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It doesn't make sense for the Australian Touring Car Championship to only include American cars and not include Asian and European cars. Quote:
The loud naturally aspirated crossplane V8s would still be there, but there would be more variety too. Perhaps a maximum of six or seven cars per manufacture regulation is needed? That would encourage some of the 888 customer teams to not run the Camaro, but to run one of the other vehicles. [Heck the Mercedes C63 is going to a four-cylinder turbo with a hybrid system, but that's a discussion for another day... Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 30 Apr 2022 at 16:38. |
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30 Apr 2022, 17:57 (Ref:4108512) | #1077 | ||
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Will it stop SVG winning?
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1 May 2022, 12:44 (Ref:4108568) | #1078 | |
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I’m sure he will start to get beaten more, but he should still get enough wins to be a championship challenger
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Don't think SVG will be beaten anytime soon. He'll be like Whincup - winning lots of titles and races for years to come. Shame McLaughlin left - these two would create a great title fight. De Pasquale is good but certainly not good enough at the moment - maybe it's also a matter of DJR not being as strong as it used to be with Penske's support. Tickford's getting more and more mediocre so even if Waters was on top of his game, he could win a few races and that would be it. Brodie and Will Brown seem very talented, although driving for Erebus they won't win with SVG. Also, they'd need some time to be able to win with Van Gisbergen in the same car. Mostert can be great on a good day but WAU is not consistent enough to give him chances to battle with SVG on equal terms.
All in all, I guess Van Gisbergen will win a few titles in row before someone really challenges him. I'd like to be mistaken, however, as it's quite boring seeing one guy winning over and over again - no matter how impressive that is. |
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1 May 2022, 18:26 (Ref:4108608) | #1081 | |
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Somehow still surprised he has only two titles.
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1 May 2022, 18:27 (Ref:4108609) | #1082 | |
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Probably because in the past few years there were two names who prevented him from winning - McLaughlin and Whincup
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2 May 2022, 08:17 (Ref:4108650) | #1083 | |
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This idea of boring seems to be an internet thing as it was never a factor pre internet. Maybe the fans are more easily bored than when we had to get our news via magazines and news papers.
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2 May 2022, 13:10 (Ref:4108662) | #1084 | |
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Perhaps it is, the biggest problem in my opinion is that it seems Van Gisbergen really doesn't have a rival. Take McLaughlin's dominance, for instance. There was Whincup racing then, Van Gisbergen as well, the dynamics of DJRTP v Triple 8 really made it much more exciting even if most of the times it was McLaughlin who came up on top.
I may be a bit biased of course as I was a fan of Scotty, whereas I've never particularly liked Triple 8 for whatever reason (despite cheering for SVG from his earliest days in Supercars) so my perception is definitely influenced by that. Nevertheless, I'd like to see someone really challenging Van Giz, at the moment, no one is even close. |
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If there were no fan complaints before popularisation of the internet, why was there a campaign to ban Sierras and Skylines and their "boring domination" from the ATCC?! |
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In the Group A era where you had to have the latest car in an unsustainable arms race, there was only one way it was going to go. The R32 GTR was arguably the last product of the famous Japanese bubble era of unlimited budgets. Unfortunately now if you own one, the spend required to keep all the electrogubbins working is also unlimited. |
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The call for change, whether brought upon by fans or Channel Seven, which ran polls asking their viewers if the rules should be changed to make the Commodore more competitive, was superseded by the fact that Group A was dead (in respect of touring cars) and a replacement formula had to be found. |
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Turbochargers were the future after all, and a Walkinshaw Group 3A Commodore fitted with the boosted six from the Lotus Vauxhall Carlton would presumably have outperformed the pushrod-V8 versions (be it Group A SS or HSV Clubsport) that actually made it to production... IIRC, the EB Falcon XR6 nearly outperformed the EB Falcon XR8 even without a turbo, so a 1993 version of the Falcon XR6 Turbo racing in Group 3A alongside Group A Sierras would be most logical too. If need be, the R32 & then R33 Skyline did have a sedan bodystyle too to directly match the Falcon and Commodore, if 4 doors were a priority for the Group 3A regulations. With it being about the same size, there seems no reason not to have a Skyline on the grid in Cochrane's "Straight Six Supercars"?! Then, as now, there seems to not be sufficient priority placed on catering (pandering?) to non-American auto makers in the ATCC. That Supercars will pay for a Camaro homologation but not pay for a Z homologation makes no sense. Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 4 May 2022 at 14:13. |
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It was from the other competitors mainly and once a year at Bathurst. Now it is a never ending whinefest on the internet because someone wins more than two races in succession.
