Pukekohe 500-27/28 October 2012

[on_to_it]

Originally Posted by Goat Boy

I'd agree, but Debae didn't correct them either, did he?

Well, he may have and they edited that out to avoid appearing pedantic. I have a little first-hand experience to call on when I say this; the print/digital media are not reknowned for attention to detail and accuracy are they!

And why let the facts get in the way of a good story!

[Goat Boy]

Originally Posted by on_to_it

Well, he may have and they edited that out to avoid appearing pedantic. I have a little first-hand experience to call on when I say this; the print/digital media are not reknowned for attention to detail and accuracy are they!

And why let the facts get in the way of a good story!

Yes you can always edit the articles once they're up when nobody is looking, and then pretend that's how it was all along...

I guess what I am trying to say is that with the amount of liberty the online media take with the truth, if Debae had in fact corrected them then they could simply have re-worded their question to be correct when they wrote the article and kept Debae's answer the same.

Conspiracy???

[on_to_it]

Originally Posted by Goat Boy

Conspiracy???

Personally, I doubt it. It could have been a telephone interview on a bad line, and if Didier wasn't hanging off every word they said, he may not have picked up on the "discrepancy". That's just the way these things are sometimes, but isn't that how good conspiracy theories start out in the first place?

[FAS33]

Originally Posted by Biggy G

The crowd inside the fences looked to me to be about the size it was when the NZV8's were last their in their full glory (2010/11), but outside the fences I saw more freeloaders than ever before!

Outside the hairpin, Castrol, over the mountain, was comical. One group at the hairpin was supposedly told by security that "If you don't move they will stop the racing" only to be met with "Do I like like I give a f***"...

haha
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from article:
co-operation between the two in the future? maybe they can merge with the Develpoments series? but I dont see it happening, hell will freeze b4 that. Tony and his crew will do everything to not even give them a bit of space. but ya never know hes got some bold ideas/predictions thats fr sure.

[NZSTfan]

Tony is gone-burger FAS33

maybe next year things will be different??

[FIRE]

I enjoyed all three races. Good clean racing.

Why was Booth allowed to switch cars?

[Icarus_nz]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Why was Booth allowed to switch cars?

There is provision within the regulations to do so.

[NZSTfan]

And also Boothy races out of the same stable as Heimgartner, which is AV8 motorsport based in West Auckland

[FIRE]

Isn't that unfair against the drivers with smaller budgets who can't switch cars?
In most series spare cars aren't allowed.

[Mr Revhead]

What happens in other series if a driver is sick or injured? They often get a fill in. In this case the fill in just happened to be someone who normally drives. But his car had died. Also it was pre race, not during a race.

[DX20VT]

Originally Posted by Mr Revhead

What happens in other series if a driver is sick or injured? They often get a fill in. In this case the fill in just happened to be someone who normally drives. But his car had died. Also it was pre race, not during a race.

In the series that I ran we altered the rules a few years back to stop it happening, as it does unfiarly advantage those who can afford to have two cars, less fear of wrecking your car if you can use another for the next race.

we didn't stop people changing cars but added,

"No points shall be awarded to any Driver who competes in any race in a vehicle other than the vehicle in which that Driver commenced Qualifying.
Where a Driver did not participate in Qualifying, the competing vehicle that the Driver uses to start his first Race shall be the eligible vehicle. "

[Mr Revhead]

That makes sense. Got to keep those $$$ laden guys in check