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Well, I’ve got a BUSY weekend coming up.  There’s the Adelaide 500 this weekend (which is the first round of the V8 Supercars) AND there’s a car show this Sunday. Of course, I have to manage my time so I don’t miss out on the final race of the weekend If you havent been keeping up with the news, Holden has made the announcement they will NO longer be selling cars in Australia. GM has pulled the plug on the operation and they have NO intention of building the Camaro and the Corvette in right hand drive. The boss of the factory Holden team will have a meeting with General Motors this week and he’s gonna TRY to convince them to bring the Chevrolet brand in Australia. Heh, good luck with that. Without the classic Holden VS Ford, there’s NO future for Aussie V8s.

Not only that, they’re working on a NEW deal that could show EVERY race LIVE and FREE on Channel 10. They’d show the Sunday race LIVE and they’ll either give us a replay of what happened on the Saturday (like what they did with the Sandown 500 last year) OR they’ll give us the ‘highlights’ of the race. Honestly, I think this is a good deal. It’s a HELL of a lot better than the one we have now. The sport is planning to go 2-door in 2022 under the new Gen 3 regulations. The reason WHY they haven’t been able to organise this deal is because of the current contract (which only shows 6 races LIVE on Channel 10. Luckily, it expires at the end of this year) AND because they’re not making enough money. Yeah, it not like EVERYONE can pay $50 a month just so they can watch a FULL season of Aussie V8s. A couple of years ago, you used to be able to watch the Aussie V8s LIVE and FREE on channel 7. Now that Holden is dead, they need to think about the viewers. Otherwise, the sport is dead. If it DOES come to that stage, Aussie V8s will be replaced by GT3. As a Ford fan, I’ve got NOTHING to worry about. It’s ALL up to GM, whether they wanna race or not. The fate of the sport is in their hands. 

Either way, Ford has got the last laugh. The existing Holden teams will have TWO choices: either they go to Ford or they go with another manufacturer...

What's funny is, they were planning to race the commodore all the way up to the end of 2021. Now that they're closing the factory at the end of this year, this will be the LAST time they'll be racing the Holden Commodore in V8 Supercars  

THIS is Holden in a nut-shell: a steaming pile of shit with NO plan for the future. What a shame...

Sorry if I got a little political there.  This was something I had to get off my chest  Overall, it's gonna be a fun weekend ^^