V8s for Wellington....

[White trash]

...and Wellington for V8s.

Cage talk I know but bloody good motorsport all the same.

A customer of mine just e-mailed this to me, seems they're having a hard time finding people to oppose it.

" I was in the Feathers Tavern this arvo. A TV reporter from TV3 come in (surfi tiffen i think). She was trying to find business people along Featherston St who apposed the V8 st races. Apprantly the street race stuff goes to council tomorrow or something after the mayor meet officials today.

...that bloody reporter was trying to find anyone who would appose it and put them on tv tonight. "

[Blakamin]

typical fuckin media wankers.... If they left it alone, we might actually get to see motorsport without travelling 2 hours....

[Motu]

Send her up here - I reckon if Orcland can't have it why should we let Wellington have a V8 race - I mean what contribution to the country do they do down there...it's just not fair...STOP Wellinton being better than Orcland,exercise your rights...

[White trash]

Send her up here - I reckon if Orcland can't have it why should we let Wellington have a V8 race - I mean what contribution to the country do they do down there...it's just not fair...STOP Wellinton being better than Orcland,exercise your rights...

Too late mate. Wellington's allways been better, and besides, someone must've voted your mayor in?

[Blakamin]

someone must've voted your mayor in?

and the pricks that let your speedway be killed (not that roundy, roundy on dirt does much for me)...(cept for the sidecars.... nuts!)...

[Sparky Bills]

Send her in to see me!!
Ill tell her what i think of the races!!
BRING EM ON!!!!

HEY!!!
you think they would have the bikes as a support class???

[White trash]

you think they would have the bikes as a support class???

Yeah, as long you can out lap a Supercar, you can race......

[Motu]

Too late mate. Wellington's allways been better, and besides, someone must've voted your mayor in?

Well it wasn't me! I didn't bloody VOTE did I!

[Skunk]

Well it wasn't me! I didn't bloody VOTE did I!

Well, that makes it one extra vote for him effectively...

The Wellington City Council’s independent survey, which polled 600 residents, found that 72 per cent were in favor, with only 14 per cent against. This was supported by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s membership survey, which found that 93 per cent of businesses (529) survey were supportive.

[Grumpy]

Not trying to stir up shit but I wonder if the idea would have got as much support if there hadn't been so much negative crap about the V8's in Auckland.

Don't shoot me if I'm wrong here but I seem to recall the powers that be in Wellington saying that the idea wasn't really viable when Banks was trying to get the concept of the V8's accepted in Auckland.

Don't get me wrong. I think that the V8's are bloody awesome. Went to Surfers to see them last year, it's just possible that he did all the rev heads in Wellington a bigger favour than he would like to admit.

[Skunk]

Not trying to stir up shit but I wonder if the idea would have got as much support if there hadn't been so much negative crap about the V8's in Auckland.

Don't shoot me if I'm wrong here but I seem to recall the powers that be in Wellington saying that the idea wasn't really viable when Banks was trying to get the concept of the V8's accepted in Auckland.

Don't get me wrong. I think that the V8's are bloody awesome. Went to Surfers to see them last year, it's just possible that he did all the rev heads in Wellington a bigger favour than he would like to admit.

Yea, we'll do anything to stick it to Auckland...

[White trash]

Not trying to stir up shit but I wonder if the idea would have got as much support if there hadn't been so much negative crap about the V8's in Auckland.

Don't shoot me if I'm wrong here but I seem to recall the powers that be in Wellington saying that the idea wasn't really viable when Banks was trying to get the concept of the V8's accepted in Auckland.

Don't get me wrong. I think that the V8's are bloody awesome. Went to Surfers to see them last year, it's just possible that he did all the rev heads in Wellington a bigger favour than he would like to admit.

You're sort of correct.

The council didn't believe it would be that great, the people always were in support.

[Slipstream]

Why can't we have a race here?

It's not like we haven't turned the waterfront and some of the CBD into a race track already.... 1993/4, I think it was.

[TonyB]

Question: do any of the Aussie V8 street races operate with the V8's as the main event? Aren't they all tagged on to either F1 or CART racing?

[ManDownUnder]

I say go for it...

Aucks stuffed up big time in turning the last one down, and the PC brigade closed down Western Springs, what's next.

I'm in Aucks, have been for 10 years and I never fail to be amased at the depth and bredth of incompetence sometimes. If Wellwood can stand up and pull this off I hope it's a bloody good slap in the face for decision makers up here and... they MIGHT... LEARN something from it.

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