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So the NZ touring car Championship rolls on
Tough break for Tander though. Love him or hate him, Courtney had a very good race considering his qualifying, they obviously found a lot in the garage between qualifying and the race. Winter bottom seemed to pull one out of the bag, finally. Simon 23rd, so nothing new there, despite all the "new track, equal playing field hype". Whincup is pretty dirty after the race. Not used to being the guy that has to stack, shoe's on the other foot now son, suck it up Last edited by JAFA851; 25 Aug 2018 at 08:05. |
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SO was it just me or did you all feel similar in saying, rather boring race weekend.
Great for no one knowing a new track and its limits but the racing itself seemed like a F1 procession to me. |
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Watching on TV I thought both races were BORING BORING.
The telecast was very poor. It was often hard to work out where cars were, and frequently only one car on screen. I’d love to hear from spectators who were there. I think the place is a waste of money. A much smaller circuit would have been better. |
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that's the first round this season where i got bored.
i don't think supercars, or most race cars really, work on modernized technical circuits where the main challenge is the track but the track itself isn't that interesting. passing at the top of bathurst isn't easy either but the track up top there is really interesting to watch sandown next though and it's an awesome quirky track that has good racing |
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The facilities look impressive.
Hopefully they'll build a decent race track around them one day. |
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There was a lot made of the 18 corners - three times that of Qld Raceway said Skaife ! (he is good), but did it provide three times the racing, three times the entertainment - it certainly seemed to provide three times the engineering & driver challenge.
It should only take around 5 years for the asphalt surface to oxidise enough to counteract the sand - need to give it time to age a little. It also appears the pit entry/exit were not properly modelled to make them safe - diverge and merge speeds with the racing line should be the same. |
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All that track did was highlight how over governing and control has ****ed up what was a good series - Parity smarity
It also highlighted how 'they' (read: 'race control') couldn't control the outcome, i.e. "a sprint to the end" - no safety cars to bunch them up etc |
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I am sure they looked very hard and long at that driveshaft, hoping it would roll on to the track and provide the excuse to "manage" the racing.
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I was there all 3 days and have to agree the V8 races were a bit ho-hum.
But you get that in racing, not all races are going to be edge of your seat excitement. Unfortunately for Ford fans, the weekend was about chasing 888 and failing. Parity can't be totally to blame, because Saturdays 20lap Porsche race was fantastic to watch. FF put on a good show too. The place needs a little more shade around the place. Trees will assist with the dust issue also. There are some long walks across rough terrain which I'm sure will be addressed in time. I was concerned for some of the older folks with the walking, maybe some temporary seating would have helped to give people places to rest as they make their way to their destination. Wind was crisp but the sun was warm. More toilet facilities required I think. I spent a bit of time Friday on the mound at T14/15/16 which was a decent viewing spot but no toilet close by (this was where the biggest bar was too ironically). With large grids spreading out throughout the race, you could look across at the run between T13 and 14 and behind see cars racing between T5 and 6, then behind that you could see them between T6 and 7 and then further back again moving between 9 and 10. With GA tickets I had no access to the building so will have to return on a "lesser" weekend for a look, but I comfortably watched Sundays qualifying from behind the RedBull pit bays (my son was standing close by doing the same with DJR garage) and was impressed with the garage sizes and access. Further back from the track, other categories also seemed to be looked after well with good sized permanent garages and plenty of room to move about. Overall an impressive place, I look forward to watching it continue to develop. |
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Main issue is that Dunlop went too conservative with their tyre choice and ran the hard compound rather than the Super-Soft option so there was next to no tyre wear and teams were struggling for grip.
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Fantastic facility and the support classes provided some great racing. Perhaps a reminder to Australian Motor Sport fans that racing exists outside of Supercars! Probably the place needs a bit of fine tuning to appeal to trackside fans. More big screens, higher spectator mounds etc. Year two (of Supercars) will provide a better test when we see how many fans return, curiosity would have been a factor this year. Apparently it took some time to get out of the car parks but once on the Highway traffic moved OK. Overall though an 8 out 10 |
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Mate, I have worn the same headset as race control, you can call it a tinfoil hat theory if you want . I have heard Schenken first hand
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Yeah the TB 2019 round will be interesting to see the sites development progress and the number of fans that return. Comparing it to SA's CBD race, I thought there was a real difference in the attitude of the people attending, mainly less people on the **** and more interest in how teams and categories tackle a new track. (in short, more people interested in the motorsport, rather than the event)
Getting in and out of the track was quite easy for us for 2 of 3 days. Its a little slow in the carpark when leaving but once you were on the highway and reached the 80kmh section it was business as usual. Except for Sunday after V8s last race. We were stuck for 40 minutes in the one spot watching all other lines moving. We had the Territory so I eventually followed the lead of other 4WDs and hit the dirt until I reached the highway intersection 3 minutes later. Maybe a few more officials required to keep ALL lines moving next time. Was a great family weekend, I'm glad I made the effort. |
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