2012 Bathurst 12 Hour - 24-26 February

[Jacal]

Originally Posted by Oldtony

Why for instance do all the support series people pack up and leave on Saturday evening. They are motor race competitors, who by their very nature aren't much interested in sticking round to watch someone else doing the same thing. But they could be interested in staying if there were things happening at the circuit.

Hi Old Tony, - Cost, We all spent $1500 or thereabouts on entry, $2.20 / litre for 50 litres of 98 unleaded I can buy down the road for $1.60 / litre (we only used about 30 adn did all sessions), $1300 on a set of tyres, $450 a night for accomodation for driver and crew, food, drinks etc.. I and atleast half our field save to get there to race and in many cases it costs more to do a support race here than the entire rest of the season. Someone in our category did the sums and by the time all the costs including, engine, prep, transport, time off work, safety car laps etc are counted in it cost around $700 a racing lap. Is it any wonder we don't want to spend another night staying there to watch someone else, we'd rather save the $450 for accomodation and go and do another meeting.

By the way I stayed the extra night, watched the first hour then drove home so I could unpack the trailer and be ready for work the next day. We are not all (very few of us are) made of money.

Still I wouldn't miss the opportunity to go back and race there again for an instant.