"What an unbelievable double-header. It would be bigger than Ben Hur."
That's V8 Supercar chairman Tony Cochrane's spin on what it would be like if the V8s get involved with Formula 1 in Singapore.
Cochrane's ambitious plan is to have the V8 Supercars race on the same weekend
as the night F1 race in Singapore in 2009.
Cochrane has already initiated discussions with the organisers of the first F1 race to be held under lights.
Cochrane said the V8s will not play a supporting role to F1 but rather they will race during the day before F1's night race.
The logistics of such a race in Singapore would be a nightmare. Not only do the teams have to get there and back but also they would have to change their car's setups used in the endurance rounds to that for sprint races.
If the plan does not come off, the series organisers are still keen to race in Singapore in an effort to bring the V8s to a wider audience, adding to rounds already held in New Zealand and Bahrain.
Cochrane has also re-affirmed his organisation's commitment to holding a race in Bahrain each year, despite continuing speculation over the Desert 400's future.
The V8s are rejoining the F1 circus when it hits Albert Park for the 2008 Australian Grand Prix as a non-championship round after missing out this year.
Next year's F1 race will be held on September 28 - falling midway between the new Phillip Island 500 endurance race and the series' biggest event, the Bathurst 1000 on October 9-12.
Cochrane is also positive about getting a street race in Perth and has not given up on getting an event held on the streets of Sydney.
A Townsville street race is set to join the calendar in 2009, leaving NSW with the prospect of no V8 racing beyond 2008.
Oran Park Raceway, that has held races since 1962, will be closed at the end of the year, and series bosses are keen to continue racing at Eastern Creek west of Sydney.
