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team illucid
09-09-2005, 08:15 AM
The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series Calendar:

March 23-26 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
March 30-April 2 Australian Grand Prix Melbourne* (non-championship round)
April 21-23 Placemakers V8 International New Zealand
May 12-14 V8 300 Perth
June 9-11 Shanghai Round China** (awaiting FIA approval)
June 30-July 2 Sky City Triple Crown Darwin
July 21-23 Queensland 300 Ipswich
August 11-13 Oran Park Sydney
September 8-10 Betta Electrical 500 ` Melbourne
October 5-8 Super Cheap Auto 1000 Bathurst
October 19-22 V8 Supercar Challenge Gold Coast
November 10-12 Ferodo Triple Challenge Launceston
November 22-24 Bahrain International Circuit Bahrain
December 8-10 Grand Finale Phillip Island*** (provisional)
NickS
09-09-2005, 10:14 AM
No Eastern Creek ... gone from 2 a year to none ?? :confused:

BTW; Thanks for this Kurt, I can make sure I am not away for Bathurst now :D
The Nurse
09-09-2005, 05:40 PM
Good to see that they are still on the bill for the F1 support races
fatas
09-09-2005, 08:59 PM
only just from what i read in auto action. :) GO THE WEST TIGERS :D
V8R
10-09-2005, 04:24 PM
nsw still has two rounds, we can't whinge much..
Esci
11-09-2005, 03:20 PM
How in ...heck... did Oran Park get the nod over Eastern Creek?? Oh yes...must be those wonderful spectator facilities....
V8R
11-09-2005, 05:03 PM
...or the fact that ECR is historically the worst attended round of the year :)
Esci
12-09-2005, 08:07 AM
Got any facts to back this up? I go to the Creek every year...been to Oran Park once...wont go back. What a dump.
Veeate
12-09-2005, 08:38 AM
Got any facts to back this up? I go to the Creek every year...been to Oran Park once...wont go back. What a dump.

Sunday crowd at EC this year was 17,000. Pretty pathetic. I think it was 30,000 on Sunday at Oran Park.

I have been going to both EC and Oran Park for years. Now lost EC for V8's and Oran Park closes in a year or so.

What do we want to see long term in Sydney ? Racing at a circuit like EC ? Or a street race of some sort which seems to be the line AVESCO are taking ?

Must say a street race has huge potential - just look at Adelaide. The Sydney market just seems 'disinterested' in motor racing compared to other states/locations.
team illucid
12-09-2005, 08:43 AM
Sydney market just seems 'disinterested' in motor racing compared to other states/locations.

What do you expect for a city that has a :limpy: Mardi Gras :limpy:
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NickS
12-09-2005, 09:14 AM
What do you expect for a city that has a :limpy: Mardi Gras :limpy:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Good one ... wait a minute :( think I might move
V8R
12-09-2005, 09:34 AM
OP has been resigned for another 3 yrs, i remember just a week or so agao it was revealed that the owner was in two minds now about selling.. the other rumour was that the final sale wasnt to go thru untill 2007/8 anyway.. couple of years left..