Hello
Recently, I have been doing a lot of research concerning this category, as I think Touring Cars were always a discipline put behind all the others except for its two golden ages - 1970-1975, and 1982-1988. It's sudden demise also marks the end of the endurance touring car race (apart of Spa, which I think it ended on 1999), being replaced by the sprint model which, despite being extremely attractive, pulled away some of the immense charm.
I think that, with the advent of GT Racing, mainly the FIA-GT Championship, it would never be possible again to have an endurance touring car race, and before the last decade I used to enjoy a lot the fights between Seat, Chevrolet, BMW, Alfa Romeo, Honda, etc... It had a class of its own.
Nevertheless, as an historian, and after doing extensive research on the late Frank de Jong's History of Touring Cars website, I think there is a place for this category among the top.
I decided to create this topic to generate some discussion about this area, and ask for the experienced members and historians to recall some of their experiences, opinions about drivers, etc... For me, it all seems fascinating, and there were amazing drivers who also drove F1 and Sport-Prototypes, the specialists of tin-tops and the usual mass of local and semi-pro entries.
