[VASC17R19] Wilson Security Sandown 500: 15-17 Sep

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by rich07

No love for the Mostert livery, going by the placement of the Supercheap logo they hired Stevie Wonder again

Supercheap and Jet are the wrong way around in my opinion, saw it and straight away I didn't like the placements, and the purple

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by champcarman

I never feel Touring Car racing as a historic thing but anyway some seem to.

Getting back to the racing , can we expect a result from anybody else outside the cars that have dominated the sprint rounds, will a new star emerge amongst the co-drivers, will the gun Teams co-drivers have an effect on the 2017 Championship, will the weather be a factor, will the veteran combination of Lowndes/Richards be a factor, history (that word again) tells us that Sandown can throw up an odd result?

So many questions to be answered on Sunday.

My prediction for the top 5, no particular order as its so hard to call

Lowndes/Richards
Whincup/ Dumbrell
SVG/Campbell
McLaughlin/Premat
Coulthard/D'Alberto

In saying that though, all 5 of these drivers in recent history 15 on haven't had the best of luck, SVG was the best of the lot with 2nd last year. Frosty and Canto as well as Owen and Chaz showed the best pace but were trapped by rain last year

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by champcarman

Getting back to the racing , can we expect a result from anybody else outside the cars that have dominated the sprint rounds, will a new star emerge amongst the co-drivers, will the gun Teams co-drivers have an effect on the 2017 Championship, will the weather be a factor, will the veteran combination of Lowndes/Richards be a factor, history (that word again) tells us that Sandown can throw up an odd result?

So many questions to be answered on Sunday.

Last year Garth won sandown, to that point he had had one podium

[GTRMagic]

WP Reinvents HSVDT 2007-Style



Does anyone else see an irony in WP celebrating the championship win of the bloke they punted after this exact race meeting last year,

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by champcarman

I never feel Touring Car racing as a historic thing but anyway some seem to.

Getting back to the racing , can we expect a result from anybody else outside the cars that have dominated the sprint rounds, will a new star emerge amongst the co-drivers, will the gun Teams co-drivers have an effect on the 2017 Championship, will the weather be a factor, will the veteran combination of Lowndes/Richards be a factor, history (that word again) tells us that Sandown can throw up an odd result?

So many questions to be answered on Sunday.

Back in the day, the season endurance used to be the time when new sponsors showed up on some teams, some naming rights, some support, so that the liveries that were on the cars most of the sprint season, were maintained and suitably adjusted to incorporate the new branding.

New chassis used to debut at this event too.. to get a fresh car on the grid, fully sorted, for Bathurst.... instead we keep them around until someone in Super2 wants to buy them, otherwise they become Grandpa's axe...

Instead too, we get a full rewrite of history... for the purposes of creating additional interest in the newly painted/stickered chassis.

It is no small expense to resticker a car, to change racesuits for drivers and crew, to change pit walling in garages for the weekend. Maybe some merchandise sales offset this for some teams.. but it is still a cost nonetheless..

It would be interesting to know whether the general public, the casual viewer, actually gets benefit through increased interest from the revised stickerage for this weekend...

...especially since in a month, it usually goes back to the regular championship season design anyway...

[GTRMagic]

[mceci1]

Good old V8 driver humour

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Ha!

[Backagain]

Originally Posted by mceci1

Supercheap and Jet are the wrong way around in my opinion, saw it and straight away I didn't like the placements, and the purple

JET ??? Where are you seeing that ?

[sizzle]

SCT sort of looks like Jet!





Maybe

[Umai Naa]

Ozjet?

Stoddart is going V8s?

With Webber?

Holy crap, I'm putting none and one together and coming up with 12!

[anthony81901]

GRM liveries; Tander's based on the VS he debuted with the team with in 1998 and Moffat's on his father's 1987 WTCC VL.

https://autoaction.com.au/2017/09/13...es-sandown-500

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

GRM liveries; Tander's based on the VS he debuted with the team with in 1998 and Moffat's on his father's 1987 WTCC VL.

https://autoaction.com.au/2017/09/13...es-sandown-500

Story Here

[rich07]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

WP Reinvents HSVDT 2007-Style



Does anyone else see an irony in WP celebrating the championship win of the bloke they punted after this exact race meeting last year,

That is quite funny. Im liking the banter on facebook too

[Umai Naa]

GRM cars look pretty good.

[peckstar]

This looks like a pretty cool experience

Nissan ‘Circuit Safari’

[GTRMagic]

Is prodrive on board with the retro round?

Video Here

Looks like #5 and #6 & #56 are staying the same?

[mayhem]

Are teams 'encouraged' or 'obliged' to participate in retro round?

[chavez]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Is prodrive on board with the retro round?

Video Here

Looks like #5 and #6 & #56 are staying the same?

Maybe they are making the statement that their best years are already behind them.

[peckstar]

New Leader



Brock's first HRT livery reborn for Sandown

[Razor]

Really nice to see the lion and helmet again

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by chavez

Maybe they are making the statement that their best years are already behind them.

Not a lot of thought goes into it is my impression, just the want for results. Also, Bottle O, Monster and Mega don't really have a livery that's retro and would suit, maybe a FTR design for Mega, but colours for the other two don't go well if it isn't green in some form.

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by peckstar

New Leader



Brock's first HRT livery reborn for Sandown

I do like that livery, but something is just not right with someone else other then Lowndes running it.

[chavez]

Originally Posted by mceci1

I do like that livery, but something is just not right with someone else other then Lowndes running it.

Give the Swedish florist a steer.

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by chavez

Give the Swedish florist a steer.

It'd be a long time coming!

I think he's actually retired now, though.