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  1. 26th October 2009, 08:09 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by ohleaky1 View Post
    yep not passionate about it at all ! just think its funny how one week holden fans are gloating about how good holdens are for winning bathurst, 2 weeks later things dont go all there way and it comes down to being fords fault.
    same thing happens in all other sports . blame the other .... so whats different ???????
    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm View Post
    It is getting to be like Speedway in bygone days. Deliberate pushing and barging and fisticuffs in the pits.

    Who cares whether they are Holden or Ford. This is a silhouette series. Purpose built race cars that are virtually identical except for the badge and a handful of engine parts.

    If the controlling body is going to allow their cash cow business (I refuse to call it motor sport) to be body contact, then for spectator purposes they should utilise a one mile banked oval either dirt or sealed. 50,000 spectators in an all seated stadium and the controlling body pockets royalties from all the vendors. NASCAR has done this very well for fifty years, huge revenues and all the teams get a share.
    " I refuse to call it a motorsport " Hmmm have motors in them and race ! can you tell me why it's not motorsport ?
    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    Was watching the supercars yesterday and they did a segment on how the cars are built - shock horror they are neither a falcon or a holden.

    The chassis are the same, (not Commodore or falcon), the suspension and drive train are the same, axles diffs eg are the same, steering the same - all the same, the gearboxes are the same.

    The only dedicated parts are the engines - chev and ford - and ford or commodore outer body panels to make each look like the original product. These are just the out panels bolted/welded/glued to the home made chassis/roll cage.

    And here was me thinking that they actually started with a ford or holden body shell and reinforced it - roll cage etc. The commentator could not tell which car was which model without the outer panels on.

    What a crock - so much for branding - they are all the same basic car just with different engines.

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    Everyone already knows these facts . same with Nascar Chev, Ford, Dodge and Toyota . Even the shells are the same with stickers on them . It's nothing new to motor sport and it's going to be around for a lot of years to come !
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  2. 26th October 2009, 08:19 PM #22
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    Pity they canned the idea of replacing Wanneroo with a Perth street race.I would go and watch,the sound of them barking V8s up St Georges Tce and scooting down Riverside Dve would be WICKED.
    Have seen a few Wanneroo meets,from just before the Sierras took over the last I went to was EL Falcoons and the matching dunnydoores.Its no racetrack for the supertaxis,and the pits are the PITS!!!
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    I just wish they went back to production cars meaning that holden and ford race the car the sell for the general public and also brining in all australian manafactures including mitsibishi but it has to be a V8 no rice burner four cilinders with turbos
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparksdisco View Post
    I just wish they went back to production cars meaning that holden and ford race the car the sell for the general public and also brining in all australian manafactures including mitsibishi but it has to be a V8 no rice burner four cilinders with turbos
    They wouldn't get three laps of Bathurst out of them, under race conditions.
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  5. 26th October 2009, 10:16 PM #25
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    Bring back group A. Oh yeah the local product struggled. Scrap that idea
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    They wouldn't get three laps of Bathurst out of them, under race conditions.
    WHAT CRAP !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fusion View Post
    WHAT CRAP !
    It's been proven. Not by a mere idiot boy racer doing burnouts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparksdisco View Post
    in all australian manafactures including mitsibishi
    I think you will find Mitsubishi hasn't been manufacturing in Australia for quite some time now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    They wouldn't get three laps of Bathurst out of them, under race conditions.
    Why not? Surely racing production cars is what improves the breed. It would just mean that the racing would be slower, to conserve brakes, etc.
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  10. 26th October 2009, 10:37 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fusion View Post
    WHAT CRAP !
    Cam McConville did a demo lap at Bathurst in a HSV Bombadore and he had no brakes after ONE solitary lap. Pat
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