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^ I may remind you that other series such as WTCC or V8 Superstars also use peformance adjusting while V8 Supercars is essentially a single make cup
also the BTC rules were considered for the ETCC (now WTCC) but weren't adopted because BMW stubern backing of S2000 because they had already build S2000 cars, so it was more political crap rather than failure of the rules |
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I think if funding could be raised, Jack Goff and Paul O'Neil would be Tony Gilham's dream team for HARD and I believe he is working with both to make it happen....
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I think Gilham would be right to. Cole has left, and could never outshow Goff, but in his first tin top season he was pretty good.
Meanwhile, the other VW - will that stay with Scott? And I swear he was going to run 6 cars... |
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I believe a SKODA UK backed entry has been discussed...
A lot of rumours, it's which as opposed when, they will come to fruition. |
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I just realised that the tongue and cheek prediction bashes Andy Jordan for contact but not Adam Morgan. That guy was/is a one-man crash montage, to quote Revved Up!
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Meanwhile, I'm sure Dave Newsham will be somewhere OTHER than Speedworks next season...
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To me, Dave Newsham is like Nico Hulkenberg. A ton of speed, but unproven as a title contender, has no money, and is forced to switch from team to team either due to budgetary reasons, or to try and make himself known...
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He dragged that ancient Vauxhall to race wins and podiums. I'm sure if he swapped cars with Adam Morgan, he would be up at the sharp end again. I don't know why the Speedworks cars are consistenly underperforming, but judging by Newshams previous seasons and Morgans form this season, it is not all down to the drivers.
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Wow. I never thought I'd read those two names in one sentence. First and last time for everything, I suppose.
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I reckon TOCA slipped up with boost on the Vectra last year , but credit to Newsham and ES they won some races when the Honda Civic s2000/NGTC of Gilhams underperformed . (It was the most feared car that year ,but given Gilhams huge talent outperforming his budget the car went wayward )
The same Honda car here in Sweden was brilliant in the hands of Thomas Ekstrom but it must be a disapointment for TOCA that STCC didnt accept the NGTC regs as it would have been good for all the teams involved in constructing NGTC cars . Im divided on NGTC Vs WTCC regs NGTC has allowed teams in , but the quality of some is suspect , and its still down to who has the money to test properly which dilutes the racing quality . Supertouring was great but stupidly expensive and turned into a mini F1 paddock . Id like to see all cars in NGTC get the same 2 bar boost ,best car driver combo wins , keep the ballast , but change quali into a showdown through a sprint race and make FP1 and FP2 a combined quali session. make the races slightly longer, no pitstops and a limit on how many drivers can drive for a team in a season . If the leader makes more than a 4 second lead send the safety car out to bunch them up , then everyone gets the chance to make up positions ! |
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Call me ignorant, but aren't the current championship standings showing the best cars and the best drivers at the top? Doesn't that show that despite the balancing it still matters to have the best car and best drivers?
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Sounds like NASCAR to me...
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Does anyone have any theories on why the NGTC cars roll around much more than previous rulesets?
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Do you mean roll through corners, or the fact that there have been 3 rollovers for the 4 seasons where NGTC parts have been allowed, with the previous roll being John George in 2008?
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A wise man once told me that the fastest way around the track is to make the car as soft as you think possible, then make it slightly softer than that. A driver, of course, always wants a car that's sharply responsive, but the stopwatch rarely lies -- the wallowy setup with more mechanical grip is usually much quicker. Steve |
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But if that were the case we'd all be crying here about Honda's domination It's hard to get these things right I guess, you'll always piz off somebody. So far, from my point of view as an outsider, I must say Gow is doing a pretty good job.
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Gow's done it so the best are still the best, but don't run away with every race.
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