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Old 3 Nov 2011, 22:36 (Ref:2981296)   #51
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 03:23 (Ref:2981328)   #52
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P1

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Old 4 Nov 2011, 03:54 (Ref:2981331)   #53
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No Manuell in the practice results on Mylaps???

McCarrison 3rd quickest...faster than Fogg...WTF
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 04:33 (Ref:2981332)   #54
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McCarrison was fast all session. he was in #1 position a number of times.
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 05:13 (Ref:2981338)   #55
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A couple of clips from yesterdays outing.

http://youtu.be/JsvY764aKYQ
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the new car looks good!
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 06:47 (Ref:2981351)   #56
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I think most were running old poked tyres... tomorrow will be interesting.
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 22:31 (Ref:2981678)   #57
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Carter with the first big hit:



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Old 4 Nov 2011, 22:55 (Ref:2981686)   #58
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a bit of a mess, huh?
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Old 4 Nov 2011, 23:39 (Ref:2981701)   #59
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Have to say the carter car looks bad wonder if it can fixed or replaced in time for tomorrows race

Prac 2 results up and boy is Edgell fast this year 1.00.88 wonder if that was new or old tyres
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Old 5 Nov 2011, 02:35 (Ref:2981743)   #60
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Well Edgell on pole with it close between him Manuall and foggy bit of a gap back to bargs.

Should be some good racing tomorrow
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Old 5 Nov 2011, 02:52 (Ref:2981747)   #61
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Carter with the first big hit:
That sucks!

I always hate seeing race car crashes. Especially new ones.
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Old 5 Nov 2011, 03:07 (Ref:2981749)   #62
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Qualifying

1 Tim Edgell 1:00.944
2 Angus Fogg 1:01.288
3 Paul Manuell 1:01.495
4 Jason Bargwanna 1:01.587
5 Alan McCarrison 1:02.417
6 Martin Short 1:02.430
7 Haydn Mackenzie 1:02.530
8 John Penny 1:02.593
9 Simon Richards 1:02.724
10 Michael Bristow 1:02.745
11 Nick Ross 1:02.964
12 Simon Evans 1:03.612
13 Phil Blythe 1:04.416
14 Ian Booth 1:04.643
15 Bronson Porter 1:04.859
16 Dwayne Carter 1:05.324 borrowed car???

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Old 5 Nov 2011, 03:16 (Ref:2981751)   #63
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Looks as if Carter is in an old Tracer Motorsport car... From what I saw they drove it in minutes before Qualy started. So, a 1:05 is actually a pretty respectable time.

Seemed like a bit of an odd crash for Carter.. Didn't see it happen, but looked like the thing snapped and went backwards into the wall at the top of the hill, I've seen plenty go wiiiiiiiiide and grind the wall, but don't think I've ever seen someone back it in.
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Old 5 Nov 2011, 03:40 (Ref:2981754)   #64
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what about Ian Booth? surely the V8 Alteza hasn't found it's way onto the V8 grid ha
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 00:45 (Ref:2982105)   #65
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Gee, do you think Sports GT will get "as-live" TV coverage now there's a TMC guy in the field. Even if they don't have a class sponsor, I bet they will. Mark my words and see if I'm right - have a look on TV3 next weekend...
i'll take that bet
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 05:31 (Ref:2982136)   #66
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What an interesting day of racing!
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 05:39 (Ref:2982140)   #67
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i have no idea why anyone would want to get rid of these cars? hell, you can smash them into walls and still win races! ha
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 05:43 (Ref:2982142)   #68
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i have no idea why anyone would want to get rid of these cars? hell, you can smash them into walls and still win races! ha
IU'm still in shock about that. Pretty crazy stuff. Say was TV3's coverage any good? Did they cover all the series?
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 05:59 (Ref:2982144)   #69
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just BNTV8s, V8 Utes and Suzuki Swift classes were shown. plus a very brief look at Mitchell car.
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 07:47 (Ref:2982156)   #70
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Caught the final race after a day at Ruapuna for the Wigram Revival event. Wet weather always brings some action!

What did you guys think of the pit-stop concept? Wasn't a fan myself, take the POV of marketing to a casual V8 fan, they'd be used to slick stops in the Supercars, and here we are battling with 5 studs.

Keep the cars on the track, that's where the NZV8 class has always excelled, on track action. Why force them into a stop for 1 tyre where Casual-Steve has to battle with a rattle gun.
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 08:27 (Ref:2982162)   #71
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just BNTV8s, V8 Utes and Suzuki Swift classes were shown. plus a very brief look at Mitchell car.
Wow, so hopefully they will get shown in the future rounds then. Or atleast delayed coverage.
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 08:49 (Ref:2982171)   #72
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probably have to wait 3 weeks for the other support classes.. since there's back to back V8 Supercar meetings coming up. Tasmania 11 - 13 Nov and Sandown 18 - 20 Nov

the pit-stop race doesn't bother me then again.. it is only the 1st round.. i may change my mind if it stuffs up the Ruapuna round
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 12:08 (Ref:2982249)   #73
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What did you guys think of the pit-stop concept?
I was expecting something a bit quicker. Maybe they just need some practice or something.
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Old 6 Nov 2011, 15:32 (Ref:2982317)   #74
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What did you guys think of the pit-stop concept? Wasn't a fan myself, take the POV of marketing to a casual V8 fan, they'd be used to slick stops in the Supercars, and here we are battling with 5 studs.

Keep the cars on the track, that's where the NZV8 class has always excelled, on track action. Why force them into a stop for 1 tyre where Casual-Steve has to battle with a rattle gun.
Really daft idea bringing the pitstop in. Got to agree with you there. Pitstop was a joke. Cars and teams obviously not setup for pitstops, so why bother with this "contrived" action to try and make it look like a REAL race where REAL race cars come in to make a pitstop for legitimate reasons, like for example when they actually NEED new tyres!

Just adds another cost to the teams if they decide to continue. For example, if I was a team owner, I would be developing a system to retain the wheelnuts in the wheels (nothing new there) or convert to a Nascar style system where the nuts are glued on to the new wheel and long studs are used. Once somebody does it, every one else will have to or get left behind.

The only excitement was watching the wet race and KNOWING that there was going to be a big crash given that most of the field was on slicks, and you have to question the responsibility of race control for not sending out a safety car? A blind man could have seen that carnage was to follow, and with an already depleted field the last thing they need is to lose cars.

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Old 6 Nov 2011, 18:59 (Ref:2982397)   #75
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what added costs? i'm sure all teams have a rattle gun and 2-3 people needed for a stop? V8 Supercars have pitstops when they don't need to stop *shrugs*
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