Yes. It was exciting when they ran different classes. I had friends who campaigned Suzuki Swifts. Won their class about every year they entered I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
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Yes. It was exciting when they ran different classes. I had friends who campaigned Suzuki Swifts. Won their class about every year they entered I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Absolutely. If anyone (perhaps you youngsters) HASN'T seen what Bathurst was like when there were multiple classes racing.. go and look on YouTube and get some kulcha up ya !
Edit: Lotus Cortina for the win ! Hear the whine of those straight cut gears? :D
Ditto Homestar, there was a time when I couldn't wait for the V8 racing but it has become irrelevant now.
So, what category should be the main attraction?
I will plump for < 3,600cc engines, that leaves us with the majority of manufacturers being able to compete with only safety modifications to their homologated Australian sold vehicles. Bring back, "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" and make it relevant again.
Motor racing improves vehicles for you and me so the manufacturers should be able to write off the costs as product development.
At least, thet's what I thunk!!!!
Cheers
Mike
Aaahh,...hope is not totally lost for you guys who just "love" Supercars!...You guys can watch the Bathurst 6 hour.
Check it out on the web,..lots of classes there for you guys, but I'm sorry, that will never, ever, replace supercars.
Ya've only gotta listen to the newest driver sensation, Richie Stanaway, to know what overseas drivers think of our series,...they all LOVE it, 'çause there's nothing like it anywhere else,....big powerful 700HP saloons racing on narrow rubber,....SVG races all over the world, he meets drivers all the time,....who love it! Lots of the engineers are from Europe, some of ém have worked in F1,..a little bit more hi-tec than "taxis"I think. One of my good friends is involved, He was bought out from the U.K., for his engineering expertise,..He thinks the technology here is right up with anything in Europe.
I've heard Roger Penske (and what a legend he is) talk many times about the complexity, technology, engineering etc in Supercars, which He says, is on a level with anything He's seen.
And as I've said before, because I've got foxtel, I can get right into it. Pit interviews with engineers etc, I find intriguing,...Aero, Roll centres, shocker methodology, tyre technology, all sorts of engineering stuff that never existed in the "öld days". And I did used to watch the Monaros, Toranas, GT Falcons etc,..and yes the racing was good, but there's a lot more to running a supercar. In the"öld days", "privateers" could run couldn't they, but that was then, now is now,...it's a different world.
And what about the "safety" of these cars,..I just couldn't believe that Todd Hazlewood was totally unscathed in one of the hardest his I've seen,....He would've probably been killed without the technology built into these cars,....not bad for a taxi!
Had 3 days of it or Sandown, not really into Skaife, but Russell is really good, as are most of the other commentators...Some of you might even have seen Rihanna (Little blond lady)..she had a bit of a giggle talking about the "Preston Erection" Team!.
Of course, this is all IMHO!
Pickles.
Pickles, with all that, you've said nothing that makes me want to go out and buy a Ford or Holden. It doesn't even spur my interest in Foxtel, 'cause I have none.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pickles2
I must admit, though, I have the latest edition of Australian Muscle Car magazine and I'm drooling over all that A9X porn.
When it comes to racing I support the "oval" the green oval of "Land Rover". Actually Landies are incredibly fast, they just take time to build up speed, and will beat any super-car in a race over 10 miles, they can pick the 1st 9 miles and I'll pick the last mile.
I used to think the problem with running standard drivelines is,, they will go bang.
but the V8 utes proved otherwise.
so standard rideheights retained?
on the rubber they roll out of the showroom with?
lock the ecu's and let'em run.[bigrolf]
Used to love going to Pukekohe with Dad and the Uncles to watch the 24 hour production races. Everything straight off the showroom floor, standard tyres (only allowed radials if they were standard for the model). As I recall, the driver and co-driver had to do the tyre changes, too!
Real entertainment, that!!
The 80`s was a down turn in all the manufacturer`s with standard running gear as those crappy Holden diff`s and gear bags could not go the distance let alone get off the start line with out imploding [bighmmm]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
So what did the good ol general do fit ford diffs and gear bag`s:tease::Rolling::burnrubber:
Not trying to do that (Ford or Holden),..I mean, what is there from the range that you'd want to buy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
The A9X is a special car, I used to own one myself, much too expensive for me now though.
I don't buy the magazine you speak of, but I do get Unique Cars, and one of the main people in that publication is a man I know, Phil Walker, and He loves his cars,..He's had a few Brocks, a Shelby 350 Mustang, and He's just bought a MAGNIFICENT A9X hatchback replica which is featured in the magazine,...yep, I drooled!
Pickles.