The Totally Ripper/Bonza V8 Supercar Thread.

[Wizzie]

They wouldn't have left if not for Ford screwing them over.

Have to agree with you there, what Ford did to Team Vodafone was bordering on insane - they just let go of their best team in favour of FPR (who are still one of the top teams, just that they have never had the consistency to back it up).

Oh, and Whincup is the V8 Supercars version of Vettel, he's a good driver though a lot of people don't want to see him win, just because he's already won so much.

And Lowndes is the Webber - everyone wants him to win, but he keeps getting destroyed by his teammate and no one knows whether it's because he's old, not good enough or just unlucky.

It's ruined by Vodafone though.

Except unlike Webber he actually gets a fair crack at it.

[dr-baker]

Hoping for a HRT 1-2 in a fortnight in Melbourne.

Fixed!

[eurobrun]

Big crash with Murphy and Webb

[Wizzie]

Goddamnit Caruso

[Wizzie]

And before I forget, the Moffat Falcon is really starting to grow on me. It's got a cool retro look to it. Too bad he'll probably find a way to write it off within the next few weeks

[eurobrun]

Sadly GRM is in the last two positions.

[eurobrun]

Mofffat is in the garage

[Wizzie]

Possible problem for Whincup. There is a god

[the Masked Lapwing]

Come on Whincup, blow up!

[eurobrun]

Tander in the lead is good

[eurobrun]

Come on FPR, take eachother out

[eurobrun]

bathplug this

[ADx_Wales]

Only now getting round to watching the 2012 Clipsal, turn 8 still has a vicious side to it despite the lack of width in the middle of the turn, but thats only to neutralise the chaos of under 10 years ago.

Also, has the horsetrack around the outside of the "racetrack" percentage of the Adelaide Street Track completely gone?

[eurobrun]

Only now getting round to watching the 2012 Clipsal, turn 8 still has a vicious side to it despite the lack of width in the middle of the turn, but thats only to neutralise the chaos of under 10 years ago.

Also, has the horsetrack around the outside of the "racetrack" percentage of the Adelaide Street Track completely gone?

The horsetrack is pretty much only dust now. Don't think it's used for anything.

[AndreaModa]

Just watched the whole of race 1 on youtube, it's the first full V8 race I've ever watched, pretty good last few laps!

[JeremyMcClean]

Just watched the whole of race 1 on youtube, it's the first full V8 race I've ever watched, pretty good last few laps!

Oddly enough, caught the last few laps of the first race as well on TV. Ads were frequent. I thought Davison was going to hang on until he dropped back. Should have been more defensive.... Good to see Adelaide back in service as well. It's a fantastic track from what little I've seen.

[IdeFan]

Slightly off topic, but I didn't want to create a whole new thread:

I was watching some footage at Bathurst and learned the last corner is named "Murray's corner", is this named after the great Murray Walker? If not, then Murray certainly deserves a corner name somewhere.

[P_Friesacher]

Also somewhat off-topic: Can someone tell me, which (Australian) TV channel the V8 races from Melbourne are on? I have been searching the internet for the past hour, but somehow a just can't find an answer.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Also somewhat off-topic: Can someone tell me, which (Australian) TV channel the V8 races from Melbourne are on? I have been searching the internet for the past hour, but somehow a just can't find an answer.

They'll be on Ten and One, although race 2 today will only be on One.

[the Masked Lapwing]

That is quite possibly the greatest stack I have ever seen

[Wizzie]

That is quite possibly the greatest stack I have ever seen

And I simply HAD to miss it thanks to Physics homework

[the Masked Lapwing]

For those who didn't see it, at turn 3 Courtney got Whincup and spun him, right in front of traffic. Most managed to avoid him, but Rick Kelly got a touch and David Wall had nowhere to go, and neither did Taz Douglas behind him. As Douglas hits Wall, Ingall hits him too, lifting Douglas onto two wheels. Premat got a piece of Ingall, forcing him under Douglas, leaving him pretty much resting on Wall and Ingall. End result: three Commodores out of the race (Wall, Douglas and Ingall), two more covered in race tape (Whincup and Premat), a Kelly in the pits and a red flag. Only in a non-championship race

[dr-baker]

For those who didn't see it, at turn 3 Courtney got Whincup and spun him, right in front of traffic. Most managed to avoid him, but Rick Kelly got a touch and David Wall had nowhere to go, and neither did Taz Douglas behind him. As Douglas hits Wall, Ingall hits him too, lifting Douglas onto two wheels. Premat got a piece of Ingall, forcing him under Douglas, leaving him pretty much resting on Wall and Ingall. End result: three Commodores out of the race (Wall, Douglas and Ingall), two more covered in race tape (Whincup and Premat), a Kelly in the pits and a red flag. Only in a non-championship race

This?

[Waris]

Why do the V8 Supercars commentators call the cars by their sponsor names? It makes them sound like Americans.

[Wizzie]

Why do the V8 Supercars commentators call the cars by their sponsor names? It makes them sound like Americans.

Because all the cars are either Walkinshaw, Triple 8, FPR or Stone Brothers built with the singular exception of GRM. Besides, many of the teams are three and four car stables so it's just easier to differentiate that way.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Why do the V8 Supercars commentators call the cars by their sponsor names? It makes them sound like Americans.

