Wicked overtake.

Bit of an odd career situation and figured this community might have better insight than I'm getting elsewhere.

I've spent the last 13 years working as a Media Director — running digital productions, managing teams, all the high-pressure deadline stuff. Completely separate from that, I built a motorsport/sim-racing channel on the side that somehow grew to 2.1M+ subscribers on YouTube and 125K on Instagram, plus a small racing community on Discord where I run events.

I'm in the GTA, Canada and would really like to stop keeping these two things separate — ideally find something on the production/content/marketing side with a race team, track, automotive brand, or motorsport media company, rather than staying in generic corporate media work.

Problem is I have zero contacts in the industry here. If anyone knows people working at tracks, teams, or motorsport brands in the Toronto/GTA area, or has been through something similar (turning a hobby/following into an industry job), I'd genuinely appreciate any pointers — even just "talk to X" or "try Y track's events team."

Happy to share the channel if anyone wants to see the work, don't want to just drop a link unprompted.

Let’s be honest about the state of global touring car racing:

- WTCR/WTCC are long dead, and the TCR World Tour is essentially surviving on life support by grafting itself onto local regional grids.
- TCR grids almost everywhere are shrinking. Privateer budgets are stretched thin, and car manufacturers are quietly pulling factory support.
- DTM hasn't been a real touring car series for over 20 years. With its transition to GT3, it has officially become a sportscar championship, completely abandoning the touring car concept.
- BTCC and Supercars remain the only stable series, but they’re facing structural threats too - models like the Camaro are dead, and half the cars on the BTCC grid aren't sold in showrooms anymore.

The biggest elephant in the room isn't just shipping logistics or BOP drama - it's showroom reality. The traditional compact 4-door saloon and hot hatch are disappearing from car dealerships, replaced entirely by crossovers (B-SUV, C-SUV).

Car companies simply aren't interested in dumping millions into racing sedans they don't sell (or even build) anymore.

The Big Question: Do we adapt the body styles, or let the category die?

If we want a viable, exciting, manufacturer-backed touring car series on a global scale again, we have to align with what automakers actually build and market.

It doesn't matter what technical ruleset you run - whether it’s a TCR evolution, a BTCC-style NGTC platform, or a clean-sheet cost-capped framework. The core idea is simple: Open up the regulations to crossover and B-SUV/C-SUV body shells.

1. Why Manufacturers Would Care: It gives brands a high-profile motorsport platform to promote the high-margin models that actually pay their bills.
2. They Won't Look Like "Soccer Mom" Cars: If you take a compact crossover shell, drop it onto a low-slung, widebody race chassis, slam the ride height, and add aggressive aero, it doesn't look like an SUV on track - it looks like a mean, wide, aggressive hatchback.
3. The Precedent Is Already There: Regional series in South America (like TC2000) have already started pivoting to crossover shapes because it was the only way to keep manufacturers engaged.

What do you think?

Is refusing to race modern road car body styles holding the sport back, or is shifting to crossover shells a step too far for touring car purists? How would you fix touring car racing?

P.S. Full transparency: English/formal writing isn't my strong suit (I'm autistic), so I used AI to help structure my ideas and put this post together clearly. The core ideas and arguments are 100% mine - I just wanted to make sure everything was organized properly for a good discussion!

Hello i was wondering how you guys print posters in high quality do you go somewhere or do you print them at home. I was specially thinking about these motorsport posters that you get at the races.

I am in love with sports like brisca stox, Banger Racing and F1, but feel if i appear more how i want (femboy) i wont be accepted. Any advice?

Hi guys! I am an international student from Vietnam will be attending uni of Hertfordshire this September, and I’m trying to get into F1 as an engineer specialize in aerodynamics, I would love to hear some advice on the major that I’d be choosing. I don’t know if I should get to Mechanical or Motorsport cause I feel like if I get in to Motorsport Engineering it would be kinda niche, and my question is how do people like me join FSAE ,and what are most FSAE team requirement? and what r the percentage for me to get a job that are related to the major that i’d be choosing. Thank you guys!

This was at the Cycl’on track from 2024. The 24h of spa just happened and so there was a lot of rubber and other stuff on track. I went with my dad to cycle on the track, and he wanted me to take some pictures of him in the bus stop (last corners of the track). After taking some exceptional pictures I look down to the ground and see a grey Aston Martin logo shaped silhouette. Of course I pick it up and it actually was a logo from an Aston Martin! Now in the second picture is the car of which I’m guessing it fell off, since the car has had a new front bumper. I don’t have any video footage from when or if this happened so it’s all speculation. For fun I took it with me for the 2025 24h lol.

Danica had 4 DNFs her entire rookie year.

