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Calendar Conundrums
V8X Supercar Magazine
|October - November 2017
As we prepare to farewell the 2017 season and look ahead to 2018, here’s a look at the key questions around the make-up of the calendar moving forward.
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Balancing domestic events with international expansion aspirations remains the biggest dilemma for Supercars’ evolving calendar of events.
Creating a footprint in Asia is now a realistic goal for Supercars off the back of a better working relationship with new Formula 1 owners Liberty Media and the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia declaring its interest in hosting Supercars.
But international expansion creates its own problems with its impacts on Australian events. Racing at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix in mid-September, for example, disrupts the Pirtek Endurance Cup scheduling and the Sandown 500’s place as the lead-up event to the Bathurst 1000.
This story is from the October - November 2017 edition of V8X Supercar Magazine.
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