Thread: 2017 Ford V8 Supercar?

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Yes Rangieman, I'm with you.
Whilst I have no inside info, I cannot fathom for the life of me why GM do not do Camaro in RHD,..and they would have to do it "factory rhd" on the line, in the states, like the Mustang, for it to be competitive with Mustang's $65K Aussie price, and they'd have to do it for a worlwide market, because it wouldn't be worthwhile just for Aussie. But as things stand, GM are just letting Ford have this market all to themselves, and Ford are doing really well with Mustang in Aus, as evidenced by waiting lists.
Love the Corvette, but I don't see it as making any business sense, in RHD, for a low volume "Sportscar",.....but I'd LOVE one!
And in terms of the O.P., I'd LOVE to see Mustang V Camaro in Supercars, and ya know what,.....I reckon I just could!!..Wait & see!!
Pickles.

You know what - I'd just about tune in again to watch that...

Gav, I didn't know you are a motorsport person.
I always have been, but mainly tin tops, muscle car masters, and of course I'm a VERY big "liker" of U.S. Muscle......if I had the dollars, it'd be a '70 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi R/T, as seen in the 70s cult film starring Barry Newman (Petrocelli!) "Vanishing Point".
Just love V8s,..had a few Brock Commodores, HSVs, AMG C63, & my first car was a '48 Mercury!
So what is your "leaning" in Cars, Motorsport?
Pickles.

Yep, I love cars and in general I love watching them race, but don't as much as I used to for some reason - oh yeah - they're all on pay TV now... (I won't go there again). Putting my thoughts on the Supercars aside for the moment, I loved watching them up to around 5 or 6 years ago and I pretty munched watched every minute of every round. I used to even take a portable TV to work if I had a job to do on the weekends it was on.

I love watching the old classics race - of just about any persuasion. Also as a motor bike rider I love watching bikes race. I generally end up at the Moto GP each year - we are heavily involved with the event so I get in for nothing. . Footage from the Isle of Man TT will always stop me dead in my tracks too.

Back in the day I used to live around 3 hours from Calder Park Raceway and still make it to almost every Auscar event when the Thunderdome was running. I'd also make the trip to watch the Drag Racing. That's one thing I really do miss from Foxtel - I use to watch the NHRA Drag Racing - awesome stuff.

So, my gripes aren't about me not liking motor sport - I genuinely have gone off the Supercars and think they took a wrong turn with how far they took the parity rules and the switch to Foxtel.

Auscar?.....jeez, you must be nearly as old as me.
Drag Racing?...Well, I used to go when they were held at Fishermans Bend!!...Ash Marshall was the "AA" Guru,..S/C 392 Hemi, about 2000HP, & a 7 sec quarter,...just a "little" bit quicker these days,...I think in the states they do 300mph+ in about 3.2 secs!!.....and no, I would not like to drive one.
Pickles.

I sometimes wonder if they are going the wrong way about achieving parity.

Rather than insisting that the cars are almost identical in every respect, surely what matters is that all cars have roughly the same chance of winning each race or maybe just an equal chance of winning the championship.

Why is it not possible to have races between cars where one has an advantage in the corners and another has an advantage on the straights, or one has an advantage going into corners and another has an advantage out of the corners.

Wouldn't that make for more interesting racing?

Remember the days when the Minis used to mix it quite successfully with the Mustangs? That was worth watching.

Some tracks might give a bit of an advantage to one design while others might favour a different design. As long as there was a mixture over the course of the year, that could be quite fair.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Auscar?.....jeez, you must be nearly as old as me.
Drag Racing?...Well, I used to go when they were held at Fishermans Bend!!...Ash Marshall was the "AA" Guru,..S/C 392 Hemi, about 2000HP, & a 7 sec quarter,...just a "little" bit quicker these days,...I think in the states they do 300mph+ in about 3.2 secs!!.....and no, I would not like to drive one.
Pickles.

No I don't think I'd want to drive one either.

I now live 10 minutes from Calder Park but there's bugger all on there now...

Originally Posted by Homestar

No I don't think I'd want to drive one either.

I now live 10 minutes from Calder Park but there's bugger all on there now...

Well just get on there yourself and have some fun.

Originally Posted by Homestar

No I don't think I'd want to drive one either.

I now live 10 minutes from Calder Park but there's bugger all on there now...

I think Bob just lost his house,....Being close, have you heard anything?
Pickles.