Thread: Nissan Motorsport Jack Daniels Racing,Sooks Or Fair Enough?

Todd Kelly has slammed a V8 supercars-imposed engine restriction which could cause the collapse of his factory-backed Nissan team.Kelly said Nissan had spent millions developing an engine for the V8 supercars series but they were being forced to run at a huge power disadvantage which will see them swamped on the straights in today's Townsville 500.


Kelly predicted his Nissan Altima will lose 0.25sec on every lap today.Kelly has spent the last month trying to explain Nissan's horror season to sponsors and fans and has had to admit the team cannot win a race this year.

"We need a miracle to win any race,"Kelly said. "It's a tough situation trying to keep all the sponsors and fans on side when this is the case.It will come to a point where we come to a grinding halt.We can't sustain an uncompetitive team.We need this sorted now."

Kelly says Nissan would be winning races if they were allowed an engine concession similar to the one given to new manufacturer Volvo.We had to get a quad-cam engine with so many differences to the Ford and Holden engines to fit in the same rules and produce the same outcomes.It is impossible.

"We have spent millions on research and development on this engine.We just can't be competitive until we are given a specification that works with this engine."

The Nissan introduced to the sport last year under the car of the future,had to comply with a series of rules and regulations to ensure parity with rival manufacturers.With no V8 version of the Altima on the road,Kelly was forced to use a quad cam engine from a Nissan truck.

"The simple fact is our engine is different to everyone else's,"Kelly said."And it hurt's us because we have to comply with the bore and strokes of the Holden and Ford"

The Altima is regarded as a strong cornering car but has been swamped on the straights.The four Nissan's run by the second year team will lose 0.5sec a lap at Sandown because of a lack of straight line speed.

"We know our car would run better straight away if we had a similar bore and stroke ratio to what another 4 valve engine has got,"Kelly said in an obvious reference to Volvo.

"The only people who think parity is good are up the front,all you have to do is look at the data."We are last at every track on the straights."

"We are good in the corners but stone motherless last on every straight,just watch us get swamped today."

I was at the race yesterday and i must admit the Nissan's are slow down the straight.But having a crack at Volvo is not the way to fix it.There is some good points in what he is saying,but at the same time it sounds like some Kelly bros sooking as well.

It appears that all the Ford fans here assume that moving a tyre that is no longer attached to the car constitutes working on the car.

I wonder if the marshalls will interpret the rule the same way.