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Old 26 Nov 2009, 11:56 (Ref:2589619)   #1
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What next for Tony Cochrane?

He says himself that it has been a passion to break into the Sydney market.
Iif it is a success what is left for him? What new challenges does he have?
If it is a failure what does he turn his hand to next?
I can’t see him walking away straight away but depending on the results what are the possibilities?
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Old 26 Nov 2009, 12:31 (Ref:2589637)   #2
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Go over to the SEL website...he has plenty of stuff to keep him busy if v8 supercars falls over like the doomsayers are predicting...

http://www.sel.com.au/
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Old 26 Nov 2009, 17:23 (Ref:2589777)   #3
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He says himself that it has been a passion to break into the Sydney market.
Iif it is a success what is left for him? What new challenges does he have?
If it is a failure what does he turn his hand to next?
I can’t see him walking away straight away but depending on the results what are the possibilities?
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Old 28 Nov 2009, 18:49 (Ref:2590889)   #4
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In the V8SA off season he could organise an Asia/Pacific series and rope in a few more manufacturers. That would keep him busy.
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 03:12 (Ref:2591085)   #5
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I want him as far away from V8 Supercars as possible.
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 07:50 (Ref:2591111)   #6
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I've got quite a few ideas for him, and none of them involve motorsport.
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 10:59 (Ref:2591167)   #7
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Based on the V8extra performance;

1. A diet.

2. A course on the principles of pre-recording a television program.
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 12:30 (Ref:2591197)   #8
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if v8 supercars falls over like the doomsayers are predicting...
Would they collapse if subjected to competition from a start-up series with much cheaper but sufficiently fast V8 Falcon and Commodores, propped up by much cheaper family-friendly ticket prices, traditional permanent circuits and much better racing assisted by ballast, reverse grid sprints etc in the British style?
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 12:49 (Ref:2591204)   #9
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Would they collapse if subjected to competition from a start-up series with much cheaper but sufficiently fast V8 Falcon and Commodores, propped up by much cheaper family-friendly ticket prices, traditional permanent circuits and much better racing assisted by ballast, reverse grid sprints etc in the British style?
I watched the WTCC live last weekend from Macau based more or less on that principle you have there except for the cars and is was rubbish.

In the first race they raced for 10th place as the second race was reverse the top 10.

If you start of with a cheap family car based formula when things start breaking the teams will ask for better components.

Give it a few years and you will end up right back at V8Supercars.

I will agree the BTCC is reasonable though but nowhere near our set up.
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Old 29 Nov 2009, 14:07 (Ref:2591230)   #10
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What next for all the whingers and whiners of the v8s on here after Sydney???

Will we see them claim the event as a failure, will there be any moaning about the safety car or race director, will 7 be toasted again for poor coverage and lack of info during qualifying??

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Old 29 Nov 2009, 22:09 (Ref:2591417)   #11
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Cochrane might try to bring the Asian LMS to Australia (Phillip Island?) and the IndyCar back to Surfers Paradise (Adelaide?).

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In the V8SA off season he could organise an Asia/Pacific series and rope in a few more manufacturers. That would keep him busy.
The rebirth of the Speedcar? The Nascar and DTM will try that too.

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much better racing assisted by ballast, reverse grid sprints etc in the British style
The Argentine TC2000 has a far superior balancing system to those two. First of all, except for special races, they have a sprint race on Sunday morning and a feature race (45 minutes) at noon. There's only one true winner for the press and fans: the feature race's winner.

What they do to hurdle the championship leaders is to throw them (dunno how many) to the back of the sprint race's grid (dunno how many places). Since they don't have weight disadvantages, they can fight the whole day to pass slower drivers and finish in top positions. And they do that.
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Old 30 Nov 2009, 03:07 (Ref:2591512)   #12
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Based on the V8extra performance;

1. A diet.

2. A course on the principles of pre-recording a television program.
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Old 30 Nov 2009, 10:28 (Ref:2591653)   #13
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I will agree the BTCC is reasonable though but nowhere near our set up.
I was thinking how would souped up NZV8s fare in Australia, something a bit quicker and with the latest model cars though. Having mostly control bits should make it impossible to go overboard in building the best mousetrap, like they do things.

They seem to say that the racing is pretty good over there, but they have the ticket price inflation too don't they? Punters not paying to prop up big budget teams via massive sanction fees passed onto ticket prices would be great.
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Old 2 Dec 2009, 09:50 (Ref:2592729)   #14
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An interesting insight on on Tony's past and motivations in this long form interview (approx.40 mins) with Richard Fidler:

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/...?site=brisbane

Don't know if it was a great ad for him, or the category. Does point out how far they have come since paying circuit owners to compete on their tracks
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Old 2 Dec 2009, 10:14 (Ref:2592740)   #15
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I was thinking how would souped up NZV8s fare in Australia, something a bit quicker and with the latest model cars though. Having mostly control bits should make it impossible to go overboard in building the best mousetrap, like they do things.

They seem to say that the racing is pretty good over there, but they have the ticket price inflation too don't they? Punters not paying to prop up big budget teams via massive sanction fees passed onto ticket prices would be great.
Dunno mate I'm from Qld...
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No, that's the first publicity shots released of the V8 car of the future project after KRudd has signed off on the ETS scheme in Coppenhagen.

In 2015 a field of 32 cars will line up for the inaugral Bathurst 1000 Watts race.

Or is big Tony telling Tim Schenken to jam the pace car up his erectum, as V8 Australia have found a replacement vehicle and driver.
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No, that's the first publicity shots released of the V8 car of the future project after KRudd has signed off on the ETS scheme in Coppenhagen.

In 2015 a field of 32 cars will line up for the inaugral Bathurst 1000 Watts race.

Or is big Tony telling Tim Schenken to jam the pace car up his erectum, as V8 Australia have found a replacement vehicle and driver.
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Tony has been told by Tim that the pace car is waiting for him to pass, and that it is sitting in a blind spot just past the pit exit.
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By my calculations, if they hold the golf cart race in outer space, they should be able to reduce drag enough to reach speeds upwards of 400 kph.

TC can inflate the crowd count by noting the martians renowned invisibility cloaking technology.......
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He says himself that it has been a passion to break into the Sydney market.
Iif it is a success what is left for him? What new challenges does he have?
If it is a failure what does he turn his hand to next?
I can’t see him walking away straight away but depending on the results what are the possibilities?
NSW Premiership appears to be open for someone to take command.
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Old 4 Dec 2009, 02:57 (Ref:2593788)   #22
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NSW Premiership appears to be open for someone to take command.
that would ensure the future of the event Falc

Believe it or not I thought it was a reasonable question when I asked it but going on the responses obviously not.
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"Look Nathan, I am going to have to invoice the NSW Government a service fee for changing the details on the official tickets yet again!"

"Let's cut to the chase, Nathan most things are best run by a dictatorship this touchy feely crap doesn't work in real life!"
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