Been rumoured this event was not going to happen.
GFC again ?
The A1GP have pulled out of this weekends Gold Coast 'SuperGP' event. Instead the main event now will be four 150km races for the V8 Supercars and is a full points championship round. The historic touring cars will also be up there supporting the event along with the Formula Fords, Mini Challenge and Aussie Racing Cars. A1GP is in all sorts of strife and probably won't be around next year the way things are looking.
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Been rumoured this event was not going to happen.
GFC again ?
I'm surprised its taken this long for the topic to pop up on here
so far:
-Terry Mackenroth will resign after the event
-QLD Government is considering legal action against the A1GP (they invested money in them, but its hard to sue a company thats broke)
-Dick Johnson and alot of the other greats will be there doing the circuit at race pace in their old cars
-as mentioned 4x 150KM V8 races instead of 2x 200KM
the QLD gov pumped $11m into this, so no doubt there wil be action taken.
in good news, V8's are looking at taking over full control of the event
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Not such a bad thing in my opinion. Why throw government support (A$) at international sporting events when our home grown organisations are struggling for a fraction of the same support.
There's plenty of good motor sport competition right here in this country. We already have world class competition and competitors. Encourage that and likewise encourage overseas tourists to come to our shores to see it. I don't believe we need to bring in sports organisations/events that are largely "unfamiliar" to the average Joe in the street.
That's my rant.
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Still an excellent event this year. I truthfully didn't miss the A1 at all. The V8's had two excellent and exciting races and it really did shake up the championship standings.
I agree with you imay. We have excellent motor sport here and the V8's are becomming more and more popular over seas as well thanks to Cable syndication as well as Computer games showing off the local cars and tracks. I don't see why you'd go elsewhere in the world for motor sport. Rally. F1. MotoGP. V8's (True V8 racing not circle tracks....) as well as top class formula ford.
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SOOO lucky i went last year
Was it a Sucessful event with out the A1 GP ? If so why dont the QLD Govenment and
AVESCO add it to the V8 Calander in 2010 . I think it would be an awesome event that could draw a great crowd still.
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AVESCO are looking at taking full control of the event next year.
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