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Originally Posted by Dav1s
Interesting some of the word about teams not having sufficent budget etc.
When did the last V8ST round finish, seemed not that long ago. There doesnt appear to be much time for everyone to sit down, regroup and raise more money etc. Just constant racing spread out all year to minimal crowds at Hampton Downs.
As a casual viewer, and ex sponsor of various car within Tier 1 NZ motorsport and V8ST i do feel saturated by the amount of V8ST happenings that I dont feel that excitement about the start of the season and such like I used too.
TRS sponsorship a few years back was excellent. Season got built up and hyped up, attended a pre season test. Had great hospitality and really felt part of a popular show!
V8ST we got treated to week in week out reports about Hampton Downs this, Hampton Downs that, and so called "Endurance" races that were over in the time it took you to finish your hotchips and over priced coffee.
I understand the series is still young, but i feel a little bit numb to it all now, and have heard so much talk, so little action in terms of whats happening to the show. Its certainly a case of over promise, under deliver.
Great concept, just needs a bit of fine tuning to turn it into a great class. Plus a little less bull$%^& and talk. (Wishful thinking)
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There is a lot of debate around the world in the motorsport industry whether you spread out your season and try to keep it in the forefront of everyone's mind year round or have an actual season that is compressed into a specific time period.
There are merits to both approaches but I tend to think you need to have a "season" that runs within an actual climatic season or seasons, such as spring/summer, summer/autumn, whatever it might be and it needs to be connected in one stream with maybe a break of two/three weeks at most between races. That way people have something to look forward to, build up to, have some anticipation for. Imagine if rugby or cricket just ran at random times around the year, it just would not be the same. The way the schedule is set up right now, I'm not too sure about it.
The series seems to have lost it's way a bit. Not uncommon for any new business after the initial buzz. NZV8's refuses to die which I am sure dilutes things some.