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Of course there are less in the grandstands for Supercars than F1 - F1 is the "main event", the reason for many being there, whereas Supercars is a support & like any support does not draw the same interest as the "main event". It is an important part of the program though and AGP was on record some years ago about the millions $ wise that Supercars brings to the event - which is why Supercars gets its own pit lane, so yes, smaller than F1 at the AGP (as you'd expect) but still significant. Quote:
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I think V8 Supercars will be fine. The series is currently finding it's feet and the new gen cars seem to be working
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Edit: That International Layout: ISTR the "race of a thousand years" ended up with Don Panoz (who acted as promoter with the SA govt), ended up taking the SA Govt, Tourism Authority and SA Motorsports Board to court, suing them for something in the $20 million range ..... they had signed a 10 year deal with Panoz to run the event annually but it did not get past a date being set for a second event. Cancelled by the Govt. Eventually settled out of court several years later. Firmly against the event being a regular event was Cochrane who did not want to have the Adelaide 500 position weakened by an International event so close in timing to 'his' 500. I agree with Tourer.... cant see any further bites at that cherry. Last edited by E.B; 26 Mar 2023 at 07:35. |
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Bit OT but I'm hearing solid mail of a Formula E appearance in the future, potentialy at EC and The Bend?
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I'm not surprised, the series doesn't seem to be fashionable to Toyota. I would be surprised if we bet anymore makes at this time
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It's hard to understand why Gen 3 was not introduced with a wide variety of vehicles from the get-go, instead of building 14 Camaros. |
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I thought these new Gen cars were good. They sounded great, didnt look dissimilar to the previous generation of supercars. Of course around Newcastle its hard to see how they will race on faster tracks but i think the potential is there. Just wish we outside of Australia could watch this weekends races from Melbourne...
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How bloody good is Tom Randle representing Castrol? We've had Castrol in the sport for a long time without these amazing sorts of activations that seem to come from some contacts Randle has from his overseas experience. Last year he has Alonso take him for a hot lap in his car at Albert Park, now he has had the 3 Alpine drivers drive the car around the Thunderdome. I love to see intelligent, bright and marketable blokes who REALLY work hard on the commercial side - not just stickers on the side of a car. Thomas is like Mr Castrol - all over their ads and podcast ads, and constantly building his own personal profile with the brand. I'd suggest he's the strongest commercial property at Tickford despite Cam Waters arguably being team leader - where are the Monster activations with big OS stars? Not like they don't have any. Despite me being a GM guy, I will comfortably barrack for good guys like Randle or Chaz on the blue side. |
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https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/the-tech...ould-help-djr/ COG testing to be conducted: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gen3-sup...y-parity-test/ |
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30 Mar 2023, 07:50 (Ref:4149658) | #1413 | |
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They did it, they achieved the goal. Todays race was great, much closer, good action and parity seems to be good too.
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First 4 cars home were Camaros and the first Ford over 14 seconds back from the winner.....in a 19 lap race. That might have some Ford people disagreeing.
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TBH it was a bit of a tongue in cheek post on my part.... reality is im on the same page as you suggest. I must admit also my preferences these days are more team / driver related than red or blue.
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I think it would be wise for DJR to manufacture a run of the raised rear wing mounts, just in case they are required and need to be homologated. It remains unclear why the rear wing was lowered on the S650 Gen 3 compared to the S550 Gen 3, when the two Mustangs have the same roof profile (the S650 road car is an extensive facelift, rather than a new chassis). Hopefully the remaining Albert Park races will be more favourable for the Mustang and show that there isn't a deficiency in high-speed aerodynamics. Noting that Supercars' VCAT testing is conducted only in a straight line and does not consider yaw effects as found in actual cornering... Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 30 Mar 2023 at 22:41. |
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Also you have to take into account it seems only the Chev teams used the tyre loophole...
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Yeah but they only changed two tyres in the pit stop almost everyone else did 4. Some quirk in the rules or something.
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Two fires, apparently from failure of a control Gen 3 electrical component:
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Not a good look for the Gen 3 ATCC product! The idea you wouldn't set the competing manufacturer as the datum and they gradually bring up the secondary, uninvolved, manufacturer to match is also bizarre... In other news, a rolling start will be used to prevent the fires (!). https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/supercar...t-after-fires/ Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 1 Apr 2023 at 22:49. |
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The cars do seem to race very well with each other though, hard to say either car has an advantage when they are fighting on track?
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