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3 Mar 2006, 03:46 (Ref:1535112)
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Baird, Besnard shown door
Baird, Besnard shown door
By Ray Kershler March 3, 2006 CONTROVERSIAL V8 Supercar team owner Craig Gore has sacked both of last year's drivers ahead of the new season. Although there has been no official announcement from Gore's WPS Racing team, official entry lists for this month's Clipsal 500 reveal David Besnard and Craig Baird have both lost their drives. Gore has listed Jason Bargwanna and Max Wilson as the drivers of his two-car entry for the opening round of the season. Gore inherited Bargwanna from a deal with Larkham Motorsport last year but Wilson, a Brazilian who came to Australia for the 2002 season, is a surprise choice. Baird and Besnard were 23rd and 25th respectively in the V8 Supercar championship last year and there are suggestions they will drive in the less high-profile Carrera Cup for Porsches this season. Kiwi Baird is a 15-time winner of the New Zealand V8 championship but has struggled for results in the Australian series. Advertisement: Besnard, who was brought up in Sydney's southern suburbs, has had disappointing results since arriving back from overseas in 2000. The Daily Telegraph |
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3 Mar 2006, 05:08 (Ref:1535123)
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Good old Kerschler. Right on the pace, Daily Telegraph. Send him off to cover bowls - this story was in the motorsport press (MN etc) on Wednesday, bandit.
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3 Mar 2006, 05:37 (Ref:1535132)
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That Kershler really takes the cake doesnt he, right on the ball...not.
Bessy and Baird are really nice blokes who can drive but unfortunately are just another casualty of the Gore "chew em up and spit em out cause we think we know what we are doing show" Anyone like to take bets on how long Gore stays in the industry before he runs out of people to burn. |
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3 Mar 2006, 06:19 (Ref:1535144)
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Baird won many a race in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in BMWs, but i ask Ray, when did he ever win anything in a V8 over there? |
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3 Mar 2006, 07:14 (Ref:1535156)
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These are the same two drivers who have been shown the door from every team they have driven for in V8's are they not. It would appear now that there are less and less team owners gulible to employ them and so they have/will move to the Cup Cars in some sort of an effort to resurect their flagging careers. Both drove for SBR and both could not perform with any sort of consitant pace or finishing rate, one went to FPR and continued to crash into anything in his way, whilst the other went to team Kiwi and probally was not in the bvest car to be honest but did little to inspire. Not sure who "Bessy" is driving for in Cup Cars , but what a gig the VIP ride is, anyone who saw Youlden getting crashed into by his car owner at Indy will know what a great gig that is. i hope they can settle down and get some results, I hold far more hope for Baird than the other gumby. 
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3 Mar 2006, 07:24 (Ref:1535160)
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sorry guys old news, i thought was new
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3 Mar 2006, 07:37 (Ref:1535172)
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You think about this , the herald today ran the exact same pictures as the mags did, what is the go, no personal photo. Just the same stuff that gets emailed to them |
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Succes is a result of judgment,that is inturn a result of experience that has come from instances of bad judgment. "Montoya made some last minute changes to his suspension but it seemed to effect it's handling"-Classic
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3 Mar 2006, 09:31 (Ref:1535247)
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People People People you must remember that the one & only Mr Ray Keshler is Aussie Bernie & v8$supercar Australia favourate and number 1 scribe.So that must mean he must be on the pulse
Sorry Mr Fogarty ( AF ) He did win the v8 award for press in 2004. . 
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3 Mar 2006, 09:38 (Ref:1535255)
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I thought it was poor form for Caltex to be written about in last Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, and the photo they chose to run was of the Besnard/Wills Qld 500-winning AU..... it was a huge pic too, almost A4 size...
They obviously havent heard of Rusty yet.. 
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3 Mar 2006, 09:51 (Ref:1535262)
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3 Mar 2006, 20:59 (Ref:1535685)
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15 time V8 Champion.. How old is Bairdo again???
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4 Mar 2006, 00:47 (Ref:1535822)
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Bairds a better option than Max Wilson in my opinion, but as the AC/DC song goes.... "Money Talks, BS Walks" !
That WoW Woops steely car looks a right royal shambles to me!!! |
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4 Mar 2006, 04:46 (Ref:1535881)
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4 Mar 2006, 11:13 (Ref:1536045)
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Its great to see that max has a drive for 2006, drove a poor car in 2005 with a engineer that didn't listen to him in a very underfunded team and was always quicker than he should of being also a bloody good racer have a look at how many times he crashed last year and the amount of times he broke down it might surprise you and have a look at his postion when he broke down. Should have being higher in the championship at the end of the year!!!!
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4 Mar 2006, 22:33 (Ref:1536381)
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5 Mar 2006, 13:15 (Ref:1536639)
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If I was Bairdo and Bessy, I wouldn't wanna drive either of those cars either...they look shocking. A five year-old would've done a better job designing those cars.
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