2009 Fujitsu Development Series (merged) - Page 3

**GTRMagic** · 1 Oct 2008, 04:12 (Ref:2301655)

Didnt they give a Wal-built car away as a lucky door prize in New Zealand?

bazil · 1 Oct 2008, 05:43 (Ref:2301670)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Quitting their investment??

I thought the new Tasman cars were the best Commodores ever built

2007 with Wally, Richards and Murphy finished 13th and 14th respectively in the Championship.

2008 with 4 rounds to go and No Wally they are 18th and 19th Championship and more likely to head south instead of north on the table...

On the other side of the scale, McConville and Jones are currently 16th and 23rd in the Championship after finishing last year 34th and 44th respectively prior to the arrival of Wally in 08.

Maybe he knows something…

PhaseIII · 1 Oct 2008, 07:56 (Ref:2301741)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Meantime, AA reports that Mr Howard will supply the current chassis being used by Mr Reindler and Mr Canto to the Sherrin Rentals pair next season, suggesting any new chassis will be for additional drivers.

Quote From: V8SC here

Warren Davis (Howard Racing Team Manager)
"In conjunction with our commitment we have re-branded two cars and agreed to a sponsorship arrangement with Sherrin Rentals, however we will be expanding the Howard Racing operations to include additional cars for the Fujitsu 2009 series at a later date."

Anyone know when the 2008 Fujitsu Series Calendar is expected ??

sizzle · 1 Oct 2008, 08:06 (Ref:2301752)

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Originally Posted by bazil

2007 with Wally, Richards and Murphy finished 13th and 14th respectively in the Championship.

2008 with 4 rounds to go and No Wally they are 18th and 19th Championship and more likely to head south instead of north on the table...

On the other side of the scale, McConville and Jones are currently 16th and 23rd in the Championship after finishing last year 34th and 44th respectively prior to the arrival of Wally in 08.

Maybe he knows something…

OT
I will be fair and say the eqipment McConville and Jones had at their disposal last year doesn't quite match up to this years Bazil, however the gist of your argument stands up to scrutiny.

Just imagine if he had travelled North what may have been.

bazil · 1 Oct 2008, 08:16 (Ref:2301760)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sizzle

Just imagine if he had travelled North what may have been.

**GTRMagic** · 10 Dec 2008, 07:16 (Ref:2351556)

Interesting to learn that there was a signing at a ride day yesterday, with Mr Russell choosing to drive for another team rather than continue with his older Commodore... the team is allegedly based in a similar region of NSW to his own squad....

... and if the price is accurate, I could sell my Magna and go race there..!

Presuming anything actually happened of course!

kb5832 · 10 Dec 2008, 07:37 (Ref:2351564)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

WP built 7 VE's last year, and will likely nail 4 together this year... when the customer teams trade up, the older cars need to go somewhere.

Tasman, or more accurately Greg Murphy Racing, has been offering VE's in the development series for 2009 for some time, in the ads in AA... they have one car available.. but as with Mr Bergmuller's 2008 VZ, anything can be built out of anything.

PWR's 2x VE's will likely be on the market at season's end if their 2008 car licence is absorbed by the WP machine for Mr Skaife...

Mr Perkins has one VE spare, with the likelihood of more as new cars are put together for next season.

PMM currently has one spare VE, with other new ones coming on stream, meaning there could be an opportunity to use of these cars.

So there does not appear to be a scarcity of cars... just a mismatch between the prices I would think...

WP knocked out seven last year with only one spare. This year I believe GT and PD got brand new ones. Rick did get one in Darwin but I believe that was 06 that they had last year. So I am presumming they only still had two spares by last week. I could be wrong.

With BJR looking to sell there is two more available and maybe RNR up-grading there is another one. So that could be five WP VE chassis in the 09 series.

I would be buying one of these but no doubt that little scott would be asking an un-fair price for them.

JackBlahBlah · 20 Dec 2008, 06:46 (Ref:2358671)

any have any ideas?????

