5 Aug 2004, 22:13 (Ref:1057604)
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Racer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 366
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Originally posted by Dazz
Unfortunately we will never ever go back to a proper touring car formula based on road cars becasue people want to see close racing these days, and not the best car win.
And with the current V8SC formula we have cars that are about the same performance level of a Sports Sedan and give off a similar (but nowhere near as exciting) vibe.
I guess one of the biggest failures of Sports Sedans is that no longer do we see our big name drivers taking part in this area, which I think could possible bring a lot of newer fans to the category again.
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Excellent post Dazz - right on the money. 
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"I still can't spin the wheels all the way down the straight in high gear", Mark Donohue (The Unfair Advantage) commenting to the Porsche engineers on the 1100hp 1973 Can-Am Porsche 917-30 when asked whether the car has enough horsepower yet!!
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