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Hard to see the commercial return on a $250k annual spend plus the cost of building the car, as some at the front are apparently outlaying...
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Some are reportedly spending in the vicinity of $350K a year, on top of the build of the car.
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According to the TCM website the 2017 TCM series finished at Bathurst.
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Latest ACM mag, says there has been a request to allow a "tru blu" xd in. Of course that also means moving the cut off date, allowing VB commy, RX7 etc
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TCM really suffer at these supercar meetings such as Newcastle.
All they got today was20 minutes of practice, then have to sit around for rest of day. Why do minor categories such as Aussie race cars and T86’s each get 40 minutes, that is double that of TCM. And look at the fluff that Supercars have on the list for the last hours of the day..... |
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Risk mitigation?
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Politics aside, a very special championship win for Steve Johnson.
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What If the Hokey Pokey Really IS What It's All About??????????? |
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First national championship, at the very least.
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Put it in full screen mode, then sit back and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... U5W1gFApiQ |
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The good old days sure seem like a long time ago!! |
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Is there a magazine available in shops in Australia that features cars from the touring car masters and other saloon series
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