Are V8 Supercar Drivers Missing Out On Some Extra-Curricular Fun?

V8 Supercars, Sydney 500. (C)

    Cast your mind back a year or so ago to when 1997 F1 world champ Jacques Villeneuve came to Oz and had a lash at driving a V8 Supercar. Once his Australian junket finished, he commented that driving a V8 Supercar was about the hardest thing he'd undertaken in all his years in motorsport. These Aussie fan favourite tin-tops require a specific set of skills to muscle them to the front of the grid. Therefore the current crop of V8 pilots must relish the odd chance to thrash the life out of a race car in a different category.
    The 2015 motorsport season is already looming large, commencing with the fantastic Bathurst 12-Hour event for GT cars at iconic Mt Panorama. This is truly an international event with teams coming from New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK accompanying Australian teams. A vast array of exotic marques including Ferrari, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Aston Martin, McLaren, Lamborghini and even Bentley are all vying for victory honours. The drivers also come from far and wide, including a number of V8 Supercar drivers.
    However, the Official V8 Supercar Test Day at Sydney Motorsport Park is scheduled for the same weekend. Will this deprive V8 Supercar drivers the opportunity to drive a gripped-up high-end race car, which they hardly ever get the chance to? Remember their local knowledge of Mt Panorama would be invaluable to the GT teams. What about the fans? Whilst the test day is a fan-friendly day with grid walks and the chance to get up close to the cars and have a chat and grab an autograph from the drivers, there would still be a big Sydney contingent heading up the Great Western Highway over the Blue Mountains to catch the 12-hour. Hate to be the one to tell Craig Lowndes or Shane Van Gisbergen they've got to test instead of competing at Mt Panorama.
    For us it's a no-brainer. We'll be heading up the Great Western.


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