Quote Originally Posted by Paul Hudson View Post
New Sponsor , Omologato Official Time Piece of the Championship, apart from a few cheap watches what are they contributing to the overall championship, What is the benefit to the competitors ?.
To be fair, I have no problem with a 'promoter' (MSUK in this case) making money, I can't imagine it's much (if more that few free watches!), but it does need at the same time to show some evidence of being a promoter...

I always thought, if I were a millionaire philanthropist running the BRC, I'd asked the likes of Castrol, Halfords, Red Bull, ect, to (on the quiet) get involved with next to no financial input, just to associate the sport with big brands again and build from there. One of the things I liked about the likes of Matt Edwards efforts with sponsorship/branding was that it made the BRC look somewhat professional, which being 'sponsored' by a local garage/restaurant with a white car doesn't necessarily given the same impression of...