...with some V8's.
We booked our tickets over the weekend, for the inaugural Townsville 400 V8 Supercars race next year. The track looks interesting, and should give reasonable lap times (I don't like the short tracks with super low lap times, like Symmons Plains in Tasmania, where the average race lap is 55 seconds). You can see the design map here: Reid Park Designs Released. We're in the grandstands just at the end of the main straight, opposite the pits. We ended up going for the 3 day grandstand pass, and will make an extra-long weekend out of it. We may yet spring for a paddock pass to go and check out the pits - they'll no doubt be available on the day though, so we can pick them up later.
Accommodation in Townsville is already very scarce, but we're able to camp in Jess' cousin's back yard, so that solves that problem. Jess and Sally are coming down on the Sunday - they have single day general admission passes, which unfortunately means they can't get up into the grandstands. But we'll no doubt work out a roster system so everyone gets the good seats for some of the day.
Should be fun!
More info : V8 Supercars - Townsville 2009
