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The idea of a race under lights, possibly at SMP has been mooted for 2 or 3 years now - clearly it's expensive and something of a punt financially, which seems to be why it hasn't happened yet.
Using the short track at SMP would make sense from an event cost point of view and if it can be done in a smart way, should be good for fans too. Let's see if it happens this time.
I don't think that anyone REALLY knows why getting crowds to SMP has been an issue - long before Homebush of course, Oran Park was there and would get a great crowd for a V8 race and across town Eastern Creek would be a much smaller crowd - same "show", same ticket prices etc. Whilst there are plenty of theories held by plenty of people, no-one actually knows for certain and discussions about crowd sizes and the reasons for them at different venues end up becoming a meaningless circle with no definitive answers.
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