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Originally Posted by Grimace
Winton is not a track suitable for supercars, >>Dick called it a a goat track<< , much too small for the beasts that need "room to move"-.....its a club racers track !
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No Grimace, Dick was actually quoted as saying "it's like running a marathon around a hills hoist". That comment dated back to the golden era of DJR when they couldn't be beaten and he was the drivers mouthpiece and had to come up with something funny to say during the Racecam crosses midrace.
Of course that was back when Winton was only 2km long & it's now had an extra kilometre of track added (in fact the only track to have had any major works in the last 20 years (Sandown was extended in '84 using government money and what are they using that extension for these days). We could start the old "why should Winton get a round" arguement here all over again but the biggest thing in Winton's favour is that it once again attracted a record crowd (and not just on the rubbery VE$A figures either) and it's 200km from Melbourne where Eastern Creek being just outside Australia's largest capital city just cant attract any spectators.
Another thing to remember is that of all the tracks that hold V8 rounds Winton is owned and operated by a car club and all the money raised by activities held at the track are put back into the track to improve facilities for the spectators & competitors not just for a once a year V8 round but for ALL racers & fans ALL year. Do any of the existing or proposed street circuits do that, they just line VE$A pockets by using government (our) money to create an artificial track for 4 days a year with no benefit to the local racers.