ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 9d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/11/08 01:04 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 01:04 AM For all the fans of the Indy/CHAMP cars on the gold coast every October will be saddened by the news that the series will no longer be coming to Australia.Details:THE Gold Coast has lost the Indy car race _an event almost as famous for the scantily clad girls as the fast cars _ but will replace it with another high-speed motorsport event.The Queensland Government and Indy Racing League officials failed to agree on the future of the event, which had been held at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast for 18 years. Premier Anna Bligh said the A1 Grand Prix series would join the V8 Supercars to make up next year's event. She said the Government had reached a five-year in-principle agreement with A1GP and expected negotiations to be completed in the next week. The A1GP is based on teams formed by nationality rather than their car's manufacturer. More than 20 nations compete in the race. The Government's deal with Indy officials fell apart when the IRL wanted to shift the event from October to March. It also demanded the Government pay an extra $3 million a year. Queensland Sport Minister Judy Spence said: "Moving our race to March as they requested was not an option due to the clash with the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne and the Clipsal V8 race in Adelaide."I dunno how keen I am to see the A1GP as I made the trek to adult schoolies every October from 1993 to 2005. I got interested in the series when my driver Nigel Mansell moved over to Indy from F1.There will be a different atmospshere as the Indy's were unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 16d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 16/11/08 01:12 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 01:12 AM Yeah, A1 has some good racing, but it doesn't have the Fanfare that Indy had - the saving grace is that alot of people will still go for the V8's. The A1 crowd is more like an F1 crowd, as you said Zapper, Indy is unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/11/08 01:13 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 01:13 AM sh*thouse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 22d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 16/11/08 01:27 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 01:27 AM why bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 16/11/08 01:43 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 01:43 AM so what happened. They were all making speeches at the winner presentation that it was gonna he there for years to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/11/08 03:35 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 03:35 AM Gore pulling out of sponsorship (WPS) would have had a bit to do with it too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6_jase Donating Members 322 Member For: 16y 4m 8d Gender: Male Location: Mooloolaba, QLD Posted 16/11/08 07:44 AM Share Posted 16/11/08 07:44 AM Meh, I only go to see the V8 supercars...and the titties. Damn you to hell captn Bligh for your cracking down on the rampany nudity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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