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Essay On Race Cars

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Half-arsed, boring, stupid, whatever you labelled last weekend’s event, with numbers down, I think most will agree there was plenty of room for improvement! Heading into the weekend deep down I knew, like many, that the ‘International SuperSprint’ format was not going to produce the best racing. I accepted that, but still purchased tickets and went along for my annual Supercars trip which generally becomes a highlight of my year. This time I don’t feel like it will be the highlight past years became. For a start the four 100km sprint races were all about qualifying and getting the car off the line, then it was a matter of watching race cars circulate for 35 laps. This in itself is a very bad thing! Motorsport often has the stereotype of …show more content…

The off-track package is just as important as on the on-track stuff, and a big part of the off-track package is merchandise. The merchandise at this year’s event was shocking. Four team’s set-up shop with very limited stock. Triple Eight and HRT combined to have a decent display and storefront while GRM had a few fold out tables piled with shirts and PRA seemingly left most of their stock behind. Merchandise is a highlight of the event for the diehard fans who want to show off their support for their drivers and teams but unfortunately, most were left disappointed. I purposely packed only one additional shirt for Friday because I planned on buying some shirts, but there were none! Posters were also a rarity at this year’s event, with anyone wanting signatures ending up with 10 or so event promo posters signed by different drivers because the lack of posters and merchandise meant that’s all there was to sign. Young fans (and older ones) love collecting the new posters each year and the only way that is going to happen this year is a bit of searching on Ebay. Again, merchandise is part of the Supercars product and why teams aren’t required to take their merch with them to every round is something that needs to be looked out. Yes, there is a cost, but surely it’s something that could be subsidised by Supercars and/or the promoters? The merchandise alley has also degraded in quality with outside vendors lacking in numbers and the addition of

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