WA to host JGTC round in 2005.......maybe

[thunda]

if you can believe anything printed in the local paper then the real work starts next month and the first race meet should be a go ahead next december :aroused:

i so hope this isn`t another pile of horseshit that nevers becomes reality

[Nizmo]

its real - the contractors have already been employed and the budget is far bigger than the $60M that was rumoured.

[Downforce]

Road trip to Perth anyone?

[iz32]

is there any updates on this yet? inside info anyone?

i saw a car all painted up with "formula nippon/gt series 2007 at bunbury international circuit" in east perth on friday but cannot find anything on the interweb... ?!?

very curious......

[Topaz]

Have they changed the name to SUPER GT or something?

Heres the WiKi with the 2007 shedule at the bottom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_GT

SUPER GTR dot net

http://www.supergt.net/en/

[iz32]

hmm.... maybe they were hoping it was gonna be on!!...

it was definately a "promo" car of some sort. i think a little excel or something didnt really take notice of the car itself and i think it was outside an advertising company.

going by the car it was a formula nippon event with the GT series as a side attraction

[Denver]

This is the fabled track, that will never happen..

http://www.pimm.org claims that in october "within days", a whole wack of earth moving gear went down there, speaking to a mate there, nothing has happened as yet..

as ive said all along, it will never happen, and ross roberts is a con man, nothing more..

[iz32]

hmmm.....if pimm are building a $30million race track you'd think they'd spend a little more on their website..

[Dsturbd]

Hopes n dreams

[Mr. Keets]

I donated to a single handed circum navigation of the globe in a submarine...I wonder if its the same guy? Yes I know it sounded dodgey but the stubbie holder made me laugh

[djr81]

  Denver said:

This is the fabled track, that will never happen..

http://www.pimm.org claims that in october "within days", a whole wack of earth moving gear went down there, speaking to a mate there, nothing has happened as yet..

as ive said all along, it will never happen, and ross roberts is a con man, nothing more..

You may be a little harsh, but only a little.

To their credit PIMM have spent large on the engineering studies etc to get the approvals & the project to where it is, ie they have some land & an approval.

Their "fleet of earth moving equipment" as far as I know consisted of a bulldozer pushing over some trees. The council (one of them, just not the Bunbury one) has given them an extra year to get the thing built. PIMM wanted two.

I guess the whoile thing hinges on PIMM getting the necessary finance/backers to get the place built. Personally, I am not holding my breath.

[Denver]

  djr81 said:

You may be a little harsh, but only a little.

I don't really think im being overly hard..

Given ross roberts, from what ive been told by reliable people, isn't his real name..

This is the same spanker, who was behind the original push for a city based v8 race, and sucked in guys like mike rasheed <old owner of the deen, universal etc> into believing his dream, then shafted them once they'd poured a good slab of money into things and it went titsup.com..

Somehow, hes managed to convince the ricadello clan the track will happen, to the point they bought a formular nippon car, several years ago now, so far its only been on the track once AFAIK, at wanneroo...

I have no doubt this track will never happen..

Edited February 6, 2007 by Denver

[djr81]

So is it still the same spanker who is lately talking of a V8 street race in Perth - again?

[Denver]

  djr81 said:

So is it still the same spanker who is lately talking of a V8 street race in Perth - again?

I haven't really paid much attention to this round of the whole street race thing, so i can't comment, but id say no..

That said, the street race thing won't happen, not for a while anyway fro a number of reasons

1> WASCC have a contract with AVESCO, for a number of years to hold a v8 round at waneroo, i think they signed a 5 yr contract last yr?, i can't remember exactly

2> A street race would require, a LARGE amount of money to be spent modifying intersections, and resrufacing various roads to bring them up to spec to hold a race on them, no one wants to cover this, AVESCO sure as hell won't, PCC won't cover it as they're not the ones wanting the event, and unless a private company puts up a lot of cash, no on will cover the bill

3> The WASCC will argue long hard and fast about any form of street circut, because if they lose the v8's, they sink, simple as that, without the v8 event, they WILL go broke, they know this, up until the trucks returned, and then drifting, the v8's was the ONLY event, the WASCC ran that made a proffit, trucks return a small proffit, and now drifitng has been accepted, it also brings in a proffit every event, however, its nothing like the few mil the WASCC pocket from the v8's..

Put simple, AVESCO want a street race, no one else really does..

