Bathurst lap record smashed by a Ferrari

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:44 am

And everytime a Ford driver wins the championship they seem to end up driving for Holden the following season.... :?

1320ft · Post by **1320ft** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:05 am

Thats because if a ford wins the championship, it's all driver and nothing to do with the car.

See, I like parity racing, as it brings it all down to; Driver, setup, strategy etc etc. Rather than he who has the most money wins.

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:21 am

Vulpes wrote:Bottom line is Bathurst stopped being interesting when they stopped things like Escorts, starions, skylines etc racing. the glory days of bathurst are long gone. V8 supercars are about as interesting as watching paint dry and the fact that they are in NO way shape or form similar to a production car yet all the Ford and Holden bogans still go for their team shows the mentallity of the average V8 supercar fan. Oh did I mention I dont like V8 supercars ?

I'm a bit like you in this Daz .I used to love watching Longhurst drive the M3 Beamer at 10/10ths all day and worry the v8s in the twisty bits and wear them down at the end .Also loved the Moffat RX7 for the same reason :)
I still love the v8s as well as the WRC where biiig gonads must surely be top of the list on the crews resume

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:13 am

FST4RD wrote: Perhaps it would make for more interesting racing if they had to use a Falcon or commodore road car as a start, rather then a full space frame. Also allow any other brand that produces a 4 door V8 (Merc, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Nissan etc).

wasn't Mark Skaife trying to bring this in for the 2013 or 2014 year?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor ... 6212297001

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:20 am

thrash wrote:
FST4RD wrote: Perhaps it would make for more interesting racing if they had to use a Falcon or commodore road car as a start, rather then a full space frame. Also allow any other brand that produces a 4 door V8 (Merc, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Nissan etc).
wasn't Mark Skaife trying to bring this in for the 2013 or 2014 year?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor ... 6212297001

That's great! Hope it happens. When i was living in Melbourne 7 years ago they were talking about Mitsubishi joining then, nothing ever came of it.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:22 am

1320ft wrote:Thats because if a ford wins the championship, it's all driver and nothing to do with the car.

See, I like parity racing, as it brings it all down to; Driver, setup, strategy etc etc. Rather than he who has the most money wins.

A1GP was like this, same car, all down to driver and setup, was always a joy to watch.

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:12 pm

Bring back the Group A days.

Even the 2 litre supertourers shat all over the V8 boringcars, sorry I meant boganscars because there was such a mix of makes and configs: fwd, rwd, 4cyl, 5cyl. And they were at each other on the track...was exciting viewing.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:25 pm

Adding to that... bring back Group B!
Unlimited rally cars, wild body kits, hundreds and hundreds of HP, great drivers, thousands crowding the side of the track, nitrous in the fire extinguishers. Formula 1 through the trees, perhaps the greatest motor racing of all time.

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