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Old 05-01-2010, 11:31 AM   #1
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Default easternats to calder

yes I know its a while off yet, and used to be at sandown raceway - but its being moved to calder, I know this because my father has been an entrant and me a co-driver for the last 5 years or so and was sent an entry form to enter his car, says event is to be held at calder park raceway.

Also that event became a corporate dog of a thing with events tagged to corporate sponsors "repco burnouts" etc.. that is what the events were called officially, and it too went down the toilet and I didn't go last year and from what my father tells me its turned to crap and I doubt he will enter this year even.

Anybody else heard of the shift to calder and know why its happening apart from the people complaining in houses around sandown raceway?

<<edit>>http://www.easternats.com.au/

it says calder on the webby even for those that doubt

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Old 05-01-2010, 11:36 AM   #2
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There was an article about it in one of my performance ford mags, something about the melbourne racing club not paying for permits resulting in fines or something similar and noise complaints.
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Old 15-01-2010, 09:43 AM   #3
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I just checked out the site and noticed its gone to Calder... and $45 to enter as a spectator, what a joke!
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Old 15-01-2010, 12:28 PM   #4
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I just checked out the site and noticed its gone to Calder... and $45 to enter as a spectator, what a joke!
They do make it a little expensive for 'mum and dad' spectators...

I live about 10 mins from Calder, and used to go all the time to the events held there....

But now it is just ridiculous...

By the time you get fleeced at the entry, you've then gotta pay for overpriced hot dogs, donuts, and bottles of coke... and if you actually would like to have a beer or bourbon... Cha Ching....$$$

If they halved the price, they'd get DOUBLE the patronage...

But - what would I know right!??!
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If they halved the price, they'd get DOUBLE the patronage...
And then it would be ten times better!

There is a thread on this in the VIC/TAS events area too:
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11282061
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Old 15-01-2010, 01:05 PM   #6
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what a joke.... i wont be attending this year!! rediculous!!! :(
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Old 15-01-2010, 01:19 PM   #7
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I just checked out the site and noticed its gone to Calder... and $45 to enter as a spectator, what a joke!

Most of which goes towards Bobs divorce settlement


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If they halved the price, they'd get DOUBLE the patronage...

LOL so they'd make the same money but have twice as much work to do and mess to clean up


It reminds me of when they first tired to have I think it was called "motorfest", I went and it was pretty much a burnout comp on the thunderdome track, and a pretty poor one at that.

The only thing Calder knows how to do is rip people off and destroy events, woops that's 2.
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Old 15-01-2010, 01:50 PM   #8
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The only thing Calder knows how to do is rip people off and destroy events, woops that's 2.
thats BS, ive been to a really good event there this one time...oh, sorry, actually that was Sandown...my mistake!

cmon, the guns and roses concert there was alright from what i heard............... :togo:
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LOL so they'd make the same money but have twice as much work to do and mess to clean up
Point taken....
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2 people f%63ed up easternats , because they were doing donuts on the track right next to the fence and breached noise limits the burnouts were suppose top be restricted to the main straight area
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Old 16-01-2010, 12:29 PM   #11
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2 people f%63ed up easternats , because they were doing donuts on the track right next to the fence and breached noise limits the burnouts were suppose top be restricted to the main straight area
what a pair of retreads..... great work there.....
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2 people f%63ed up easternats , because they were doing donuts on the track right next to the fence and breached noise limits the burnouts were suppose top be restricted to the main straight area
That and having the rocket car there without a permit are the official reasons, but theres also a certain manager there that feels like he/she needed to change the world and had no interest in this event and i reality these incidents were nothing that didnt happen before. IMO only the location of Sdown is ideal but the pits and some of the (CAR) racing facilities are very very dated/average to the point of the V8's have even talked of pulling out of the place. The whole track needs to be re layed. In need of big $ imo which is probly part of the reason the crowds of V8's massively there in the last couple of years.
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The Top fuel nationals at Calder used to be awesome... in 1995
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