"World wide V8 Racing Series in the works?"
Here is the 2013 schedule. 15 events total, one outside the Australia/New Zealand area.
Apr 5-7 Tasmania 360 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania
Apr 12-14 ITM 400 Auckland Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand
May 3-5 Chilli Perth Challenge Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia
May 17-19 Austin 400 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas
Jun 14-16 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory
Jul 5-7 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland
Jul 27-28 Coates Hire Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland
Aug 23-24 Winton 360 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria
Sep 13-15 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria
Oct 10-13 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales
Oct 25-27 Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Nov 23-24 Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria
Dec 6-Dec 8 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales
COTA is a new track and they need to bring races (any races) to the circuit to validate the time and money put into it. As they couldn't get either a Nationwide or a Cup road course there, they settled for V8 Supercars.
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