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24 Jul 2016, 22:25 (Ref:3660947) | #1 | ||
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[VASC16R22R23] Red Rooster SMP SuperSprint:26-28Aug
Time for Eastern Creek to hold its annual round..
Will we see an 888 1-2-3 again..? Will PRA discover how to qualify AND keep tyres under their rockets? And will Mr Winterbottom enjoy having half of his sponsor's workforce at his ride day the Monday after the race Its still an open field, despite the 888 form.. BJR? Tekno? PRA? LDM? Lots to choose from.. 5 weeks to find out |
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Yep was just about to say that WTF "5 weeks"
load of rubbish ! Bring on the F1 and MotoGP |
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I, for one, am looking forward to this as it will be my first 'proper' Supercars weekend in Australia. I've checked out Eastern Creek before last month and it looks like there are some decent viewing spots around. Fingers crossed for decent weather!
The gap is going to be painful though, as the German GP is this weekend and then a similar break break as Supercars before the Belgian GP. |
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I'll be there too. Looking forward to watching the Supercars and Aus GT. Should be a nice relaxing weekend.
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Plus heaps of Carrera Cup with the Australian and Asian Series.
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Rennsport and MCM are on around that time.
Odd to have 3 major-ish events within such a short frame of time, though. |
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I think Australian GT is on the bill as well, for a 101 lap race. I enjoy race weekends without any of the open wheel cars.
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Scheduling the GT race for 8am on Saturday is a farce.It shows how Supercars regard GT when they give priority in the schedule to Toyota 86's.
The idea of putting this flagship GT race at this meeting was to both attract non Supercar fans and expose Supercar fans to endurance GT racing as a promo for 12 Hour.If they were serious about this they would have run support category qualifying first on Saturday morning followed by GT race.That would have 101 starting about 9.15 which is much more spectator friendly. All that this schedule is doing is giving me practice at getting up very early on race mornings prior to 12 Hour. |
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Surely Chaz is due, qualyfying well, just making some small errors, like not slotting into second in race 1 last weekend
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The 101 has a maximum time of 31/2 hours regardless of start time.If it ran safety car free it would be completed in 2 hours 50 minutes.
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It's good for the teams too. Their race is done middle of the day Saturday, they can pack up and get out of dodge in good time, avoiding an extra night's accom, get their rigs back home Saturday night etc. It's hard to see that the scheduling is such a bad thing, there are definitely positives to it. |
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Not unless VASC has a ruling stating trucks can't be moved off site until Monday morning.
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Fair point. In that case the teams get their team members out of dodge and reduce accom costs but the rigs stay with a truck driver, show off their cars, maybe move a bit of merch etc. Still doesn't feel like a major issue for them.
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Not sure how many crew will leave the area, big ride day program on Monday after the race for a number of VASC teams..
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Well that's what I'd do, if that was the case.
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How did AGT and V8SC solve the pit share concerns for the 101?
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