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Old 6 Aug 2006, 06:21 (Ref:1674609)   #1
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Chad Reed to V8 Supercars? (merged)

Chad Reed has hinted that he would like to race MotoGP or, which he said he would perhaps like to do more, race V8 Supercars.

Personally I think the is no room for him in the current V8 Paddock unless anyone signs him because of his status (which may I remind you is mainly a US fanbase), so I don't think there is a chance of him racing here in the near future unless someone gets really desperate.
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 09:15 (Ref:1674698)   #2
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I am curious as to why he doesnt flex the Yamaha link and have a go at road racing for a while....
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 10:53 (Ref:1674791)   #3
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Aren't Yamaha a sponsor of HRT? Could we maybe see him as next years prize recruit, a la Courtney & Briscoe?
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 11:14 (Ref:1674813)   #4
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Aren't Yamaha a sponsor of HRT? Could we maybe see him as next years prize recruit, a la Courtney & Briscoe?
PWR, surely you can slot him in your DAYS OF OUR DRIVES wish list cant you?
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 11:23 (Ref:1674823)   #5
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Wouldn't that be the 2008 list, after FPR poach him to replace Briscoe, based on Chad's performance in the 2007 enduros @ HRT?
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 13:49 (Ref:1675295)   #6
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If Bazz and Mick Doohan can hop from bikes into Supercars, why can't Reed to it?
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 21:26 (Ref:1675968)   #7
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If Bazz and Mick Doohan can hop from bikes into Supercars, why can't Reed to it?
Because, The history of bike riders to Touring cars/v8 supercars doesnt fair too well!
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 23:29 (Ref:1676061)   #8
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Because, The history of bike riders to Touring cars/v8 supercars doesnt fair too well!



With the late Gregg Hansford being the most obvious exception ???
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Old 6 Aug 2006, 23:49 (Ref:1676076)   #9
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Johnny Ceccotto did O.K. in a Touring Car. Graham Crosby was good.
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Old 7 Aug 2006, 00:01 (Ref:1676090)   #10
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Wayne Gardner...?
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Old 7 Aug 2006, 03:27 (Ref:1676180)   #11
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Captain Chaos... Yes, I remember him all too well.

Not many bike riders have had a successful move to four wheels, except Valentino Rossi, who seems damn near invicible on two or four wheels.
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Old 7 Aug 2006, 03:41 (Ref:1676189)   #12
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Wayne Gardner...?

Hansford won at Bathurst, and was certainly 'up the pointy end' more often than 'The Captain mk2'.

I'd say Hansford made the transition easier & faster than some others.

A tragic loss, at a circuit that still has not implemented the Victorian Coroner's reccomendations, from the Hansford inquest.
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John Surtees and Mike Hailwood spring to mind as well as good bike riders who turned successfully for car racing.

Johnny Cecotto, Wayne Gardner, Graeme Crosby and Gregg Hansford as mentioned all made the switch successfully as well.

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If Bazz and Mick Doohan can hop from bikes into Supercars, why can't Reed to it?
Bazz had plenty of 4-wheel experience prior to testing the SBR Falcon, competing in the BTCC in 1985, he also raced Trucks in 1986 (in that case 6-wheel experience), and in later years doing major damage to one of Peter Brock's Ford Sierra in a testing accident at Winton.


On topic, i wasn't of the opinion that Chad Reed was all that serious when he made the comment.
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Old 7 Aug 2006, 04:56 (Ref:1676209)   #14
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If hes good enough theres no reason one of the other drivers wont get the flick.
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Hansford won at Bathurst, and was certainly 'up the pointy end' more often than 'The Captain mk2'.

I'd say Hansford made the transition easier & faster than some others.

A tragic loss, at a circuit that still has not implemented the Victorian Coroner's reccomendations, from the Hansford inquest.
What recommendations were they?
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Sports Tonight just showed Chad in a V8 Supercar up at the PMM workshops (the Holden Performance Driving Centre). A sign of things to come?
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How old is he ? I thought I heard 24 but that doesnt seem right at all ?

Maybe a sign of things to come in 10 or 15 years.

Funny RC just signed a Nascar deal aswell.
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HRT have had Aussie - international's for the Enduro's Courtney,Briscoe could we see Reed next (if there is no Motocross event coliding with Sandown and Bathurst?
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Good on him for taking a current model Supercar fresh from 6th at Bathurst for a burn... and from the account Mr Morris shared, he is impressed with the guy behind the wheel.

No reason Mr Reed cant come to V8Supercar... he has sustained many injuries in motorcross... so a switch to cars would have to be infinitely better than falling off the bike.. as well as the jolts, jerks and bumps sustained in the course of normal competition...
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He is quite intent on making Supercross into something of a mainstream sport here in Oz, he is coming back to race here next year by the looks. Whatever happened to SEL's involvement in Supercross by the way?
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$US 1.5 mil helmet sponsorship

This lad is heading back to the US to earn a quid .... $US 7.8 mil is being reported - does any team in Aus have a TOTAL budget anywhere near this?

Dreamers in the far queue to the left ....
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i think in he might do the enduro events as he realy would like to race v8's if it dosn't colide with his schedule,and that wouldn't effect his financial status and that way he can keep making his millions in the US with the bikes and make an annual apperance (schedule aproving) in the enduro's.
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Chad just signed a contract with Nike that he himself said was valued between 1 and 2 million, so as cavvy says, he is certainly doing well for himself. Whilst on bike riders, I reckon Shawn Giles would go OK in cars as well, he carried himself well at the GP this year in admittedly a weak field.
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but of coarse even though he is a bike rider he has racing experience and he was going to beat anyone without race experience so it was abit slack putting him up against that field IMO.
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