Heres My idea of the line up

Seiders Racing Team (SRT)
#13 - SRT – Gulf Weston Oil – Colin Seiders - BA Falcon
#19 - SRT - Gulf Weston Oil - David Sieders - BA Falcon

Slade Speed (SS)
#23 - SS – Auto Pro – Tim Slade - VE Commodore

Mattew White Racing (MWR)
#28 - MWR - Lowe Earthmoving – Brad Lowe – BF Falcon
#29 - MWR – Fujitsu - Damian Assailit – BA Falcon
#30 - MWR – PS3 – Grant Denyer - BF Falcon

Howard Racing (HOW)
#27 - HOW – NOVUS - Karl Reindler - BF Falcon
#32 - HOW – Sherrin Rentals – Ian Sherrin - BF Falcon
#37 - HOW – Crimsafe – David Russell - BF Falcon

Youlden Motorsport (YOU)
#31 - YM – DBA Brakes – Luke Youlden - BA Falcon

TAG Motorsport (TAG)
#35 - TAG - Alternative Freight Services – Tony Bates – VZ Commodore
#36 - TAG – Economy Bolt Company - Geoff Emery - VZ Commodore

Greg Murphy Racing (GMR)
#44 - GMR - ???? - ???? - VZ Commodore
#46 - GMR – ???? - ???? - VZ Commodore
#47 - GMR – Andrew Walter Constructions - Sam Walter - VZ Commodore

Jay Motorsport (JAY)
#42 – JM – JV Crash – Jay Verdnik - VZ Commodore
#43 - JM – Total Tools– Shane Price - VZ Commodore

Sonic Motor Racing (SMR)
#56 – ADRAD - Bryce Washington – BF Falcon
#57 – Camplispace - Dean Fiore – BF Falcon

Race Image (RI)
#60 - RI - ???? – Ryan Brown – BA Falcon
#61 - RI - Chantilly's of Taupo- Gene Rollinson – BA Falcon

Paul Morris Motorsport (Paul Morris Motorsport)
#68 - PMM - TTM – Brett Holdsworth - VE Commodore
#69 - PMM - ??? – Damian White - VE Commodore

Eggleston Motorsport (EMS)
#38 - EMS –??? – Ben Eggleston- VZ Commodore
#54 - EMS – ??? - ??? - VZ Commodore

Tandersport (TAN)
#41 – TAN - Fleetcare – Leanne Tander - VE Commodore

O'Brien Motorsport (OBM)
#45 - OBM – Wells Smash – Shannon O’Brien - BA Falcon

Wollongong Performance Racing (WPR)
#85 - WPR – Bible Socity - Andrew Fisher – VZ Commodore

West Coast Racing (WCR)
#74 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Mark McNally - VZ Commodore
#76 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Glenn McNally - VZ Commodore

Aaron McGill Motorsport (AMM)
#75 - AMM – Kerrick – Aaron Mcgill – BA Falcon

Cam Mclean Motorsport(CMM)
#70 - TKR – TEX On Site – Cameron McLean – BF Falcon
#71 - CMM – ??? – ???? – BF Falcon

Action Racing (AR)
#73 - AR – No Fear – Marcus Zukanovic – VZ Commodore

Independant Race Cars (IRC)
#64- IRC – Global Jet – Michael Trimble – BF Falcon
#65 - IRC – Milwaukee – Andy Knight – BF Falcon

Sydney Star Racing (PMM)
#95 - SSR – ???? – ???? – VZ Commodore
#98 - SSR -???? - Brett Hobson – VZ Commodore

Tony D'Alberto Racing (TDR)
#99 - TDR – Go-Karts-Go – Drew Russell – VZ Commodore

Loadsman Racing (LR)
#62 - LR - Tint-A-Car - ???? - VZ Commodore

**GTRMagic** · 20 Dec 2008, 07:33 (Ref:2358681)

WOW! Talk about an optimistic list.

Where to start...