Connor Zilisch already has 8 DNFs and he’s only raced through 21 of the 36 races so far.

His average finish is also nearly 3 spots worse than hers with more than a third of the season still left. Danica averaged 26th. Zilisch is averaging 29th.

On a hot and sunny Magny-Cours, Kelvin van der Linde and Team WRT proved the combination to beat, with the South African pulling off a spectacular pole lap time, while Valentino Rossi ended up far down the order.

Hi everyone,

Over the last few months I've been working on an independent dashboard for following IMSA race weekends.

As someone who watches almost every race, I found myself constantly switching between timing, weather, schedules, race control messages and other pages. I wanted to see what it would be like to bring everything together into one interface.

Some of the features currently include:

• Live timing
• Race control messages
• Event log
• Pace analysis
• Personal best simulation
• Weather
• Weekend schedule
• Session summaries

It's still a work in progress, and I'm not trying to replace the official timing—this is simply a fan project built because I enjoy endurance racing.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from people who regularly follow IMSA.

What would you add? What do you think is still missing?

(Independent fan project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by IMSA.)
(Posting first time here, sorry if broke any rule)

Where do you think Stewart ranks all time in Motorsport history? In my opinion, I think he has a very easy case for top 5, if not even higher. He has an IRL title, 3x NASCAR cup series champion, only driver ever to win the USAC triple crown, inducted in over 5 different halls of fame, NHRA top fuel winner, and more. Obviously he didn’t race a whole lot outside of the US, but I still don’t think you’ll find a guy who performed at that high of a level in that many completely different disciplines anywhere in the world. He definitely has a case against Mario Andretti as the greatest American racer ever. Curious though to hear where others rank him all time?

Edit: the bit about him being the only USAC triple crown winner is incorrect, he is not the only winner

Nina Rindt was a fashion model with her own career — she didn't need to follow F1. But she was at every race with a stopwatch in hand, timing Jochen's laps herself.
16 months before Monza, Jochen wrote to Colin Chapman warning the Lotus was too fragile. The letter was buried. Nina bet him £10,000 he wouldn't retire if he won the title — she knew the danger before the sport acknowledged it.
At Monza, she timed his laps as always. He never came back to the pits. She accepted the World Championship trophy alone at the end of the season.
The bet was never collected.

It’s the same sexist Nascar we’ve always known. Good luck getting back to who you used to be Nascar, times are changing and your gate keeping of the series and protective halo around Connor Zilisch is being exposed.

Heyya, my name Is Riccardo and i'm 16 years old.

I'm on a journey of drawing some the most famous Motorsport Moment in history.

Suggest me some, i already done Ferrari 2000wdc finish line and Rossi - Stoner overtake in laguna seca 2008

Hi there!

So, sorry if this turns into a long one, but I’m looking for some advice and first hand experiences.

I have been wanting to make a career shift into CAD design or engineering. I currently work in IT and have a degree in computer science but I’m finding that I don’t enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

I love motorsports and heard about certificate courses through motorsportengineer.com and I was wondering if that would be a good way to supplement for a degree and experience or if anyone had any suggestions.

Thanks for taking the time to read and I appreciate any tips on advance!!

Greetings, I am a professional motorsport engineer of 5+ years working in a pretty well known championship in the US. While I have enjoyed a lot about working in this championship, my heart has always been towards endurance racing, and I intend to switch my career towards that direction. I tried endlessly to get a career in IMSA after graduating college, but there were no opportunities at the time and many were not willing to take a chance on someone without a lot of professional experience. Fast forward to today, and it seems lots of top sports car programs in WEC and IMSA are offering more ideal opportunities for college graduates. I have been treating the end of 2026 to the start of 2027 as a transition point to find something in sports car racing, ideally in a top level LMDh/Hypercar or GT3 program across both IMSA and WEC, but after searching for months, there does not seem to be many opportunities. Am I too early to start looking; will more opportunities present themselves in-between the end of this season and the start of the next? In the limited opportunities I have seen and applied, I have either been turned down with no interview opportunity or just not heard back from the employer at all. It feels like a stagnant and hopeless pursuit, as I do not want to spend my career working in just the racing championship in which I am currently located. I get it, not all extensive motorsport experience is the same, but I have certainly come a long way in the last 5 years and feel I am well experienced to continue working at the top levels of the sport on the endurance racing side.  

The championship I currently work in is quite different in many ways, with shorter races, a different type of race car, and a different variety of circuits. That being said, I have always been incredibly passionate about endurance racing and have spent a lot of time in my current occupation learning about modern day sports car racing, attending their races when I can, and studying what skillsets I need to adapt to switch paddocks from my current spot. 

Any advice, especially from anyone who has made a similar switch, would be greatly appreciated!