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V8s by numbers


Maximum worldwide television audience - 850m

Estimated extra money into the Waikato economy - $20.3m


Fans expected overthree days - 150,000


Concrete barriers- 2096


Race related jobs - 1000


Weeks to build the track - 6

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Hamiltonians, start your engines. After more than two years of planning, preparing, painting and paving New Zealand's leg of the V8 Supercars is less than a day away.



Maximum worldwide television audience - 850m