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Speaker 1: Now we know five days of action for the Darwin

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Speaker 1: Supercars begin today with a driver parade in Palmerston. Supercars

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Speaker 1: drivers are going to depart Hidden Valley about five forty

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Speaker 1: on the big Bus while the Prime movers roll through

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Speaker 1: town with the convoys stopping in goid To Square just

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Speaker 1: after six pm. It is the first day of action

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the supercars and to say that

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Speaker 1: the top end is pumped is probably a bit of

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Speaker 1: an understatement. Now joining me on the line, is NTI

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Speaker 1: Major Events Company Executive Director Amy Luxton? Good morning, Amy.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good? Lovely to have you on the show. Amy.

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Speaker 1: I bet you guys are pumped. You're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: massive weekend.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely pumped, Katie. I've just come from Hidden Valley actually

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Speaker 2: where all the last of the preparations are happening. The

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Speaker 2: venue is looking spectacular and yeah, the vibe is high.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me what's the go with the like with

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Speaker 1: Palmerston today. Talk me through exactly where people need to be,

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Speaker 1: what time it's happening, all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, yeah, we're really excited to have this new

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Speaker 2: activity to get us into the event weekend. So The drivers,

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Speaker 2: as you say, are here a day early. They will

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Speaker 2: be boarding the big bus out at Hidden Valley just

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Speaker 2: after half past five. They and the prime movers and

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Speaker 2: the supercars trucks will be heading to Palmerston where the

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Speaker 2: official welcome to town with a smoking ceremony will happen

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Speaker 2: at Goida Square and people will be able to wait

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Speaker 2: at the drivers and the trucks and yeah, welcome them

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Speaker 2: to town. There'll be some live music, merch, food etc.

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Speaker 2: In at Goida Square, so get down there from half

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Speaker 2: past four.

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Speaker 1: I reckon you're going to get a bucket load of

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Speaker 1: people there. This is you know, it's fantastic for the

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Speaker 1: people of Palmerston.

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Speaker 2: I think so too. I really hope that. Yeah, the

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Speaker 2: people are parts are out showing their support to those drivers. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's fantastic. I think it's great to be able to

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Speaker 2: do that today.

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Speaker 1: Now tomorrow, of course, all twenty five supercars are going

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Speaker 1: to swap the racetrack for the road heading to Darwin

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Speaker 1: Esplanade from about four o'clock. What can people expect then

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Speaker 1: at the Esplanade.

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Speaker 2: Well, we were the first here in Darwin to have

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Speaker 2: track to town and I think absolutely still the best.

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Speaker 2: So we're really excited to have all twenty five liveried

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Speaker 2: supercars heading into the Esplanade. Bail depart Hidden Valley at

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Speaker 2: about four point thirty, so expect them to hit town

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Speaker 2: just be four five. They'll park up. People will be

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Speaker 2: able to get up with some personal with those trucks, sorry,

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Speaker 2: with those cars, and then be able to have their

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Speaker 2: merch signed by drivers for about an hour before the

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Speaker 2: cars need to be tucked up back at Hidden Valley

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Speaker 2: before it gets dark.

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Speaker 1: Now, if you got any hot tips for people wanting

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Speaker 1: to watch the cars roll in, you know those the

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Speaker 1: best spots or anything like that, Well, I.

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Speaker 2: Mean, I think through the CBD hopefully people will be

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Speaker 2: able to see out their windows or join the street

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Speaker 2: to have a look watch them go past. We've got

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Speaker 2: our route map up on our website on supercars dot

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Speaker 2: com dot au where people will be able to see

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Speaker 2: exactly where they're going. But we definitely recommend coming down

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Speaker 2: to the Esplanade and having a look up close, and of.

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Speaker 1: Course then racing starts at Hidden Valley on Friday with

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Speaker 1: the drivers vying for the coveted triple Crown. How many

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Speaker 1: people are we expecting through the gates at Hidden Valley

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Speaker 1: this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Well, last year we had nearly forty thousand people, Katiem.

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Speaker 2: We're definitely on track they have a similar number this year.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's some exciting new things that people can enjoy.

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Speaker 2: There's some changes to the supercar racing, and as you mentioned,

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Speaker 2: the Triple Crown, which is this year, is guaranteed to

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Speaker 2: be given away. So yeah, we're really excited to welcome

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Speaker 2: a big crowd give us a.

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Speaker 1: Bit of a rundown in terms of what's on each

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Speaker 1: day to those out there listening.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, So Friday we have qualifying and practice of

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Speaker 2: all the supercar racing, plus the support categories that we have.

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Speaker 2: I'll just run you through those. So we're welcoming back

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Speaker 2: the Porsche Carrera Cup. We've got Touring Car Masters, which

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Speaker 2: is really popular last year. As well. We're welcoming for

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Speaker 2: the first time trans Am, so those muscle cars people

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Speaker 2: will be able to watch go round as well as

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Speaker 2: our combined Today's local category, so they will be on

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Speaker 2: track doing that on Friday, as well as we welcome

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Speaker 2: our students down to learn more about motorsports, so that

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Speaker 2: will be happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we see racing.

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Speaker 2: As I mentioned, there's a little bit of a change

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Speaker 2: to the formats or supercars. There's more racing than there's

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Speaker 2: to be exciting. So yeah, two races Saturday and then

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Speaker 2: the big one on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And amy what's happening off the track as well, because

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Speaker 1: we know that people love.

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Speaker 2: That absolutely, so off track, of course, we're really excited

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Speaker 2: to have live music back for this year. So Saturday

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Speaker 2: we've got Screaming Jets, so they'll close the day and

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Speaker 2: what to hire to close that out on, So we're

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Speaker 2: excited about that. Other new things, we've got flavors of

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Speaker 2: the territory for food lovers, so we've got some of

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Speaker 2: our best sort of local restaurants. We've got Luxe bi,

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Speaker 2: coopy stop, all sorts of things that people can enjoy

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Speaker 2: in terms of that fantastic territory hospitality, and we also

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Speaker 2: have lots of I guess things for kids to do,

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Speaker 2: so kids are free on twelve and under for the

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Speaker 2: first time. We're bringing the Supercars super Kids activities, so

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Speaker 2: people will be able to have a little try racing

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Speaker 2: on the inflatable race track, race each other, change tires,

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Speaker 2: all sorts of stuff. So really started to have that

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Speaker 2: have that here for a while, so I'm really glad

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Speaker 2: that that's happening. In addition, we've got aerial stunt displays,

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Speaker 2: We've got MX Freestyle, the Harley Davidson's are back with

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Speaker 2: their stunt drivers, drift cars, all sorts of things in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, oh, it sounds like it's going to be wonderful.

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Speaker 1: It'll be a massive weekend as always, and Amy as

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Speaker 1: if you guys are busy enough, but you've also sent

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Speaker 1: out a press release this morning about the Red Center

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Speaker 1: NATS and all what's happening there as well.

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Speaker 2: So much fantastic word to sport in the territory. Katie

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Speaker 2: never stops. It's fantastic.

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Speaker 1: So good, well, all the best for the weekend. I

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Speaker 1: know it's going to be unbelievably good, as it always is.

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Speaker 1: Amy Luxton from nt major events. Great to speak with

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Speaker 1: you this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Katie, and thanks for all the support.

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Speaker 2: We look forward to seeing mixed down at the track too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Awesome stuff. Good on you. Thanks Amy,