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http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/445260

Now move Surfer's.

IIRC, wasn't the Surfer's Paradise race in March back when the Adelaide GP was the F1 season ender?

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Originally Posted by ykiki

IIRC, wasn't the Surfer's Paradise race in March back when the Adelaide GP was the F1 season ender?

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I find it interesting that two races in Australia let us say, 4 weeks apart and what 800 miles is a problem but here a race 4 weeks apart and 125 miles isn't.

One must wonder.

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Originally Posted by !!WALDO!!

I find it interesting that two races in Australia let us say, 4 weeks apart and what 800 miles is a problem but here a race 4 weeks apart and 125 miles isn't.

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Originally Posted by ykiki

IIRC, wasn't the Surfer's Paradise race in March back when the Adelaide GP was the F1 season ender?

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You are correct on CART racing there in the spring but can't speak to F1 as I did not follow it at the time.

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Originally Posted by dataman1

You are correct on CART racing there in the spring but can't speak to F1 as I did not follow it at the time.

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You mean the fall in Australia. Since seasons are reversed.

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Originally Posted by !!WALDO!!

I find it interesting that two races in Australia let us say, 4 weeks apart and what 800 miles is a problem but here a race 4 weeks apart and 125 miles isn't.

One must wonder.

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Basically, it is that with Cleveland & Mid-Ohio you have two races that are staged and promoted by two separate entities within the same sanctioning body, whereas the Austrailian(Albert Park) GP and Indy at Surfer's Paradise are held by two individual sanctioning bodies altogether.

Expecting FOM to rearange their schedule to accomodate IRL's race date is a lot like a dollar holding itself up for a dime.

Not happening, in any sense of the word, Waldo.

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Originally Posted by veeten

Basically, it is that with Cleveland & Mid-Ohio you have two races that are staged and promoted by two separate entities within the same sanctioning body, whereas the Austrailian(Albert Park) GP and Indy at Surfer's Paradise are held by two individual sanctioning bodies altogether.

Expecting FOM to rearange their schedule to accomodate IRL's race date is a lot like a dollar holding itself up for a dime.

Not happening, in any sense of the word, Waldo.

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One can't occur because of the other. Sanctions having nothing to do with it. The FIA is worried there are only so many fans and they cannot do both. Based on the story they are now not doing the Flying Circus so why not put Surfer's on the off the weekend of the U.S. Superbowl about 8 weeks away?

That's right we can't have races in the middle of summer in Australia.

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Originally Posted by !!WALDO!!

The FIA is worried there are only so many fans and they cannot do both.

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Not being able to schedule a race at Surfer's and Melborne has nothing to do with fan counts. The FIA's main purpose in life is to protect Forumla 1. Any other reason for the FIA doing anything is just spin.

Anything American is dispised by the European community and most of the people who run the F-1 have vary shades of anti-Americanism running through their personality. These are the people who are happy Scott Speed failed. These are the same people who want Sebastien Bourdias to fail because they see AOWR as vastly infeiror.

Helping move Surfer's to a time to a time that may be a better fit for the IRL is very low on things they would like to do do.

Also, don't forget that's a traditional weekend for the V-8 Supercars, and my understanding is they don't want the event to move either.

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Originally Posted by MDS

Not being able to schedule a race at Surfer's and Melborne has nothing to do with fan counts. The FIA's main purpose in life is to protect Forumla 1. Any other reason for the FIA doing anything is just spin.

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The IRL is a member of FIA as was the CCWS. Now what sanctioning body runs the Australian GP? HINT: It isn't FIA.

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Originally Posted by MDS

Anything American is dispised by the European community and most of the people who run the F-1 have vary shades of anti-Americanism running through their personality. These are the people who are happy Scott Speed failed. These are the same people who want Sebastien Bourdias to fail because they see AOWR as vastly infeiror.

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So what does Australia have to do with Europe? You mean FIA or Bernie?
Bernie still remembers Bobby Rahal getting in his face saying "we will bury you". So it is Bernie and his supporters that hate AOWR but not the IRL because Indianapolis and the place at 16th and Georgetown is the only place in the U.S. that will be able to hold a F-1 race. So Bernie has hat in hand to the IRL. So if TG says, Surfer's in January or no go and Bernie throws a fit, then no U.S.G.P.

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Helping move Surfer's to a time to a time that may be a better fit for the IRL is very low on things they would like to do do.

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So TG saying more races in Feburary and March is low. Just in the last 10 days.

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Originally Posted by MDS

Also, don't forget that's a traditional weekend for the V-8 Supercars, and my understanding is they don't want the event to move either.

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So they only race in the Spring and not in the Summer in Australia? They are "support" if they do not "support" then save your money. You know what? Money works 99.99% of the time.