Hence my view of more of a privateers cup...one of the "establishments" of modern v8 super car raceing the lansvale smash repair team (now known as tasman motorsport) was started by steve reed and trevor ashby (im not sure about the first one) who done their first bathurst in 86...they where mates haveing fun and advertising their buisness they also scored a top 10 finish whilenot topping Dick Johnson (mustang III) or TWR (jaguars) they still slugges it out all day and where rwarded with 6th i think it was and they have been to 11 bathursts together and have been in raceing ever since (albeit as team owners in the early/mid 90s) this sport used to thrive on them but nowdays a high ranked privateer like paul salmon came top 20 in 02 (i think he came 14-16th cant rember exactly)...and his team has folded since then...he would of done better if his bonnet hadent of come undone at speed....
And bets dont always tellthe truth...I wouldent be leading the footy comp at work itf i worked of what the footyTAB said...rember listen to the voice inside...gut feelings i find are more satisfying and sometimes more accurate then fact and figures....of course lsiten to what they say i find statistics valueble to either discredit or agree with me....But a choice can be made internially and it takes a strong person to say it and even stronger to stand by it...and the strongest of them all...the one who can admit when they are wrong....my views anways I admited when i was wrong and congradulated murph when he won bathurst...