At Aussie Auto Race, Fans Allowed Just 24 Beers a Day

Limit jumps to 36 light brews for 4-day Bathurst 1,000
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 7, 2009 6:51 AM CDT
At Aussie Auto Race, Fans Allowed Just 24 Beers a Day
The four-day Bathurst 1,000 is near and dear to the hearts of Australian racing fans.   (Wikimedia Commons)

Fans headed to a four-day event that’s a highlight of the Australian auto-racing calendar will only be allowed one case of beer per day—or 36 cans if it’s light beer. “Wine lovers have not escaped the heavy hand of the law either,” the Guardian notes of those bound for the Bathurst 1,000, beginning Thursday, “being restricted to a punitive four liters a day.”
(More beer stories.)

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