Mr Slade is not likely to upgrade to a VE unless he can sell his VZ... the team doesnt have enormous backing, so it would be an enormous stretch.. unless a new patron appears

The chat in the paddock at Oran Park suggested that Mr Assaillit may return to the series next season, but without Fujitsu backing. Likely to appear in DQH colours instead. #28 and #30 (if they are the numbers) should be FPR chassis, while #29 would be the ex-Thexton beast

Mr Howard's equipe is likely to return to 3 cars however a chassis source has not been confirmed for the new car.

#31 would likely be entered in the name of v8race.com considering its their ex-WPS car Mr Youlden had his bum in this year...

#44 & #46 are for sale... at very keen prices (i.e. below the paper prices allegedly) so there is no guarantee GMR will run at all next year.

#42 & #43 are interesting.. that Mr Price went better in the one round at Oran Park than the previous pilot had done all year may push the team owner father to make good on his alleged plans to sell it all off

The seat in #60 has allegedly been sold to Mr Russell, contingent allegedly on the sale of his VZ Commodore. While #61 would be nice, it is allegedly not likely at this stage

Not sure #68 & #69 will come true if TKR takes delivery of one chassis, and another development series customer takes the other

Is #45 even coming back next year?

#85 has been for sale for a long time, and the owner seems determined to sell the car ASAP

#70 and #71 were mooted in the motorsport press some time ago but there hasnt been a peep since. The story went that the cars would be ex-GRM VE's... of which there are 2 sitting in the shed unused, but there has been zero noise around their sale

Is #73 coming back next year? I think the driver, and the driver's father are frustrated with the series and the results given the effort expended

The driver of the indicated #64 has his VZ for sale and not likely to return to the series. Indicated pilot of #64 would be Mr Corkery, but there has been no noise anywhere that the driver has the funding required to take the seat

#98 may not return... there was no sponsor on the car this season, and it would be difficult to imagine that Mr Tebb's largesse would extend to a second unpaid season... #95 is for sale isnt it?

#99 was advertised in the motorsport press looking for a pilot. I would imagine Mr Percat would be the favoured one for that seat...

#62 is for sale... Mr Loadsman's business is being rearranged...

Razor · 20 Dec 2008, 13:36 (Ref:2358824)

Also, I dare say that the Ford BA Falcon has been banned from the 2009 Fujitsu series as it has an areodynamical advantage over the VE Commodore and it's brother the BF Falcon.

What about Perkins Engineering? Are they selling any of their VE's? I saw for a while that Jack has got his VZ Commie up for sale.

kiwi butt · 20 Dec 2008, 22:55 (Ref:2359050)

Everyone has their cars for sale. Go thru the recent ads in the funny papers

- Perkins - 2 VZs
- Marty Brant - 1 VZ
- TKR - 1 BF
- Evangeloo - 1 BA
- Russel - 1 VZ
- Verdniq - 2 VZs
- Sydney Starr - 2 VZs
- Race Imij - 2 BAs
- Loadsmen - 1 VZ
- Jesus loves crashing - 1 VZ
- Rod Nash - 1 VZ
- Tasman Sheepland - 2 VZs 2 VEs
- Brad Jones - 2 VEs 3 BFs
- Deann Neville - 1 BA
- O'Brien Wreckacar - 1 BA

So many old bombs, so little interest in buying them

JackBlahBlah · 20 Dec 2008, 23:56 (Ref:2359071)

A FEW UPDATES

Seiders Racing Team (SRT)
#13 - SRT – Gulf Weston Oil – Colin Seiders - BA Falcon
#19 - SRT - Gulf Weston Oil - David Sieders - BA Falcon

Slade Speed (SS)
#23 - SS – AutoPro – Tim Slade - VZ Commodore

Mattew White Racing (MWR)
#28 - MWR - Lowe Earthmoving – Brad Lowe – BF Falcon
#29 - MWR – DQH - Damian Assailit – BA Falcon
#30 - MWR – PS3/Dick Smith - Grant Denyer - BF Falcon

