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Originally Posted by Icarus_nz
And bless his dear little heart for taking it on. No one else wants to touch it so the 'willing horses' have at it.
My only other observation is that Geoff's experience comes with a degree of history...
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Geoff has done a really good job of promoting and organising the Premier Summer Series, and like all of the SOG members he has some idea's on what he would like to see, but like MSNZ he has no power to to do or enforce anything, he is like the preverbal "Candle in the Wind"
Geoff was bought into the Series by Toyota NZ to kick start the Toyota 86's and in his first year, he managed to double the number's but in the season just finished they have lapsed back to an average of just 11 cars, half the number that Toyota built.
There is only one way that Geoff can earn a dollar from the Premier Series and that is to pack the categories in, and charge each category $15,000 plus GST.
That makes for really long days and virtually compulsory 3 day meeting's, which budget category like our SRS, Ssangyoung Racing Series, competitors simply can't afford, which is why we [SRS] will run several one day meeting next season, and only 2 of the Premier Summer Series meeting's.
NZV8 Utes are also under the pump in terms of competitor numbers and category cost's which is why they may not be able to afford to pay for TV next season, which means that the BNT V8's and Toyota will have to bear 80% of the cost of TV production, and how long BNT are prepared to support the current V8 Touring Car category is any bodies guess.
No disrespect to Geoff and his team but there is no "magic bullet".
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