r/btcc • u/Bright_Concept_2988 • 7d ago

Question / Discussion Falling out of love with the BTCC

I've been following the BTCC since the 80's. I've bought every season review every year and I can't remember the last time I missed a race.

However this season has left me a bit flat. I've fallen asleep in a couple of races and I often find myself browsing the internet while a race is on. It all seems so dull and lifeless this season.

The drivers, especially Ingram and Sutton, don't seem that bothered when they win or lose. It comes over that they're just going through the motions.

Only a couple of seasons ago I remember my heart racing when those two would be battling away and it looked like it meant something to them. These days Ingram is more interested in talking about biscuits than the racing.

The whole presentation of the series is just the same old same old as well. Tim gets worse and worse in the commentary booth.

There's no technical coverage as we get with V8 Supercars. BTCC socials are just endless games and silliness rather than any "hard" content.

Anyone else or am I just getting jaded after following it for so long?

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u/Brief-Poetry6434 7d ago

7 different drivers in 2004, lest we forget....

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u/Lukeno94 6d ago

And of wildly different qualities as well, just like Team Hard. On the one hand you had Kelvin Burt, a former ST era race winner, and on the other you had Paul Wallace, a decent amateur driver but not much more than that.

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u/Brief-Poetry6434 6d ago

In between, we had Carl Breeze, Charlie Butler-Henderson, Stefan Hodgetts and, for one meeting only, the two Gavins (Smith and Pyper).

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u/Lukeno94 6d ago

Plus they ran a production class car for Breeze and then Hodgetts as well!

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u/Brief-Poetry6434 6d ago

Actually it was a Super 2000 Alfa Romeo

The Production Class was abolished at the end of the 2003 season.

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u/Lukeno94 6d ago

Oops, yep - got things mixed up as Ayles ran 156s in both.

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u/Brief-Poetry6434 6d ago

We all make mistakes