V8SC V's AFL

[Armco Bender]

Men in tight shorts or men in fast cars.......takes ya pick.

[sizzle]

Originally Posted by peckstar

whats WA

Acronym for "Wait Awhile"

Similar to "Not Today", "Next Tuesday", "Next Thursday" for the Northern Territory.

The one thing that I have trouble understanding, (and I know EVERYONE says it's only three rounds) is how it can be a good thing to have the coverage supposedly broken up during the day (race 2 early, race 3 after the footy) or over by 1:30pm.

Hardly what I would call the "prime viewing" times. Have we not (others) argued on here that there are too long a breaks between rounds, surely breaking the day up is even worse!

[Peter Ford]

I guess channel 7 will be doing what they did the last time they had the V8sand show the races of sunday nights

[Average Punter]

What time is the Seven evening news? 6pm?

Maybe they'll start the AFL coverage about 3:30.

That means they'll probably show the second race (about 11am) on delay, then the third one live to finish before the footy.

Only problem is if there is a big delay and race three starts late.

"Sorry but we know there are only three laps to go but we cross now to the G for coverage of the Richmond/Carlton cross-country basketball..."

[Pro Racer]

this deal is a massive **** up, now i wish the V8's stayed with #10 and after how i have previously said #10 was crap now it makes me think #10's coverage will look like gold compared to what #7's is going to be, and i think #7 is going to do what they did last time and put them on at late night.

i can imagine V8 teams will lose sponsers if they are shown late and that will mean teams won't afford to keep running, could aussie bernies eyes with $ as oposed to pupels spell the end of V8's.

[Raglanparade]

Channel 7 will be the end of V8 supercars....

Channel 10 will take up Australian Production Cars and turn it into the new supercars......

[Falcadore]

39 drivers, well 40 including Evangelou, have competed in the sprint rounds of the VSC this year. The break down is:

Victoria - 13
Jason Bright
Will Davison
Paul Dumbrell
Tony Evangelou
Lee Holdsworth
Rick Kelly
Todd Kelly
Craig Lowndes
Cameron McConville
Steve Owen
Jack Perkins
Shane Price
Jamie Whincup

New South Wales - 10
Jason Bargwanna
Dean Canto
James Courtney
Jose Fernandez
Alan Gurr
Andrew Jones
Brad Jones
Warren Luff
Mark Skaife
Mark Winterbottom

New Zealand - 8
Craig Baird
Fabian Coulthard
Greg Murphy
Chris Pither
Mark Porter
Paul Radisich
Jason Richards
Steven Richards

Queensland - 4
Steve Ellery
Steven Johnson
Marcus Marshall
Paul Morris

Western Australia - 2
Tony Ricciardello
Garth Tander

South Australia - 1
Russell Ingall

Tasmania - 1
John Bowe

Brazil/Germany - 1
Max Wilson

[Falcadore]

Originally Posted by Raglanparade

Channel 7 will be the end of V8 supercars....

Channel 10 will take up Australian Production Cars and turn it into the new supercars......

That kinda assumes Australian Production Cars can stop warring amongst themselves and actually race at the same meeting together. They're incapable of doing that now.

[barney551]

All these assumptions.

Before bagging them lets wait and see how it all settles down. werent some of the races supposed to be twilight ... and EC on the Monday of the Queens Birthday Weekend.

I mhavnt seen the AFL draw yet ... not that interested but would be good to compare it with the V8s. There might be some creative starting times for the races to fit in so everyone wins.

Its too early to bag Ch 7 out yet!!!

IMO

[mabs_nsx]

Originally Posted by dsg

Still not good news for WA where everything happens 2 hrs earlier. The AFL games will be shown live but the V8s may be held back until late evening.

If they show both the AFL and V8's live in WA there's no poblem.

[Da Moo]

im sure the track promoter in WA will be over the moon about their day finishing before lunchtime

[peckstar]

theres only one problem

the WA round is prior to the football season, so there is no issue

[barney551]

I have posted the clashing weekends in the the off load thread if anyone wants to either copy it here or compare.

