[iV8SC11-R20] Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 6-9 October (NOW WITH POLL!) - Page 15

fieldodreams79 · 9 Oct 2011, 06:08 (Ref:2967904)

Great finish to the Great Race!

Gaz170 · 9 Oct 2011, 06:09 (Ref:2967905)

Ok that was a great finish, even if it was between 2 Holdens. Congrats Garth & Nick.

FordCosworthPanoz · 9 Oct 2011, 06:09 (Ref:2967906)

Simply Fantastic, both drivers at the max limit without being complete idiots and wrecking each other. Great race, great circuit, great series, great drivers, great teams, good coverage. Would love to see more live V8 Supercars in North America, and despite living out in the Atlantic certainly planning a trip to Austin in 2013.

SilverSpeed · 9 Oct 2011, 06:12 (Ref:2967907)

Woohoo! Stocked Nick Percat won (Lovely person), pitty he had to be paired with Tander (I can't stand him!). But after everything Lowndes/Skaife went through, they deserved to win. Murphy on the podium very lucky...again!

What a blunder by Whincup! Championship changing stuff! Lowndes now in the lead.

Purist · 9 Oct 2011, 06:15 (Ref:2967908)

I was hoping Craig would get it, but I've got nothing to complain about with that finish. Both drove excellently, and pretty darn cleanly. Two supreme professionals in their craft at their best.

I can't imagine having that good a duel in NASCAR. Somebody would punt somebody else, or they'd both end up in a smoking heap. And at Bathurst, those sorts of antics would end with REALLY ugly results.

But again, that was incredible, and heaps of respect to go around for all four drivers in those front two cars.

Matt · 9 Oct 2011, 06:19 (Ref:2967909)

The best race I have ever seen.

sizzle · 9 Oct 2011, 06:20 (Ref:2967910)

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverSpeed

Woohoo! Stocked Nick Percat won (Lovely person), pitty he had to be paired with Tander (I can't stand him!). But after everything Lowndes/Skaife went through, they deserved to win. Murphy on the podium very lucky...again!

What a blunder by Whincup! Championship changing stuff! Lowndes now in the lead.

Talking lucky, Percat put it in the wall, and went where no one usually come back from at McPhillamy and you call Murph lucky... Pleeeaaaassse.
Sometimes you get where you are by good strategy, same with Bright.

Car not charging the battery and it is a blunder by Whincup..............???????

It was a good win but let's not let our HRT coloured glasses hide any facts.

SilverSpeed · 9 Oct 2011, 06:29 (Ref:2967913)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sizzle

Talking lucky, Percat put it in the wall, and went where no one usually come back from at McPhillamy and you call Murph lucky... Pleeeaaaassse.
Sometimes you get where you are by good strategy, same with Bright.

Car not charging the battery and it is a blunder by Whincup..............???????

It was a good win but let's not let our HRT coloured glasses hide any facts.

Murphy fluked a Pole and certian to finish in the back end of the Top 10.

Very poor choice of words by me about Whincup...but you know what I meant

Tourer · 9 Oct 2011, 06:29 (Ref:2967914)

Fantastic, hard fought finish worthy of the mountain.

I was going for CL but really good job by GT to keep the freight train that is Craig on a charge at bay..

Heart rate heading back to normal now.

Armco Bender · 9 Oct 2011, 06:37 (Ref:2967916)

Ford will win next year....

sizzle · 9 Oct 2011, 06:42 (Ref:2967919)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Ford will win next year....

I thought they weren't going to tolerate anything less than a win!

Mixer · 9 Oct 2011, 06:56 (Ref:2967924)

What an absolutely fantastic race, had a bit of everything, and those last few laps were heart stopping action - but great to see a hard, clean race end up with 4 guys with smiles on their faces.

Also how lucky was Nick Percat to get away with that glance on the wall in turn 2? Think you only ever do that once.

Lowndes now into the lead of the championship, and HRT have a big shot in the arm with Ryan Walkinshaw present - and boy didn't he look happy.

I'm wondering now if this so called deal with Rusty to WP will happen, and if not, surely Percat has put his hand up for a drive. Maybe if the Rusty thing happens, Percat out to BJR on loan from WP next year and back for the Supercheap seat in 2013?

SilverSpeed · 9 Oct 2011, 07:06 (Ref:2967929)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mixer

What an absolutely fantastic race, had a bit of everything, and those last few laps were heart stopping action - but great to see a hard, clean race end up with 4 guys with smiles on their faces.

Also how lucky was Nick Percat to get away with that glance on the wall in turn 2? Think you only ever do that once.

Lowndes now into the lead of the championship, and HRT have a big shot in the arm with Ryan Walkinshaw present - and boy didn't he look happy.

I'm wondering now if this so called deal with Rusty to WP will happen, and if not, surely Percat has put his hand up for a drive. Maybe if the Rusty thing happens, Percat out to BJR on loan from WP next year and back for the Supercheap seat in 2013?

I seriously don't think WP can ignore Percat much longer, if they don't give him the 3rd seat they could loose him after putting years of development into him!

Matt · 9 Oct 2011, 07:10 (Ref:2967932)

Ryan Walkinshaw looks like a Bond villain...

promax · 9 Oct 2011, 07:24 (Ref:2967934)

LMAO

i was thinking the same thing!

Reload · 9 Oct 2011, 07:27 (Ref:2967935)

ANOTHER dominant display by Holden and ANOTHER major disappointment from the main Ford teams.
The highlights for me were the CL overtake on "Murph" at the Chase, the great drives from the "kids" in Percat and Thompson and not having to read a post from peckstar in 3 days.
Matthew White needs to stop trying to be a comedian because your not funny Matt and the constant perceived "wishing" for rain and the obligatory Skaife opening up his wallet joke gets a bit boring.

