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18 May 2019, 03:46 (Ref:3904442) | #26 | |
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15mins to race start. Interesting to see only 6 cars line up for the F4 race. At what point do they throw in the towel?
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18 May 2019, 03:54 (Ref:3904443) | #27 | |
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Live Stream not on air for the race ?
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18 May 2019, 04:03 (Ref:3904444) | #28 | |
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When however is propping it up either a: finally realises they are flogging a dead horse ( was it ever even alive ? ) , or b: runs out of money. I don't care which option it is, as long as it is sooner rather than later.
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18 May 2019, 04:10 (Ref:3904445) | #29 | |
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18 May 2019, 04:10 (Ref:3904446) | #30 | |
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Moffat car being removed from the grid.
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18 May 2019, 05:18 (Ref:3904448) | #31 | ||
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And... Mr Bright wins the first ever CTCRA race!
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18 May 2019, 07:51 (Ref:3904468) | #32 | |
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Experience pays off.
The GRM and Kelly cars were woefully slow. Hardly surprising given their performances in Supercars. |
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18 May 2019, 08:14 (Ref:3904474) | #33 | |
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At Sydney Motorsport Park today and the TCR race was pretty good. Bright really showed his experience. Cars are interesting and varied. Also many more people at the circuit for a Saturday compared to any other Shannon’s meeting I have attended. There is real interest in TCR, especially with the younger ones. A promising start
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18 May 2019, 08:14 (Ref:3904475) | #34 | ||
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Dont confuse the Teams with the cars, the Renault's need a lot of work, as does the Subaru and the Opel, and it will take some time to make these cars competitive. Cheers, Mark. |
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18 May 2019, 08:31 (Ref:3904479) | #35 | |
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Hi Mark, I was there in attendance.
The Astra is a proven race and championship winner. |
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18 May 2019, 10:41 (Ref:3904489) | #36 | ||
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It was a good start.
Not exciting as the first Supertouring race at Eastern Creek all those years ago |
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18 May 2019, 20:59 (Ref:3904560) | #37 | ||
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PS. I am little confused that TCR did not seem to follow on their plan to use BTCC type reverse grids and success ballast. I fear races 2 and 3 may be rather dull without these measures. |
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19 May 2019, 02:07 (Ref:3904591) | #38 | |
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Heimgartner citing gear selection problems as to a contributor to his lack of race pace yesterday.
Hopefully the tail end Charlies can lean on the tyres a bit more today to close up the field. |
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19 May 2019, 03:49 (Ref:3904596) | #39 | |
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Race 2:
1. Brown 2. O'Keeffe 3 D'Alberto |
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19 May 2019, 04:44 (Ref:3904601) | #40 | |
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They're dropping like flies...
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19 May 2019, 04:54 (Ref:3904603) | #41 | ||
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It works, it compresses the top cars/drivers and the tail end Charlies together -- they should do it IMO. Not that the racing action was completely terrible as is, but the closer, the better. |
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19 May 2019, 04:54 (Ref:3904604) | #42 | |
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Race 3:
1. Brown 2. O'Keeffe 3. Almond |
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19 May 2019, 05:29 (Ref:3904607) | #43 | |
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i thought the s5000s would run at this event . what happened ?
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19 May 2019, 05:39 (Ref:3904608) | #44 | |
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Well one did.
They debut at Sandown. |
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19 May 2019, 05:44 (Ref:3904609) | #45 | |
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cheers .
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19 May 2019, 07:55 (Ref:3904621) | #46 | |
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First dummy spit of the year goes to Nathan Morcom, after being penalised for hitting everything except the safety car.
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19 May 2019, 09:51 (Ref:3904637) | #47 | ||
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From Speedcafe: On Sundays, only 30 minutes will be allowed between the end of Race 2 and the closure of pit lane for the start of Race 3, with the added challenge of a 10-minute parc ferme period following Race 2.
Teams will therefore have only the 20 minutes, at which time cars must be parked at 45 degrees on the pit apron, to effect any repairs between races. Refuelling is not permitted but tank capacity covers the two races, and any other work is allowed. ... yet hanging over the balcony as cars came back to the garages after R2, I heard the car controller for the KR Subarus call for Heimgartner's car to be rolled into the garage for refuelling, then once rolled back out Molly's was also. Being on the roof I didn't see what happened downstairs ovbviously, but didn't seem like rules were followed. Last edited by Axeman444; 19 May 2019 at 10:01. |
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19 May 2019, 11:14 (Ref:3904645) | #48 | |
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Not a bad effort for their first round. It was quite entertaining once they started figuring out their machines. I could easily watch more of this....
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19 May 2019, 13:57 (Ref:3904660) | #49 | ||
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I thoroughly enjoyed it. Better than anticipated. Hopefully it can build from this.
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