Howard Racing (HOW)
#27 - HOW – NOVUS/Sherrin Rentals/Crimsafe - Karl Reindler - BF Falcon
#32 - HOW – Sherrin Rentals/Crimsafe/NOVUS – Ian Sherrin - BF Falcon
#37 - HOW – Crimsafe/NOVUS/Sherrin Rentals – David Russell - BF Falcon

Youlden Motorsport (YOU)
#31 - YM – DBA Brakes/www.v8race.com – Luke Youlden - BA Falcon

TAG Motorsport (TAG)
#35 - TAG - Alternative Freight Services – Tony Bates – VZ Commodore
#36 - TAG – Economy Bolt Company - Geoff Emery - VZ Commodore

Greg Murphy Racing (GMR)
#44 - GMR - Industrie/A&I/AWC - Neil McFadyen - VE Commodore
#46 - GMR – A&I Helicopter Services/AWC/Industrie - Dale Wood - VE Commodore
#47 - GMR – Andrew Walter Constructions/Industrie/A&I - Sam Walter - VZ Commodore

Jay Motorsport (JAY)
#42 – JM – JV Crash/Total Tools/Hi-Trans – Jay Verdnik - VZ Commodore
#43 - JM – Total Tools/Hi-Trans/JV Crash– Shane Price - VZ Commodore

Sonic Motor Racing (SMR)
#56 – ADRAD/Camplispace - Bryce Washington – BF Falcon
#57 – Camplispace/ADRAD - Dean Fiore – BF Falcon

Race Image/Novocastrian Motorsport (RI/NM)
#60 - RI/NM - Go-Karts-Go/Chantilly's of Taupo – Drew Russell – BA Falcon
#61 - RI/NM - Chantilly's of Taupo/Go-Karts-Go- Gene Rollinson – BA Falcon

Paul Morris Motorsport (Paul Morris Motorsport)
#68 - PMM - TTM – Brett Holdsworth - VE Commodore

Eggleston Motorsport (EMS)
#38 - EMS –??? – Ben Eggleston- VZ Commodore
#54 - EMS – ??? - ??? - VZ Commodore

Tandersport (TAN)
#41 – TAN - Fleetcare – Leanne Tander - VE Commodore

O'Brien Motorsport (OBM)
#45 - OBM – Wells Smash – Shannon O’Brien - BA Falcon

Wollongong Performance Racing (WPR)
#85 - WPR – Bible Society NSW - Andrew Fisher – VZ Commodore

West Coast Racing (WCR)
#74 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Mark McNally - VZ Commodore
#76 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Glenn McNally - VZ Commodore

Aaron McGill Motorsport (AMM)
#75 - AMM – Kerrick – Aaron Mcgill – BA Falcon

Cam Mclean Motorsport(CMM)
#70 - CMM – TEX On Site/Jaylec – Cameron McLean – VE Commodore
#71 - CMM – Jaylec/TEX On Site – Tim Blanchard – VE Commodore

Action Racing (AR)
#73 - AR – No Fear – Marcus Zukanovic – VZ Commodore

Independant Race Cars (IRC)
#64- IRC – Global Jet/Milwaukee – Michael Trimble – BF Falcon
#65 - IRC – Milwaukee/Global Jet – Andy Knight – BF Falcon

Sydney Star Racing (PMM)
#95 - SSR – ???? – ???? – BA Falcon
#98 - SSR -???? - ???? – BA Falcon

Tony D'Alberto Racing (TDR)
#99 - TDR – Go-Karts-Go – Nick Percat – VZ Commodore

Loadsman Racing (LR)
#62 - LR - Tint-A-Car - Damian White - VZ Commodore

Mak · 21 Dec 2008, 00:09 (Ref:2359075)

Heard a rumor that 2006 F3 gold star winner Ben Clucas is looking to make a return downunder in the 2009 Fujitsu Development Series. Think there are a few people waiting to see how he will go, after his domination in F3. Lets hope he gets a proper go at it!

