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While i cant definitely answer that
the aust Gt race on Saturday was due to finish at 5.50 and on Friday they were running event rides until 6 pm there is a 6 pm cut off at the track. I reckon its more to do with ch ten wanting to go to the 5 pm news |
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Not bad weekends racing,
The Crashes were insane / nasty. The efforts of Mr Hazlewood to get out of one of THE most horrific crashes we have ever seen to jump into the super 2 is bl00dy guts !!!! Im not sure if it is smart on the medicos call to actually let him or anyone else do so within 30 minutes still leave me a bit miffed, but at the end of the day absolute proffesional young gun for me. Congrats to Cam and Richie, what am impressive young duo to win the event and nice to see someone else win for a change. nice to see Cams burnout, emotion and his disappointment at beating his team up to park ferme with no one to celebrate with. If Jono Webb needed a reason to continue to be apprehensive with being a co-driver for the big events he definately got one !!!! |
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Hasn't been confirmed, but when the last deal was signed for the circuit to continue hosting the 500 until 2019 there was an expectation that it would probably be the last. Maybe the circuit will live on beyond this, but it's a case of when not if it closes.
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18 Sep 2017, 08:14 (Ref:3768180) | #255 | ||
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Agree, a better system would be to stipulate a driver maximum, so 107 laps irrespective of whether a race is time shortened or not. It could only be abused if a team gambled on a major stoppage and that the race would only run for this number of laps, but given that all teams plan on having their primary driver in the seat for the run home, not likely.
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18 Sep 2017, 08:26 (Ref:3768183) | #256 | ||
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edit, so i looked it up, no racing until november from here |
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18 Sep 2017, 09:14 (Ref:3768200) | #257 | |
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Just because a circuit is supposedly closing in the future is no excuse for permitting racing at a substandard venue. The surface is woeful : patched and bumpy, and the runoffs are extremely sketchy. The safety of the T6 (lack of) runoff would be laughable if it wasn't so scary. This is trumpeted as the season's second-biggest race, yet the joint is on its knees and in disrepair. Are the circuits not inspected once a season to ensure their suitability to host Australia's premier race class ? No good just hoping things won't go wrong in today's climate.
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18 Sep 2017, 09:23 (Ref:3768204) | #258 | |
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The place is rundown in many aspects.
It's probably about 10 years overdue for a resurface. |
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Modifying Rothmans Rise would be as sacriligious as putting a Chicane on Conrod Straight, or chicanes on the Mulsanne.... hang on, bugger....
Isn't the fact that Gommersall walked away from his Torana the biggest testament to the safety of the corner? Quote:
Only the first hairpin off the backstraight and a few hundred metres before the rejoin at Dandenong Rd Corner remain. Quote:
The race had the same cut-off time when Channel 7 was covering the race from 2007 & 2012-2014, and the race also had the same cut-off time in the early 1990s when SBS was covering the event live. |
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18 Sep 2017, 11:34 (Ref:3768239) | #261 | ||
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so whats the reason then if you think its different. to get the trucks home for tea? nearly every sunday event this year (and last) aims to be over so that ch 10 can run a 1 hour highlights package from 4-5pm before the news |
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Clearly the safety apparatus is working fine at that corner. No doubt it'll get looked at in the light of this year's shunts (normal procedure) and there may be some tweaking but in reality the lack of injuries seems to show that status quo is OK. |
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$1M of damage suggest it could be improved if possible |
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Safety structures have nothing whatsoever to do with damage costs - the structures (including the design of cars) are there to protect humans and if the car is knocked around in that process, so be it. |
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The best choice --- given that increase the runoff area size isn't possible due to site constraints -- would be to replace that turn with a nice, safe low speed series of chicanes. I noticed there is some infield space between the horse and car circuits where a low speed chicane could be created to slow the cars well down.
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Bumpy tracks are better than smooth ones.
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18 Sep 2017, 20:37 (Ref:3768405) | #269 | |
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I don't think outright saftey is a massive issue at the corner as history shows us, it's more the repair time that needs addressing. Cam and rich most likely wouldn't have won if the wall was back together even ten minutes quicker. Ifs and buts I know, but food for thought
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18 Sep 2017, 20:59 (Ref:3768411) | #270 | |
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Yeah, another round of pitstops and possibly a safety car would have thrown 4 or 5 more cars into the mix.
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Yes, 6pm news on a Sunday for Channel 7, has been the same for decades
It is the track curfew, has been the same on race day for years And the 1992 race was time certain too, on SBS |
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Interesting how PRA can win enduros off the back of track repairs...
Also, what is with the **** penalties? Coulthard gets a penality for a bump and run, but the penalty is 5 seconds and doesn't affect the race order, what a crock of ****. If someone made an infraction to make a place surely the penality has to be position+more to make it a deterrent? |
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19 Sep 2017, 00:12 (Ref:3768449) | #274 | ||
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The info on the sandown website makes no comment on sunday being different to saturday. Just 6pm Im telling you its to the do with the news on ch 10. what happened in the past is unrelated. ch ten have a race day program that finishes at 5pm for the news and want to keep sandown consistant with that It treats bathurst different as it our rates the news |
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