[racer69]

Originally Posted by Da Moo

im sure the track promoter in WA will be over the moon about their day finishing before lunchtime

The V8s finish at 1.30, the meeting will still feature plenty of racing afterwards.


Alot of you lot are worrying too much of speculation, lets wait and see what 'actually' happens.


Plus of course remember the first two rounds fall before the AFL season, and we'll be getting full coverage of those two meetings to start with.

[RotorFan]

Originally Posted by cavvy

a WA guy won a hysterics title in Europe in 2006

Oh boy, love your work.

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Men in tight shorts or men in fast cars.......takes ya pick.

And yours. Sums up my thoughts

Originally Posted by Average Punter

we cross now to the G for coverage of the Richmond/Carlton cross-country basketball..."

Originally Posted by sizzle

The one thing that I have trouble understanding, ... is how it can be a good thing to have the coverage supposedly broken up during the day (race 2 early, race 3 after the footy) or over by 1:30pm.

Hardly what I would call the "prime viewing" times. Have we not (others) argued on here that there are too long a breaks between rounds, surely breaking the day up is even worse!

I've thought about that too. I think its impractical. People will soon enough complain that they can't keep up with the times.

[cavvy]

Originally Posted by RotorFan

I've thought about that too. I think its impractical. People will soon enough complain that they can't keep up with the times.

For fans of both it means a day on 7 - there are lots of us as the ratings show.

[barney551]

Seems I need to post this here as well.....

This is the schedule as it stands now. There still me be some tweaking and we dont know what games seven will be broadcasting.

1-4 March Clipsal 500 Adelaide
23-25 March Perth V8 400 WA
Round 4
20-22 April PlaceMakers V8 Supercars New Zealand
Friday, 20th April EST LOC
Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs MCG (Night) 7:40pm 7:40pm
Saturday, 21st April EST LOC
Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
St. Kilda vs. Essendon Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10 PM 2:10 PM
Kangaroos vs. Brisbane Lions Gold Coast Stadium, Carrara (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Adelaide vs. Sydney AAMI Stadium (Night) 7:40pm 7:10pm
Sunday, 22rd April EST LOC
Hawthorn vs. Geelong Aurora Stadium (Sun Early)) 1:10pm 1:10pm
Melbourne vs. Fremantle MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
West Coast vs. Carlton Subiaco (Day) 4:40 PM 2:40 PM
Round 8
18-20 May Winton Motor Raceway VIC
Friday, 18th May EST LOC
Adelaide vs. Richmond AAMI Stadium (Night) 7:40pm 7:10pm
Saturday,19th May EST LOC
Essendon vs. Brisbane Lions Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Geelong vs. Fremantle Skilled Stadium (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Hawthorn vs. St. Kilda MCG (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Kangaroos vs. Carlton Gold Coast Stadium, Carrara (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Sunday, 20st May EST LOC
Sydney vs. Port Adelaide SCG (Sun Early) 1:10pm 1:10pm
Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
West Coast vs. Melbourne Subiaco (Day) 4:40 PM 2:40pm
Round 11
9-11 June Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney
Friday, 8th June EST LOC
Essendon vs. West Coast Telstra Dome (Night) 7:40pm 7:40pm
Saturday, 9th June EST LOC
Hawthorn vs. Sydney MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs Gabba (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Carlton vs. Port Adelaide Telstra Dome (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Sunday, 10th June EST LOC
Adelaide vs. Geelong AAMI Stadium (Sun Early) 1:10pm 12:40pm
St. Kilda vs. Kangaroos Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Fremantle vs. Richmond Subiaco (Day) 4:40pm 2:40pm
Monday, 11th June EST LOC
Melbourne vs. Collingwood MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Round 12
Friday, 15th June EST LOC
Carlton vs. Hawthorn Telstra Dome (Night) 7:40pm 7:40pm
Saturday, 16th June EST LOC
Kangaroos vs. Adelaide Gold Coast Stadium, Carrara (Night) 7:10 PM 7:10 PM
Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle TIO Stadium (Night) 7:40 PM 7:10pm
Sunday, 17th June EST LOC
Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions Skilled Stadium (Sun Early) 1:10pm 1:10pm
Port Adelaide vs. Essendon AAMI Stadium (Sun Twilight) 4:40 PM 4:10 PM
22-24 June Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin
Friday, 22nd June EST LOC
Richmond vs. Melbourne MCG (Night) 7:40pm 7:40pm
Saturday, 23rd June EST LOC
Sydney vs. Collingwood Telstra Stadium (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
Sunday, 24th June EST LOC
West Coast vs. St. Kilda Subiaco (Day) 4:40 PM 2:40 PM
Round 16
20-22 July Qld Raceway Ipswich
Friday, 20th July EST LOC
Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome (Night) 7:40 PM 7:40 PM
Saturday, 21st July EST LOC
Collingwood vs. Essendon MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Adelaide vs. Fremantle AAMI Stadium (Day) 3:10pm 2:40pm
St. Kilda vs. Hawthorn Telstra Dome (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
West Coast vs. Sydney Subiaco (Night) 7:40pm 5:40pm
Sunday, 22nd July EST LOC
Brisbane Lions vs. Carlton Gabba (Sun Early) 1:10pm 1:10pm
Richmond vs. Port Adelaide MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Kangaroos vs. Melbourne Telstra Dome (Sun Twilight) 5:10pm 5:10pm
Round 20
17-19 August Oran Park Raceway Sydney
Friday, 17th August EST LOC
Collingwood vs. Melbourne MCG (Night) 7:40 PM 7:40 PM
Saturday, 18th August EST LOC
Essendon vs. Carlton MCG (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
St. Kilda vs. Fremantle Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Gabba (Night) 7:10pm 7:10pm
West Coast vs. Richmond Subiaco (Night) 7:40pm 5:40pm
Sunday, 19th August EST LOC
Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide Aurora Stadium (Sun Early) 1:10pm 1:10pm
Kangaroos vs. Geelong Telstra Dome (Day) 2:10pm 2:10pm
Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs AAMI Stadium (Sun Twilight) 4:40 PM 4:10 PM
Toyota AFL Finals Series No. Matches Possible Dates

