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| Thread ID: 127156 | 2012-10-07 15:43:00 | FORD win Bathurst!! | sam m (517) | PC World Chat |
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| 1305614 | 2012-10-07 22:23:00 | A guy was driving down the road in his HOLDEN during a thunder storm, when his windshield wiper broke . He drives until he comes to an auto body shop . He goes into the shop, walks up to the counter and says, "Excuse me,but could you give me a windshield wiper for my HOLDEN?" The clerk leans against the counter and thinks for a while . Finally he says, "Sure . . . that sounds like a fair trade . " Hope Out Love De Engines Nakerd . (someone has to stick up for Prefect and his love of FORDs) . |
lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1305615 | 2012-10-07 22:33:00 | Even though I have a Falcon I don't buy into the Aussie Supercars,have been to a couple of Supercar races here and would not mind going to Bathurst just for the experience The only difference between the two is the name badge and engines which have been mirrored for no advantage from either ,even if one car has any weight advantage weight is added everything else is control(eg: suspension,gearbox and other ancillary bits) The introduction of other nameplates(Nissan,Mercedes) and will be others is to soften the phasing out of both Commodore 2018 and Falcon 2015 Will be interesting to see if they get the same following with Holden and Ford missing(can't see beer swilling Mercedes owners on the Top of the Mountain) www.v8supercars.com.au |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1305616 | 2012-10-07 23:37:00 | That is no different to F1 cars whether it is a Ferrari, Mclaren or Williams and whether they are using Merc, Renault or Ferrari engines the car and engines have to all be to the same specifications. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1305617 | 2012-10-07 23:41:00 | why dont they just use the DTM car (mercedes)???? | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1305618 | 2012-10-07 23:43:00 | Same (I believe) with MotoGP Bikes - Yamaha, Ducati, Honda... But they (like the Supercars) can change certain specs to fit the riders style. Tyre choice etc. | lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1305619 | 2012-10-07 23:43:00 | Probably where most of the tech is coming from tbh | icow (15313) | ||
| 1305620 | 2012-10-08 07:54:00 | Will be interesting to see if they get the same following with Holden and Ford missing (can't see beer swilling Mercedes owners on the Top of the Mountain) Who said Holden and Ford would be missing? As I understand it, they will have a four-marque race, and if they are brave enough to get rid of the 'control this' and 'control that' and just say 'it has to fit inside this broad envelope' which would allow one team to choose an engine advantage while another might go for handling, or aerodynamics. Then the competition would be to both build a winning package inside the allowable envelope, and then drive it to victory on the day. That would be an event worth watching from start to finish, just like it used to be, with 4's, 6's and 8's in the same race. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1305621 | 2012-10-08 08:02:00 | If its got any pathetic 4 or 6 cylinder engined cars racing there I wont watch it and I dare to say a lot of Aussies wont. It will go the same way as the Hawksbury m/c and Renwick town race. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1305622 | 2012-10-08 08:33:00 | Who said Holden and Ford would be missing? As I understand it, they will have a four-marque race, and if they are brave enough to get rid of the 'control this' and 'control that' and just say 'it has to fit inside this broad envelope' which would allow one team to choose an engine advantage while another might go for handling, or aerodynamics. Then the competition would be to both build a winning package inside the allowable envelope, and then drive it to victory on the day. That would be an event worth watching from start to finish, just like it used to be, with 4's, 6's and 8's in the same race. Cheers Billy 8-{) Have you ever seen or experienced racing outside of bathurst? Control this,control that?...its called a class, all racing above backyard bashing follows this format, In the past they ran 4 classes at Bathurst, now they run one. It didn't lead to great racing, it lead to crashes, and with modern cars doing over 300km/h mixing classes like the old days would lead to people being killed. The single class format has given us a higher level of epic racing,year in, year out, right across the series and without fail every year at Bathurst, If you haven't witnessed this then you either weren't watching or were just in it for the crashes. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1305623 | 2012-10-08 08:44:00 | The best years of Bathurst were those when virtually all-comers could race, and in the vehicle of their choice. Cheers Billy 8-{) (Repressed Petrolhead) They had clearly defined classes. |
Metla (12) | ||
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