Surfers confident of long future.

How? I can understand both sides here. Indycar wants the series finale to be in the U.S., the Aussie's want to keep their October date because of good reasoning...so how? For Indycar October is bad because it is so late in the year and if it is the last event, that takes the championship battle out of the U.S. BUT...they need to keep KV racing in the series meaning Australia HAS to be on the schedule. Should be interesting. I like the race because it's cool to watch the cars zip past the tall buildings and the crowd seems massive. And, I'm an American and I think I speak for all of us when I say...Australia + Australians = cool. We love you guys and we need this race!

I always thought that finishing the Indycar season in early September was bizarre - Motogp and F1 go on longer. Why not add a race at the end of September in say Mexico between the Chicago race and Oz ? Or why not give points for Surfers which counts to 2009 ?

Having a non-points race 6 or so weeks after end of the Indycar season seems like a waste of time - what is to stop the teams withdrawing from it - its expensive to shlep across the Pacific for what ?

A1Gp would be a more sensible option to me !!

Nothing agains OZ but this is not one of my favorite races. The only time it is good is when it rains.

Surfers MUST be on the schedule long term. If the IRL needs to extend their season and finish in OZ rather than the states, so be it.

With 3 drivers from down under, and 350,000 people attending the race, neither side will want this to go to A1GP, DTM, etc.