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30 Jul 2004, 03:22 (Ref:1051547) | #1 | |
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No B24!
According to BCC the B24h looks like not taking place this year unless someone else picks it up.
It appears PROCAR has dropped it. Some sort of announcement should be made by PROCAR later today or tomorrow. Sorry for the bad news. |
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30 Jul 2004, 03:24 (Ref:1051548) | #2 | ||
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that sucks so bad. thanks for nothing ross..
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30 Jul 2004, 03:39 (Ref:1051556) | #3 | ||
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Holden will be ropable !!! Maybe they will bankroll the event to claim another contrived win for "Gasbag" ?!?!?
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30 Jul 2004, 03:52 (Ref:1051565) | #4 | |
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BCC news release.......
Bathurst 24Hr Decision 30 July 2004 Council disappointed in 24Hr Race decision. In a press conference in Sydney at 12pm today, Chairman of Procar's Palmer Group, Frank Slowiak announced that the company was handing all rights to the Bathurst 24 Hour and Procar Champ Series to the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). Council Administrator Kath Knowles said Council was disappointed in the decision by Procar but was not giving up hope that the event would still run this November. "It is unfortunate that Procar under the Palmer Group are unable to continue running the event that they created but Council is very hopeful that this is not the end of this wonderful event. "Council is prepared make a considerable commitment with any serious race promoter to see the event run but at the same time there are limits on the risks we will take with ratepayers funds.......... LINK for full story... http://www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/news/...181_25350.html |
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, such a great event down the drain it seems
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30 Jul 2004, 04:08 (Ref:1051574) | #6 | ||
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So no chance of PROTEAMS picking it up, or are they considered one and the same with Procar?
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30 Jul 2004, 04:09 (Ref:1051575) | #7 | ||
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Does it make any money?(ie Profit)
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30 Jul 2004, 04:42 (Ref:1051585) | #8 | ||
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Proteams are gone as well CAMS will now sell the categorys through some sort of tender process
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30 Jul 2004, 05:22 (Ref:1051596) | #9 | ||
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So is this the end of PRO(whatever)
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31 Jul 2004, 06:31 (Ref:1052545) | #12 | ||
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Yeah, Ross has done so much for us, racers and Australia. He should be thanked.
Now is the time for eveyone to stand up be counted, get together and get series sorted again, Bathurst 24 Hour sorted and start a beautiful future for Motorsport fans, and not leave a burden on one man. Are we in ? |
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31 Jul 2004, 06:34 (Ref:1052546) | #13 | ||
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Unfortunately People were not going to see"The best racing in Australia" I guess it was not the best racing in Australia, otherwise you would have more than Stokell and Pretty in Nation's Cup and Ric Shaw in GTP being the only winners.
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31 Jul 2004, 06:52 (Ref:1052549) | #14 | ||
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So how hard do we think CAMS will try and push the sale of the PROCAR categories and Bathurst 24 Hour rights?
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2 Aug 2004, 09:49 (Ref:1053841) | #17 | ||
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Ive still got hope for the 24 hour! It believe will happen! I havent yet seen the words "There will be no bathurst 24 hour" It has way too much potential even the dosile sods at CAMS would see that!
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2 Aug 2004, 09:53 (Ref:1053848) | #18 | ||
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Potential and vision sometimes clash with financial viability.... if it doesnt come along this year, the event is gone for good
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2 Aug 2004, 10:05 (Ref:1053857) | #19 | ||
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That cant happen, it would be a crime against humanity. I hope Cams and BCC and the fans can put something together to save this race and get started building this race for the future.
Personally, I dont think we seen the last of the race. I hope they can prove me right |
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2 Aug 2004, 10:24 (Ref:1053875) | #20 | ||
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BigGuy, I stand corrected on Ric, but my point is GTP needs better parity. Nations Cup, the main drawer for PROCAR is a real basket case.
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2 Aug 2004, 12:35 (Ref:1053998) | #21 | ||
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Better parity?
Races have been won this year by Subaru, Mitsubishi, Holden, Mazda and Volkswagon, with the Fords and BMWs having had some strong placings at times. Parity i don't think could be much better! Nations Cup is in abit of trouble, but all it needs is for some contenders to return and it will be off and running again. I think it's pretty safe to say that if the 24 Hour goes, so does any chance of any of the championships surviving in their current guises. We saw the same with Super Touring, once they lost the Bathurst 1000, the category loses momentum and when it stops moving forward, people (ie..backers) lose interest. |
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2 Aug 2004, 14:10 (Ref:1054130) | #22 | ||
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Seems to me the majority of the punters that have been to a B24 seem to only go there to see and hear the mega buck NC cars, so for the B24 to survive then NC has to be a succsessful class which sadly its not.
Another bad move (IMO) was inviting Super Tourers and Future Tourers to compete. |
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3 Aug 2004, 02:01 (Ref:1054578) | #23 | ||
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What price the CMA for Nations Cup? CAMS have said they want to sell the lot as one package but I think the liability that is NC would drag down the value of GTP and the Brutes!
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4 Aug 2004, 07:39 (Ref:1055836) | #25 | ||
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Why do you need parity at all in Nations Cup, if people want to see the great cars of the world racing over 24 hours to detirmine the winner then parity is a crok.
You can go watch the sports sedans with falcons, SAAB's etc all ripping around. Oh I forgot, people want to watch a parity formula that has different shaped cars and that is it. It is killing it's self, what self respecting car manufacturer would want to see it's $500k car getting blown away by a $70k Holden. Certainly not Porsce,or Vipers, I doubt Ferrari and and and ,oops there are no oter cars are they, do they have 5 rows on the frid for wakefield yeat if you don' count the red ute at the back with fire extingusers on it . It is over, the crowd numbers have spoken,no-one gives a hoot |
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