Complex to arrange for the Independents? What? I think they'd be the most in favour. A 2 driver event means double the personal sponsors (which are what run most efforts) for far less than double the cost.
It would have to be more than double length to justify multiple drivers though. The NGTC cars have an 80 litre or 18 gallon fuel tank - so it all depends on the MPG the cars get.
A typical petrol road car gets around 40mpg. But I can't seem to find any estimation of the MPG a touring car would achieve. NASCAR achieves 5mpg, and I'd imagine these cars are a lot more efficient, so you may be looking at the region of 10-15, but that's little more than a guess.
Based on about 10mpg, that would limit the range of races to 180 miles, which would be long enough for a reasonable length endurance race. It could be the MPG achieved is way worse though, I don't know.
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