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11 Oct 2009, 07:13 (Ref:2558794)
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Brighty - First Ford badged car home!
great effort from Brighty and Reindler to be the first Ford badged car home! not bad after the first corner mess.
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11 Oct 2009, 08:46 (Ref:2558842)
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How on earth did they get back to the lead lap with all the off's they had? It must have had some great strategies to do that!
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11 Oct 2009, 08:51 (Ref:2558847)
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From Brights Twitter...
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11 Oct 2009, 09:23 (Ref:2558866)
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SBR always have some clever strategies in their lot...
The off on lap 1 was not good, losing the lap from Mr McConville's hit (instigated by a crunch from Mr Coulthard apparently...) and struggling to get reverse gear and escape, wasnt great... A pity SBR didnt put slicks on at the tape-up stop, they could have gone even harder! The second off into the Chase wasnt great... The lead driver drove a bloody good race, hampered to some extent by a codriver still learning his craft.... An overheating engine wasnt good for hot laps (haha) but the pair were on for a top 10, certainly the on course teev people thought it was possible... they missed it by a few seconds Good drives, good strategy, some bad luck... an ok result! |
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11 Oct 2009, 10:00 (Ref:2558893)
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It's a pity the TV didn't follow stories like that instead of hearing every inch of the Kelly Bros story from their good friend Crompton.
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11 Oct 2009, 10:20 (Ref:2558902)
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The ontrack teev followed a little of it, the 'offs' anyway, the engine piece isnt anywhere in the media I didnt think.
On the grid... looking shiny...   Driver is intensely calm... 
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11 Oct 2009, 10:53 (Ref:2558927)
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good effort from these boys, great fightback.
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11 Oct 2009, 11:20 (Ref:2558941)
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That Bright car is stunning...
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11 Oct 2009, 13:01 (Ref:2558975)
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It's obvious to the Ford fans with their XB coupes, their falcon sprints, their escorts etc in their garages that 888 are not true blue. DJR with their great ford specials like the DJR BA 320 and the Turbo XE are true blue without question, same goes for SBR etc.
Ford gave 888 access to the Ford brand - a much more powerful brand than some touring car team it goes without saying - on which to build a fan base and sell lots of merchandise, and plainly 888 don't seem to recognize this and at least run the badges on the car and take pride in the blue oval, even if they want to change deals. Great job by Britek. An eventful day for them! 
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11 Oct 2009, 13:24 (Ref:2558990)
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I still dont know how they managed 11th , we spent the day giggling at them (probably not kind but hey you gottta have one team to laugh at and the Jesus Team seemed to go out early) but the laughs turned to applause when we realised they managed to come home 11th after all they went through.
good effort guys , a shame most coverage was of problems but in the end its the result that counts !!! |
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11 Oct 2009, 23:01 (Ref:2559277)
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Hear, hear.
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11 Oct 2009, 23:10 (Ref:2559288)
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Bright answering a question about Reindler on his Twitter...
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12 Oct 2009, 13:25 (Ref:2559782)
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12 Oct 2009, 13:39 (Ref:2559797)
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12 Oct 2009, 13:42 (Ref:2559804)
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Some more of your favourite driver...
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12 Oct 2009, 13:43 (Ref:2559806)
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12 Oct 2009, 21:50 (Ref:2560175)
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Say what you want about Brighty, he's still one of the best pedallers in the game.
If only he'd stayed at FPR for one more season... |
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13 Oct 2009, 02:24 (Ref:2560311)
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Not a weekend you would expect from Brighty, pretty poor showing
First Ford Badged car thats nothing to be proud of this year Out paced by the 9 car once again |
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13 Oct 2009, 07:47 (Ref:2560393)
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Had a good start, was punted off by Mr McConville, who was hit by Mr Coulthard Couldnt find reverse gear with the engine running when bogged, Eventually got out of these, despite the safety car being called for this off.. Car in the pits for repair (should have switched to slicks then perhaps), taped up... suspension slightly askew from the wreck, causing excessive understeer Fell off the road at Caltex Chase, and later at Mrs Murray's corner... Ended up more than a lap down... Didnt give up, pushed unbelievably hard, with a codriver who was seconds away from the lead driver's pace... Struggled with a teakettle for an engine... but ended up on the lead lap, less than 20 seconds behind the race winner. If any of the bad stuff has been driver-induced, it would be easy to agree with the criticism.. but... |
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13 Oct 2009, 08:01 (Ref:2560399)
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While i agree with you GTR that he did a great job, how do you not consider the Offs beside the first one driver error?
Im hoping the the SBR/Britek Deal picks up as once again just as something is showing potential for Mr bright he seems to be packing his bags. |
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13 Oct 2009, 08:06 (Ref:2560403)
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13 Oct 2009, 10:34 (Ref:2560478)
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And no doubt the buckled front splitter from the Lap 1 whoopsie was affecting downforce...
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13 Oct 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2560835)
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Interesting that MeN only mentioned the #25 car in passing, while AA ignored it... even in the 'car by car' undertsanding, they chose to slap instead of recognise the effort....
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13 Oct 2009, 21:53 (Ref:2560840)
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It was a shame that even channel 7 wasn't really interested in the events of their day. Jason's team put together a pretty exciting strategy in the end, that could of had some very surprising results had there been a few more laps to play with (plus a happier engine), but as they say, theres always next year. |
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The pics of the car on the grid are stunning... it looks better there than on any of the teev broadcasts. Owning a particular colour makes sense from a branding perspective, if the teev actually gave a stuff...  The strategy would be coming from Mr Bright in the car & Mr Stuart in the garage, a combination that seemed to work quite well at this event... |
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