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[VASC17R25R26] Coates Hire Newcastle 500:24-26 Nov
Been a while since the team have been in the race for the title at the last round & of course 1st time for the pilot.
They’ll probably be right for it another time. Of course, the title is more than one weekend & given their pace, DJRTP arguably should have won it before they all arrived for Newy. Plenty of lessons for 2018 & no doubt 888 will be working hard to get pace back. |
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3 Dec 2017, 02:29 (Ref:3784841) | #254 | |
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My thoughts exactly.
Too many silly mistakes over the course of the season, and not always capitalising on their sheer pace. An inconsistant team mate wouldn't have helped either. Triple Eight weren't perfect though, but they made fewer mistakes and SVG played a much bigger part in Whincup's championship, and not just last Sunday. |
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Sorry to dredge this up but I just rewatched Newcastle and it is such an awesome bloody track. I think maybe my general hatred of street circuits/championship drama clouded my initial viewing but after seeing it again I'm really starting to appreciate it.
I'm happy to stick the boot in when it suits so it's only right to give credit where it's due. Amazing job to all involved. The layout was just wild and I felt still produced good racing, better than some permanent facilities. The panning shots were stunning. I've been to Newcastle a lot through work and I just never saw it as a beautiful city, boy has that opinion changed. Massive undertaking is an understatement. And who ever had the foresight/balls to build a mini Monaco/Baku style circuit deserves a medal. What a risk, but jesus did it work |
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Interesting report in the Newcastle Herald this morning regarding questions being raised in regards to the announced crowds and EIA following the 2017 Newcastle Street race.
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Yes yes let us ban the Newcastle race too
Plenty of facebook sites in the negative About this and anything to do with motorsport |
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Interesting on track racing doesn't pay the bills and guarantee an events' continuation. Year 1 was always going to be well attended, like most of the other street race experiments over the years. Years 3 and 4 will be the pivotal years, IMO.
Are you saying the event is being 'bashed' by the Newcastle Herald, they're the ones that printed the story? Supercars crowd measuring methods have been called into question before; events like Homebush, Canberra, Hamilton... |
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Im all for the Newcastle event (I'm actually planning on attending this year) but I would like to see more accountability for Supercars crowd measuring. Its been a running theme for many years. The emails between Destination NSW and Supercars in the Herald article are not a good look.
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