The Totally Ripper/Bonza V8 Supercar Thread.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Go Murph go!
Go Ingall go!
Go Reindler g- never mind.

[Wizzie]

Kelly's dumping all sorts of crap all over the track

[the Masked Lapwing]

This is what's brilliant about the V8s - 6 and a half hours and it comes down to two cars, less than a second between them and 2 more laps to go.

EDIT: TANDER WINS! No Triple Eights in front for once!

[ADx_Wales]

Now, if this was in Singapore, that car would have been left to burn. Good on those marshalls.

Oran Park 99(?) that startline Pileup featuring Mark Larkham and Paul Morris.

Barbagallo this year , same thing again.

Fires out within 10 seconds or your money back.

[Cynon]

This is what's brilliant about the V8s - 6 and a half hours and it comes down to two cars, less than a second between them and 2 more laps to go.

EDIT: TANDER WINS! No Triple Eights in front for once!

Amazing race with amazing commentary from the Channel 7 gang and from half of the Speed gang (I mean everyone but Darrell Waltrip there). Speaking of the Speed commentary, I expected them to be awful, but to be fair to them, Mike Joy did a great job, but DW (three time NASCAR champion) was annoying as usual. However, DW seemed to be absolutely amazed at the quality of the driving, and quite honestly I didn't expect that.

[ADx_Wales]

With SPEED making their presence felt this year, maybe next year there could be more big names in the field, not to mention a possible return for Ambrose to his natural habitat (this is a race he still hasnt won despite the Championship dominance of 04 and 05). Its a shame that the Gold Coast event will attract big names (because thats what the organisers wanted to do)

Poor David Brabham, almost rejectful activity from the certified reject. As an endurance racer he shouldn't be doing this bad (I dont want to blame the car, Stone Brothers Racing took Ambrose to those titles, I guess Brabs wasn't fully adept)

[ADx_Wales]

ROTR: Greg Ritter

Fixed...

And on the COTF, I reckon it's a brilliant idea, since these things have been essentially the same since 1993. As long as no other manufacturers join in

Your Kiddin rite? Nissan practically MADE Australian Motorsport [Ducks and Covers as if he said Zsolt Baumgartner........oh f..]

Tell you what tho, 18 years (1993-2011) is not bad for a Touring Car formula to last, most of the touring car formulas in the past could not last 5 or 6 average.

[the Masked Lapwing]

With SPEED making their presence felt this year, maybe next year there could be more big names in the field, not to mention a possible return for Ambrose to his natural habitat (this is a race he still hasnt won despite the Championship dominance of 04 and 05). Its a shame that the Gold Coast event will attract big names (because thats what the organisers wanted to do)

Poor David Brabham, almost rejectful activity from the certified reject. As an endurance racer he shouldn't be doing this bad (I dont want to blame the car, Stone Brothers Racing took Ambrose to those titles, I guess Brabs wasn't fully adept)

Ambrose won't be coming back, not now that he's won a race in NASCAR. He's even said that it would be unlikely he'd even come back for Surfers in the future because he can't stand the stewarding in V8s - he prefers the way it works in NASCAR.

And Brabham's problem is SBR's usual way of only having one car doing well at once - Davison, apart from Yas Marina, hasn't been really competitve all year, while van Gisbergen has been the best of the SBRs all year (except for Ipswich and Yas Marina). Brabham isn't a full time V8 driver, so wouldn't be quite as used to driving as Davison or van Gisbergen (or even McIntyre, for that matter). 16th is much better than a DNF, and they did get stuck behind Luff at one point.

[ADx_Wales]

He's even said that it would be unlikely he'd even come back for Surfers in the future because he can't stand the stewarding in V8s - he prefers the way it works in NASCAR.

Considering the incident involving Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Speedway...?

Considering how harsh the V8 Stewarding is, but is right every single time, including the Bathurst of 2005 where Ambrose was penalised for not wearing the fireproof balaclava underneath his helmet?

[the Masked Lapwing]

He's even said that it would be unlikely he'd even come back for Surfers in the future because he can't stand the stewarding in V8s - he prefers the way it works in NASCAR.

Considering the incident involving Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Speedway...?

Considering how harsh the V8 Stewarding is, but is right every single time, including the Bathurst of 2005 where Ambrose was penalised for not wearing the fireproof balaclava underneath his helmet?

At least it's more consistent in V8s than in F1. But that's because Tim Schenken actually knows what he's doing.

And it should be noted that Ambrose said that before Brian Vickers proved at Richmond that Red Bull doesn't just hate Mark Webber, they hate all Australian drivers

[ADx_Wales]

I would much prefer a Tim Schenken based race control over what the FIA are currently doing... but then V8s would have to lose their Tim Schenken based race control

[Cynon]

He's even said that it would be unlikely he'd even come back for Surfers in the future because he can't stand the stewarding in V8s - he prefers the way it works in NASCAR.

Considering the incident involving Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Speedway...?

Considering how harsh the V8 Stewarding is, but is right every single time, including the Bathurst of 2005 where Ambrose was penalised for not wearing the fireproof balaclava underneath his helmet?

