bugga bathurst

[ducatilover]

HOLDEN RULES. Go Murph.

damn sraight, though back in the day when there were skylines involved......

[SlowHand]

Im never into roundy's for some reason, not even spectacular NASCAR crashes interest me, there was the rally on for a while, which is good, but I always end up going driving on gravel roads after 15minutes. oh and the stupid power cuts...

[ratusratus]

the triumph thing got all the mullets going!!!

[Lou Girardin]

It's a silhouette formula now, all the running gear is the same only the bodies differ.
But for once I did watch it, (Nothing better to do while the Auck sunshine poured down)
It was quite interesting, especially Murph and Ambrose having a discussion about their crash. Shame that Jason Richards couldn't stay with Scaife at the end though.

[Monsterbishi]

It's the one V8 supercar race that I show any interest in each year, just so I can hassle the Ford fans at work the next week, beyond that, I have to remind myself that they're not really a Ford or a Holden, just a tube frame chassis, with a CF shell that looks like either brand, beyond that, like open wheelers, all the other parts are control pieces, like their 9" rear ends and 5.0 motors, both of which you'll never see in a production piece.

Now if they at least opened it up to full body cars again, with OEM engine sizes, that would be truely great, bring back turbo's!!!

[Smorg]

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haha yeah mate, shane barry and shazza all the crew

[Kornholio]

We got around to friends place at 4pm to watch the last few hours after going to Kopu, Whanga(beers) and then home through Waihi and Vtr mate got a puncture in his front tyre as it started raining so he had to chug back at 70kph lol from Waihi to TeAroha lmao...he was gutted

Then stayed up and watched SBK *yawn*

[babyB]

i love Bathurst is cool event.....mind u i love any motorsport....
only got to c parts during the day but still better than nothing...
dam the holden lol
was a long night with the F1 to watch as well
dont get tv3 could see rally or A1

[Charlie]

I dont care for mullet haired blokes named shane and hairy armpit woman named shazza watching a silly bloody car race on a silly little track in aussie..

I just got back from Bathurst and proud to boast I'm neither a hairy armpit woman nor is my name shazza!

Couldn't care less what brand it is...racing is racing and as long as it involves wheels, engines and crashes its all good to me....especially if it includes kiwis beating Aussies!!

Totally agree with you Hoon!!
Was a fantastic despite the chilling 3 degree weather (-5 with wind chill factor I'm told and I believe it!).
Arrived on The Friday and left Monday morning and there is much more to Bathurst than is seen on TV. There were drift car displays, Defenc Force fly over', FMX (ouch he fell off and broke his arm!) and the motorbike stunt rider from Mission impossible was there doing things on a bike I thought were impossible!
And yes there was the muscle car racing, Porsche racing, and the V8's!
Was awesome!

[Mental Trousers]

Women that love motorsport AND ride bikes. I could m***y one of those two - if I could get that word out without the *** of course

Opinion - if it has an engine and wheels and races it's a good thing.

[TonyB]

beyond that, I have to remind myself that they're not really a Ford or a Holden, just a tube frame chassis, with a CF shell that looks like either brand, beyond that, like open wheelers, all the other parts are control pieces, like their 9" rear ends and 5.0 motors, both of which you'll never see in a production piece.

Now if they at least opened it up to full body cars again, with OEM engine sizes, that would be truely great, bring back turbo's!!!

Eggzachery! One of the principle byproducts of production based motorsport is that it leads to technological advances that improve the road going cars. V8 Supercars don't use the production engine, gear box or suspension -they use live rear axles for fecks sake! I know that it's all done for parity and close racing, but as far as 'improving the breed' goes, the series is pointless.

And don't even get me started on the fecken "safety car"... remember when they used to leave dead cars in the safest spot they could and just carry on? Those were the days! And the assembled dead cars never caused a problem, despite the fact that the GTR was out there lapping at about current speeds.... with 100kg of ballast in the boot.

[Lou Girardin]

Bathurst was at it's best in the late '80s, early '90s. The Sierra/BMW battles were superb to watch. During that period, the Falcadores didn't get a look in.
I suppose all those different brands were quite confusing for your average Bathurst hill-dweller. Gentleman Jim got it right when he said they were all a pack of arseholes.