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[VASC16R32R33] Coates Hire Sydney 500, Homebush: 2-4Dec
The last hurrah..
For the track.. much maligned as it is.. the last street race to be held in Sydney for the foreseeable future. The title is still on the line. 2 protagonists from the same team, ready to have fun figuring out who's the team leader at the house of 8's... Prodrive seem to be on the way back.. engine complaints not withstanding.. Some of the pilots are driving for their careers.. Tander, Bright, Pither to name a few... And it might be the last time we see a Supercar Volvo, other than in a museum.... Lets go make some noise... |
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This is always a fun weekend.
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Not much fun when its raining so hard, water has nowhere to go and the races are ruined. That will be my main memory of this place when its over. (that, and the better memory of Courtney waving at 888 garage as he gets back out to win in 2010).
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Has anything changed re. the drainage issue there?
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Negative, no need with the event thankfully disappearing after December.
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Such a great idea for a race on paper, executed poorly.
Unless you're a corporate. |
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Another swing and a miss for Supercars, in terms of street races.
Should be eventful this year, as always. |
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Interesting that the Motorworld Sydney event being promoted by NSW Tourism is on the same weekend down at Eastern Creek. Curious scheduling.
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New colors for Fabs, it looks, err, ...Sharp... I quite like it
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/28/...at-sydney-500/ |
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At least with DJRTP moving to a permanent Shell Helix livery next year, we won't be inflicted with the same press release stating how 'excited / thrilled / honoured' the team are before every meeting announcing the cars livery. All for a bit of variety every now and then, but before every round is a bit tedious.
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But VASC and sydney dont mix well , time to leave |
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Interesting that they've brought a concert, one of the original major selling points of the event, back for the last meeting there..... where was it from 2012-2015?
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They couldn't find a band to resurrect.
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Arguably the best pit access from a spectator's viewpoint in Australia
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McGrath foundation scheme for Percat. He's also blushing towards LDM as they gave him his "1st win in supercars" at Clipsal earlier this year. Didnt he win some obscure race in country NSW once?
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Not at all. Surely this is a celebration? The end of one of the more unsuccessful and poorly executed events in Australian motorsport history. Despite massive claims that were proven to be failures such as the below - the event will disappear with a whimper. Quote:
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I'm not sure where I'd place it in the unsuccessful and poorly executed list as in some ways it is executed quite well but for sure there have been many parts of it that have not been executed well, for whatever reason. My feeling is that it would stack up better than events such as the Race of 1000 years in Adelaide, the Supertouring Bathurst races, dozens of national series rounds (of varying names) that have not been commercially successful, maybe even the large commercial losses of rally australia would place that as worse and the list goes on. Short version I guess is that it hasn't been the best motorsport event ever in Aus but not the worst either. |
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http://www.racerviews.com/2013/09/28...of-1000-years/ The legacy of the Sydney 500 is no doubt hurt by the outlandish and in hindsight the ridiculous claims by Tony Cochrane back in 2008 and 2009 about what the event would achieve. The scathing Auditor Generals report into the event also place it very much in lower echelon of Australian motorsport events. |
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Meantime, apparently there is a motor race this weekend..
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