Listened to it; and it's a great discussion - and equally depressing.

I spectated at the 1999 Seat Jim Clark Rally - and was seriously impressed with it. The whole town of Duns was taken over, kids with the Seat 'Cupra Sport' gloves, a park taken over with activities, screens, stalls, etc
I remember thinking, "yes, this is the future of the BRC, the sport is getting it right, happy days". I couldn't have imagined that it was basically a 'one off', and hardly any other events would be like this.

The sport (and BRC) has stagnated for about 20 years......

We used to see three levels of championship events:

BRC - 120-150 mile events over 2 days.
ANCRO - 60 mile events.
BTRDA - 45 mile events.

Now, even the BRC is somewhere between a BTRDA & ANCRO..... Do the majority of competitors just want a one day 45 mile event for their sport? It seems that way.