Chatters · 21 Dec 2008, 01:58 (Ref:2359096)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi butt

Everyone has their cars for sale. Go thru the recent ads in the funny papers

- Perkins - 2 VZs
- Marty Brant - 1 VZ
- TKR - 1 BF
- Evangeloo - 1 BA
- Russel - 1 VZ
- Verdniq - 2 VZs
- Sydney Starr - 2 VZs
- Race Imij - 2 BAs
- Loadsmen - 1 VZ
- Jesus loves crashing - 1 VZ
- Rod Nash - 1 VZ
- Tasman Sheepland - 2 VZs 2 VEs
- Brad Jones - 2 VEs 3 BFs
- Deann Neville - 1 BA
- O'Brien Wreckacar - 1 BA

So many old bombs, so little interest in buying them

You'd know a lot about selling used cars wouldn't you?

**GTRMagic** · 21 Dec 2008, 02:39 (Ref:2359099)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mak

Heard a rumor that 2006 F3 gold star winner Ben Clucas is looking to make a return downunder in the 2009 Fujitsu Development Series. Think there are a few people waiting to see how he will go, after his domination in F3. Lets hope he gets a proper go at it!

Does Mr Clucas have a budget to bring?

mayhem · 21 Dec 2008, 11:14 (Ref:2359189)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi butt

- Jesus loves crashing - 1 VZ

Sorry, but I couldn't stop laughing out VERY loud at that, that is a beauty!!

Razor · 21 Dec 2008, 11:17 (Ref:2359190)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayhem

Sorry, but I couldn't stop laughing out VERY loud at that, that is a beauty!!

What kinda car would Jesus drive?

mtpanorama · 21 Dec 2008, 11:36 (Ref:2359199)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

What kinda car would Jesus drive?

A GODzilla GTR skyline of course

Chucky · 21 Dec 2008, 20:54 (Ref:2359395)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mak

Heard a rumor that 2006 F3 gold star winner Ben Clucas is looking to make a return downunder in the 2009 Fujitsu Development Series. Think there are a few people waiting to see how he will go, after his domination in F3. Lets hope he gets a proper go at it!

It's alright. If he doesn't there'll be plenty of people to make excuses for him.

Mak · 21 Dec 2008, 22:12 (Ref:2359442)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chucky

It's alright. If he doesn't there'll be plenty of people to make excuses for him.

On previous form he has never needed any excuses!

cavvy · 21 Dec 2008, 22:47 (Ref:2359453)

Does TanderSport have a car confirmed?

Falcadore · 21 Dec 2008, 22:56 (Ref:2359457)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi butt

Everyone has their cars for sale. Go thru the recent ads in the funny papers

- Rod Nash - 1 VZ

Is that RNR (franchise holder) or TDR (race team)?

**GTRMagic** · 21 Dec 2008, 23:07 (Ref:2359459)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falcadore

Is that RNR (franchise holder) or TDR (race team)?

Mr Nash had the ex-Autobarn PMM-built VZ in AA a few weeks ago.

JackBlahBlah · 22 Dec 2008, 01:33 (Ref:2359487)

new one

Seiders Racing Team (SRT)
#13 - SRT – Gulf Weston Oil – Colin Seiders - BA Falcon
#19 - SRT - Gulf Weston Oil - David Sieders - BA Falcon

Slade Speed (SS)
#23 - SS – AutoPro – Tim Slade - VZ Commodore

Mattew White Racing (MWR)
#28 - MWR - Lowe Earthmoving – Brad Lowe – BF Falcon
#29 - MWR – DQH - Damian Assailit – BA Falcon
#30 - MWR – PS3/Dick Smith - Grant Denyer - BF Falcon

Howard Racing (HOW)
#27 - HOW – NOVUS/Sherrin Rentals/Crimsafe - Karl Reindler - BF Falcon
#32 - HOW – Sherrin Rentals/Crimsafe/NOVUS – Ian Sherrin - BF Falcon
#37 - HOW – Crimsafe/NOVUS/Sherrin Rentals – David Russell - BF Falcon

