[VASC18R25] SuperCheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama 4-7 October

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Forda

Erebus would no doubt be regretting not doing that now.

Would that have prevented the wheel spin penalty too?

Presuming the bloke leaving the seat didn’t leave the car in gear...

[Gaz170]

David said his foot slipped off the clutch due to cramp. car in neutral for a driver change and that wouldn't have happened.

[F J Nedos]

Losing a wheel, driving a slow lap on 3 wheels, 2 additional stops and Whincup still beats Frosty. Maybe Team 18 could be a good destination for the one time former champ...

[mtpanorama]

Originally Posted by F J Nedos

Losing a wheel, driving a slow lap on 3 wheels, 2 additional stops and Whincup still beats Frosty. Maybe Team 18 could be a good destination for the one time former champ...

We were having the sane discussion in stand. Car 5 was never heard of all day.

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by mtpanorama

We were having the sane discussion in stand. Car 5 was never heard of all day.

Jdub did do it the hard way too, without a safety car to really make any spots.

Chaz had pace but kept dive-bombing and took out his teammate which is a mortal sin. Moffat wasn't any better.

Still amazingly surprised how little damage there was and very little safety car action.

[champcarman]

Originally Posted by Mixer

Jdub did do it the hard way too, without a safety car to really make any spots.

Chaz had pace but kept dive-bombing and took out his teammate which is a mortal sin. Moffat wasn't any better.

Still amazingly surprised how little damage there was and very little safety car action.

Yes and one of the better, more sensible Bathurst races for a long time, compared to yesterday’s Super 2 race a clean race from everyone. Not a Lowndes fan but the guy can sure drive the mountain!

[Razor]

A little stale compared to last year but still was a pretty good race. Congrats to Craig equalising his co-drivers father's record of 7 wins.

Felt for Dave Reynolds, faultless drive only to be beaten like that. Could cry for him and Luke. Interesting to see a fair few mechanical dramas early in the race.

Little bummed that I couldn't go this year due to a lung infection but will be back down there for the year of the Mustang!

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Mixer

Jdub did do it the hard way too, without a safety car to really make any spots.

Maybe not so much to gain places, but he certainly got the two lost laps back due to SC deployment..... the last one putting him back on the lead lap, albeit rear of field. The SC also allowed T888 to repair the car without losing more laps.

Felt absolutely gutted for David, Betty and all at Erebus after being the class of the field all weekend, but given their demise stoked that Lowndes and Richards won.

[Langers]

Originally Posted by E.B

Maybe not so much to gain places, but he certainly got the two lost laps back due to SC deployment..... the last one putting him back on the lead lap, albeit rear of field. The SC also allowed T888 to repair the car without losing more laps.

Felt absolutely gutted for David, Betty and all at Erebus after being the class of the field all weekend, but given their demise stoked that Lowndes and Richards won.

I wasn’t able to watch the full race. Did Triple Eight manage to get a new roll bar drop link on it?

[FormulaFox]

I was watching at work and I gotta say, I knew Erebus has lost the moment they chose NOT to get Richards out of the car at the last scheduled pitstop - before the penalty, before the complete loss of pace. The way he sounded on the radio made it clear he was in no condition to continue. Cramping aside, he was clearly out of it mentally as well - Reynolds couldn't tell if he was on Earth or Proxima Centauri b.

But I can't really blame Reynolds for this. I put the loss on the shoulders of the team manager. There comes a point where the team needs to override the driver - and it was VERY obvious to me that this was one of those times. The team manager obviously didn't see it that way for whatever reason and made the wrong call by leaving it up to Reynolds.

But such is life in racing, isn't it? Bad calls happen. I find myself wondering what about the situation made them miss think it wasn't as severe as it sounded to me, but I'll likely never know.

[JAFA851]

Originally Posted by Langers

I wasn’t able to watch the full race. Did Triple Eight manage to get a new roll bar drop link on it?

They replaced the screw for it on the #1 car, didn't fix the jammed bar on #888, there was talk of manually moving it to a softer position during a pitstop.

[Forda]

Interesting both Lowndes and Richo Jr's multiple Bathurst wins occurred during 3 decades (90s/00s/current); an additional decade more than other multiple winners; except Richo Sr, who's wins crossed 4 decades (70s/80s/90s/00s).

[mtpanorama]

[Razor]

Originally Posted by mtpanorama

LOL

[db120176]

I'm pretty sure it was during his interview on the Back Page on Wednesday that David Reynolds said there were some issues with sharing a car with Youlden, then mentioning the seat position caused leg cramps

[one five five]

Interesting stat;

The only two drivers in the field to have competed in the original ARDC run Bathurst 1000 in a V8, Lowndes and Richards, were the winners.

The only other driver to have competed in the original ARDC Bathurst 1000, in a Super Tourer in 1997, was Warren Luff, who finished second.

Good to see at least some link to the original event is still present

[FormulaFox]

Originally Posted by db120176

I'm pretty sure it was during his interview on the Back Page on Wednesday that David Reynolds said there were some issues with sharing a car with Youlden, then mentioning the seat position caused leg cramps

The commentary team noted that he said he'd been having trouble sleeping in the days leading up to the race. With how mentally out of it he clearly was on the radio and in the interview after he got out, I believe it. There was more than just cramping going on there, and a lack of sleep prior to a task that physically stressful is MORE than capable of generating such. Of course, the cramps can easily aggravate such an issue considerably.

[Trevor]

watched it from the top of the mountain, expected a 'staged' finish, not sure we didn't get one. For the last umpteenth years they have sent out a safety car to bunch them up for a 'sprint to the finish', we didn't get one this year, maybe because if they did that then the old mate Lowndesy might have been overtaken taking away a fairy tale end

hmmmmmmm????????

[Mixer]

No other car showed the pace of Lowndes and Reynolds other than maybe Whincup at the end.

Also: not happy when there is a safety car for so called entertainment reasons, also not happy when no safety car.

So proof of the conspiracy is use if the safety car, but deeper proof of a conspiracy is the complete lack of evidence.

Good job moving the goal posts, windbag.

Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk

[Trevor]

owwww, hit a nerve did I, resorting to name calling hahahahaha


I have been involved in this circus called Supercars for a long time my friend, they play all sorts of trickery

[GTRMagic]

Not happy...

[GTRMagic]

Is Mr Morris accurate? Will it keep the pressure on holding 2 day race meetings?

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Is Mr Morris accurate? Will it keep the pressure on holding 2 day race meetings?

It is a very interesting point - but other people already really complain about the lack of testing.

I'm really amazed we had a race at such pace, with no major incidents to speak of - Mostert's dive bombs aside.

Really considering the tyre wear and fatigue the fact that we really didn't end up with any crashes of significance is quite amazing.

Was a hell of a race to watch considering nobody go to do anything with setups.

[GTRMagic]

Did Humpty Dumpty fall? Doesn’t sound like it..

[Razor]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Is Mr Morris accurate? Will it keep the pressure on holding 2 day race meetings?

Can't see it happen, more or less tradition to have Thursday and Friday practice. Plus co-drivers do need the laps.

Originally Posted by Mixer

It is a very interesting point - but other people already really complain about the lack of testing..

Agreed. What ever happened to the Monday after the race that was used by teams as a ride day and test day of sorts? Would be cool to see the Monday come back but as an official test day. (Although some teams would complain due to the fact their car/cars are in a mangled wrecked state and therefore wouldn't do the test day)