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If not a Ford, not a Holden.. then.....
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Hey GTR, is this a name of a company, with the "IN" in different colour it rings of it.
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Well, aren't Cosworth on the way out anyway?
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They still had Cosworth on the sticker on the rear window.
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Cosworth was on the back window iirc.
I suspect Gore was having a little word play, possibly - Independant (incorrectly spelt) - meaning they are by themselves. AND IN Dependant - IN is blue for some reason (Ford?) Dependant meaning Inside dependant? any wordsmiths who can come up with something? |
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They are not a Ford Factor backed team, making them independent. Craig Gore also noted this throughout the weekend. Unfortunately the team did not make the mistake, it was a third party mistake in regards to the spelling.
It isn't in regard to anything else but being "Independent". And the colour isn't blue for Ford, but it is blue for WPS. If you look at the website at the bottom of the windscreen, you will see that WPS is also written in that exact same colour. Certainly caused a few laughs. |
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I am pretty sure I heard over the track commentary that is was a message to his mate "Tom". Being Tom Gormon I guess.
Article in one of the current mags makes reference to the "relationship" between WPS and ford and even the Larkham influence has not helped. |
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Hmm, further inspection says it was Cosworth on Saturday.
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Why doesnt Gore just go to Holden????? Quit the bellyaching and move......the one thing I hate about WPS is I actually like the drivers and Larko........a bit hard to follow them when these ridiculous things come up at races!
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I like this team, however I cannot see why ford would want to be involved with them.
From my perspective they are marketers first racers second. Those are the old 00 chassis? |
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i believe they got new chassis this year sparkle
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I seem to remember some chat at the time that they were supposed to get new kit, but it didn't happen??
I also can't beleive someone let the stickers go on without the spell-checker being used..... |
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If not a Ford, not a Holden.. then.....
it would be 7th in the teams championship, ahead of HRT SCAR BOC Tasman and was the 2nd highest accumulator of points during the endurnace races with just a poultry 710 more points than HRT |
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in the words of the great garry rogers, who they are also beating, there is no such thing as bad luck, just bad managment. and that just about sums up HRT during the enduros
but seriously to get both cars to finish at both enduros suggest a bit more than luck, possibly it related to their strong driving combinations |
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I wouldn't be too concerned about the spelling error. As far as TV exposure went, it was hardly seen all day.
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maybe yout right
but the talk was late last year in press releases that they had purchased new beehag chassis. so unless you have soem other info, im more inclined to go with the reports that were many and months apart |
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The technical department at WPS Racing has chosen to develop the existing equipment as they are of a similar lineage and design (but more highly refined with new bits such as better dampers) to the Orrcon cars of last season (from whence the engineering staff came..) Can I point to a press release confirming they are running 4 season old chassis? No.. sorry.. they generally only talk about shiny new things they are doing and building... |
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