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Postby bzrspeed » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:49 pm

Isnt Australia just a big riot with kangaroos?

Didnt they ban the foreign ones when they made them 5L v8's??
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Postby wde_bdy » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:53 pm

bzrspeed wrote:Isnt Australia just a big riot with kangaroos?


You forgot the wild camels and donkeys.

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Postby iOnic » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:01 pm

bzrspeed wrote:Didnt they ban the foreign ones when they made them 5L v8's??


They didn't ban anything. Group A specifications (which the boonlines were running under) were pretty much phased out/being phased out from most of the major touring car championships around the world by the time the Aussies decided to follow suit and start their own series for V8 powered Fords and Holdens.

The series that the GTRs were racing in and the series that will be watched on Sunday are not the same thing.

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Postby SkylineObsession » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:33 pm

I'd love for the top three cars to be those who don't frequent the podium very often. Seeing Murph, Skaife, Lowndes etc on the podium most years gets a bit tedious. :?
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Postby Stott69 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:07 pm

Should watch some of this, interested in next years line up tho
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:33 pm

SkylineObsession wrote:I'd love for the top three cars to be those who don't frequent the podium very often. Seeing Murph, Skaife, Lowndes etc on the podium most years gets a bit tedious. :?


Well doubtful you will see murphy on there this year, and you certainly won't see Skaife! However it's kinda unlikely you won't see Lowndes!

Of course being Bathurst the only thing certain is my Skaife comment!
then again maybe they will rope him in to present a trophy?

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Postby 1I1 » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:23 pm

iOnic wrote:Isn't Bathurst basically an Australian redneck riot with a friendly race while re-stocking the esky with VB?


Fixed :lol:

+1 to SVG. And looking forward to some rain to mix the racing up a bit :D
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Postby tsoob » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:40 pm

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Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:33 pm

Davidson on pole, SVG 3rd!
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Postby Mr Ree » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:38 pm

Such a good lap from Shane, and only a tenth off pole :)

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Postby Lloyd » Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:46 pm

There is footage somewhere?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:20 pm

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Postby Mr Ree » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:15 am

Lloyd wrote:There is footage somewhere?


There is always footage somewhere ;)
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Postby iOnic » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:03 pm

Holy $&#$%! 8O
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Postby Lloyd » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:05 pm

The last 5-10 laps each year anyway
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:05 pm

That was some good racing. I near passed out from holding my breath!
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Postby Bling » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:08 pm

Smelly boot anyone? Crack up, was a good watch.
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Postby Stott69 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:55 pm

Good to see brocks colours on podium again. Aswell as a few other cars in old paint shcemes
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Postby rolla_fxgt » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:12 pm

Davidson was lucky to walk away from his crash. Was uber scary.

Perhaps room for a late change to the COTF specs to include dual redundancy brake lines, if they're not already included. Just to counter anything similar happening again.

Even though I'm a Holden suppoorter, found myself cheering on David Renyolds towards the end. Not a big Whincup fan.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:16 pm

I was asking myself how long before there is a huge multi car one there... Not many places i the world where you can recross the track at speed after losing it. Was pretty scary.

I think it was sway bar failure that killed the brakes and the watts let go when he hit the wall. He said he heard it exiting Forrest Elbow, you would know long before the Chase if you had a bust watts
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