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Yes I agree. So what if one driver dominates? As long as there is close competitive racing, it shouldn't matter too much
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SVG is ok, but lacks that little bit that would make him more palatable or it could just be the team around him that makes everyone feel like that. Which then leads on to, if T8 weren't at the top of pile and SVG was winning, what would peoples opinion be then?? |
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12 May 2022, 12:34 (Ref:4109743) | #1094 | |
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Scotty was good for the series, he had a good head on his shoulders. And yes there have been a few whose ego have been unbearable. That's the thing, it's bad enough for the same driver wins all the time, but it's worse if he shows a lack of humility
I like SVG, he's a good character and is exciting to watch and quite good to listen to too. He's been in a good team in T8, but he deserves his success all the same |
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7 Jun 2022, 15:45 (Ref:4113424) | #1095 | |
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No change to Goodyear Eagle tyres from Dunlop Sport Maxx, it seems Goodyear don't have enough motorsport manufacturing capacity in Europe or North America, so manufacturing will stay with Sumitomo in Japan and hence the tyres will continue with Dunlop branding.
https://autoaction.com.au/2022/03/31...-has-blown-out With the way Dunlop is split between Sumitomo and Goodyear, it seems neither entity is wanting to invest heavily in pushing new Dunlop product in recent years, which is really a shame for the iconic Irish tyre brand. New Falken and new Goodyear products respectively seem to appear on the market far more frequently than new Dunlop products. A lot of Dunlop products from either company seem to be at least two generations behind the equivalent Falken or Goodyear at this point. Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 7 Jun 2022 at 15:51. |
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19 Sep 2022, 13:53 (Ref:4126497) | #1096 | ||
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Have Supercars made the wrong choice by sticking with ICE at a time when both the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger will soon be transitioning to electric?! If the Mustang is the only remaining ICE muscle car in 2024, wouldn't a one-make Mustang series be more authentic? Meanwhile Ford Performance are releasing a Mustang GT3, which could race neatly against the BMW M4 GT3 and others, and arguably make Gen 3 regulations redundant anyway... |
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19 Sep 2022, 21:33 (Ref:4126525) | #1097 | ||
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GT3 cars cost an absurd amount - many of them easily in $1m territory. They are much more fragile and less repairable than any Supercar. They have yearly upgrades that cost equally as much and cars are rendered uncompetitive very often after a new car appears. Most importantly moving to GT3 would never be considered for Supercars as most of the teams are manufacturing businesses that make stuff to go racing. If you don't understand that now you should really stop commenting. |
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Thinking manufacturer representation from the likes of BMW, Nissan, Lexus and Mercedes as you find in GT3 is unimportant is what is truly missing the point! Quote:
I'm all for a return to free chassis design, but the idea teams are allowed to design their own chassis, suspension, pedal boxes, uprights, throttle bodies, dry sumps etc under Gen 3 is demonstrably wrong. You have two control engine suppliers and nearly all control parts for the entire car... Pray tell, what parts ARE the CNC machines at Brad Jones Racing or Grove Racing actually allowed to make under Gen 3? Certainly not the front uprights anymore, nor the dry sumps, nor the throttle bodies, nor... Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 20 Sep 2022 at 11:33. |
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Manufacturers develop GT3 vehicles to sell to CUSTOMERS, and make a profit doing so. With recent currency movements a competitive GT3 car will surely be in the $1.2m range, and if you crash one properly you need another one. Let's not forget even at B12hr this year 2 entire new cars were required after Practice 1. How many COTF cars have been written off and could not be repaired cost effectively? The up front purchase price is somewhat irrelevant when you realise that current front runners are running cars 3+ seasons old. |
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