The problem with counting this one as a drop, is that many of us planned our summers and drops ahead of time, and were counting on making the last three rounds for points. Unless the NCT wants to count three out of five rounds instead of four out of six, I suspect that there will be people who bag the rest of the year's NCT races.
And with 4 out of 5 events where they are located, it could be renamed the EWCT
with a hint of
but these are toy cars so mostly