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Old 12 Jan 2004, 10:46 (Ref:835185)   #1
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Aussie Racing Cars 2004

Looking forward to seeing these cars out on the track again in 2004.

Does anyone know what drivers will be back and of any new entrants?

Also a calender??

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Old 12 Jan 2004, 10:50 (Ref:835192)   #2
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At http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/ ...

The calendar for 2004...

1. March 18th-21st Clipsal 500, Adelaide, S.A.
2. April 2nd-4th Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, N.S.W.
3. July 2nd-4th Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Q.L.D.
4. July 23rd-25th Winton Raceway Benalla, VIC
5. August 13th-15th Oran Park, Sydney, N.S.W.
6. September 10th-12th Sandown International, Melbourne, VIC
N/C October 21st-24th Surfers Paradise, Q.L.D.
7. December 3rd-5th Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney, N.S.W.

Every man and his dog has been linked to this class, but somehow they never seem to hand over the folding...
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 10:55 (Ref:835195)   #3
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Thanks GTR, with the V8's again which is good.
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 10:59 (Ref:835199)   #4
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I assume the Non Championship round is recognition that this class may be cannon fodder if the schedule runs over time and needs tightening up??
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 11:00 (Ref:835203)   #5
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Yeah that could well be the case, will PROCAR be back at Indy this year?

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Old 12 Jan 2004, 11:02 (Ref:835208)   #6
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The cars will apparently be in NZ for a meeting the weekend before and not able to be back in time. That's the current calendar anyway. If the IndyCars arent coming, all sorts of horsetrading may happen
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 13:22 (Ref:835345)   #7
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There will hopefully be three different series running for this class of car
1. Aussie racers with AVESCO
2. Futureracers with PROCAR
3. Hybrids and any aussie racers, 600 Legends ect who are disgruntled with the financials of the first two will be hopefully racing as a support for another series. If anyone is interested in a cheaper alternative ie about $450 per round as opposed to around the $2,500 to 5,000 per round please contact me. We are having a test day at Wakefield this weekend.
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 13:30 (Ref:835362)   #8
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Yeah I had a look at your website, you quote a Aussie Racer at $44,000 inc GST!! Ive been told they are $38,500 inc GST?? And you say the Aussie Racers lap Wakefield Park in 1:24!! when the lap record for them is a 1:06!! What gives?
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 13:37 (Ref:835373)   #9
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Quoting the price that I have been told by people enquiring about my pricing and I took the times of a lap off Racetime.
More than happy to be corrected.
At $38,500 it makes the reported $36,000 per year to lease one look unattractive.
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 19:04 (Ref:835784)   #10
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When will Phil Ward release the Magna? GTR's ready to go.
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Old 12 Jan 2004, 20:09 (Ref:835846)   #11
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They are building a VY Commodore, with the right highlighting and droopy nose...
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Old 13 Jan 2004, 01:28 (Ref:836089)   #12
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Can anyone shed any light on the reasons why Futureracers were happy to let Aussie Racing Cars compete with them, but Aussie Racing Cars would not let any Futureracers race in their series?
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Old 13 Jan 2004, 03:14 (Ref:836163)   #13
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There was a catch - Aussie racers and hybrids could race with them if
1. we changed chassis
2. we changed body
3. we changed engine
and finally if we agreed to change all running gear.
This was for parity reasons. We were informed this when we went to enter the procar series.
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Old 13 Jan 2004, 03:19 (Ref:836165)   #14
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No one can race with the aussie racers because this would effect someones back pocket.
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Old 13 Jan 2004, 12:00 (Ref:836497)   #15
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aussie racing

Very interesting the stuff on Aussie Racing which i reckon is some of the best racing action i have seen on the box for a long time I checked the Hubrid site and it looks like there is one half finished car and the info looks all wrong. What is the go
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Old 13 Jan 2004, 13:04 (Ref:836594)   #16
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enlighten me as to the incorrect info as I am very interested and will fix anything misleading.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 01:35 (Ref:837380)   #17
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What about a Falcon kit to go with the Commodore?
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 02:08 (Ref:837395)   #18
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We are presently working on a replica 76 porsche 911 turbo
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 05:04 (Ref:837489)   #19
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Hybrid, is the Porsche going to run in another class or in with the Falcons, 48 Fords, FJ s, Commodores etc. Might make a bit of sense if there was a Ferrari or Corvette or similar to run with the Porsche.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 05:11 (Ref:837491)   #20
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I reckon a Porsche 956/962/917 silhouette body would be the duck's guts but the driver would be dragging his bum on the ground to keep the low swoopy shape recognisable.

Either that or assume the solar car position and lie down on your back or front.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 05:16 (Ref:837496)   #21
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We can not run with the Aussie racers in the AVESCO series or indeed with anything organised by Phil Ward.
The series we will be running will accept any 600 Legend or Aussie racers. Our series will be for anybody looking for a cheap alternative to AVESCO and with grid sizes 40-50 there should start to be some aussie racers looking for a new series to cater for the overflow of cars.
Due to the layout of our chassis the ferrari and corvette are not possible to scale correctly. After the Porsche we will be looking at a BMW.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 05:19 (Ref:837500)   #22
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Thats why we went for the 76 porsche - we could scale it to fit our chassis.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 08:24 (Ref:837596)   #23
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I noticed that the Aussie Racers do 1.06 lap times at Wakefield but hybrid says they are much slower to match the hubrid times. Why would the Aussie Racing Organisers want to let the hybrid race with them when it is a one make series, It would be like Joe the hotrodder building his own Carrera Cup in the back yard and trying to run that in the official Porsche series. I dont think so why wouldnt a guy who has obviously put a lot into getting the Aussie Racing up and going follow the same principles.I thought the Future Racers advertised that they had a series last year but nothing happened and when you see the car in real life as I did at a Go Kart meeting recently it looks pretty weird and you would have to be desperate to even sit in one never lone buy one. I think Ross Palmer must be having a mid life crisis or he is clasping at straws to want them on his programme
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 09:00 (Ref:837627)   #24
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Yeah cav, i think they look like **** too.
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Old 14 Jan 2004, 11:26 (Ref:837748)   #25
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Hey Pete 55 I cant for the life of me understand how these blokes get off on the tangent of copying someone else,why dont they come up with their own ideas. The Aussie series seems to be strong and these guys only want to cash in on another guys hard work and with a product that looks like it came out of the Jetsons or should be a door stop with wheels on it.I have looked at an Aussie Racer up close and they are well made with a lot of expertise clearly evident and all the drivers I have spoken to love them and the whole package of the series.Have you heard when the VY body shape will be released, I have heard it will be at the Clipsal for the first round.
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