15 Dec 2003, 00:12 (Ref:811855)
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Interesting that only four races from 1993 will be on the 2004 Calendar. Quite sad really.
Well ... the biggest moments:
1992 - Bathurst/Sandown - debut of the V8 racing cars
1993 - First Season of V8 supercars
1993-1999 - TOCA/AVESCO battles
1997 - Switch to Channel 10 coverage
1999 - Launch of Adelaide V8 Supercar round
1999-2002 - Parity issues, Project Blueprint etc
1999-2002 - No V8 Sandown 500
2003 - Ford win the series - VY/BA debuts
General:
- Grice/Crompton/Longuhst/Brock/Perkins/Johnson/Richards/ etc retire from full time V8 racing, ushering in a new era of stars.
- Increasing commercialisation of the series.
- The TWR empire.
- Loss of cigarette sponsorship.
- Bathurst given Championship status
- Loss of Shell title sponsorship
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