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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
Is there still a chance Supercars could adopt GT3 regulations? It would be by far the best way to attract a wide range of manufacturers to the Supercars series (be they Mercedes, BMW, Audi or others), as the 11 manufacturers racing in the Bathurst 12 hour already demonstrates.
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Unfortunately GT3 racing only attracts manufacturers because they see the dollar signs. They don't support GT3 racing other than making very expensive things that go fast.
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
Let's be honest, the local Australian GT series is rather dire as far as a fan spectacle goes. For it to be merged with Supercars, and become a professional level series (in terms of drivers) would be nothing but positive.
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Yes, the timed stops thing is just a mystifying total ****up that destroys the spectacle of watching the guys race.
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
While it would be a shame to lose the local fabrication aspect of Supercars, the benefits would outweigh the losses IMO. Besides, a locally built & intentionally homologated Mustang GT3 (as one doesn't exist yet) would still provide for plenty of fabrication work at either DJR Team Penske or Tickford Racing. Walkinshaw Andretti may choose to locally build a Camaro GT3 and/or Corvette GT3 (assuming 888 becomes the works Mercedes team in the Supercars series).
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You're somewhere between hopelessly optimistic and insane.
There's already a GT3 Camaro homologated by Reiter.
The elephant in the room if you want to posit this is a hypothetical is the astronomical cost of current GT3 machinery, and eye wateringly high cost of crash damage, AND the much lower repairability compared to a bespoke race car like a Supercar. I sit here before lunch Saturday of the B12hr weekend and we've already lost 3 cars to crash damage and there's a Bentley hanging in the balance. You wanna have a proper GT3 crash and ruin the tub? $500k thanks. I reckon that covers both Chaz and Scott's crashes at the Gold Coast, and probably still have a lot of change left - and those are once in a season or less incidents.