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Originally Posted by racer69
Why was it a disaster for fans??
Bathurst had had class based numbering systems for many many years previously. Even in the Group C days the over 3-Litre class had the lower numbers, the 2-3 litre class had the next lot of numbers etc etc... the numbering rules were not different for Bathurst 1988, it was just that no one with a 'famous' number had had to change prior to Bathurst 1988.....
Probably the first year Bathurst numbers weren't based around classes would have been 1992.
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1986 is one example of a year they didn't change numbers based on class.
The Group A comment wasn't so much a comment on the numbering system, but on the move from Group C and giving the FIA too much influence around our leading motor race