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Old 19 Oct 2009, 06:53 (Ref:2564269)   #89
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Originally Posted by JABWOA View Post
IIRC, the V8's wanted top billing or at least equal billing (to match thier ego's) and the event organisers quite rightly refused but then the CWWS/ChampCar collapse occured and played into thier hands (same thing happened at the F1 AGP)
The Gold Coast event has been a double header with the V8s having equal billing and their own pit lane since 2005. There was no resistance from either the organisers or the government - the time was right for it.

V8s have never asked for equal billing with Formula 1.
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