[V8SC09R18] SuperCheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mt Panorama Bathurst NSW (Now with poll!) - Page 4

**GTRMagic** · 5 Oct 2009, 02:47 (Ref:2554240)

Interesting to read on Twitter that FPR think they can get away with only 6 stops with the E85 fuel... I would have thought this is actually quite optimistic...

I know of one squad who think there may be as many as 8, and are puzzled as to their tyre strategy, as they arent given enough tyres for the weekend to swap sets every 21 or 22 laps or so....

Perhaps we may see a return to the days of the privateer, where only a pair of tyres is replaced on a car?

hgmonaro · 5 Oct 2009, 03:17 (Ref:2554243)

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Originally Posted by mctshirt

I wouldn't mind if they managed to improve the trackside sound to a point where it sounds like a V8 race car just crossed through my living room. Might have to turn down the drone of the commentators though - funnily enough I don't watch motorsport to listen to Crompton blabber on about roll bar adjustment.

would be nice! Like when they say "lets do a lap with ..." and 3 corners later they cut away to something else. In 6-7hrs of coverage, a 2min20 section of just in car camera sound and vision shouldn't be to hard to do!

gkmarshall · 5 Oct 2009, 03:31 (Ref:2554244)

Don't know if this has been discussed, but does anyone know were the Team Vodafone Bathurst launch is. It's in Sydney somewhere but don't know where or what time.
Cheers.

**GTRMagic** · 5 Oct 2009, 22:04 (Ref:2554815)

Courtney to better 2.06!

I guess confidence in a race driver is a good thing, right?

Driver TBA · 5 Oct 2009, 22:13 (Ref:2554821)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Courtney to better 2.06!

I guess confidence in a race driver is a good thing, right?

Oh god! So DJR will be pulling an allnighter Saterday night ala 1983?

rich07 · 5 Oct 2009, 22:53 (Ref:2554832)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

Oh god! So DJR will be pulling an allnighter Saterday night ala 1983?

, that was pretty much first thing I thought too!

EBXR8 · 6 Oct 2009, 01:18 (Ref:2554860)

I think there will be at least 3 mabye 4 teams having a shot at the "Lap of the Gods Time" as it has been called. Whincup, Tander, Frosty and Courtney all have a half descent shot at it, the funny thing from this is that only one holden has 1 shot

Crash Test · 6 Oct 2009, 03:25 (Ref:2554880)

Hasn't wing cam been done in a way with a HRT car, was it 1992?

ForumNick · 6 Oct 2009, 05:18 (Ref:2554895)

See Post #71

sizzle · 6 Oct 2009, 05:29 (Ref:2554899)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Courtney to better 2.06!

I guess confidence in a race driver is a good thing, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Driver TBA

Oh god! So DJR will be pulling an allnighter Saterday night ala 1983?

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Originally Posted by rich07

, that was pretty much first thing I thought too!

Quote:

Originally Posted by EBXR8

I think there will be at least 3 mabye 4 teams having a shot at the "Lap of the Gods Time" as it has been called. Whincup, Tander, Frosty and Courtney all have a half descent shot at it, the funny thing from this is that only one holden has 1 shot

But they won't have that dynamite donk built by Mahle in Germany on their side will they!

peckstar · 6 Oct 2009, 05:37 (Ref:2554902)

lasy year J Richards in the sprint gas got to about 0.1 of a second of the record

JC himself got to withing .3 of a second in qualifying

JC is suggesting the new FG falcon is faster than the old car and so he should be able to make it.

I cant see why this is not possible, providing the weather is good

retro · 6 Oct 2009, 05:46 (Ref:2554909)

Ricko doing an interview at the Esses...

sizzle · 6 Oct 2009, 05:54 (Ref:2554912)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

lasy year J Richards in the sprint gas got to about 0.1 of a second of the record

JC himself got to withing .3 of a second in qualifying

JC is suggesting the new FG falcon is faster than the old car and so he should be able to make it.

I cant see why this is not possible, providing the weather is good

But to do it in the shootout Pecky, dunno, no one has got close in the shootout.
Let us not forget multiple laps to warm the tyres etc is a little different in qualifying. And they still won't have the powder that was in that gun under the bonnet. It will all be car and handling improvements.

peckstar · 6 Oct 2009, 06:05 (Ref:2554917)

point valid sizzle, but firstly it does not have to be in the shootout to break the record

second in 07 frosty did a 2.07.09, just 0.2 secs off in the shoot out

JC's theory is that the fG will make up that time difference, but it does come down to weather and track conditions

sizzle · 6 Oct 2009, 06:18 (Ref:2554920)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

point valid sizzle, but firstly it does not have to be in the shootout to break the record

second in 07 frosty did a 2.07.09, just 0.2 secs off in the shoot out

JC's theory is that the fG will make up that time difference, but it does come down to weather and track conditions

Which is what still makes that lap pretty special even if he did have something no-one else had.

I was there at the chase that day (when the best viewing was still available) and to hear that thing on the limiter as he entered the chase made the hairs on the neck stand on end. The two green boxs that were there already ensured that I knew I was watching something special.

I know one engineer who was ready to pack the car and gear up there and then.