Now the main reason why AVESCO want a street race, money

We'll look at the Wanneroo event for an example

All the gate takings, go to the WASCC, any corprate box, private box etc etc hire for the V8 event, goes to the WASCC, if it goes to a street circut, the WASCC, gets nothing, AVESCO takes all, the club sinks..

AVESCO realise this, and made a token offering of some 350k to the WASCC for supply of officials and so forth, which is a pittance on what the WASCC would normally make from a v8 event...

Perth really doesn't have the streets to run an event on anyway, we don't have any nice curbing high speed useable roads like adelaide or indy etc, ours are all bland straight lumps of road with 90 degree bends, its be a boring as hell race, wanners would still piss all over it for track layout, even when you consider that wanners blows compared to most other tracks in aus..

[djr81]

Yeah, fair call. I was suprised to read about it in Auto Fiction a few weeks back. I thought that it had been long dead & buried - not that anyone was grieving over its loss.

The WASCC run a good event - you can see the improvements they make year on year - even if the view is of ever more corporate hospitality and from further toward the left hander before the run down to Kolb. Besides this state government & motorsport don't mix.

On the flip side WASCC membership numbers have been steadilly increasing over the past few years so they are obviously doing more than just running a good V8 event.

[Dsturbd]

I would say drifting has seen numbers increase ..

[djr81]

  Dsturbd said:

I would say drifting has seen numbers increase ..

Hmm, I doubt that somewhat. Numbers have been on the increase over the past few years & the trend predates drifting at the circuit. Besides, from what I have seen most of the drift spectators are 15 years old so not really willing to spend the coin on a $200 membership.

[djr81]

Have a look at the photos for the front page of the South West Times - yesterday.

Then read the CAMS media release below.

Then make up your own mind.

CAMS unaware of plans to bring international events to Bunbury Circuit

CAMS Media Release

22 Feb 2007

CAMS has noted with interest various media reports out of Western Australia suggesting that the Bunbury International Circuit, developed and operated by Perth International Motorsport Management (PIMM), will host a number of international racing events in 2007 including rounds of Japan's Formula Nippon Championship and the Japanese Super GT Series.

CAMS, the peak governing body of motor sport in Australia as delegated by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), would normally be involved in discussions to host such events within Australia.

"Any legitimate international competition within Australia can only be organised under the auspices of the FIA and in this case, through their sole delegated authority for motor sport in Australia, CAMS," said Bob Glindemann, Acting Chief Executive Officer of CAMS.

"In this scenario the accepted protocol for the organisation developing the track should be to contact CAMS outlining their proposed plans for the event. An application for a track licence would normally follow and CAMS would then arrange inspections to ensure that all the correct approvals have been sought and that all necessary safety standards are in place."

CAMS has also been in communication with its Japanese equivalent body, the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) which confirm that they've been in contact with the management of both Formula Nippon and the Japanese Super GT Series to ensure that they have no intention of running their events in Western Australia outside of the FIA's international authority.

"At this stage, CAMS has received no correspondence from PIMM regarding the proposed events," concluded Glindemann.

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END

For further information please contact:

Chris Terpos, Communications Coordinator, CAMS

Tel: (03) 9593 7777

FOR MEDIA INFORMATION PURPOSES - NO REGULATORY VALUE

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Haha, I was watching the WIN News last night (I was in Karratha) and there hyping up all this Bunbury track business, but without CAMS approval it would be dead in the water.

Hopefully they'll contact CAMS and kiss some ass quick-smart to make this happen

[djr81]

If you are in Karratha you would well know how hard it is to get resources to do any significant projects at the moment. It is no differrent in Bunno.

Anyway if it is hype you want hype...

Australia : WA : Bunbury

Friday, 23 February 2007. 11:38 (AWDT)

Planning urged to cope with motor racing events

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the south-western Western Australian city of Bunbury is warning the city could be overwhelmed by its new motor racing events unless careful planning begins immediately.

The racing group Perth International Motorsport has secured a deal to bring a series of Asian motor sport events to Bunbury.

The group has begun building a Formula One-style race track near the city's airport.

The first racing event will be held in December.

Allan Birrell from the chamber of commerce says the city's leaders need to come up with a detailed plan to cope.

"I think we can draw some lessons from other places around Australia that have had similar problems in the past," he said.

"I think there of Adelaide when they had the grand prix, they had an operation which co-opted the community to provide billeted accommodation for visitors."