Amaroo Park · 9 Oct 2011, 07:28 (Ref:2967936)

Besnard is just about to drive out the track. I hope the radio is working so someone can tell him when to brake for up coming intersections

Steve Carter · 9 Oct 2011, 07:44 (Ref:2967942)

congrats to all teams on a great race as always - some wonderful stuff there from Garth & young Nick as well as Lowndsey and Mark - being a Blue Oval supporter well done guys and lets look to next year

rich07 · 9 Oct 2011, 07:46 (Ref:2967943)

What a great finish to The Race!

Very happy for Percat and especially for Murph and Simonsen to end up on the podium

, great to see those two guys up there.

Reload · 9 Oct 2011, 08:16 (Ref:2967952)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amaroo Park

Besnard is just about to drive out the track. I hope the radio is working so someone can tell him when to brake for up coming intersections

Was pretty lame, wasn't it !!

Bugger All · 9 Oct 2011, 08:21 (Ref:2967956)

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Originally Posted by Reload

Was pretty lame, wasn't it !!

2 thoughts

1. Where does a driver get off blaming the team (and lack of radio no less) for a driving error??? Cant be good for his career, to blame the dude in the pits, gunna make it hard to work with him in the future surely?

2. He owes two very professional fire marshals a shed load of Jim Beam!!!

Dazz · 9 Oct 2011, 08:28 (Ref:2967957)

Definitely one of the more nail biting finishes we've had for a while.

Lowndes's relentless chase on Tander from way back in the pack was brilliant, as was Tander's defense of his position. One has to wonder if Lowndes and Skaife didn't have to keep queuing behind Whincup if the result would have been different?

I really felt for Will Davison, he'd put in a great drive and deserved a better result, but then again that always applies to a lot of drivers at Bathurst every year.

DJR admitted that Besnard didn't get the "pump the pedal" call, however I would have thought with the rich history of drivers not doing it and ending in tears, it would be something you'd do as a matter of course. I've never been in the position though so maybe with everything going on around you it's easy to forget?

Having a quick think, gee there are some Bathurst wins amongst today's podium, Skaife 6, Lowndes 5, Murphy 4, Tander 3 and Percat 1.

Kingair · 9 Oct 2011, 08:31 (Ref:2967958)

Top marks to the two fire marshalls that got Mr Besnards car asap.

Nice work by Tander and Percat.

Shame car 888 spent a lot of time waiting in the pit for car 88, but still a great drive from Lowndes and Skaife.

Good result from Murphy and Simmonsen for third.

A disaster for Jim Beam/DJR and a poor showing from Jack Daniels racing.

Reload · 9 Oct 2011, 08:33 (Ref:2967962)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugger All

2 thoughts

1. Where does a driver get off blaming the team (and lack of radio no less) for a driving error??? Cant be good for his career, to blame the dude in the pits, gunna make it hard to work with him in the future surely?

2. He owes two very professional fire marshals a shed load of Jim Beam!!!

It didn't look like the warmest of welcomes for Besnard from his team when he returned to his bunker considering the seriousness of the accident. Maybe he had seen them before the shot ?
Whilst GRM didn't have a good day, i think that Garry would feel justified in his decision to let Besnard go after his second crucial mistake in successive Bathursts.

fomoco · 9 Oct 2011, 08:37 (Ref:2967964)

Great to see larko have the two fires from Bessa's accident at the end of the telecast, prasing them, Once again Larko giving support to all us volunteer Marshalls, weather a Bathurst or any track.

Great to see

Well done guys. and thanks Larko for putting the Marshall on Nat telcast.

View Poll Results: So... which pairing is going to win?
#1 Courtney/McConville - HRT Commodore	2	1.82%
#2 Tander/Percat - HRT Commodore	8	7.27%
#3 D'Alberto/Wood - TDR Falcon	0	0%
#4 A.Davison/Brabham - SBR Falcon	1	0.91%
#5 Winterbottom/Richards - FPR Falcon	9	8.18%
#6 W.Davison/Youlden - FPR Falcon	2	1.82%
#7 T.Kelly/Russell - KR Commodore	0	0%
#8 Bright/Jones - BJR Commodore	4	3.64%
#9 van Gisbergen/McIntyre - SBR Falcon	21	19.09%
#11 Murphy/Simonsen - KR Commodore	2	1.82%
#12 Fiore/Patrizi - FFF Falcon	0	0%
#14 Bargwanna/Price - BJR Commodore	0	0%
#15 R.Kelly/O.Kelly - KR Commodore	0	0%
#16 Reynolds/Blanchard - KR Commodore	1	0.91%
#17 Johnson/Besnard - DJR Falcon	8	7.27%
#18 Moffat/Halliday - DJR Falcon	0	0%
#19 Webb/Lyons - Tekno Falcon	0	0%
#21 Reindler/Wall - BJR Commodore	0	0%
#30 Luff/Pretty - LDM Commodore	0	0%
#33 Holdsworth/Ritter - GRM Commodore	1	0.91%
#34 Caruso/Marshall - GRM Commodore	0	0%
#200 Ingall/Perkins - PMM Commodore	2	1.82%
#47 Slade/Gaunt - SBR Falcon	0	0%
#49 Owen/Morris - PMM Commodore	0	0%
#55 Dumbrell/Canto - FPR Falcon	0	0%
#61 Coulthard/Baird - HRT Commodore	0	0%
#77 Denyer/Waters - KR Commodore	1	0.91%
#88 Whincup/Thompson - 888 Commodore	7	6.36%
#888 Lowndes/Skaife - 888 Commodore	41	37.27%
Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll

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