Youlden Motorsport (YOU)
#31 - YM – DBA Brakes/www.v8race.com – Luke Youlden - BA Falcon

TAG Motorsport (TAG)
#35 - TAG - Alternative Freight Services – Tony Bates – VZ Commodore
#36 - TAG – Economy Bolt Company - Geoff Emery - VZ Commodore

Greg Murphy Racing (GMR)
#44 - GMR - Industrie/A&I/AWC - Neil McFadyen - VE Commodore
#46 - GMR – A&I Helicopter Services/AWC/Industrie - Dale Wood - VE Commodore
#47 - GMR – Andrew Walter Constructions/Industrie/A&I - Sam Walter - VZ Commodore

Jay Motorsport (JAY)
#42 – JM – JV Crash/Total Tools/Hi-Trans – Jay Verdnik - VZ Commodore
#43 - JM – Total Tools/Hi-Trans/JV Crash– Shane Price - VZ Commodore

Sonic Motor Racing (SMR)
#56 – ADRAD/Camplispace - Bryce Washington – BF Falcon
#57 – Camplispace/ADRAD - Dean Fiore – BF Falcon

Race Image/Novocastrian Motorsport (RI/NM)
#60 - RI/NM - Go-Karts-Go/Chantilly's of Taupo – Drew Russell – BA Falcon
#61 - RI/NM - Chantilly's of Taupo/Go-Karts-Go- Gene Rollinson – BA Falcon

Paul Morris Motorsport (Paul Morris Motorsport)
#68 - PMM - TTM – Brett Holdsworth - VE Commodore

Eggleston Motorsport (EMS)
#38 - EMS – BigPond/EMS – Ben Eggleston- VZ Commodore
#54 - EMS – BigPond/Trek - Andrew Jones - VZ Commodore

Tandersport (TAN)
#41 – TAN - Fleetcare – Leanne Tander - VE Commodore

O'Brien Motorsport (OBM)
#45 - OBM – Wells Smash – Shannon O’Brien - BA Falcon

Wollongong Performance Racing (WPR)
#85 - WPR – Bible Society NSW - Andrew Fisher – VZ Commodore

West Coast Racing (WCR)
#74 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Mark McNally - VZ Commodore
#76 - WCR – Action Mining Services – Glenn McNally - VZ Commodore

Aaron McGill Motorsport (AMM)
#75 - AMM – Kerrick – Aaron Mcgill – BA Falcon

Cam Mclean Motorsport(CMM)
#70 - CMM – TEX On Site/Jaylec – Cameron McLean – VE Commodore
#71 - CMM – Jaylec/TEX On Site – Tim Blanchard – VE Commodore

Action Racing (AR)
#73 - AR – No Fear – Marcus Zukanovic – VZ Commodore

Independant Race Cars (IRC)
#64- IRC – Global Jet/Milwaukee – Michael Trimble – BF Falcon
#65 - IRC – Milwaukee/Global Jet – Andy Knight – BF Falcon

Sydney Star Racing (SSR)
#98 - SSR – EPS – Ben Clucas – VZ Commodore

Tony D'Alberto Racing (TDR)
#99 - TDR – Percat Automotive/Custom Mortgage – Nick Percat – VZ Commodore

Loadsman Racing (LR)
#62 - LR - Tint-A-Car - Damian White - VZ Commodore

Any Thoughts????????

Belly13 · 22 Dec 2008, 02:57 (Ref:2359503)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JackBlahBlah

new one

Paul Morris Motorsport (Paul Morris Motorsport)
#68 - PMM - TTM – Brett Holdsworth - VE Commodore

Any Thoughts????????

Where'd this come from? I certainly haven't heard anything. Last time I spoke to Brett He told me he probably wouldn't be in FV8SS next year, unless he won lotto and got a budget. Or was this just a guess?

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