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28 Jul 2010, 15:28 (Ref:2734662) | #1 | ||
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2011 Bathurst 12 Hour
It's shaping up as being a massive event. February 4-6 2011.
GT interest from at home and abroad, Production interest surprisingly up given the threatened boycott at this year's event. Already Formula Vee and Improved Production are confirmed as support categories, with another 2/3 categories set to be announced in the coming months. |
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28 Jul 2010, 23:01 (Ref:2734873) | #2 | ||
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Interesting that Vees are back given their discontent after the last time....
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29 Jul 2010, 01:39 (Ref:2734910) | #3 | ||
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29 Jul 2010, 01:42 (Ref:2734911) | #4 | ||
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I thought the baby class got canned from the 12 Hour?
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Anyone taking any guesses as to who will enter the race yet? |
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29 Jul 2010, 04:09 (Ref:2734934) | #6 | |
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You have to ask Belly13 - he seems to know, or they are very good drugs he is on. Like alfacors' take on Vees, I thought the end of the world would arrive before Improved Production would go back after the last treatment by the organisers.
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29 Jul 2010, 04:16 (Ref:2734935) | #7 | ||
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IP have been pushing to get back there, and I believe they have strong support from the IPRA competitors to do so (from what I've read on their forum anyway).
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29 Jul 2010, 05:30 (Ref:2734944) | #8 | ||
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IP didn't have a problem with the organisers, it was more a problem with the weather. I think the DakDak boys got the least amount of laps in over the weekend due to the weather. There are some things you can't control.
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29 Jul 2010, 06:58 (Ref:2734960) | #9 | ||
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Saloons got nailed with a wet R2 which got cancelled too. But the GT3 boys also had the 1st corner accident which caused the Safety Car to parade around for a bit too.
Vees got shafted in 2009 when the fire alarm went off and they had to can the race, and then it didn't get rescheduled. |
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2 Aug 2010, 11:57 (Ref:2738125) | #10 | ||
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From this weeks enews, Dave Taylor from NZ is going to enter two Porsche 996 GT3's and the BMW 130i from this years race into the B12 hour.
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12 Aug 2010, 04:49 (Ref:2743363) | #11 | |
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So what does everyone think about the proposal to run slick tyres on Production Cars in a bid to reduce the lap time difference between GT & Production?
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13 Aug 2010, 03:55 (Ref:2743898) | #12 | ||
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Im sure they did the same thing in the 24hr. They may get better tyre economy from the slicks but Im sure someone else can answer that question.
I would be great to see the Rolex GT class compete at the event. There speed would be similar as well as tight racing. |
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Would be nice though, those Mazdas are porn for the ears! ( and Im not even a rotorhead) |
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I would imagine that the use of slicks would increase the speed of the production cars quite markedly from Skyline to Forest Elbow, but would be less significant elsewhere.
That should mean that the speed differential is reduced at the place where it is most difficult to pass. The choke point now would seem to be the cutting. Any opinions? |
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18 Aug 2010, 16:00 (Ref:2746622) | #18 | ||
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I have had it confirmed that the race will be streamed over the internet again
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Somebody asked if the McLaren F1 was going to be like the Ferrari F40, Gordon Murray replied, "I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly." |
27 Aug 2010, 11:45 (Ref:2751024) | #20 | |
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Something that may be of interest - Interview with B12H's James O'Brien
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27 Aug 2010, 22:14 (Ref:2751235) | #21 | |
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"There is two aspects with the international teams. The first is with the drivers. Each car can only have one seeded driver and there is a minimum of three drivers per car. For example – if there was factory team, they could only bring one professional driver out. Secondly, parity – after the October Bathurst round of the Australian GT Championship, we will have a parity system that we can implement for February but I wouldn’t discount further adjustments at the event."
More of this seeded driver rubbish! And dont get me started on parity. |
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28 Aug 2010, 02:16 (Ref:2751281) | #22 | ||
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Garbage like this is going to deter people from entering. They want a big field this aint gonna help. Cant think of a factory team that would enter this anyway.
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28 Aug 2010, 04:14 (Ref:2751298) | #23 | ||
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$30,000 for a prod car and $100,000 for a GT????
Sorry James, but I think your budget calculations are very optomistic. Can anyone do a drinks coaste budget that gets down that low, let alone a reallistic estimate? |
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28 Aug 2010, 04:33 (Ref:2751301) | #24 | ||
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FFS Conscience posted up an estimate of how much it might cost for a GT to do a 12hr race in another thread, cant remember how much it was but it certainly wasnt as low as that, that'd be a bargain if true.
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28 Aug 2010, 11:56 (Ref:2751375) | #25 | ||
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You could buy Mr Nelson's Yaris, give it a wash and probably run in the race for $30k, and sell the Yaris when you were finished
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