The two touring cars categories endured a fractious relationship in the early days of TCR’s introduction to Australia, including a stand-off over a proposed support slot for TCR at the Adelaide 500.
That was when Australian Racing Group, which owns and promotes TCR Australia, and Supercars were entirely seperate entities.
However the two categories are now effectively under one ownership umbrella, ARG involved in the RACE consortium that took over Supercars late last year.
The sale of Supercars to RACE initially led speculation that TCR could feature at more Supercars events this year.
The two categories shared a bill for the first time (at least in full, after the aborted 2020 Australian Grand Prix) at the Bathurst 1000 last December.
But it has since been confirmed that TCR Australia will run to a complete standalone schedule this year, with no crossover between its seven 2022 events and the Supercars calendar.
That’s despite other ARG categories, such as S5000 and Touring Car…
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