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Old 23 Feb 2018, 06:08 (Ref:3803315)   #376
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Field set for inaugural SuperUtes round

just ten starters, which is a little bit underwhelming. Fair bit behind. hopefully doesn't crucify the series
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Old 23 Feb 2018, 07:41 (Ref:3803326)   #377
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Field set for inaugural SuperUtes round

just ten starters, which is a little bit underwhelming. Fair bit behind. hopefully doesn't crucify the series
Less chance of safety cars ruining the racing.
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Old 23 Feb 2018, 09:18 (Ref:3803351)   #378
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Less chance of safety cars ruining the racing.
well in theory there is less chance these things should get bogged in sandtraps, so there is 2 potential places for stuck cars at Adelaide removed
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Old 23 Feb 2018, 20:04 (Ref:3803474)   #379
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None of the teams have released details of the trailers they will be towing.
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Old 23 Feb 2018, 22:26 (Ref:3803500)   #380
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How will parity work in this series? Will winners be forced to carry a load of sand in the back? Or will they muck around with aero and make winners carry extra ladders on their ladder racks?
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Old 24 Feb 2018, 04:09 (Ref:3803523)   #381
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it had a ford ute in it so i thought io would put it here

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Old 24 Feb 2018, 05:54 (Ref:3803533)   #382
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This was around the size of the field when V8 Utes started.Whether it will grow or die depends on the cost of competing and the quality of the racing.
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Old 24 Feb 2018, 23:58 (Ref:3803715)   #383
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I get the ‘bringing kids thru’ thing, but given Mr Brabham’s run in Stadium Trucks, and need for seat time this year, its hard not to consider him are more useful fit..
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 02:17 (Ref:3803723)   #384
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I'm honestly confused as to why these things still have the actual headlight and taillight assemblies in them.

The amount of wreckin that occurs in a Ute race, you think they'd just put fiberglass replicas of the headlight and taillight lenses in them, with the brake lights up in the rear window.
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 02:22 (Ref:3803724)   #385
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They need to differentiate them from the stadium trucks somehow
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 06:47 (Ref:3803735)   #386
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This was around the size of the field when V8 Utes started.Whether it will grow or die depends on the cost of competing and the quality of the racing.
The V8Utes started from a base of nothing and had 10 cars front for their first race. The SuperUtes have had the base of the V8Ute series and have still only fronted with ten cars, this is ridiculously embarrassing for all involved.

It would be like Supercars only fronting at Clipsal in 2013 with 10 cars when they brought in COTF
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 08:15 (Ref:3803747)   #387
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5 utes were testing at Wakefield Park yesterday. They were slower than or Pulsars (1.13).
Out of the 5 only one was still going at the end of the day. Overheating, seized turbos and injector pump failure.
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 08:24 (Ref:3803750)   #388
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5 utes were testing at Wakefield Park yesterday. They were slower than or Pulsars (1.13).
Out of the 5 only one was still going at the end of the day. Overheating, seized turbos and injector pump failure.
That is a little weird... for racers running for some months now...

Adelaide will be interesting

Any chance they can drop a MARC V8 Ford aboard to keep them trucking along?
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 09:44 (Ref:3803760)   #389
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I'd have thought the state of the diesel tuning industry in this country, would give some clues towards the potential reliability of some of these engines.

A lot of cowboys out there washing their hands of detonated motors...
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 12:19 (Ref:3803786)   #390
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5 utes were testing at Wakefield Park yesterday. They were slower than or Pulsars (1.13).
Out of the 5 only one was still going at the end of the day. Overheating, seized turbos and injector pump failure.
Yep, heard there are big dramas with overheating and general reliability. It's going to be embarrassing in Adelaide.
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Old 25 Feb 2018, 23:48 (Ref:3803922)   #391
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I already miss the V8 utes racing around Adelaide track and I'm not even there yet
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Old 26 Feb 2018, 00:26 (Ref:3803923)   #392
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Yep, heard there are big dramas with overheating and general reliability. It's going to be embarrassing in Adelaide.
Last one standing?

I'll miss the V8 utes too. Speeds not everything but having seen footage of these SuperUtes lapping its like watching paint dry. At least the Brutes sounded good and moved around a bit.
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Old 26 Feb 2018, 08:23 (Ref:3803971)   #393
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To be fair these things move around too...its just that its mostly body roll.
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Old 26 Feb 2018, 08:37 (Ref:3803973)   #394
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To be fair these things move around too...its just that its mostly body roll.
I watched the V8Utes with my friends in Texas, after they raced at COTA, and I can't imagine they will be interested in the new ones.

My friends lusted after the Commodore ute, they wanted it bad!
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The egg timer is on...
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Old 27 Feb 2018, 03:04 (Ref:3804178)   #396
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The egg timer is on...
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Old 27 Feb 2018, 11:45 (Ref:3804247)   #397
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The egg timer is on...
so going by the egg timer , and using Eisenstein theory of relativity, including nano seconds , and i like a three minute boiled egg , allowing time and space differential ,the new Doctor is projected to arrive in April,will the TARDIS have this sorted or , maybe this: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: PROMOTER OF TCR AUSTRALIA

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Old 27 Feb 2018, 11:47 (Ref:3804249)   #398
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I wonder if he's just on short term contracts, being used as the bloke to get things off the ground?
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Old 27 Feb 2018, 21:53 (Ref:3804411)   #399
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The egg timer is on...
Is the egg timer for McConville or the Utes in qualifying?
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Is the egg timer for McConville or the Utes in qualifying?
They have a sundial set up for qualifying.
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