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Old 26 Oct 2009, 00:39 (Ref:2569721)   #138
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Mac, the date problem was more than an issue with the Supercar calendar - here is a quote from Judy Spence at the time (the whole article is linked in post 4 of this thread):
Queensland Sports Minister Judy Spence said the government had opposed moves by the Indy Racing League to move the event from October to March.

"They have an expanded series of events and our Indy clashes with the early part of the American Football season," she said.

"Moving our race to March as they had requested was not an option due to the clash with the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne and the Clipsal V8 race in Adelaide.

"In addition a March race would have involved track construction right in the middle of January school holidays and we would not tolerate Gold Coast residents being inconvenienced in that way."

Having said all that though - I still think that a suitable international series is a good part of the event and it would be great to see something happen along those lines.
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