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Old 3 Feb 2025, 16:52 (Ref:4243450)   #51
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Old 3 Feb 2025, 16:58 (Ref:4243452)   #52
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Just in case anyone was wondering why KRE will be a godsend to Ford..
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Old 3 Feb 2025, 20:51 (Ref:4243463)   #53
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DJR have been abject rubbish as homologation team. They have never built cars with a wide setup window. 888 has done so and has always done so. DJR deserved to lose that for shockingly bad results and making excuses for it week in week out.

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Old 4 Feb 2025, 08:33 (Ref:4243479)   #54
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This will be fun…
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Old 4 Feb 2025, 09:10 (Ref:4243482)   #55
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This will be fun…
In what respect do you say it will be fun?
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In what respect do you say it will be fun?
Ford tickling the social media inhabitants… the comments section is definitely a free for all..
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Just in case anyone was wondering why KRE will be a godsend to Ford..
The toyota engine is a 5 litre unit, are there plans to make it a larger capacity for the supercars series?
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change from Gm to ford.. new supplied engine and some clip on plastic panels.
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Ford tickling the social media inhabitants… the comments section is definitely a free for all..
Many people unhappy by the sound of it.
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It was a topic of discussion in some circles wondering whether Mr Lowndes’ performance at the B12H was negatively impacted by the new ‘888 to Ford’ announcement….
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Old 5 Feb 2025, 00:49 (Ref:4243545)   #61
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It was a topic of discussion in some circles wondering whether Mr Lowndes’ performance at the B12H was negatively impacted by the new ‘888 to Ford’ announcement….
I reckon he is mature and experienced enough, that he can compartmentalize. its not like he is worried about his future or struggling.

"What will I race for fun part time in 12 months time?" is not a big enough worry to cause a driver error on a sunday in february.
more like "what very attractive offer will I choose to accept?"

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Exactly, most likely the combination of being on the wrong side of 50 and not doing any regular racing. Should he wish to continue driving in 2026 and retain his AC Delco deal, I'm sure there will be an enduro co-drive offer from a Camaro runner.
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most likely the combination of being on the wrong side of 50
WRONG side?? Ahem! Excuse me! You mean the WISE side!
Paaah ... Whipper-snappers!
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It was a topic of discussion in some circles wondering whether Mr Lowndes’ performance at the B12H was negatively impacted by the new ‘888 to Ford’ announcement….
I think he's mature enough to deal with it especially considering he is only enagaged 10% of racing time these days.
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Many people unhappy by the sound of it.
I hate the tribalism in motorsport and it is what has stopped me posting here except on rare occasions such as this. For me it is a sport to be enjoyed and there is no place for the derogatory stuff some members of this forum spew out at times. who cares what manufacturer a team chooses, if it were a road going based production series then maybe but in a plastic fantastic series such as SC so what. Sit back and enjoy the racing and be glad you can.
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888 seem to be getting in practice in the GT4 field… even though they made no positive noice most recently about wanting to do that this year..
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I hate the tribalism in motorsport and it is what has stopped me posting here except on rare occasions such as this.
All sports is tribalism. Be it footy, cricket, olympics or motor.
"my mob is better than their mob" .

They say the only way to get passionate about any sport, is not to find someone to support, but someone to hate!
(Manly, Collingwood, The Poms, Verstappen, Hamilton, Moffat, Brock - take your pick)
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All sports is tribalism. Be it footy, cricket, olympics or motor.
"my mob is better than their mob" .

They say the only way to get passionate about any sport, is not to find someone to support, but someone to hate!
(Manly, Collingwood, The Poms, Verstappen, Hamilton, Moffat, Brock - take your pick)
chuck religion into the same mix
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All sports is tribalism. Be it footy, cricket, olympics or motor.
"my mob is better than their mob" .

They say the only way to get passionate about any sport, is not to find someone to support, but someone to hate!
(Manly, Collingwood, The Poms, Verstappen, Hamilton, Moffat, Brock - take your pick)
And I do not follow those sports for the same reason. I like the sport and not the tribalism and the sometime questionable posts that have appeared in this forum. That is my problem and no one else's so I don't expect anyone else to agree with me and I also expected a post similar to what Bathurst77 has written. Some of the posts in the parity thread were simply direct attacks on the individual and turned me right off posting here.
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I don't expect anyone else to agree with me and I also expected a post similar to what Bathurst77 has written. Some of the posts in the parity thread were simply direct attacks on the individual and turned me right off posting here.
Puts hand up to be that unexpected ally and agree with Casper...... Yes I have my favourites, not with manufacturers, but teams and drivers. but enjoyable motor racing over result is what I like, the winner incidental. If a favourite wins fine, if not, crap happens.
I believe tribalism fuels both antagonism and arrogance. My opinion. To me, opinions are fine, opinionism not so.

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