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The proof in the pudding can be shown when you compare todays calendar to 1996. The circus now goes to every state in Australia, plus in New Zealand.
Also another important note is the quality and depth of the competition is much better....
Take this 1996 Barbagallo entry list for example, compared to the recent 2004 event.
1996:
BOWE
SKAIFE
GARDNER
BROCK
INGALL
LARKHAM
PERKINS
LOWNDES
D JOHNSON
SETON
JONES
LONGHURST
ELLERY
S RICHARDS
ROMANO
SLAKO
G JOHNSON
CRICK
WALKER
GIORGI
WALDOCK
McLEOD
2004:
AMBROSE
SKAIFE
J RICHARDS
SETON
LOWNDES
LONGHURST
DUMBRELL
INGALL
BARGWANNA
S RICHARDS
BOWE
R KELLY
WEEL
JOHNSON
LUFF
WINTERBOTTOM
JONES
T KELLY
BESNARD
MORRIS
ELLERY
McCONVILLE
TANDER
WILLS
BREDE
NOSKE
BRIGHT
MURPHY
TRATT
RADISICH
BAIRD
WILSON
Add this to the crowd attendances, more exciting events, massive sponsorship, and the fact we also have an equally colourful division 2 category filling out 30 odd grid spaces, and you can see the huge difference from Pre-AVESCO to today.
Today the industry is alot healthier...
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