KMart Racing Announce Final Endurance Driver

RaceTime · 28 May 2002, 01:40 (Ref:298083)

KMart Racing have announced Yvan Muller as their final driver for the V8 endurance races later this year.

Full text here: http://www.racetime.com.au/?racenews=92498

PEPSI · 28 May 2002, 01:44 (Ref:298088)

RT - Is Yvonne Yvan's wife? :-)

I can't believe TWR is chancing it again with two euro's in the same car. Mind you the circle work in the rain during the 2000 event was most entertaining

RaceTime · 28 May 2002, 01:46 (Ref:298091)

Wot yo torkin bout boy?

mac · 28 May 2002, 03:41 (Ref:298122)

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by Priaulx. He seems to be the goods - in everything he races. I'd dare say he's the best international driver to come out here for quite a while.

Buckshot · 28 May 2002, 04:01 (Ref:298126)

Fellas, look at it this way - none of them are Matt Neal.

racer69 · 28 May 2002, 04:23 (Ref:298131)

Both will go good i think

mac - he is a star, though i thought Menu did pretty good with larko in 2000.

Crash Test · 28 May 2002, 04:38 (Ref:298141)

Although Menu did a lot of laps of the track at speed in a familiar car before he stepped up into the V8s... even then, he didn't get a chance to bugger up in 1998 with Mezera.

Michael H · 28 May 2002, 11:18 (Ref:298351)

How do you know Matt Neal won't be at Bathurst this year? I know that he is keen to get a seat.
Stop bagging him. He's a great driver.

Well done Yvan.

Crash Test · 28 May 2002, 11:43 (Ref:298377)

He has done very little in Australia though, and who would want him with some of the drive-less talent floating about?

Even ST Bathurst 1998- Neal was driving like a goose. Under no circumstances should you go rubbing panels with other cars at the start of the second stint- that's plain stupid.

Tomgreen · 28 May 2002, 13:48 (Ref:298456)

Mac.....how wrong you are. There are so many better drivers than Priaulx. Plato, Muller, Neal and Menu. There are heaps of great European drivers that could do well in V8's. Priaulx is okay but he is nothing super special.

Buckshot · 29 May 2002, 00:09 (Ref:298987)

C'mon let's not get started on Matt Neal again. The guy is a retard.
a) Bathurst 2000 - Dumbest thing I've ever seen done on a race track
b) Oran Park 2001 - Destroying brand new VX Commdore IN A PRACTISE SESSION no less

What more proof do you want ? Stay in Europe please Mr Neal.

PEPSI · 29 May 2002, 00:58 (Ref:299003)

If you were that tall, you would be called Neal (kneel) :-)

mac · 29 May 2002, 01:43 (Ref:299013)

Quote:

Originally posted by Tomgreen
Mac.....how wrong you are. There are so many better drivers than Priaulx. Plato, Muller, Neal and Menu. There are heaps of great European drivers that could do well in V8's. Priaulx is okay but he is nothing super special.

I'm not doubting that there are plenty of guys in Europe that would do well in V8s (in fact I'd love to see a lot more of them come down here). What I'm saying is that, from what I've seen and heard, Priaulx is (along with Menu) perhaps the best guy to come out for a while (in V8s).

racer69 · 29 May 2002, 01:51 (Ref:299014)

it's a pity we don't get more euro's out here now, i just watched my copy of Bathurst 1982, and during the telecast Evan Green say's that the oversea's drivers for that year was pretty poor compared to previous years, in 1982 there were 7 overseas drivers.

I'm with mac, although Priaulx still has to prove himself in the races, from what he did at the test and scoring pole in his first BTCC race, he looks like he'll do well.
I hope Menu gets a seat, in 2000 he was the only overseas driver to be competitive, he was doing a great job, what seats are left in the Holden's, maybe Opel could lien something up for him.

Michael H · 29 May 2002, 02:45 (Ref:299049)

Menu shares with Perkins!

PEPSI · 29 May 2002, 04:20 (Ref:299078)

Michael H - I think there would be a language barrier (Larry's not Alain's)!

StuiE · 29 May 2002, 07:27 (Ref:299135)

Quote:

Originally posted by Buckshot
Fellas, look at it this way - none of them are Matt Neal.

and rubbing doors, its what racing is all about, close, and if contact comes about from it, its good to watch, dont forget that he drove great in the 2000 bathurst with Morris to get 10th or somthing, and he doesnt let cars get around easily, doing evrything to stay on the lead lap, asa driver should (unless he is major slow, who he wasnt)

and its great to have some euros back in the series

Tomgreen · 29 May 2002, 12:04 (Ref:299413)

Okay, i have nothing against Priaulx (honestly!) but he only got pole in his first touring car race because everyone else had success ballast. With that being his first touring car race he was runinning no ballast what so ever thus his car was lighter than anyone elses. And mac what i mean is exactly what you say.........what you have heard about him is good........but....like i said there are many better that haven't got so much hype. I mean he raced in F3 for years before he won a race.

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