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13 Nov 2019, 08:20 (Ref:3940326) | #952 | |
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Former Sim racer Matt Simmons confirmed in one of the Subarus.
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15 Nov 2019, 03:59 (Ref:3940678) | #953 | |
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FP1 run and done.
Peugeot was a no-show. Heimgartner fastest. Ms Angelo was also reasonably quick in the other Astra. Mr Allen was also speedy in the second ASM Alfa. Several other pilots were somewhat slow. |
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16 Nov 2019, 00:40 (Ref:3940856) | #954 | |
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Interestingly, qualifying has returned to status quo- all the regular from runners are back at the top - with Pither and Moffat trading places.
Shame the Pug continues to be a no-show. |
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16 Nov 2019, 00:55 (Ref:3940859) | #955 | |
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O'Keefe on pole.
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16 Nov 2019, 05:44 (Ref:3940869) | #956 | |
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Why has the Pug been a no show?
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16 Nov 2019, 06:26 (Ref:3940877) | #958 | |
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Waiting on parts to be air freighted in.
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17 Nov 2019, 06:03 (Ref:3941042) | #959 | |
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TCR Australia 2019 is done.
It's been several hours since the last race, yet no updated points since yesterday, including Mr McAdam's 40pt penalty. Race reports are only trickling in now. Funny business afoot? |
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17 Nov 2019, 07:25 (Ref:3941050) | #960 | ||
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A couple of enjoyable races today.
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17 Nov 2019, 11:02 (Ref:3941078) | #961 | |
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17 Nov 2019, 11:55 (Ref:3941089) | #962 | |
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Pretty good effort for the first year. Look forward to next season.
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A lack of reliability is actually refreshing in this day and age of bullet proof motor racing.
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Not sure the manufactures appreciate it though. Was hoping to see the Subarus run with a bit more pace over the weekend. That will be something for Mildun MS to work through over the break. |
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I have been thinking about the reliability issue with the 500km Bathurst announcement.
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19 Nov 2019, 01:39 (Ref:3941523) | #966 | |
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TCR cars do 24hr races on the regular...
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19 Nov 2019, 01:53 (Ref:3941526) | #968 | |
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Aside from crash damage?
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19 Nov 2019, 03:35 (Ref:3941536) | #970 | |
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I guess the fragility was the point I wanted to make before rather than reliability. GRM aim to improve the Renault through re-homologation with stronger parts.
You can see from the suspension failures from the first round - where some cars have been built stronger than others. Also engine failures too. Shouldn't be too hard to engineer solutions. That said we have seen suspension and engine failures in (V8)SC this year too. More cars on the grid may make failure seem less apparent too. |
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19 Nov 2019, 18:49 (Ref:3941662) | #973 | |
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Hi Mixer,
Maybe some of the various manufacturer's TCR variant's are "Very Fragile" however, IMO the regular form 'horses' like the Honda, and Hyundai are very strong car's, as TCR cars have high minimum weight's to meet, which means that all have factory OEM steel doors c/w side intrusion bars in place etc, so no need to skimp on critical components weight's. Our Signature Homes, Hyundai TCR car survived a real wheel banging, 'wall of death' incident at Timaru a few weeks ago which snapped the inner rod end of the drop-link, and bent the caster rod, both of which we could have replaced [if we had a spare's at that time] in less than 5 minutes, which is nothing in a 24 hour race. Compared to our Audi GT3 car our Hyundai TCR car is as equally tough, and a fraction of the cost to run. The 24 hour Spa race was poorly supported because of very high cost's as none of the manufactures subsidised any of the teams so most of the drivers were amateurs bringing budgets of EURO 50,000 plus each. Which meant that some of the top teams like Target Competition didn't support the race. The recently announced International TCR Bathurst 500K race will have significant interest from around the world, and as a Team, we will will be entering both of our Hyundai TCR car's in this stand alone event. Cheers, Mark Petch. |
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Mark, what I think they need to address is DNFs due to very minor front to rear contact getting radiators etc, but I guess by doing so you start the death of a thousand paper cuts that ends up in a Supercar.
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