Thread: Bathurst....V8 Supercars...Russel is driving!!

Is it the same broadcast on both channels,or are there different commentators?

I have the poverty pack channel10 only

Lots of dumb driving,''we could have won but we damaged the steering on lap 20 of a 161 lap race bumping another car''. Pat

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Ah, yes. Advertisements.
I'm getting them on channel ten.

Seem to be heaps here on 10 as well

Wont be long the dunny dores will be out the front

First time watching Bathurst (and the V8's) in quite a few years. Lots of drivers I don't know of, and only 26 cars on the grid which is a bit **** poor IMO. I am generally enjoying it though, and now there's been a prang it's a bit better...

The pre race coverage was outright painful to watch though, so had the TV on mute for an hour before it started.

Originally Posted by scarry

Seem to be heaps here on 10 as well

Wont be long the dunny dores will be out the front

They're not real Commodores unfortunately. They're basically race cars with Commodore panels and a Holden badge.

Originally Posted by bacicat

I am generally enjoying it though, and now there's been a prang it's a bit better...

It looked as if he was shunted.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

They're not real Commodores unfortunately. They're basically race cars with Commodore panels and a Holden badge.

Didn't someone say the Commodores were using a Ford engine?

In anycase, it's a manufactured series and really only of interest if you know it well enough to be interested in the individual drivers. Pity really because there was a time, before it became 'big', where the interest was in the cars as well and that made it more accessible for the casual viewer or the newcomer. Nowadays, you need to know the drivers and with all the bodies basically identical and the cars painted in camouflage (much better this year than last I'll admit), it's often impossible to know which vehicle the commentators are talking about.

I dare say it's better for the fanatic, as someone who drifted away when it became simply Ford vs Holden (probably before that in reality), it's hard to watch now. Good racing if you can work out what's going on though, I'll give it that.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

It looked as if he was shunted.

Yeah, I reckon he was helped. Pity.

Good to see the girls got back out, and rather quickly too, that car looked a right mess.