2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour: 4-7 February - Page 13

Rodger Davies · 11 Jul 2015, 14:14 (Ref:3557549)

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Originally Posted by Reload

Our resident Ten-Tenther scud Lago has had a huge crash in his Carrera Cup Porsche today. Reports are that he's pretty much okay which is great news.

Fingers crossed, some things are more important than who owns the 12h

Reload · 11 Jul 2015, 22:30 (Ref:3557623)

Scud spent the night in hospital with a punctured lung, broken rib(s) and a tibial fracture.

J Jay · 11 Jul 2015, 22:37 (Ref:3557625)

Damn, here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery.

velly4 · 12 Jul 2015, 04:33 (Ref:3557685)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

thats kind of sounds fair, but im going to the same local soccer club to get my steak sandwich at the 1000 that i have for 30 years. It was closed at the 12 hour.
When i went to the 12 hour (2014) there was 3 places to buy food (ok plus the hotel), none appeared to be local sports clubs (might be wrong about the guy at the top of the mountain who appears to be the same as at the 1000)

The only local food site left is the cycle club on Hell Corner. The rest of the local clubs no longer have the set ups to run at the mount due to Tony and Co banning them years ago.

Try and twist it however you like but Tony ****ed off a lot of local people when he took over.

one five five · 12 Jul 2015, 04:45 (Ref:3557690)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

you hate V8SC that much that even though everything else will be the same you wouldnt go?

Everything won't stay the same

Do you expect free pit entry to remain under "V8SC-rule", what about the freedom to wonder around the front of the pits after the track has closed for the day as has become a 12hr tradition on the Friday and Saturday evenings in recent years.

If V8SC promote the event, they will want to make their mark and "V8SC-ise" it like they have done the 1000.

And velly4 is right, the 1000 these days is unrecognisable.

peckstar · 12 Jul 2015, 05:11 (Ref:3557693)

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Originally Posted by one five five

Everything won't stay the same

Do you expect free pit entry to remain under "V8SC-rule", what about the freedom to wonder around the front of the pits after the track has closed for the day as has become a 12hr tradition on the Friday and Saturday evenings in recent years.

If V8SC promote the event, they will want to make their mark and "V8SC-ise" it like they have done the 1000.

And velly4 is right, the 1000 these days is unrecognisable.

i dont know bout the pits, time will tell. no matter who promotes it that will change when crowd get to an appropriate level because there is only a maximum that can fit in the pits and its a simple way to make cash

i would expect the friday and saturday evening wandering around to continue because thats what happens at the 1000 also

and of course its unrecognisable, the bathurst council spent a lot of money to upgrade the facilities and all the other changes have been applied at the 12 hour also. ie having to pay for camping, no alcohol etc. Crowds have never been bigger at the 1000 so changes have to happen to get bigger crowds and deal with the logistics of such..

however the latest news suggest the sky is not falling, the v8s will not be part of the 12 hour event , however that doesnt mean v8 supercars will not be promoting the event

peckstar · 12 Jul 2015, 06:04 (Ref:3557703)

so i might have heard this incorrectly but in less time than the 12 hour has been around v8 supecar events have created a new event on a new track that has nearly 5 times the crowd of the 12 hour.
Somehow this is a bad thing for the 12 hour, because it means that some people might have slightly less access than they currently have and it might cost a bit more but more people will come

Hingo · 12 Jul 2015, 06:21 (Ref:3557705)

It was good to see the older Ford GT being so competitive in Townsville I'd love to see that car in the 12 Hour. The Porsche GT3Rs were also quite good.

Reload · 12 Jul 2015, 06:54 (Ref:3557713)

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Originally Posted by Hingo

It was good to see the older Ford GT being so competitive in Townsville I'd love to see that car in the 12 Hour. The Porsche GT3Rs were also quite good.

I didn't realise that the GT had that sort of pace in it, so credit to Steve Owen.

one five five · 12 Jul 2015, 11:01 (Ref:3557771)

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Originally Posted by Reload

I didn't realise that the GT had that sort of pace in it, so credit to Steve Owen.

It would definitely be a great addition to the race, however you get the feeling if Weeks was going to enter the race in the time he has owned the car he would have by now.

Didn't VDS Racing talk about wanting to enter a Mustang in the 12hr a few years back, or am i thinking of something else?

rich07 · 12 Jul 2015, 11:13 (Ref:3557780)

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Originally Posted by one five five

Didn't VDS Racing talk about wanting to enter a Mustang in the 12hr a few years back, or am i thinking of something else?

Yeah that was VDS Racing Adventures, not to be confused with Marc VDS who race in BES (two different teams). From memory the car didn't show.

Speed-King · 12 Jul 2015, 11:20 (Ref:3557784)

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Originally Posted by rich07

Yeah that was VDS Racing Adventures, not to be confused with Marc VDS who race in BES (two different teams). From memory the car didn't show.

