They do Opening Round (which can vary, though the contract stipulates that it must be in New South Wales), Darwin and the Bathurst 1000.
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No worries. I also wish that too because it’s only logical that the increase goes hand-in-hand.
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Ah ok, I thought Bathurst was a street circuit?
Nope, but it is otherwise a public street with a strict 60km/h speed limit and there are hotels/motels/homes on it.
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Isn’t that the same thing? 
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I mean, strictly speaking it is. But I would call Bathurst these days more of a race track opened to traffic rather than streets closed off for racing. It races a lot closer to a permanent track compared to something like the Gold Coast or Adelaide.
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Don’t think Nine nor Ten stood a chance with ex-Seven favourite Warburton being at the helm again… Like a revolving door. He’ll probably be back at Seven again one day… Then Supercars yet again… And repeat.
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Looks like a dud deal that does nothing to grow the sport in any way.
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Technically it is but you could argue that it’s pretty much a racetrack now that is also a public road. They have done so much work there now, plus on top of that the last few years they have even had track days there.
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little late to this but…
The street races tend to have significant amounts of government investment and there’s usually an expectation from them that those races appear on free TV.
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