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Yeah if only he had won DVS, just imagine... he could have had the illustrious career 2013 winner Dale Wood has had so far .....................................................
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Mostert lost that championship due to some bonehead moves, resulting in a significant points penalty.
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For sure. Not descrediting how the championship panned out.
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The Nissan discussion is interesting. Presumably it is dependent on whether Nissan continues to fund the team. At this late stage of the year, you can only presume that Nissan would be the Kellys weapon of convenience/choice next season regardless, being very late to change brands/powerplants for a single season.. Not impossible to switch, the underbody architecture is similar, just clunky. |
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Even if Nissan say 'No Deal' to the Kelly's (unlikely IMO) I doubt they'd do a Volvo and demand that they remove the car entirely from the series, so I'd reckon there'll be Nissans on the grid in 17.
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The 2017 Altima (at least at the moment) has some pretty significant design changes in the looks department. Would Nissan want an out of date shape raced? Would Kelly's have to homologate a new body?
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Will anyone notice a change in the design changes? They're only selling a dozen a week or something aren't they?
And while Nissan dilly-dallies on its VASC decisions, it confirms a factory backed effort in the Australian GT3 series. Nissan confirm a GT3 entry for Caruso What does this mean for their upcoming VASC decision? Something? Anything? Nothing? Last edited by mayhem; 1 Sep 2016 at 05:47. |
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As much as I like bent 8 racing, GT racing seems to more popular in Asia , than saloon style cars. It may come down to this , What do Nissan want: GT Racing across the world Saloon car racing in Aust ??????????????? interesting decision to come out of Nissan HQ |
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ROI- Sales in the markets Aust Market: % of new car sales There is a lot Nissans in the drift series along the east coast, but they are older models . Nissan campaigns the Ultima in Supercars, does it sell enough to promote Nissan to the general public ? Will running in GT series here and in NZ improve sales ??????? Versus: Asian and European markets ? ROI - is always a tricky subject to get an answer to from manufacturers, normally it comes back to sales |
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Lights turned out on night race in NT
VASC certainly cant take a trick with some of these big announcements, another one disappearing into the ether. |
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That's a massive shame. I remember the night racing at Calder and that was a great spectacle so to do the same thing at Hidden Valley would be even better. |
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So the Kelly Gang to race Altima's no matter the decision from Nissan. Wise move I would suggest
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Seems an odd confirmation in the world.. I got that we speculated it here.. its entirely another to share about it officially You would wonder if Nissan Japan would read this story & figure that the Nissan program would continue anyway, without having to financially back it.. |
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Even if they did get night racing sorted, they'd just put it up against another night event like Parramatta Speedway, or one of the footy codes, and negate whatever gain they might've had from it.
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