Because all the cars are either Walkinshaw, Triple 8, FPR or Stone Brothers built with the exceptions of GRM and the Kellys. Besides, many of the teams are three and four car stables so it's just easier to differentiate that way.

Fixed. Why else would Nissan want them?
And the sponsors want their money's worth. They are the only reason there is a non-championship event right now.

[Wizzie]

Why do the V8 Supercars commentators call the cars by their sponsor names? It makes them sound like Americans.

Because all the cars are either Walkinshaw, Triple 8, FPR or Stone Brothers built with the exceptions of GRM and the Kellys. Besides, many of the teams are three and four car stables so it's just easier to differentiate that way.

Fixed. Why else would Nissan want them?
And the sponsors want their money's worth. They are the only reason there is a non-championship event right now.

But we both know the Kellys are just on another ego trip by courting Nissan for next year

Besides, aren't their cars for this year ex-Walkinshaw anyway or did I conveniently forget that part of the discussion?

[the Masked Lapwing]

Because all the cars are either Walkinshaw, Triple 8, FPR or Stone Brothers built with the exceptions of GRM and the Kellys. Besides, many of the teams are three and four car stables so it's just easier to differentiate that way.

Fixed. Why else would Nissan want them?
And the sponsors want their money's worth. They are the only reason there is a non-championship event right now.

But we both know the Kellys are just on another ego trip by courting Nissan for next year

Besides, aren't their cars for this year ex-Walkinshaw anyway or did I conveniently forget that part of the discussion?

You forgot that part:

Walkinshaw supply (effectively) 3 HRTs and 3 BJRs. The Kellys have built their own cars for a while now, or should I say Larry Perkins has been building them (actually, that's an interesting point. How does Larry feel about the Nissan deal?).

[Wizzie]

Fixed. Why else would Nissan want them?
And the sponsors want their money's worth. They are the only reason there is a non-championship event right now.

But we both know the Kellys are just on another ego trip by courting Nissan for next year

Besides, aren't their cars for this year ex-Walkinshaw anyway or did I conveniently forget that part of the discussion?

You forgot that part:

Walkinshaw supply (effectively) 3 HRTs and 3 BJRs. The Kellys have built their own cars for a while now, or should I say Larry Perkins has been building them (actually, that's an interesting point. How does Larry feel about the Nissan deal?).

I'm willing to bet Larry is, understandably, Ab. So. Lutely. FURIOUS!

[the Masked Lapwing]

Speaking of the Kellys, when was the last time someone who isn't Greg Murphy drove #51?

[Stramala]

But we both know the Kellys are just on another ego trip by courting Nissan for next year

Besides, aren't their cars for this year ex-Walkinshaw anyway or did I conveniently forget that part of the discussion?

You forgot that part:

Walkinshaw supply (effectively) 3 HRTs and 3 BJRs. The Kellys have built their own cars for a while now, or should I say Larry Perkins has been building them (actually, that's an interesting point. How does Larry feel about the Nissan deal?).

I thought JDR used Walkinshaw Chassis and Pepsi Max/Fair Dinkum Racing used Perkins chassis. But, I'm probably wrong...

[the Masked Lapwing]

But we both know the Kellys are just on another ego trip by courting Nissan for next year

Besides, aren't their cars for this year ex-Walkinshaw anyway or did I conveniently forget that part of the discussion?

You forgot that part:

Walkinshaw supply (effectively) 3 HRTs and 3 BJRs. The Kellys have built their own cars for a while now, or should I say Larry Perkins has been building them (actually, that's an interesting point. How does Larry feel about the Nissan deal?).

I thought JDR used Walkinshaw Chassis and Pepsi Max/Fair Dinkum Racing used Perkins chassis. But, I'm probably wrong...

They might have when they first started out until the first new ones were working, but it certainly wasn't for a long period of time.

[Wizzie]

How in the blue hell is Taz Douglas 8th?

[the Masked Lapwing]

How in the blue hell is Taz Douglas 8th?

Because Warren Luff/Daniel Gaunt/Cameron McConville/Nathan Pretty made LDM look worse than they really were. Douglas is actually a good driver.

[Wizzie]

How in the blue hell is Taz Douglas 8th?

Because Warren Luff/Daniel Gaunt/Cameron McConville/Nathan Pretty made LDM look worse than they really were. Douglas is actually a good driver.

Then again, they also switched from Walkinshaw to T8 didn't they?

Webb having another off at the hairpin

[Wizzie]

35-odd laps on soft tyres? I'll drink to that

[Wizzie]

Oh man, the two works FPRs are an enormous accident waiting to happen

[Wizzie]

That wasn't necessary, Mr Douglas

[Wizzie]

How in the blue hell is Taz Douglas 8th?

Because Warren Luff/Daniel Gaunt/Cameron McConville/Nathan Pretty made LDM look worse than they really were. Douglas is actually a good driver.

Nah. LDM are still a bunch of incompetent fools. I mean, who else can get thrown out of the development series for breaking the testing ban?

[the Masked Lapwing]

How in the blue hell is Taz Douglas 8th?

Because Warren Luff/Daniel Gaunt/Cameron McConville/Nathan Pretty made LDM look worse than they really were. Douglas is actually a good driver.

Nah. LDM are still a bunch of incompetent fools. I mean, who else can get thrown out of the development series for breaking the testing ban?

When were LDM ever in the development series? Dumbrell started the team when he bought Tasman's REC in late 2009.