Week 1 - Qualifying Finals 4 September 7, 8, 9
14-16 September Sandown 500
Week 2 - Semi-Finals 2 September 14, 15
Week 3 - Preliminary Finals 2 September 21, 22
Week 4 - Toyota AFL Grand Final 1 September 29

4-7 October Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
18-21 October V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise
1-3 November Bahrain International Circuit
16-18 November Tasmania Challenge
30 Nov - 2 December Grand Finale

* Please note all dates and locations are subject to change

[cavvy]

Austar have announced a deal to do AFL footy.

[barney551]

Looks like all the Ch 7 bashing may have been wasted after all!!!

[Da Moo]

its too early to bash 7 but with the first round being a few months away and no one still being able to say whats going on is a serious concern.

the papers only said they were talking to austar - not that a deal had been done.

[barney551]

it will not be a big deal no matter what ....look at the schedule

[cavvy]

Originally Posted by barney551

it will not be a big deal no matter what ....look at the schedule

Agree it is not a big deal, BUT, it would result in a better V8 coverage for those in the Austar area.

[Da Moo]

the fact that the schedule has to be moved to fit around afl is an issue.

its not good for the sport - we want more people to watch v8s but if the telly times are all over the place and not consistent it wont help.

if v8s have to be off air by 1pm on the weekends that clash it is a big step backwards for the sport.

[barney551]

why would they have to be off air at 1pm?

arent 10 or maybe Austar doing the early game and 7 the twilight game?

Its about time there was more cooperation between sports to maximise the exposure for everyone. I am sure, as been said so many times before, that there are more people wanting to watch AFL compared to the V8s. So it makes sense, if you want to watch more live coverage to move the taxis.

Or better still go and watch it live at the tracks ... thats where all motor racing should be watched ... the same as football.

[billybanana]

Originally Posted by barney551

Or better still go and watch it live at the tracks ... thats where all motor racing should be watched

It's not that easy unless you've got an endless money pit. I try to get to 4 to 5 rounds a year but that doesn't come cheap. For most people tv is their only option.