Tag: NEWCASTLE 500
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MARK WINTERBOTTOM GIVES NEWCASTLE 500 TRACK TICK OF APPROVAL
The Newcastle 500 track hasn’t been built yet, but Supercars driver Mark Winterbottom is confident it will live up to expectation. “I was lucky enough to be involved in the development process of it … I think it’s going to be one of the best tracks that we go to. Despite some residents having reservations…
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ELECTRIC VEHICLE RACE PROPOSED FOR NEWCASTLE 500
The Supercars are already set to roar to life in November, but if the city’s Labor councillors have their way, Newcastle will also play host to a different kind of race car. They’re calling for an electric vehicle race, to run alongside the Newcastle 500.
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SUPERCARS STARS HEADING TO NEWCASTLE TO LAUNCH TICKET OFFER
There’s still plenty of planning to do, but excitement is building ahead of the first Supercars race in Newcastle in November. This Saturday, three time champion Craig Lowndes will join eight other drivers in the Hunter, to meet fans and launch a special ticket offer.
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VANDALS DESECRATE HERITAGE BUILDING WITH ANTI SUPERCAR GRAFFITI
The bitter battle over Newcastle’s Supercars event has turned even uglier, with a building used to honour our returned servicemen and women targeted by vandals. The United Service Club was sprayed with anti-race slogans, an act that has sparked widespread condemnation.
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NEWCASTLE SUPERCAR OFFICE THE TARGET OF VANDALISM
Tensions over Newcastle’s Supercars race have boiled over again, with race headquarters vandalised in the CBD overnight. Slogans such as “NO V8’S” was spray-painted on windows, stars and the footpath, at the entrance to the United Service Club on Watt Street. RELATED: RESIDENTS AND FANS FIRED UP OVER NEWCASTLE V8 RACE The vandalism has been reported…
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT: NEWCASTLE EAST RESIDENTS GROUP
Click here: Newcastle East Residents Group Official Statement The Residents of Newcastle East condemn the recent act of vandalism to the United Services Club. Our interest is in preserving heritage, not damaging it. That is one of the main reasons we have opposed the race in this Heritage Precinct. We have, and never will…
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WILL COLD CHISEL HEADLINE THE NEWCASTLE 500?
Speculation is mounting iconic Aussie rock band, Cold Chisel, could headline the Newcastle 500 event later this year. A spokesperson for Supercars couldn’t confirm the rumour, but said the organisation’s in discussions with two significant acts. One performer who has been locked in, is singer songwriter Delta Goodrem, who was announced as an ambassador for…
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SUPERCARS GET SUPPORTERS REVVED UP
It has many Novocastrians revved up and today flags were flying in support of November’s Supercars round. A meeting was held at the foreshore designed to connect those in favour of the event, while also promoting it to the wider community. It was a small showing today but the group is adamant support is widespread.…
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PROTESTS AS TREES TO COME DOWN FOR V8 RACE
PHOTO: Facebook; ‘Newcastle East – Heritage Zone not Supercar Zone’. Protestors have pleaded with Newcastle Council to save city parks and trees, as the region prepares to host a Supercars round in November. Opponents say Foreshore Park will never be the same, when trees and shrubs are removed to make way for the race track.…
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COUNCIL OUTLINES PROPOSAL FOR FORESHORE PARK TREES
Newcastle City Council has outlined its plans for Foreshore Park, in preparation for the city hosting the Supercars later this year. It’s proposing to remove 30 shade trees and 150 shrubs, replacing them with more than 230 new plantings, including 55 NEW Norfolk Pines. Council says more than a hundred of those will be mature…