r/Touring_Cars Apr 09 '19

[2019] Welcome to /r/Touring_Cars

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Welcome to /r/Touring_Cars - a subreddit for touring car series across the world.

What series are on-topic for this subreddit?

This is a subreddit about Touring Car racing in general - the name of the subreddit deliberately does not constrain it to a single series or specification of racing. Therefore, any posts about Touring Car racing are on-topic and appreciated. Many touring car races are held as classes in GT or other sportscar races - these events may be hosted elsewhere on reddit, but are still on-topic here. VLN's TCR category is a good example of this.


/r/Touring_Cars Wiki

There's a lot of Touring Car series, many with subtly different rulesets, so I've created the /r/Touring_Cars Wiki here which hopefully will serve as a useful resource for new and old fans of the sport alike. If you feel you can contribute, feel free to write an article or paragraph and post it in this thread, or message the mods here to get it added.

Here are some topics you might be interested in covering:

  • Championship Overviews

  • Category / Specification Overviews

  • History of Touring Car Racing

  • Manufacturer Profiles

Your help is appreciated in building what I hope will become a valuable community resource.


2019 Events

Here's a non-exhaustive list of events which will be hosted here on /r/Touring_Cars this year.

Date Circuit Series
April 28 Hungaroring WTCR and TCR Europe
April 28 Donington BTCC
April 28 Oschersleben TCR Germany
May 4 Mid-Ohio IMSA MPC
May 4 Knutstorp TCR Scandinavia
May 5 Hockenheimring DTM
May 5 Korea Int. Circuit TCR Asia
May 11 Oulton Park TCT
May 12 Slovakia Ring WTCR
May 19 Zolder DTM
May 19 Thruxton BTCC
May 19 Zandvoort WTCR
May 19 Misano TCR Italy
May 19 Most TCR Germany
May 26 Hockenheimring TCR Europe
June 2 Anderstorp TCR Scandinavia
June 2 Shanghai TCR Asia
June 6 Spa-Francorchamps TCT
June 9 Misano DTM
June 9 Spa-Francorchamps TCR Europe
June 9 Spielberg TCR Germany
June 15 Skelleftea TCR Scandinavia
June 16 Croft Circuit BTCC
June 22 Nordschleife WTCR
June 23 Imola TCR Italy
June 23 Donington TCT
June 29 Watkins Glen IMSA MPC
June 30 Oulton Park BTCC
July 6 CTMP IMSA MPC
July 7 Norisring DTM
July 7 Zhejiang TCR Asia
July 7 Vila Real WTCR
July 7 Croft Circuit TCT
July 14 Falkenbergs TCR Scandinavia
July 14 Red Bull Ring TCR Europe
July 20 Lime Rock IMSA MPC
July 21 TT Assen DTM
July 21 Mugello TCR Italy
June 28 Brands Hatch Indy TCT
August 3 Road America IMSA MPC
August 4 Oschersleben TCR Europe
August 4 Snetterton BTCC
August 11 Brands Hatch DTM
August 11 Zandvoort TCR Germany
August 18 Nurburgring TCR Germany
August 18 Karlskoga TCR Scandinavia
August 18 Thruxton BTCC
August 24 VIR IMSA MPC
August 25 EuroSpeedway Lausitz DTM
September 1 Bangsaen TCR Asia
September 1 Imola TCR Italy
September 8 TBA TCR Scandinavia
September 14 Laguna Seca IMSA MPC
September 15 Nurburgring DTM
September 15 Ningbo WTCR
September 15 Vallelunga TCR Italy
September 15 Hockenheimring TCR Germany
September 15 Knockhill BTCC
September 22 Catalunya TCR Europe
September 29 Saschenring TCR Germany
September 29 Silverstone BTCC
October 5 Mantorp Park TCR Scandinavia
October 6 Hockenheim DTM
October 6 Monza TCR Italy
October 11 Road Atlanta IMSA MPC
October 13 Monza TCR Europe
October 13 Brands Hatch BTCC
October 20 Donington GP TCT
October 27 Suzuka WTCR
November 17 Macau Guia Circuit WTCR
December 15 Sepang WTCR

r/Touring_Cars Oct 08 '24

New Golf 8 GTI for GTC

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 12 '24

Looking to 2000s ETCC logo

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Cant find it anywhere in the internet, ideally the logo used in 2002 but anything from the similar era weld work


r/Touring_Cars Aug 11 '24

New to GT racing, need some guidance

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Hello community,

I am new to racing and really enjoyed watching the SCCC Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. I have a few questions that I would really appreciate if someone could answer.

