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Originally Posted by mountainstar
The reality was that it was a completely paid for gig and a well established event. Regardless of what those journalists say, it's their opinion and I have mine. It was stupid to give it up.
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I agree - though I think a lot of the reason for its disappearance was to do with the inflexibility of V8 Supercars in regards to the date.
The IRL wanted to move it forward to fit in with their season (primarily the Motegi round), Tony Cochrane refused - the organisers decided to lie prostrate at the feet of Cochrane.
If Cochrane and the organisers had been willing to negotiate, the IRL would probably still have been a part of the event - however, I firmly believe Cochrane saw a reunited IRL (with two strong Australians involved) as a threat to the status of V8s at the event, so did everything he could to remove them... ie. refusing to budge on the date.