This weekend I have watched the NASCAR Sprint Cup race from Richmond, and from Thruxton, three BTCC races, two Ginetta GT Supercup races, and one Ginetta Junior race.
Two weeks ago I saw some very good racing, and some appaling racing.
This weekend, average.
The first half of the Cup race was very good. Good racing, Busch vs Gordon... good rivalries, JPM vs Newman... good wreck... everything a NASCAR short track race should have.
The second half of the race was not so exciting. The big wreck took out one of Kyle Buschs main rivals in Jeff Gordon, and in the end no-one could touch the 18. Good win, well deserved!
Two weeks ago I watched the worst of the BTCC. Rubbish driving standards with far too much shoving and not enough clean overtaking. Thruxtons bumpy surface and high speeds meant that this weeks races were not going to be as physical as the Donnington races.
Ultimately I was underwelmed by this weekends BTCC races. A few good battles but not many. Lowering the boost levels of the new turbo engines seems to have levelled the playing field which is a good thing, as it puts the old natural aspirated cars (for this read Plato) back in the game, but I can’t help but think the BTCC badly needs new cars, and new spec cars at that!
A couple of days ago I saw a Thorley Motorsport road going Vauxhall Insignia “show car" parked outside a well kown pizza restaurant. I hope that more teams like Thorley develop NGTC cars and race them as soon as possible to give us a glimpse of the future, as in my opinion the BTCC needs the future to come sooner rather than later.
In motor racing the ultimate goal for an organiser is “more cars”. Always easy to say, always an easy fix, never easy to deliver. I am a fan of the Ginetta GT Supercup, however the series needs more G55's. Hopefully in time more G50 drivers will upgrade and more Ginetta Junior drivers will move up making a good series great.
Next week brings another NASCAR race, and a GP... all this racing, and so little time!
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