Adelaide runs a V8 race now that they don't have the Formula 1 eventOriginally Posted by TonyB
Hardcore Biker
Adelaide runs a V8 race now that they don't have the Formula 1 event
Immature and proud of it.
Good old Wellington, they always get things done.
(My home town, but I'm not biased)
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Go the V8's I say! There seems to be a willingness to get it done down here - hopefully it works out.
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I am perplexed that Wellington would host an event that couldn't pay its own way. There is some elegant sophistry going on around the "economics" of this event -- such gems as "$23 million of additional spending" which, I presume is based on a fictitious number of people coming to watch the event and spending a bogus amount of dosh on beer and hotdogs while they're here. Ratepayers, on the other hand, have to fork out for the real cost of this event -- $2.5 million a year for the next seven years! AND we still have to pay for tickets if we want to go and watch.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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would be awesome if wellington get it but the general consesus from what I have heard that wherever it goes will merely be a stop gap measure before hampton downs opens as it is closer to auckland and the next best thing to the street race and pukekohe. Something to do with the coroporates apparently
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wellington should have the v8's.
im an ak boy but if ak council can't get their shite together then stuff em. wellington should have it. i hope that they can host it.
Deus ex ukulele
I'm sure somebody in Wellington could build a gargre for the baffolds...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
on the up
Following on from this, I note that there is a public notice in the paper. Here's the gist of it.
V8 Supercars in Wellington - tell us what you think
Wellington City Council is considering a proposal to host the V8 Supercar Championship Series for seven years from April 2006.
Because the proposed race has serious implications for the city - in terms of possible disruption and its impact on ratepayers - the Council is using the special consultative procedure to consult on the proposal and wants to hear Wellingtonians views before making a decision.
According to research already done by the Council, the race contract would generate $23 million and be televised internationally. However, it would could $2.5 million - to be met by ratepayers.
Consultation starts Friday 18 March and ends Monday 18 April. A hearing will be held Tuesday 26 April with a reserve day available.
A map of the race course, the statement of proposal, and submission form are attached to this post.
Email your submissions to streetrace@wcc.govt.nz.
The site can be found here: http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyo...supercars.html
Last edited by riffer; 22nd March 2005 at 07:23. Reason: typos
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well if Wellington wants to have it.. then let them have it....
Auckland could have had it and brought in millions of dollars from the tourists... I guess a few in Auckland didnt want to have to travel all the way out west and then over Greenheith just to get to work over the shore....lol
when they live in the city and normaly just pop over the bridge...lol.
I mean to say whats a few more minutes on the road... heck they could take annual leave for that week and then go and watch the race... But no they had to complain.
In the riders seat
I was as told at a track day two weeks ago that the current promoter was being given the arse and that despite what everyone has said about NZ either loosing the round or it going elsewhere that it would be at Pukekohe for the next two years,then it would probably go to Hampton Downs when that facilty is up and running
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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This just p*sses me off . They had no trouble with spending 300 million on the cake tin , but can't get off there arses for a RC for the street circuit. Still , I remember overhearing a council event meeting at Il Casino one night , It's amazing that we have any Wellington events at all with the way they were carrying on.
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