Thread: GO THE HOLDENS ----BATHURST

Originally Posted by V8Landy

Never heard a bigger load of crap in all my life. If you want to talk byass just look to hrt(not holden as a rule) HRT winge and moan every yr about there aero package being under par even though they have better mid corner speed, What a load of *******.

It was only about two years ago Skaife was whinging about Ford dominance and was calling for them to be slowed.
It was only one Ford, Mark Winterbotom's the rest were in a mix with the Holdens.

A fair while ago, I'm guessing around the mid 90's Ford were dominating the sprint races so the governing body decided to slow the Fords by trimming the front spoiler.

This was done between the end of the sprint races and Sandown/ Bathurst.
As sprint racing and endurance are totally different this screwed the Fords in the enduros.

Rules should not be changed mid season.

Dave.

Originally Posted by wally

Holden vs. Ford. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Boring. I used to sit myself in front of the TV all day back when Bathurst was interesting. Aside from the Holdens and Fords there were Valiants, Chev Comaros, Jaguar XJS, Nissan whatevers, Volvos, BMWs, Mazda RX7s. Those were the days. Now I couldn't give a toss. But if they opened it up again to other manufacturers I'd be watching.

Totally agree. And who can forget the Victoria Police Studebaker Larks!

Stephen.

i will still be watching during the day and want to get there someday.

however it would be very interesting to see it opened to other brands, even bmw, jaaag or mercs would be good to see if only v8's allowed.

Bring on the annual battle of the taxis.
May they be lots of mayhem,a close finish and the FORDS winning again
Instead of the minis or what ever they are using for celeb races this year they should have real taxis racing with real taxi drivers that cant speak english or get to a destination in a short distance.
Looking forward to sunday
Andrew

There was one year, guessing late 80's early 90's when a road registered Volvo raced.

It drove up from Melb, raced and then drove home.

Didn't do very well and was considered a hazard by other drivers due to its low speed.

I can't remember whether the driver was wearing a hat.

Dave.

Nothing wrong with a good Volvo pilot Mr Whippy.
I even wear a Volvo hat
I get paid to steer this
introduction - G930 : Volvo Construction Equipment - Rest of World
Andrew

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

It was only about two years ago Skaife was whinging about Ford dominance and was calling for them to be slowed.
It was only one Ford, Mark Winterbotom's the rest were in a mix with the Holdens.

A fair while ago, I'm guessing around the mid 90's Ford were dominating the sprint races so the governing body decided to slow the Fords by trimming the front spoiler.

This was done between the end of the sprint races and Sandown/ Bathurst.
As sprint racing and endurance are totally different this screwed the Fords in the enduros.

Rules should not be changed mid season.

Dave.

Same crap has happened to holden ! Ford were sooking because of the down force holden had so they made all the holdens cut some of the back wing off to lessen the down force .

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Nothing wrong with a good Volvo pilot Mr Whippy.
I even wear a Volvo hat
I get paid to steer this
introduction - G930 : Volvo Construction Equipment - Rest of World
Andrew

Nice one mate . would love to see you go through the "old " dipper at bathurst at full speed in the grader .