Naw, Marc VDS also had a short-lived Mustang program... must've been around 2011 or so. Lots of trouble with the homologation for those, though, so they saw hardly any racing hours.

rich07 · 12 Jul 2015, 12:08 (Ref:3557817)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Naw, Marc VDS also had a short-lived Mustang program... must've been around 2011 or so. Lots of trouble with the homologation for those, though, so they saw hardly any racing hours.

VDS Racing Adventures were the ones thinking of bringing the Mustang but yeah it wasn't the GT3 car that Marc VDS was developing, the VDS Racing Adventures Mustang was some oddball spec car.

Hingo · 12 Jul 2015, 12:32 (Ref:3557827)

Speaking of no shows, what ever happened to that Ginetta coupe that was supposed to race this year?

Hingo · 12 Jul 2015, 20:48 (Ref:3557972)

Actually it was a Radical, not a Ginetta

D.R.T. · 12 Jul 2015, 21:20 (Ref:3557983)

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Originally Posted by one five five

It would definitely be a great addition to the race, however you get the feeling if Weeks was going to enter the race in the time he has owned the car he would have by now.

Didn't VDS Racing talk about wanting to enter a Mustang in the 12hr a few years back, or am i thinking of something else?

I believe Weeks has put an order down for a new Audi so savour the GT while we have it

Reload · 12 Jul 2015, 21:28 (Ref:3557986)

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Originally Posted by Hingo

Actually it was a Radical, not a Ginetta

I thought it was both ?

Snowman. · 12 Jul 2015, 22:28 (Ref:3558012)

No it was the Radical RXC.

They didn't get enough people to commit to running 3 of them as per Class I rules. The big issue for them locally is that outside of a Class I invitation for B12HR they have no other series that will let them compete so they are a lot of coin for 1 race a year. (Aust GT and Prod Sports all said no to letting them run).

Shame as they are a cool little bus IMO.

Reload · 13 Jul 2015, 03:18 (Ref:3558075)

I knew I wasn't seeing things, but it never eventuated.

Ginetta GT3 to join Australian GT ranks

7 August 2014 National News

British sportscar firm Ginetta will be represented in the outright ranks of the Australian GT Championship for the first time later this season with the impending arrival of a GT3-specification G55 Read More

Reload · 13 Jul 2015, 03:21 (Ref:3558076)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

I believe Weeks has put an order down for a new Audi so savour the GT while we have it

Seems likes it's going to be a rush from delivery to testing and being ready for the 12hr with the new Audi of which it looks like there's going to be a few of them ?

TCR · 13 Jul 2015, 03:38 (Ref:3558081)

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Originally Posted by Reload

I knew I wasn't seeing things, but it never eventuated.

Ginetta GT3 to join Australian GT ranks

7 August 2014 National News

British sportscar firm Ginetta will be represented in the outright ranks of the Australian GT Championship for the first time later this season with the impending arrival of a GT3-specification G55 Read More

Michael Hovey has the Ginetta GT3 which ran at the PI 101 and Townsville. Unfortuantely tagged the wall in one of the early sessions and never made it to the gris for any of the races.

There was an article suggesting a couple of Radical RXCs were looking to come down for the 2015 B12Hour, but that never eventuated.

Reload · 13 Jul 2015, 03:46 (Ref:3558083)

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Originally Posted by TCR

Michael Hovey has the Ginetta GT3 which ran at the PI 101 and Townsville. Unfortuantely tagged the wall in one of the early sessions and never made it to the gris for any of the races.

There was an article suggesting a couple of Radical RXCs were looking to come down for the 2015 B12Hour, but that never eventuated.

Yep, so 0 for 2 for the 12hr unfortunately.

TCR · 13 Jul 2015, 03:51 (Ref:3558084)

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Originally Posted by Reload

Yep, so 0 for 2 for the 12hr unfortunately.

Yep. Sorry, I was getting confused between the 2015 GT Championship thread and the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour threads

Hingo · 13 Jul 2015, 05:06 (Ref:3558091)

Ah ok. Thanks guys. Makes sense.

Snowman. · 13 Jul 2015, 05:29 (Ref:3558094)

One thing to note however is that the Ginetta G55 GT3 is NOT on the SRO eligible vehicles document for any SRO event (and it's not also currently on the B12HR list of eligible vehicles either).

In Europe I'm pretty sure it only runs in the British GT series. I know I heard a few local mumbles at the 101 when Matt Campbell was fast in it given there is no official SRO BOP documents for it.

So it would be interesting to see if they'd let one run at B12hr. It's is on the eligible list so I expect they would. I know they are a little more liberal with the rules here - at least in the other classes. The Class C Exige Cup R sure ain't GT4 spec but is allowed to compete (and is the main reason IMO why we don't really see many Class C cars entered as that thing is miles faster than the other GT4 spec cars).

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