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Originally Posted by Casper
This new series has been thought up by someone because he thinks that it should appeal to the Oz motor sport audience because it reminds him of F5000 which most of the current audience has never seen and a damned lot of them have most probably never even heard of.
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Should S(not)5000 allow a variety of engines with a balance of performance like the Daytona prototype class in IMSA? The Daytona prototype class has manufacturers including Honda, Cadillac, Mazda and Nissan, many of which wouldn't be tempted by a NASCAR type series.
The sooner an alternative category can break the dominance of Virgin Australia Supercars series and run exciting events including an Adelaide Grand Prix and Gold Coast Grand Prix, the better!
[Potentially, Australian GT could be another rival to Supercars and could attract manufacturers including Audi, Mercedes, Nissan and Honda, but with Supercars themselves running the categories marquee event and a reliance on gentleman drivers in the national series, this is not feasible...]
Regardless of what the category be, be it a Formula car category, be a GT category, be it another touring car, wouldn't it be grand to dismantle Supercars Australia dominance of local motorsport, their anti-competitive practices (like running a test on the same day as the Bathurst 12 hour) and their exorbitant ticket prices needed in order to prop up their entrants with REC income due to the running costs exceeding the value of commercial sponsorship return...?