**GTRMagic** · 6 Oct 2009, 06:21 (Ref:2554922)

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Originally Posted by sizzle

Which is what still makes that lap pretty special even if he did have something no-one else had.

I was there at the chase that day (when the best viewing was still available) and to hear that thing on the limiter as he entered the chase made the hairs on the neck stand on end. The two green boxs that were there already ensured that I knew I was watching something special.

I know one engineer who was ready to pack the car and gear up there and then.

Funny that that form has never returned huh....

peckstar · 6 Oct 2009, 06:22 (Ref:2554923)

sizzle, while the memory of the lap will still be there, Its just a timing record and records are made to be broken and broken they will in time.

Wont change our memories of the lap. (i was on pit straight)

bit harsh GTR, he won it again the next year and was the leading holding finisher the last two years (including a podium last year)

sizzle · 6 Oct 2009, 06:24 (Ref:2554924)

QUOTE=GTRMagic;2554922]Funny that that form has never returned huh....[/QUOTE]

Well with Murphs twilight years now behind him maybe it is unlikely they will have the front running speed to repeat it or to win. Skaife was quicker at PI remember (the bloke flung from HRT for being too slow).

So seeing as how neither member of Car 51 will have the speed to break it does V8Bet have odds on who will? Might be worth a flutter.

Go Harder. · 6 Oct 2009, 06:34 (Ref:2554927)

Mt. Panorama forecast. A few showers and maybe a bit cool for record breaking, although the outlook may change between now and Sunday. Would be good to see someone top Murphs lap, but I doubt JC has the necessary talent.

Detailed forecasts-

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

and Sunday

sizzle · 6 Oct 2009, 06:38 (Ref:2554928)

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Originally Posted by Go Harder.

Mt. Panorama forecast. A few showers and maybe a bit cool for record breaking, although the outlook may change between now and Sunday. Would be good to see someone top Murphs lap, but I doubt JC has the necessary talent.

Detailed forecasts-

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

and Sunday

Jesus H Christ does that say 8 deg max on Sat.
They will be in Flinstones land for tyres at those temps.
Bloody glad I aren't going this year.

mtpanorama · 6 Oct 2009, 06:50 (Ref:2554932)

Try this forcast

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/ce...lands/bathurst

Go Harder. · 6 Oct 2009, 06:51 (Ref:2554933)

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Originally Posted by sizzle

Jesus H Christ does that say 8 deg max on Sat.
They will be in Flinstones land for tyres at those temps.
Bloody glad I aren't going this year.

Nah the min and max can be found on the Mt. Panorama home page. I think the temps you are referring to are averages for the specified timeframe. Still, it says a max of 15 for Saturday, and 6mm of rain.. not good for record breaking....

retro · 6 Oct 2009, 07:27 (Ref:2554949)

Murphy's 'Lap Of The God's' lap made in PhotoShop but reduced to a file size that makes it small enough to post and still be watchable...

retro · 6 Oct 2009, 08:47 (Ref:2554999)

Bathurst today...

Falcadore · 6 Oct 2009, 10:25 (Ref:2555068)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

point valid sizzle, but firstly it does not have to be in the shootout to break the record

second in 07 frosty did a 2.07.09, just 0.2 secs off in the shoot out

JC's theory is that the fG will make up that time difference, but it does come down to weather and track conditions

Technically it has to be done in the race, and Murphy's lap does not count towards the record. Qualifying lap record is largely a new creation. Doesn't stop all and sundry referring to Murphy's lap as the lap record though.

Funny, Bathurst is just about the only circuit in the world, outside of North America, where a qualifying lap is given major recognition at all.

Jamie Whincup is the official lap record holder from a race lap set in 2007 at 2:08.4651.

View Poll Results: Who will be first to greet the chequer in the SCA 1000?
#2 Tander/Davison	19	11.80%
#3 Noske/Bargwanna	1	0.62%
#4 Gaunt/McIntyre	0	0%
#5 Canto/Youlden	0	0%
#6 Richards/Winterbottom	8	4.97%
#7 Kelly/Kelly	5	3.11%
#8 Richards/McConville	5	3.11%
#9 Davison/Van Gisbergen	3	1.86%
#10 Owen/Price	1	0.62%
#12 Fiore/Bayliss	2	1.24%
#13 Fisher/Sieders	0	0%
#14 Jones/Jones	0	0%
#15 Pretty/Collins	1	0.62%
#16 McNally/Ricciardello	0	0%
#17 Johnson/Courtney	42	26.09%
#18 Luff/Webb	1	0.62%
#21 Lowe/Assaillit	0	0%
#22 Baird/Dumbrell	2	1.24%
#23 Walter/Douglas	0	0%
#24 Priaulx/Reynolds	1	0.62%
#25 Bright/Reindler	5	3.11%
#34 Caruso/Holdsworth	3	1.86%
#33 Ritter/Besnard	1	0.62%
#39 Kelly/Ingall	2	1.24%
#51 Skaife/Murphy	15	9.32%
#55 D'Alberto/Thompson	0	0%
#67 Slade/Morris	1	0.62%
#88 Simonsen/Thompson	1	0.62%
#111 Patrizi/Coulthard	2	1.24%
#247 Wood/Perkins	0	0%
#333 Wall/Tander	1	0.62%
#888 Whincup/Lowndes	39	24.22%
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