doing it on a shoestring! It's the smaller teams that make for an interesting championship. It would be foolish to get rid of them.
I remember a young driver that entered the 1994 BTCC, didn't have the gear and facilities the big teams had. I even remember during a Brands Hatch pitwalk, he was standing there waiting for the public to get past the top teams to get to him. His name was James Thompson! Most people like James start at the bottom!

And you have circuits that are state of the art and some that are just in a state!

I have in the past visited many circuits throughout Europe, in Holland, Germany and Sweden. The condition of the circuit did not effect my opinion of the racing. Granted, there are some circuits I will not be rushing back-to!

Just because you don't have big screens, capacity crowds and state of the art circuits, the championship is bad!

I for one will be attending touring car races for many years to come...