V8 Supercars - Sydney 500 To Remain As 2013 Finale, But Sydney Motorsport Park Misses Out.

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    The 2012 Sydney 500 has been run and won and what a fantastic event it was. V8 Supercars, Dunlop Series, Porsche Carrera Cup, V8 Utes and Australian GT Championship all add up to tin-top heaven for motorsport fans which fittingly arrived en-mass. Jamie Whincup was officially crowned 2012 V8 Supercar champion and team mate Craig Lowndes won the 250km Saturday race in stifling conditions. With ambient temperatures nudging 40 degrees, goodness knows how oppressive is was in the cockpit for the drivers. Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison reversed his recent bad luck with an inspired win in the other 250km Sunday race.
    With this season done and dusted, attention now turns to 2013. Despite initial drafts placing it mid-season, it seems that sanity has prevailed, with the Sydney 500 to remain as the 2013 season finale. We like the idea of a challenging, narrow street circuit where the drivers are fighting the circuit as much as each other, winding up the season. It's the sort of venue where you can lose more time than you can gain if you push too hard.
    However, Sydney Motorsport Park misses out on an event after staging this year's Sydney 360. With only 65- odd thousand through the gates over the two days, could this be because the 2012 event wasn't that well patronised? Would more fans at this year's event have had a greater influence on the 2013 calendar? Being staged late August when the football codes are reaching the business ends of their respective seasons could also have had an effect on crowd numbers and especially TV ratings. Was there simply too much choice for Sydney sports fans? The consolation for Sydney fans is that Sydney Motorsport Park is hosting the official V8 Supercar test day in February. After a few teaser laps at the Sydney 500, we'll finally get to see the new Car Of The Future Holdens, Fords, Nissans and Mercedes' up close. Let's hope the Sydney fans turn up in large numbers. Send us an email at: greenflag@formulafrontrow.com or simply leave a comment. 
    formulafrontrow.com would like to wish everyone a happy Christmas and we'll see you in 2013 where another bumper motorsport season beckons. Charge those Nikon batteries....

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