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It was hard to see the Bathurst 12 Hour event progressing with the cars they had. I can see how the top 5 cars could be annoyed...but that is only 5 cars - other than that, they were mid field or class wins anyway - so the term vocal minority comes to mind.
I don't think we can expect the world from the 2011 event to be honest. It will probably take a bit of time to gather itself. You only have to look at the Hungary 12 Hours on the weekend. They had 23 cars - a small field for a race like that, but it was good racing, but has room to grow.
I don't think it would be unfair to say that the TV audience was small and the crowd was small for 2010 and previous races. If the TV and live crowd grows, as hopefully it will, won't it be better value to those top production cars to be seen by more people, even if they do have a reduction in 'presence'?
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