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I think it should be for points.
We should have the 'normal series' during the year (each race at 2 week intervals)
And then at the end of the year, we should have the 'endurance series' with a race at Sandown and a race at Bathurst.
Sandown cant be pushed any later then September because all of the international racehourses that come out for the spring carnival are kept there, and i can hardly picture the Gadolfin stable out of Dubai subjecting their millions of dollars of horses to the load roar of V8's a week or two before the Melbourne cup.
Also, a lot of motorsports purists would not like to have Bathurst in Novemeber, and wuold prefer the traditional October date.
Do we have 3/4 of the "V8 Supercar Series", then our Two Round "Endurance Series", and then the final two rounds of the normal series. It all sounds a bit silly.
Im pretty sure that if you kept it has a points race (the way its been), but added $1 Million in prizemoney, the drivers would be racing a little harder.
What is the average V8 Supercar driver earning ?? well we all know AVESCO had revenues of $400 Million or something like that (as reported in this thread, as internet threads never tell lies)..
A normal winners cheque goes to the team and driver.. give the drivers a $1 Million Carrot to win the race, and no matter how much the teams tell them to back off for the points, the drivers wont be able to resist a Million (except for maybe Skaifey).
Its about time our premier race had some big bucks as a reward for the winner.
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