Originally Posted by
Pickles2
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.
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