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Originally Posted by Terry S
You sometimes wonder if promoters set programmes to deliberately turn off spectators.
I was reminded of this when looking at last Sundays programme at Winton. This was a round of CAMS National Racing Championships.
Some examples:
There were two races for Australian GT Trophy Series. These were of 50 minutes each. BUT there were only 6 starters in each. Yes only 6.
Imagine watching that for 50 whole minutes.
There were 3 races for the CAMS fiasco Formula 4. Of course they had to be on the CAMS programme. After all this time they still only have 11 starters. Each race was about 20 minutes. Again BORING
Then the climax was a race for the Australian Production Car series.
This was of 120 minutes. Yes 120 minutes.
The first three home were Lotus Exige, a very boring car to watch. And when was the last time you saw one on the road.
And with pit stops etc. who among the few spectators would have known who was coming where.....
All in all a great effort at turning off potential spectators.
Oh for the good old entertaining days of Oran Park, Amaroo and Calder.
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As Alan has pointed out - the series doesn't exist or survive on the back of spectators. It is a competitor focused series.
It is also important to understand that schedules and race formats are designed and confirmed well before final entries are counted.
Despite the grid size being ridiculously low - the top 3 or 4 Australian GT cars put on a close and entertaining race for the 50mins. Not the best possible way to spend 50mins however not a complete disaster.
In regards to the APCC races - I thought they were good to watch, both outright and through the classes. I was a big fan of the 2 hour format as well.
I was trackside and listening to the PA & monitoring the live timing through the Shannons Website provided me with more than enough information to know who was where on track.
Keen to understand what are your expectations were and what more you wanted the series to do for you?