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Originally Posted by Langers
The sheer volume of cars at risk for not making the grid in 2015. It could have been dire.
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No where near as dire as things looked for the series coming into the 1980 season though.
Did Supercars make any changes or identify the reasons for the cars at risk of not making the grid?
The usual reason pushed is that the TV money from FTA wasn't enough, so the Foxtel money plugged the hole and thus we had a 'full' 25 car grid for 2015 and beyond. But TV money the size of the 2015-2020 deal cannot be counted on as a certainty next time.
- Are the car build costs being addressed?
- Are the running costs being addressed?
The current aim seems to be just find more money to fund the ever increasing costs, rather than cutting the costs of building and running the cars and using the extra money being drawn in for other means.