sprint round at Bathurst?

Pro Racer · 16 Jun 2007, 15:31 (Ref:1938557)

apologies if this has been discused before, delete if it has.

what would you think of a sprint round at Bathurst?

i think it would be good it would be good racing, i would certainly attend.

racer69 · 16 Jun 2007, 15:59 (Ref:1938612)

They tried it in 1995 and 1996. The drivers didn't care for it, and neither really did the fans, the crowds weren't good, so it was done away with.

Could be an interesting idea for the BIMF though (Fujitsu Series at least), remembering that an ATCC round formed Easter Meeting at bathurst in the early 70s, but of couse V8s aren't interested in a 'shared billing', especially as the 12 Hour is the headline event.......

PS....pwr its 2am, what are you still doing up

**GTRMagic** · 16 Jun 2007, 23:43 (Ref:1939190)

A Fujitsu series round would be great, but would it give them 2 races at Bathurst in a year then?

The regular Bathurst weekend doesnt have enough on it now, to lose the Fujitsu series to another event will make it quite an empty program!

n.kuiper · 17 Jun 2007, 00:51 (Ref:1939244)

i dont think a sprint round at bathurst would be very good nobody would want to race their twice a year and i think it would take some of the shine of the 1000

TSR · 17 Jun 2007, 01:03 (Ref:1939251)

No leave it as is, Bathurst should stay like it is a once a year meeting.

Chatters · 17 Jun 2007, 04:28 (Ref:1939366)

If we had a Bathurst sprint round, would they take the 1000 of the championship and make it non-points?

How can anyone complain the '95 and '96 rounds were no good... Gardner and Crompton taking each other out... 'Fido' trying his best to get run over on Skyline...

Ah, memories...

dsg · 17 Jun 2007, 04:34 (Ref:1939372)

It's one of the best tracks in the country. Why wouldn't we want to use it as many times as we can? I'd like to see a couple of 300km races for both series. 10 years on from the last attempt is long enough that you may find things have changed.

**GTRMagic** · 17 Jun 2007, 05:00 (Ref:1939383)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

If we had a Bathurst sprint round, would they take the 1000 of the championship and make it non-points?

How can anyone complain the '95 and '96 rounds were no good... Gardner and Crompton taking each other out... 'Fido' trying his best to get run over on Skyline...

Ah, memories...

Memories? Wouldnt that have you at 6 years old at the time ?

Chatters · 17 Jun 2007, 05:11 (Ref:1939391)

Joking mate, joking...

And besides, thinking about 10 years ago at my age makes me feel old...

Head Rev · 17 Jun 2007, 06:14 (Ref:1939436)

Would we want a race behind the safety car? It's sacred, keep it to a once a year 1,000km race. Amen

Razor · 17 Jun 2007, 06:19 (Ref:1939440)

I think put Bathurst and Sandown as last rounds and don't have any championship points.

Monaro · 17 Jun 2007, 07:16 (Ref:1939497)

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Originally Posted by Razor

I think put Bathurst and Sandown as last rounds and don't have any championship points.

Thats what we used to have before T

Cockhead decided to add them to the championship.

TSR · 17 Jun 2007, 07:42 (Ref:1939505)

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Originally Posted by Monaro

Thats what we used to have before T

Cockhead decided to add them to the championship.

Ah. The good old day's of Touring Car racing in Austraila before the money hungrey dictator came along.

Pro Racer · 17 Jun 2007, 10:51 (Ref:1939686)

i say have a bathurst like Clipsal 2x 250 on the Saturday and Sunday in the championship and have Sandown in the championship and have the 1000 as a non-championship round as then we would use the great track in the championship have an enduro in the championship and have the 1000 great race out of the championship at the end of the season and then we won't have people saying settle for 2nd for the championship meaning we would have an out and out great race for the most prestiges trophey in australian motorsport history, and i have said for as long as i can remember the 1000 should have never been put in the championship.

dsg · 17 Jun 2007, 15:09 (Ref:1939967)

It's sacred? I'm sorry I didn't realise it was sacred. In that case may be we shouldn't use it at all.

Pro Racer · 17 Jun 2007, 20:29 (Ref:1940199)

the track is great (IMO best in Aus) but not sacred well maybe a few things about it are but not sacred enough not to use it, the 1000 race is the thing that is sacred at that track and it couldn't be hosted any where else and the prize you are racing for couldn't be more sacred "The Peter Brock Trophy".so as i posted above have the 1000 out of the c'ship and hold it at years end and replace it with a clipsal style race weekend at the track, and have Sandown as the championship enduro.

DAVID PATERSON · 18 Jun 2007, 01:11 (Ref:1940397)

I attended the sprint round in '96 and had a great time. The crowd was a lot smaller and well behaved.

I'd rather race 6 times a year at Bathurst than 6 times a year on 6 different tracks.

Head Rev · 18 Jun 2007, 03:08 (Ref:1940436)

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Originally Posted by dsg

It's sacred? I'm sorry I didn't realise it was sacred. In that case may be we shouldn't use it at all.

# Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or
# Worthy of respect.

That's what I was meaning

racer69 · 18 Jun 2007, 05:01 (Ref:1940465)

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Originally Posted by dsg

It's sacred? I'm sorry I didn't realise it was sacred. In that case may be we shouldn't use it at all.

Of course it's not sacred, Tony told us nothing was sacred 10 years ago

Pro Racer · 18 Jun 2007, 05:03 (Ref:1940466)

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Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

I attended the sprint round in '96 and had a great time. The crowd was a lot smaller and well behaved.

I'd rather race 6 times a year at Bathurst than 6 times a year on 6 different tracks.

here here david

, the 1000 is a great race/event and nothing could top it but to see the cars go round bathurst in a sprint round again would be good, i remember watching video of the 96 round yes the crowd was smaller but it was still great to see the cars go round the mountain in a sprint round format as i said before the clipsal format would be good here as it will be a fair distance with a single driver and multiple races on the weekend.

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Originally Posted by racer69
Of course it's not sacred, Tony told us nothing was sacred 10 years ago

he told us lots of things 10 years ago and he was mostly right.

**GTRMagic** · 18 Jun 2007, 05:41 (Ref:1940479)

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Originally Posted by racer69

Of course it's not sacred, Tony told us nothing was sacred 10 years ago

It was a typo on the teleprompter... he meant "Scared"

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