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I have photo from a race at Sandown somewhere but I can't find it at the moment. I believe it was from the Truck Racing Meeting at Sandown that was sponsored by Woolworths! From memory there was at least one B Series Mazda and a couple of Rodeo's. |
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YAWN what a boring category..............I might be premature but may as well include Landcruisers, Nissan patrols etc
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Nissan even had a "works" team in the series, with lead driver Warwick Rooklyn. The great old Wide World of Sports TV show even did a feature story on the category, which included Charles Stewart competing in one of the rounds at Oran Park in Rooklyn's spare Nissan |
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1. I thought they said they were going to lower them!?
2. No racing tyres (temporary measure?) 3. What's with the enormous tyre outer diameter? The are on 20" but still high profile - looks ridiculous. 4. Why are the tyres so narrow. 5. See 1 Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 6 Jul 2017 at 17:09. |
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In these photos I'm fairly sure they weren't set to ride height
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Maiden SuperUtes track test close
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The ute seems to be set down on the cornering weighting scales in the pic. With the aggressive offset and huge tyre diameter they have chosen (which I don't agree with), I don't see how they could lower it any further without the tyres rubbing.
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I gotta say, theyre visually unimpressive, they look more like the type of ute a driver would stand in the back of on a drivers parade lap. And they aren't going to sound great either, lets be honest. Here's hoping the racing is good. It will need to be.
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Flogging a dead horse, let the Ute Series die with dignity and concentrate on support categories that are already drawing the numbers
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Now that there are a few utes built competitor interest is really picking up. I know of a few ex ute racers that are very interested in the new series and also some bigger name teams that are very interested in maybe running utes...............budgets permitting of course
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Presumably a link to RSR would make the most sense for them. If RSR runs one of their 3 units with a works pilot aboard (say a prodrive enduro partner without a regular gig) it would be very competitive |
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Have the regulations for superutes been released yet?
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What will be on show at Bathhurst will look a lot different to what was seen at Townsville thats for sure. In some way it was a shame that they showed the Triton with its wheels and tyre's sticking way outside the body work, but I guess there was so much pressure on Supercar's to have the vehicles there they could not afford to be a "no show". I for one an certain that this series will get off the ground both in Australia and in New Zealand. |
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New Great Wall out (Steed), however only a 2.4l diesel, which would leave it a bit short on power (and only a 5 speed) Navara is also a 2.4l but has a twin turbo model, (not sure if that becomes a parity problem) |
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It seems a few parts of the puzzle are in the process of materialising now for next year
http://www.speedcafe.com/2017/07/12/...rutes-options/ Last edited by PS2244; 12 Jul 2017 at 12:55. |
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However, depending on the interest of Ssangyong Korea it may also be possible to homologate the new Actyon Sport ute sometime next year, as the NZ Ssangyong Actyon Sports Series finish's on the 27th March next year, after its fourth and final season. |
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Australian to race in NASCAR Eldora Truck race
Dirt track, Nascar truck race do we have a track they can run on in australia outside quarter mile or so speedway tracks |
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