TCR Australia Touring Car Series
touring car racing series based in Australia
The TCR Australia Touring Car Series was a touring car racing series based in Australia. The series was run as part of the Shannons Nationals series.
Background
The TCR Touring Car formula, introduced in 2014, is based on four or five door front-wheel drive production vehicles powered by 2.0 litre turbocharged engines. Since then, several global and regional TCR championships have been established and TCR regulations have been adopted in several series, including the World Touring Car Cup from 2018 onwards. The performance of different models of car is managed and adjusted through a Balance of Performance system to attempt to maintain parity.
Plans for an Australian TCR championship were floated as early as 2016, with a proposal for invitational entries in the Bathurst 12 Hour as well as a six-round championship commencing in 2017, to have been shared between Shannons Nationals and Supercars Championship, the premier touring car category in Australia, events. A later proposal in 2017 included TCR cars running in a support class to the Australian GT Championship's GT Trophy series before launching a standalone series in 2018. While neither plan eventuated, in January 2018 the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport announced they had secured the rights to develop a TCR series in Australia starting from 2019, with the Australian Racing Group later announced as the promoter of the series.
History
The inaugural season of TCR Australia in 2019 featured a seven-round calendar run at Shannons Nationals events. The championship begun with 17 entries with eight manufacturers, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Holden, Honda, Hyundai, Renault, Subaru and Volkswagen represented.
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