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the 12 hour use a similar format, do you have an issue with it there also? |
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So the " SPIN " has started:
"From the fans' perspective it will be really cool and that's all that matters because we are entertainment, it's pretty awesome watching the cars go around at that time of the day," Slade said full article: http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-s...-1226759363537 more spin http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-s...-1226759342113 |
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would have hated 2005 also, some schmoo got up that year. oh wait Todd was a full time HRT driver
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Not sure this is such a bad thing, personally I think shorter races are the way to go in this day and age.
I was disappointed to see the Townsville races extended to 250 kms so hopefully the same thing will happen there and at Homebush and Gold Coast. Attracting young people and improving TV ratings is what V8 Supercars should be aiming for. Young people today have short attention spans and getting them away from their phones, I pads, I pods, and x boxes for very long is pretty difficult. Not long ago it was hard to get seats at a Nascar event now the sport is struggling to fill seats. Why? Because the races are long drawn out affairs with little action until near the end. This is also one reason why Rallycross is probably the only real growth area in world motorsport today. Short sharp action filled races. I am not a real fan of twilight races but if it gets motor racing into more loungerooms then it cannot be to bad. If in the end it all leads to better outcome in the next TV deal, therefore leading to better income for the sport and it's major stakeholders (the Teams) then it is worth a try! |
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I couldn't really care if V8SA made the drivers co-drive with their mother in laws at Sandown and Gold Coast but Bathurst is different and it is special.V8SA have only had grudging recognition of this since Day 1 (1996). PSBack in 1968 Bruce McPhee was basically a once a year driver in a privateer entry.His co driver was a 1 lap special because Bruce wanted to drive the whole race but the rules wouldn't let him.That rule was changed for 1970. |
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the race still has a unique atmoshpere because its at Bathurst. its 1000km it goes 6 hours plus. unlike no other v8 round. Clipsal also has a unique atmosphere, because its in Adelaide right next to the city and the crowd is much bigger than Bathurst has ever been. |
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we can have 28 cars of 1 fulltime driver and 1 part time. or we can have 14 cars of combined drivers and 14 non full time drivers. or even, and here is the funniest one, and the one that gave us ten years in a row dominated by 2 teams we can have a couple of teams who can combine their full time drivers up against teams that because of sponsorship cant and so have to bring in part timers, yes that sounds fair and credible sorry your old fashioned idea lacks any form of credibility. its why we moved away from there. and even worse it needs late race safety cars to make the racing interesting |
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just an old rusty one with a wobbly wheel with rose coloured handles But seriously we can argue about the pros and cons of bathurst changes for ever, we will disagree, however this is a Clipsal thread and changes have happened interestingly some like the changes and some dont. however we do know this. the series wants a better paying telecast and its wants to try post news races. This is a good opportunity to do it because of the daylight savings issue. The cars will look great although the shadows will eb interesting, especially if there is a safety car Last edited by peckstar; 15 Nov 2013 at 07:11. |
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I support the new Super Sprint format. Major championships should have a feature race. And I think that Townsville and Sydney should adopt the Adelaide format as well.
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