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20 Oct 2016, 22:20 (Ref:3681655)
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SuperUtes to launch in 2017
New series to launch in 2017 utilising production based turbo-diesel dual cab utes currently available for sale in the Australian marke
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20 Oct 2016, 22:33 (Ref:3681658)
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Wonder what happened to the control chassis idea floated for this class?
Here's hoping a July start doesnt put the prep houses out of business, with no work (and therefore no income!) for over half a year 
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20 Oct 2016, 22:40 (Ref:3681660)
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Wonder what happened to the control chassis idea floated for this class?
Here's hoping a July start doesnt put the prep houses out of business, with no work (and therefore no income!) for over half a year |
Control chassis was the previous promoters idea and at the time was part of the reasoning for the series going under
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21 Oct 2016, 00:04 (Ref:3681675)
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Wonder what happened to the control chassis idea floated for this class?
Here's hoping a July start doesnt put the prep houses out of business, with no work (and therefore no income!) for over half a year |
Remember that the work doesn't start the day of the first race meeting though. I'd suggest they'll be flat out getting the things built, developed, tested and race ready for mid way through next year, that's assuming the tech regs are locked down in every way at this stage, which they may not be yet.
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21 Oct 2016, 00:30 (Ref:3681680)
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Of course the last time a series was mooted for similar style of vehicle it barely got off the ground.
However the tradies Utes appear far more popular when it was last attempted.
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21 Oct 2016, 04:20 (Ref:3681708)
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Personally im a little unsure if these facts are true, or maybe left over from the previous ideas
The technical specification for the pick-ups will include a control rollcage, cosmetic aero additions, a control Motec ECU and the possibility of a control transmission and rear axle assembly.
The performance kit will include an exhaust, front and rear shock absorbers and springs, six-piston front and four-piston rear brake callipers and front and rear discs, a pedal box and master-cylinder with brake-bias adjustment, control tyres and control wheels.
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21 Oct 2016, 04:25 (Ref:3681709)
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Wonder what happened to the control chassis idea floated for this class?
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I think the licencing fee that Supercars wanted per chassis for their IP put the kybosh on that particular idea.
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21 Oct 2016, 06:21 (Ref:3681717)
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Do we really need it?
The Utes as they are now have justabout come to a natural conclusion, why not funnel the drivers, funding, effort etc... into bolstering classes we already have instead of starting up another new one?
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Of course the last time a series was mooted for similar style of vehicle it barely got off the ground.
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Exactly, i think it only lasted the one season, it had some Nissan backing as well.
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21 Oct 2016, 06:22 (Ref:3681718)
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How many variations are the usual low-slung 2WD these days?
Amarok isn't. Triton isn't. I don't think the Navara, Ranger, Colorado/D-Max, or BT50 are either.
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21 Oct 2016, 07:40 (Ref:3681724)
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Had to check the calendar! Nope, it ain't April 1.
Really  ?....Are this mob fair dinkum? 
The existing ute class of racing had some small measure of entertainment value going for it, if you were into that sort of thing, but deadset.......watching a bunch of dual cab Triton's, Navara's, Hilux's, Amorok's, Ranger's, Colorado's etc racing against each other, is bordering on pathetic. What's next? Bus racing??  I'm sure they could do a deal with MAN, Scania, Volvo, Mercedes etc
Oh wait.....this is the same crowd who bring you stadium super trucks, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
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21 Oct 2016, 08:40 (Ref:3681730)
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Boring!
Just because something is popular in the market place, doesn't mean it be popular with spectators.
2 ton 4WD's (4wd height /look) powered by 4cyl turbo diesels racing around has zero appeal to me. And I owned a twincab 4wd diesel for 12 years.
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21 Oct 2016, 12:50 (Ref:3681757)
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No disrespect to the kiwis but if the Ssangyong series is anything to go by it will be a good time to go to the bar.
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21 Oct 2016, 14:03 (Ref:3681765)
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I think the licencing fee that Supercars wanted per chassis for their IP put the kybosh on that particular idea.
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Word on the street last year was that a couple of the board members were the reason that the Utes idea failed to materialise. Every time the Utes team put forward a proposal supposedly the same two veto'd them and sent them packing. Word was they used the excuse that their IP was being infringed.
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22 Oct 2016, 07:55 (Ref:3681853)
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Saw these things race overseas, What a joke, slow , boring, lots of black smoke, nothing exicting in the racing at all. Wouldn't bother watching them.
And I love the current utes series
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22 Oct 2016, 12:56 (Ref:3681898)
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When I saw this on Twitter I thought it was an early April 1 joke...
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