Comments on: V8’s grand plan for its own ‘Grand Slam’

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:01 +0000

Just read that the Perth round has been dumped from this season’s calendar – http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero_news/february_2010/perth_scrapped_for_2010/ So there goes another round making the calendar even more stretched out.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:16:08 +0000

Gold Coast can’t really move now after all the saga with the state government. Plus your right – the V8 bosses like having the post Bathurst rounds to switch the focus to the championship

By: James

James — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:59:33 +0000

Yeah, and Gold Coast is now stuck with that late October date after Bathurst so the calendar’s evolved having that group of races after Bathurst. It’s also important for V8′s as it makes that leg of the series have the championship battle as the focal point – if it was Bathurst as the final race that would overshadow the actual championship battle.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:46:12 +0000

True but with Channel 7 as host broadcaster the clash with the AFL season becomes more of an issue. And when they do race in the AFL season they race earlier in the day which isn’t good for crowds.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:40:36 +0000

$2.5 million is a lot and it doesn’t seems to becoming from the one sponsor. It’s def interesting but the chances of someone winning it are remote. Pretty amazing if it happened.

By: James

James — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:07:10 +0000

$2.5 million is some serious cashola – and shows that the V8′s really are one of the most successful corporate / advertising sports in Australia. But they don’t race often enough and and the season gets lost in the gap between rounds! They need to just make Bathurst the final race and squeeze the races after that into that mid season.