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15 Jul 2010, 01:26 (Ref:2726892)
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9 week break, any story will make news
With the 9 week break, will any story make major news or just small print. And has it already started with speedcafe.com starting off with the news that a Bahraini driver is here to test a v8.
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15 Jul 2010, 01:30 (Ref:2726894)
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One of the most pointless and idiotic decisions ever in V8 Supercar history.
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15 Jul 2010, 01:48 (Ref:2726898)
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15 Jul 2010, 01:55 (Ref:2726899)
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I really don't understand their schedule, it seems haphazard.
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15 Jul 2010, 02:30 (Ref:2726905)
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This 9 week break is stupid, along with the stupid break between PI and Bathurst. The football finals series's don't make it any easier on them. They shouldn't have done it and a lot of people said why don't they go to the Middle East at this time. |
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15 Jul 2010, 02:33 (Ref:2726906)
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15 Jul 2010, 03:36 (Ref:2726913)
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15 Jul 2010, 02:24 (Ref:2726903)
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The schedule is shocking...they have big gaps between a lot of races and then a mid-season break. You could maybe get away with one, but not both...
Anyway, time to sit back and wait for some embarrassing stories... |
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15 Jul 2010, 03:58 (Ref:2726915)
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how to watch your sport die......thanks tony and co.
thanks to the yanks for at least putting nascar on every week. Some lessons to learn about keeping motorsport alive. i'd like to see some heavy duty marketing activties or hybrid events (throw some of the V8 drivers into historics/utes etc.) during downtime. |
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15 Jul 2010, 04:29 (Ref:2726916)
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stupid schedule.
i can see the australian motorsport websites/publications comming up with some doozies over the next 9 weeks. |
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15 Jul 2010, 04:44 (Ref:2726918)
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15 Jul 2010, 08:35 (Ref:2726983)
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They might just realise there is more motorsport in the world than the local Taxi series.
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15 Jul 2010, 11:25 (Ref:2727060)
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it's all good for F1 & Moto GP to have a summer hiatus as they are world class categories and no matter what Cocho thinks Taxi's arn't on that scale and the average fans will lose interest. |
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15 Jul 2010, 23:26 (Ref:2727349)
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The concept of dividing the season into two halves is to reduce the time between race meetings. By having the mid-season break, they can slightly reduce the gap between all the other race meetings.
It is a good marketing ploy. Football code followers know that they don't have to wait very long for the next match, and they don't have time to lose the interest created by the previous game. Also, someone is more likely to remember to watch the next meeting's telecast (or physically attend) if it is in two weeks time, not three or four weeks time. (See RotorFan's comment in the previous post, for example) The gap between V8 Supercar races is still greater than ideal, but this is a small step in the right direction. Ideally they'd simply have more race meetings to fill the gaps, but obviously that is not possible at this point in time due to the cost. As a side benefit, it gives the teams a break to prepare (or rest) for the endurance races and it avoids racing in the depths of winter. It also allows for races before and after the various football code seasons, allowing a less competitive environment. Last edited by Chris - Melb; 15 Jul 2010 at 23:33. |
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15 Jul 2010, 08:59 (Ref:2727001)
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wondering if this is the start of a move to a more summerish season?
reckon we got a 8 week break at Christmas time and 9 week break mid year would have thought the gaps had been good until now and from bathurst onwards. the article on a Bahrani Raed Raffiim is a follow up to a previous article, i dont think it supports the case that its a slow news week, |
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15 Jul 2010, 23:04 (Ref:2727343)
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I had no idea the V8s were on last weekend. I guess ignorance is bliss.
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16 Jul 2010, 01:48 (Ref:2727378)
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The Gap provides the Perfect opportunity to get the tyres right??!!
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16 Jul 2010, 03:16 (Ref:2727386)
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Running as a summer series is a good idea, start in Nov or Dec and finish in Oct the following year at the Mountain.
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16 Jul 2010, 03:49 (Ref:2727395)
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Channel 7 was pushing for summer races in the mid-90s, when Tony & IMG were employed by TEGA, one of the first things mentioned was that there was no interest in a summer series and it wouldn't be pursued. Either way, a 9-week mid season break is not helping anybody... |
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18 Jul 2010, 11:12 (Ref:2728405)
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16 Jul 2010, 04:38 (Ref:2727404)
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The Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek was always around Australia day wasnt it? Almost a summer series race event!
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16 Jul 2010, 12:31 (Ref:2727526)
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I for one am against a summer season series. High ambient temps + high cabin temps + hot, heavy race suits and fire protection clothing = Disaster. Remeber Steve Owen a few years ago collapsing from heat stroke at Clipsal?
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19 Jul 2010, 05:24 (Ref:2728848)
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19 Jul 2010, 10:20 (Ref:2728943)
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Australia seems to be about the only country in the world to not understand that motor racing is a summer sport.
If they ran a few more races in decent weather they might stand a better chance of getting some sort of crowd. BTW how many people were at Eastern Creek yesterday. It looked almost as small as the PI GT round. |
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19 Jul 2010, 10:44 (Ref:2728953)
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Australia is also about the only country that does not have a winter where there is a high chance of inclement weather forcing events to be cancelled. After the Symmons Plains round was held in freezing conditions last year, V8SA was a bit smarter this year moving it to November. The only 2 winter events this year were in Darwin and Townsville both in 25-30 degree temperatures.
Having been to Eastern Creek a few years ago in December, I believe that motorsport is better off being conducted in the cooler months. |
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