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Speaker 1: So it's all on the eight supercars back in topul

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Speaker 1: this weekend and I've got the mayor with me, David Trewevers. Hello, David.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Andrew Kyodo and yeah, nice to hear

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Speaker 2: your friendly voice in the morning this morning.

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Speaker 1: Now, sixty thousand people coming to pack in the region,

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Speaker 1: now that's got to be good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. We had a taste of it last year,

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Speaker 2: of course, and this is the second year that we're

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Speaker 2: doing it, and yeah, it's just the town is absolutely

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Speaker 2: buzzing and we're looking forward to it. The weather forecast

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Speaker 2: locks absolutely brilliant, so we'll take it and we'll just

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Speaker 2: do the job and welcome all these Aussies into town

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Speaker 2: and all the people from around New Zealand. So looking

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Speaker 2: forward to it.

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Speaker 1: Okay, as you say, year two, So how did your

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Speaker 1: one go? What economic benefits did Topo get?

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Speaker 2: We got a measure done. We think about twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: to twenty three mill into the district just the direct

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Speaker 2: spin on the weekend, so you know that's pretty good

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Speaker 2: for a small population. So and good spenders too. It

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Speaker 2: covers all fields. You know, you've got your mum and

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Speaker 2: Dad's with the picnic rug and a couple of kids,

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Speaker 2: and then you've got ten thousand die hard motorsport fans

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Speaker 2: you know what they like. And then you've got the

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Speaker 2: corporates and they do the corporates really well. And supercars

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Speaker 2: of a totally professional outfit.

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Speaker 1: You know what I really like. I really like the racecourses.

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Speaker 1: Right beside the racecourse it ends up being a camping

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Speaker 1: town and that looks like the best fun on earth

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Speaker 1: to be fair.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we've got the gliding club as well. The end

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Speaker 2: the gliders stop for the weekend and they all pack

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Speaker 2: up in the air as well.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff. What are you looking forward to the most?

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Speaker 1: What events over the weekend are you're looking forward to

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Speaker 1: the most?

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Speaker 2: Well, the two finals of course on Saturday and Sunday,

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Speaker 2: and then the Jason Richards Trophies up for grabs as well,

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Speaker 2: of course. And you know you've got twenty four of

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Speaker 2: the best best teams in Australasia, that's for sure, and

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Speaker 2: pretty fast these vehicles. And yeah, so I'm not an

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Speaker 2: absolutely expert on the job, but I know there's a

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Speaker 2: few favorites out there with the crowds and they really

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Speaker 2: get behind their teams. You know.

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Speaker 1: Good work, Topaulk, Good work David Truavis, and thank you

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Speaker 1: for your time this morning.

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