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27 Jan 2021, 07:05 (Ref:4031411) | #76 | |
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Meanwhile GRM have been on the 'phone back to France querying their brake rotor explosion.
Methinks the Europeans go through more sets of pads and rotors per race weekend than Mr Rogers is prepared to pay for... |
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27 Jan 2021, 09:54 (Ref:4031439) | #77 | |
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Doing things on the skimp?
Did I not say Garry Rogers was a weekend warrior on the ARG thread? Everyone from supercars except 888, WAU, Tickford, and Dick should come over as TCR is their level atm. Even Dick if he hadn't had the benefit of 6 years with Penske. Contrary to my opinion that the Kelly's aren't a respected and popular team, therefore are not a drawcard for TCR. Otherwise this is their range if they improve. |
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The level TCR is at right now is between club level and GT.
The inaugural series winner didn't stick around to defend his title. The front runners are either youngsters trying to prove themselves or cast offs or cameos from Supercars. It doesn't flatter the class when someone blows in with no prep and plonks it 1st straight off the bat. I love seeing guys like O'Keeffe and Cox. Good to see them against guys whose performance I can benchmark. But if you think the competition ranks even with Super2, you're kidding yourself. If the teams and drivers you want turned up, the current crowd wouldn't get a look in. I hope more credentialled stars can run up more than one start so we can see what they are capable of, and elevate the current competition. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk |
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Oh no. Just because you take yourself seriously and have more money, doesn't mean you're better.
I'm not even talking about the drivers. All those other teams except for the 4 that I mentioned are competing at a level higher than where they are atm. They're all lightweights, it's just they operate in a bigger economy. BJR - Country battlers when they started, who are still country battlers after 20 years racing in a supposed professional competition. They only reason why they're oin supercars is off the back of their record in Super touring (2x champ) Erebus - Klimenko is an outer suburban mum on centrelink payments. Except I don't think she's a mum and she has a billion dollars. Someone who just liked what she saw on tv. & Ryan. Try hard who just yells at people because that's what he think professional team owners do. Jono Webb - Bathurst winning weekend warrior. Schwerkolt - Theatregoer. Kelly's - Plodders with an ego to win 8 F1 championships, but without the spine to go for it like other rich kids and found a soft underbelly in the supercars scene. A cheap imitation of the Stoll's. Blanchard - Weekend warrior. Matt Stone - Doing because his dad & uncle did it. He's not going to get anywhere in supercars and should just quit while he's behind. They should all come over to TCR. It's where they belong. It may appear bad because Holdsworth won a race in his first go. But you'd like to think he learnt a thing or two along the way and that 15 years of supercars racing has some impact on a driver's skill and confidence at national level. Will Brown is a millennial David Mackay. One and done! Last edited by 2 litre Touring Car Star; 27 Jan 2021 at 11:16. |
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Actually it's a straw man and ad hominem attacks..
Whatever insults you want to throw at the teams they would raise the level of TCR if any of them joined. Don't forget MSR was one of the teams ARG contracted to run "Bright's" VW team. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk |
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It's funny, Holdsworth apparently was just an average Supercar driver, except for his excellent results in a Mustang which we are told to ignore, ironically because the series stuffed up parity on a gargantuan level. They're the professionals though...
TCR and Supercars are both clown shows. TCR is in its infancy though, what's Supercars excuse? |
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If by excellent performances you mean "beating people in Commodores" sure.
But he consistently held the rear of the Mustang group. No remarkable performances even when the Mustang was hugely out of whack. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk |
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How are you going to get 15+ drivers/teams to have an even chance of winning the race? It's hardly Fernando Alonso at McLaren. Getting back to Holdsworth. 15 years of mediocrity. Having never won a race at amateur/national level, but he thought he was good for a "professional contract" in supercars, and Garry Rogers took him on? When. or what did he think could happen to turn around his form? Jesus, Lee must be pretty good at sweeping the floors at GRM and doing overtime at under award rates. Last edited by 2 litre Touring Car Star; 30 Jan 2021 at 10:55. |
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Dare I say that the point of BoP is that over the course of a season, each car has a sporting chance to get good results. Not necessarily the next race, which D'Alberto I think is wanting.
I mean for an F1 car, PI is a tight, twisty circuit where aero is the key performance component. But for a TCR, PI is still a power circuit like Monza and the old Hockenheim. So his wishes are premature imo. |
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