[iV8SC11-R19A,R19B&R19C] L&H 500 Phillip Island - 16-18 September - Page 5

osrg · 18 Sep 2011, 09:48 (Ref:2957551)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Read the words from Mr Swetnam... talks well of mechanics, talks well of drivers... but doesnt talk at all about engineering...

Lets see what washes out.. but by nobody's standards was this an acceptable result!

And you need to ease up on the detective work and go get some fresh air........ Anyone can read an article and make an assumption, you seem to make many.... too many in my books.

**GTRMagic** · 18 Sep 2011, 09:54 (Ref:2957553)

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Originally Posted by osrg

And you need to ease up on the detective work and go get some fresh air........ Anyone can read an article and make an assumption, you seem to make many.... too many in my books.

Go buy yourself another book...

osrg · 18 Sep 2011, 10:12 (Ref:2957561)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Go buy yourself another book...

Nah... You actually give me a good laugh with your oracle like posts.. Its annoying as all get out at times, but amusing as well.

peckstar · 18 Sep 2011, 10:16 (Ref:2957563)

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Originally Posted by osrg

Nah... You actually give me a good laugh with your oracle like posts.. Its annoying as all get out at times, but amusing as well.

but ... sometimes he is right,

so you have to take things on board, but as with all posters a healthy dose of skepticism

Marcos WTF · 18 Sep 2011, 10:20 (Ref:2957564)

Cracker of a race. And to watch SBR snatch defeat from the jaws of victory- well 2nd at best- was a treat.

And the "generation 2 dream team" of serial whingerII and muppet II for the frod appologists didn't exactly set the world on fire either.

Still there is one bright spot for the frod appologist. Frosty finished exactly where he would have been had he started on pole.

peckstar · 18 Sep 2011, 10:23 (Ref:2957567)

can anyone translate that please?

peckstar · 18 Sep 2011, 11:40 (Ref:2957587)

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Following an investigation and an admission by Dale Wood Car #25 that he drove in a careless manner, contact on Car #18 James Moffat, the Stewards imposed the penalty of the loss of 25 Championship Points from Dale Wood.

this amuses me for three reasons

first the results sheet show there wasnt a car 25. that might be just a typo or maybe i didnt pick up there was a number 25.

second and more importantly this in theory means that it will be alright at Bathurst for Mr Skaife to move cars out of the way and even into the wall and it will be only Mr Skaife that gets a penalty and both Craig and Mark will be considered winners

third 25 points effectively drops him behind the car that was two laps behind him on the track, efficetevely a two lap penalty where as if Mr lowndes/skaife had got the penalty it would have dropped them from 1st place to 2nd place or just 6 seconds of penalty, surely this fixed penalty is inconsistant

in the past you were given the equivelent of a drive through which meant the mr wood would have dropped back to the rear of the lead lap or 5 poistions or a 16 point penalty

dsg · 18 Sep 2011, 12:00 (Ref:2957597)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

but ... sometimes he is right,

Like a broken watch?

Mixer · 19 Sep 2011, 00:18 (Ref:2957822)

Very entertaining race all round, interesting to see the pace that #2 and #6 had at various times, but both cars were too hard on their tyres it seemed.

888 and 88 looked very strong all day but 88 didn't have the pace at the end where 888 seemed to do it at a canter.

SBR as usual eats front tyres, was the same when Abrose drove for them. Commentary even mentioned their front geometry being different to everybody else. They will be nowhere at Bathurst.

Curiously utterly lacking any sort of pace were the JBR cars and #4. Wind out of Alex Davo's sails now that he's had the chop? Not a great job interview. I can't see him having a full time drive next year. Back to Porsches I think. Mind you Slade was nowhere too.

Courtney again very average too. Barely saw him all day.

Trev Campbell · 19 Sep 2011, 00:40 (Ref:2957825)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Ahhh... but can they keep the tyres under it all day? Could be good fun if they can given his team bosses are annoyed he didnt yield to one of them yesterday...

The answer is yes, A great drive by Reynolds / Blanchard to finish 6th. A pity channel 7 gave them about 2 seconds of tv throughout the day !!!!

mac · 19 Sep 2011, 03:42 (Ref:2957843)

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Originally Posted by Reload

Shame the #8 had a drive through as they may have been a factor.

I only saw bits of the race yesterday... Was that for the altercation with How-Many-Lines-Can-I-Occupy-In-The-Braking-Zone Richards early in the race?

sizzle · 19 Sep 2011, 03:48 (Ref:2957844)

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Originally Posted by mac

I only saw bits of the race yesterday... Was that for the altercation with How-Many-Lines-Can-I-Occupy-In-The-Braking-Zone Richards early in the race?

Yep

mac · 19 Sep 2011, 03:56 (Ref:2957846)

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Originally Posted by sizzle

Yep

That's absolutely ridiculous... My previous post will probably indicate why I think so.

Armco Bender · 19 Sep 2011, 06:14 (Ref:2957865)

2 Fords in the top 16...

Kingair · 22 Sep 2011, 05:57 (Ref:2959397)

Nice result for Dave Reynolds, always good to finish in front of the boss.

Could somebody please explain, why the boss took the work car keys off him for the weekend and he to get a lift down to PI with a mate?

Now he has lost his engineer as well, time to move on Davey!

**GTRMagic** · 22 Sep 2011, 07:59 (Ref:2959426)

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Originally Posted by Kingair

Nice result for Dave Reynolds, always good to finish in front of the boss.

Could somebody please explain, why the boss took the work car keys off him for the weekend and he to get a lift down to PI with a mate?

Now he has lost his engineer as well, time to move on Davey!

According to AA, Mr Crennan suggested it was because they had 'people' that needed to get to Phillip Island, and that Mr Reynolds could catch a lift with one of the team members.

Take a squiz of the side skirt of #16 at Phillip Island.... and notice the 'Hertz' branding.. the team could have leaned on a sponsor for an additional car...

**GTRMagic** · 22 Sep 2011, 08:06 (Ref:2959429)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

so you dont think that the worst that happened from both cars coming together was a slightly sticking door which probably made no difference was a a bit of good luck.

Of interest, in the HRTtv footage after the event , Mr McConville discussed a similar door crunch issue on #1, with a collision with Mr Baird the identified cause.

So HRT seems to copy the 888 strategy to the letter

Who says they arent thorough?

I would imagine both teams are now looking at how their doors are fastened to the chassis, and building a solution to the door failure issue. Had the hits been slightly different in each case, the door may not have relatched and flapped open in the breeze.. possibly costing each car a result

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