[iV8SC15R34R35R36] Coates Hire Sydney 500, Homebush: 4-6 Dec (WITH POLL) - Page 6

Umai Naa · 6 Dec 2015, 07:31 (Ref:3595845)

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had a chuckle at that interview.

bluesport · 6 Dec 2015, 08:34 (Ref:3595850)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reload

Held some hope that we would see some good racing this weekend, however all we got was the same processional crap.

Hmm, yep, you got that right.

Casper · 6 Dec 2015, 09:40 (Ref:3595861)

And then there was this, last race at Homebush??

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...06-glgqh9.html

D.R.T. · 6 Dec 2015, 09:58 (Ref:3595864)

Its a far cry from the below predictions

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Originally Posted by Tony Cochrane

“We’ve proven this (the 2000 Olympics venue) is a fantastic event precinct,” Cochrane said. “We’re just going to build on this now. This is only purely limited by your imagination now.

“I reckon in three to four years there’ll be a quarter of a million people attending this event every year.”

http://www.motoring.com.au/motorspor...sh-roar-17623/

Casper · 6 Dec 2015, 10:02 (Ref:3595866)

It is one thing to promote an event and another to lose money on it. Homebush was never a good venue and Gosford should be better in every way.

Samwhk · 6 Dec 2015, 20:41 (Ref:3595958)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

I doubt Steve Owen will be getting a Christmas card from Tim Edwards this year

I would've thought Heimgartner would be a better bet than Owen, given that he's been driving all year, and was still hanging about in the PRA shed.

redesp · 6 Dec 2015, 21:30 (Ref:3595974)

What Happened to Ash Walsh. Why was Alex Davison in the car?

Umai Naa · 6 Dec 2015, 21:33 (Ref:3595975)

They benched him to move the car slightly further up the grid.

redesp · 7 Dec 2015, 00:48 (Ref:3596000)

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Originally Posted by Umai Naa

They benched him to move the car slightly further up the grid.

Thanks for that... sounds like what 111 did.
I heard Erebus mention that they still didn't have a pilot for his car next year but I missed why he wasn't driving.

Sandgroper · 7 Dec 2015, 01:42 (Ref:3596017)

Congrats to Frosty, kept calm under pressure over the weekend and deserves the Championship.

Reload · 7 Dec 2015, 02:52 (Ref:3596025)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rich07

I doubt Steve Owen will be getting a Christmas card from Tim Edwards this year

I don't think many expected what he dished up. Yes he had some mechanical issues, however his qualifying and race pace was ordinary at best.

Umai Naa · 7 Dec 2015, 03:01 (Ref:3596029)

So Winterbottom/Canto, Chaz/???, Waters/???

I guess we'll have to wait and see who pops up in a PRA DVS car next year.

johnh875 · 7 Dec 2015, 06:14 (Ref:3596058)

Another lucky escape for SVG from the hit/pass on Courtney IMO, it looked like he still had a lot of turning, and slowing down, to do at the point the two cars collided. Mind you, we want to see racing so I am not advocating to come down hard on everything.

I wonder if they can use something the Hawkeye system from the cricket to figure out whether he would have made the corner (allowing racing room for Courtney!) without the collision? Probably too hard to set up, apparently the cricket system uses 6 cameras to feed the system, which would not be feasible for 10-15 corners per circuit.

Umai Naa · 7 Dec 2015, 08:40 (Ref:3596077)

They have separate on-board data that helps to detirmine these things.

The point is, Mr Courtney was as much responsible for allowing racing room, as Mr van Gisbergen was.

It's the same old thing, week in, week out. The guy being passed, turns down on the guy trying to make a move. He wouldn't have turned in that early on the previous lap, and that's pretty much what they look at.

Formula 5000 · 8 Dec 2015, 09:23 (Ref:3596357)

On Natsoft is says #222 Jack Perkins excluded. sad end to a great year but why was LDM excluded?

Umai Naa · 8 Dec 2015, 09:32 (Ref:3596361)

Tyres were found to be below the minimum pressure.

johnh875 · 9 Dec 2015, 20:30 (Ref:3596676)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

They have separate on-board data that helps to detirmine these things.

The point is, Mr Courtney was as much responsible for allowing racing room, as Mr van Gisbergen was.

It's the same old thing, week in, week out. The guy being passed, turns down on the guy trying to make a move. He wouldn't have turned in that early on the previous lap, and that's pretty much what they look at.

I understand that, I just think van Gisbergen would have hit Courtney no matter how much room had been left, so SVG was lucky that Courtney squeezed him.

MarcosAmbroseFan · 9 Jan 2016, 06:34 (Ref:3603267)

Neil Crompton says he's found Greg Murphy's actual Coates Hire portaloo and teases him about the infamous five-minute penalty at the 2002 Bathurst 1000.

http://www.v8superfans.co.nz/crompto...he-sydney-500/

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