[VASC20R1R2] Superloop 500, Adelaide, 20Feb-23Feb

[Just Do It!]

Originally Posted by djr81

Hardest job in motorsport: The poor bloke who has to find something for the Bunnings Powerpass powerplay overtakes....

Equally hard would have to be convincingly waving the flag at the end of Porsche racers, and then having to explain at the next driver's briefing that, unlike their invoices to race for the weekend, their race lap count actually includes GST

[djr81]

Originally Posted by Razor

The main issue is that Adelaide is quite narrow and doesn't help that over the years they've narrowed the track even more. (Especially the back straight from turn 7 to turn 9) I think the racing will be better at the AGP circuit since it's a fair bit wider to accommodate the F1 cars.

AGP races are almost invariably the worst for overtaking. Now that I have said that there are bound to be heaps...

[Alan52]

Reported in Adelaide media today attendance was down by 40%.Discuss.

[Mixer]

https://watertonchronicle.com/2020/0...PmWuKcs93e7Xm8

In a move completely unlike Roland Dane, the Triple 8 boss has launched a protest against Cam Waters and Tickford’s Uber operation after copping some serious surge pricing for Shane van Gisbergen’s ride back to the pits today.

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Mixer

https://watertonchronicle.com/2020/0...PmWuKcs93e7Xm8

You do know that site is a parody/sarcastic site?

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by Alan52

Reported in Adelaide media today attendance was down by 40%.Discuss.

Article here from the ABC so that others can see the type of report that you're referring to.

[V8 Fireworks]

Originally Posted by Alan52

Reported in Adelaide media today attendance was down by 40%.Discuss.

V8 Supercar racing is becoming increasingly niche and less mainstream... Nothing remarkable there.

It's impressive the crowds are still strong at Bathurst and elsewhere.

The ticket prices certainly do not help:

General admission
From $200*** Available. 4-Day.

$200 !!!!

"change race time back to how it was and open the gates earlier," she wrote.

I found it curious the gates no longer open at 7.30-8am, but rather at 9am. Which has no doubt displeased some family attendees.

[champcarman]

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

V8 Supercar racing is becoming increasingly niche and less mainstream... Nothing remarkable there.

It's impressive the crowds are still strong at Bathurst and elsewhere.

The ticket prices certainly do not help:

General admission
From $200*** Available. 4-Day.

$200 !!!!



I found it curious the gates no longer open at 7.30-8am, but rather at 9am. Which has no doubt displeased some family attendees.

I think Supercars need to have a big think about how to lower ADMISSION PRICES. Families cannot afford the sort of outlay to take the average family of two adults and two kids to the races. the support categories are not really a problem , most people are only there for the Supercars anyway. It is about the same cost to go to the AGP but that is a WORLD Championship and only happens once a year in Australia.

[djr81]

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

V8 Supercar racing is becoming increasingly niche and less mainstream... Nothing remarkable there.

It's impressive the crowds are still strong at Bathurst and elsewhere.

The ticket prices certainly do not help:

General admission
From $200*** Available. 4-Day.

$200 !!!!

I found it curious the gates no longer open at 7.30-8am, but rather at 9am. Which has no doubt displeased some family attendees.

You cant please everyone can you? I would rather stab myself in the eye than watch a Robbie Williams concert. The Hilltop Hoods on the other hand are brilliant. It's a swan.....

The random quoted in the ABC article said:
"the event was "getting quite disappointing". "Bring back the utes, the stunt drivers, the Aussie [Racing] Cars, the Harley drivers parade, keep the stadium trucks, change race time back to how it was and open the gates earlier," she wrote.

Superutes are awful.
A Harley parade is, oh I dunno words fail me. Cant you just go and watch the middle aged accountants getting their coffee on Sunday morning?
Stadium trucks are great if you are ten years old.
The only times that matter are broadcast times in the eastern states.
Why would you want to take your family there at 7.30am???

[V8 Fireworks]

Originally Posted by djr81

The Hilltop Hoods on the other hand are brilliant. It's a swan.....

My favourite singer is Olympia and her tickets are only $30, as she is not popular yet... as a 30-something playing 70's-like pop rock music she falls into a "no man's land" between youth music stations that only play modern music and the classic rock stations preferred by older folks that never play new music. Hopefully her record company doesn't drop her after the third and final album in her contract.

The ticket prices that Supercars charge -- in order to prop up their teams' high running costs, by way of high event fees -- are ridiculous. For the motorsport enthusiast wanting to spectate, it's little wonder you would prefer to attend more affordable events like Shannons Nationals (i.e., TCR), hillclimbs and historics, rather than the overpriced Supercars series...

Maybe the failure of drums/electric bass/electric guitar music (i.e., rock) to engage with (most) young people is a lesson for Supercars? You can't keeping doing what you have always done, and expect to remain relevant?

Much like the Fender Telecaster and Fender Precision Bass, the roaring V8 engine is a aging product from over 70 years ago (indeed do most teenagers even get excited about Ford coupes with flathead V8s at all, or are they most interested in loading up the PC to play some Fortnite online?), and perhaps affection for it is fading?

Maybe Supercars should accept it's time is up in the mainstream (much like rock music?), and embrace it's position as a niche product (much like Jazz or Swing music)?

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by Razor

You do know that site is a parody/sarcastic site?

Yes, ****ing hilarious

[Sandgroper]

Originally Posted by tux

I’m a miserable person but this is pointless, literally nothing going on. Every race is the same, follow each other for the entire race and maybe you’ll see a pass for 20th as part of pit strategy. The cars are great to watch on a qualifying lap but 90% of the races are atrocious, nothing happens.

Much like F1 then

[Sandgroper]

Originally Posted by djr81

Hardest job in motorsport: The poor bloke who has to find something for the Bunnings Powerpass powerplay overtakes....

Cringeworthy name and segment !

[djr81]

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

My favourite singer is Olympia and her tickets are only $30, as she is not popular yet... as a 30-something playing 70's-like pop rock music she falls into a "no man's land" between youth music stations that only play modern music and the classic rock stations preferred by older folks that never play new music. Hopefully her record company doesn't drop her after the third and final album in her contract.

The ticket prices that Supercars charge -- in order to prop up their teams' high running costs, by way of high event fees -- are ridiculous. For the motorsport enthusiast wanting to spectate, it's little wonder you would prefer to attend more affordable events like Shannons Nationals (i.e., TCR), hillclimbs and historics, rather than the overpriced Supercars series...

Maybe the failure of drums/electric bass/electric guitar music (i.e., rock) to engage with (most) young people is a lesson for Supercars? You can't keeping doing what you have always done, and expect to remain relevant?

Much like the Fender Telecaster and Fender Precision Bass, the roaring V8 engine is a aging product from over 70 years ago (indeed do most teenagers even get excited about Ford coupes with flathead V8s at all, or are they most interested in loading up the PC to play some Fortnite online?), and perhaps affection for it is fading?

Maybe Supercars should accept it's time is up in the mainstream (much like rock music?), and embrace it's position as a niche product (much like Jazz or Swing music)?

Um, the Hilltop Hoods are a hip hop group.

[Kingair]

I normally go to watch the car racing.

[V8 Fireworks]

Originally Posted by djr81

Um, the Hilltop Hoods are a hip hop group.

Yes, I know that, they typically use electronic beats. I prefer drums and bass.

[chavez]

Originally Posted by Kingair

I normally go to watch the car racing.

I go to rock concerts with motor races as the support act.

[mayhem]

With crowd numbers plummeting, the Adelaide meeting may be reverting to a three day shindig next year.

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