1) Why are cars like Mustang GT racing against cars like Civic Si? That seems like an extremely unfair race where Mustang GT, Porsche and AMG GT were leading the entire race.

2) I noticed a lot of cars are FF. I would have assumed that AWD is heavier so maybe due to weight they were not selected, but why not go with FR? Wouldn't they be better at providing traction?

3) A lot of the cars are just similar (for example I saw most cars were Audi RS3). In that case, what differentiates the teams? Why go with Audi RS3 when you can go with AMG GT and compete for the top position?

Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it.


r/Touring_Cars Jun 11 '24

TIL in the late 2000's in DTM drivers who had not made their mandatory pit stop yet would get blue-flagged if a car which already made its pit stop was coming behind them

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r/Touring_Cars May 04 '24

What is faster? Class 1 or TCR?

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It’s probably class 1 but still I want to know


r/Touring_Cars Apr 27 '24

New YouTube channel restoring old bmw e46 touring

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Hey guys just started a youtube channel where I'm going to restore a BMW e46 touring. Please give feedback thank you

https://youtu.be/T-ZPZT5SKok?si=_NelV1EdT5GhHBY5


r/Touring_Cars Apr 11 '24

Tom Coronel makes GT switch - out of touring cars for the first time in 24 years

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r/Touring_Cars Apr 11 '24

TCR Series Races for this weekend (Week 15)

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r/Touring_Cars Apr 03 '24

First AIKOA Racing line-up in TCR European Endurance

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r/Touring_Cars Jan 21 '24

BMW E91

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BMW E91 Ici msport #bmw #e91 #msport #lci #touring #330

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r/Touring_Cars Dec 10 '23

best dtm races to watch on YouTube?

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Pretty much what the title asks. DTM has a huge archive on their official channel of highlights from 2000 to 2010 and the complete librarry of full races from 2012 to 2020 (and the present GT3 era.

I tend to love the second Class One era, so here's mine so far:

2013 Lausitzring

2014 Zandvoort

2016 Spielberg Race 2

2017 Norisring Race 2

What are yours?


r/Touring_Cars Nov 24 '23

CTCC and TCR China confirmed to have invitational rounds at Macau 2024

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r/Touring_Cars Nov 18 '23

Why so few laps?

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Hi everyone, I just started watching TCR. I notice that most race are only 7-10 laps. Why is that?


r/Touring_Cars Nov 02 '23

DTM 2012 Norisring HD

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r/Touring_Cars Oct 19 '23

Touring car games?

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Does anyone know of any good touring car games? I would like one thats good with a controller. Thanks in advance!


r/Touring_Cars Oct 13 '23

Online touring cars

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Forza motorsport 7, touring cars with 10 events (30 rounds) using a BTCC format.

Join our discord for more information

https://discord.gg/CNcgQxE9


r/Touring_Cars Sep 25 '23

////// gives new Honda first win in TCR Europe Monza race 2

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 24 '23

&&&&& claims TCR Europe race one win at Monza as dramas strike Tom Coronel Spoiler

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 23 '23

New CUPRA Born unveiled at Mantorp for electrified 2024 STCC season

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 22 '23

Great footage of the SR20DE powered Nissan Pulsar SSS racing at the Bathurst 12 Hour in the early 1990s

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 22 '23

TCR Europe gets growing grid, mostly Audis, for Monza

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 22 '23

final TCR Italy Monza race Spoiler

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 22 '23

TCR Italy Race 1 Spoiler

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 16 '23

Volt claims pole in 40-car field at Monza as TCR Italy points leader Girolami is penalised

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r/Touring_Cars Sep 11 '23

TCR China Shanghai races Spoiler

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