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14 Jun 2012, 15:07
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Qingdao race cancelled.
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14 Jun 2012, 15:41
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I'd still like to see someone put the Qingdao track together for rFactor or something, to see what it would look like.
Anyway, on with the show at Milwaukee.
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15 Jun 2012, 07:50
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Is there any form of realistic chance it could come to Brands Hatch instead..?
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15 Jun 2012, 10:20
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Is there any form of realistic chance it could come to Brands Hatch instead..?
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Not really.
There are a few places that are being tossed around as a replacement for Qingdao:
- Pocono (Might be interesting.)
- Road America (Would be awesome!)
- Laguna Seca (Not as likely)
- Texas Motor Speedway (a second Texas race to smooth things over w/ Eddie G.)
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15 Jun 2012, 12:02
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Gold Coast 
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15 Jun 2012, 12:21
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Donington Park please. I think I have half a crown down the back of the sofa, I'll stick that in the airfreight pot 
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15 Jun 2012, 13:48
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I wish but doubt it very much.
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Originally Posted by mythoughtsareracing
Not really.
There are a few places that are being tossed around as a replacement for Qingdao:
- Pocono (Might be interesting.)
- Road America (Would be awesome!)
- Laguna Seca (Not as likely)
- Texas Motor Speedway (a second Texas race to smooth things over w/ Eddie G.)
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An interesting list, I'd love to see a race at Pocono but which track can host a race at such short notice?
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15 Jun 2012, 22:23
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Interesting that the Qld Government haven't made a push for Indy to return considering there are 2 Aussies & a Qld born New Zealender in the series... Ah, the good old days are a distant past!
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16 Jun 2012, 02:10
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China is overrated anyway, not much lost.
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Interesting that the Qld Government haven't made a push for Indy to return considering there are 2 Aussies & a Qld born New Zealender in the series... Ah, the good old days are a distant past!
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Isn't there a bigger "international" racing series there atm? 
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16 Jun 2012, 02:43
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V8 Supercars is domestic for all intents and purposes, regardless of the pumped up name they may have gotten permission to use from the FIA.
CART drew international attention and TV viewership to Surfers Paradise, which bolstered tourism and the economy for the area. V8 Supercars (or the old ATCC) has never had the kind of pull in that domain that CART once had.
Surfers Paradise is a destination location. People would go there to visit from overseas because it is that attractive, and CART made vastly more people aware of even the existence of Surfers Paradise than was the case before that first event in 1991. The thing is, V8 Supercars on its own doesn't have a wide enough net or big enough pull on its own to do what CART did for the Gold Coast. Apart from visitors from New Zealand, I doubt any of the V8's events have a measurable international attendance except for Bathurst.
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16 Jun 2012, 03:05
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Originally Posted by Purist
V8 Supercars is domestic for all intents and purposes, regardless of the pumped up name they may have gotten permission to use from the FIA.
CART drew international attention and TV viewership to Surfers Paradise, which bolstered tourism and the economy for the area. V8 Supercars (or the old ATCC) has never had the kind of pull in that domain that CART once had.
Surfers Paradise is a destination location. People would go there to visit from overseas because it is that attractive, and CART made vastly more people aware of even the existence of Surfers Paradise than was the case before that first event in 1991. The thing is, V8 Supercars on its own doesn't have a wide enough net or big enough pull on its own to do what CART did for the Gold Coast. Apart from visitors from New Zealand, I doubt any of the V8's events have a measurable international attendance except for Bathurst.
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Mate, I know. However, any opportunity to take the **** out of V8 Supercars and Tony Cochrane, and I mean any opportunity, I'm going to take it!
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16 Jun 2012, 10:26
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Gold Coast please.
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16 Jun 2012, 13:27
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How about they should return to Motegi... Road Course, even though it's crazy.
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16 Jun 2012, 19:55
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Great idea! Will Power, Ryan Briscoe, etc... still at a loss to understand why there are no Australian rounds, and why there is some Chinese round (not anymore, though) that was even planned! 
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16 Jun 2012, 23:36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMEOFGUTS21
Great idea! Will Power, Ryan Briscoe, etc... still at a loss to understand why there are no Australian rounds, and why there is some Chinese round (not anymore, though) that was even planned! |
There's a lot about the IRL that beggars belief.
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