At least it's more consistent in V8s than in F1. But that's because Tim Schenken actually knows what he's doing.

And it should be noted that Ambrose said that before Brian Vickers proved at Richmond that Red Bull doesn't just hate Mark Webber, they hate all Australian drivers

To be fair, Ambrose kind of had that one coming...

[the Masked Lapwing]

Considering the incident involving Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Speedway...?

Considering how harsh the V8 Stewarding is, but is right every single time, including the Bathurst of 2005 where Ambrose was penalised for not wearing the fireproof balaclava underneath his helmet?

At least it's more consistent in V8s than in F1. But that's because Tim Schenken actually knows what he's doing.

And it should be noted that Ambrose said that before Brian Vickers proved at Richmond that Red Bull doesn't just hate Mark Webber, they hate all Australian drivers

To be fair, Ambrose kind of had that one coming...

Of course he did, but in Australia he'd've just been punched after the race. Or during it, sometimes.

[jpm]

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6886

Will Power ruled out of the gold Coast 600

[dr-baker]

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6886

Will Power ruled out of the gold Coast 600

So are a few others like Tony Kannan.

[Cynon]

If you combined the practice times, Bourdais would be... like 8th or 9th overall.


...but I noticed they also spelled his name wrong (Sebastien, not Sebastian) on the timing charts...

[Wizzie]

Rain on the GC as we speak

[Wizzie]

The Minardi two-seater looks and sounds FANTASTIC around Surfers.

[Wizzie]

Oh and most of the internationals will be starting the race. Track's been dry for a few hours now

[Wizzie]

Electrical problem for Lowndes/Priaulx car and the race doesn't start for another 20 minutes

[the Masked Lapwing]

HRT - You idiots.

[Wizzie]

HRT - You idiots.

They screwed that up. Badly

[the Masked Lapwing]

*sigh*

It doesn't matter if they have tyre bundles or bollards at Surfers, it always causes a safety car.

[Wizzie]

*sigh*

It doesn't matter if they have tyre bundles or bollards at Surfers, it always causes a safety car.

And the new bollard lasted a grand total of one racing lap

EDIT: And that's another one gone.

[Wizzie]

And we have another safety car for debris on the front straight

[the Masked Lapwing]

Anyone think Allan will let James drive a Holden?

[Wizzie]

That was a pretty big hit for Klien on lap 1

[Wizzie]

And why hasn't Said been given a drive through yet?

[the Masked Lapwing]

And why hasn't Said been given a drive through yet?

They got rid of the detection loop there after practice 4 (somewhat ironically since it was pinging Owen despite him being metres away from the apex). So obviously the stewards thought he wasn't getting an advantage (which is bull, considering Pagenaud also cut it just to pass at turn 11).

[Wizzie]

Speak of the devil. Owen just put Farfus in the wall

[Wizzie]

ROTR: The idiot who told Gianni Morbidelli to turn the car around

Honorable mention to Kelly Racing wheel nuts and Fabian Coulthard for nearly spinning Alex Davidson in pit lane

[Wizzie]

I stand corrected. It was an unsafe release for Davidson

[the Masked Lapwing]

Nah. The system for catching kerb hoppers should get it. It worked brilliantly at Adelaide and Hamilton - why not now?

[eytl]

Watching the race yesterday, I frankly felt ashamed. It was like the referee of a football match completely losing control of the situation. They should have set an example by giving a penalty to Boris Said - perhaps even more than a drive-through - the first few times he did it. Who needed sensors when one of the senses (ie sight) made it so obvious he was simply cheating to avoid getting passed by Pagenaud at the next braking zone?

Once drivers saw that they were getting away with it, they all did it. In the latter stages, it was bleedingly obvious that whenever Winterbottom got a run on Whincup at the hairpin, it was on the laps when he had cut the first chicane more than Whincup had.

A complete and utter disgrace, in front of so many international drivers who will may now return overseas and tell everyone how unprofessional the series is. Forget tyre bundles, bollards or sensors - just put a great big concrete block at the apex next year - that'll stop 'em!

Not to mention the now-meaningless lap records - a bit like all those swimming records which will never be beaten because the swimmers were wearing these high-tech suits. I feel sorry for James Moffat, whose stint in the latter stages of the first race (including setting the lap record which IMHO ought to stand) was nothing short of scintillating (and completely overturned my opinion of a driver who up to that point I had not rated).

[Wizzie]

Only in Australia

[Wizzie]

That is exactly why F1 races need to take place in diabolically wet conditions because that was one of the beat V8 Sprint races all year

[the Masked Lapwing]

That is exactly why F1 races need to take place in diabolically wet conditions because that was one of the beat V8 Sprint races all year

And the wet tyres in V8s are effectively inters.

It makes F1 drivers look like wimps

[jpm]

I'm loving V8's more and more by the year. How about Lowndes, 27th to 6th! almost tops Dale Earnhardt at Talladega in 2000...

[eurobrun]

ROTR: FPR

[the Masked Lapwing]

ROTR: FPR

No, Triple Eight. They won't let GRM win...