Bathurst

[Whynot]

Quite an astounding day all in all.

Brocky memorial trophy awarded for the first time
Skaife taken out so early,
Huge accident/fatality before the race even started.

not to mention the HUGE impact Radisich made in the tyre wall !
hope he recovers ok

[inlinefour]

Bugger.
Skaife knocked out in the first 30 seconds.
Once again, the safety car was out more than it was in.
A ford won.
Just.
I missed the last hour coz the fuggin power went off. Again!!!!
And this morning I read on teletext that Mark Porter passed away.

They are merely cages, equally as worthless as each other. On a more important note, Honda won the supersport series this year!

[scumdog]

They are merely cages, equally as worthless as each other. On a more important note, Honda won the supersport series this year!

What's a Honda???

Did any race at Bathurst???

[inlinefour]

What's a Honda???

Did any race at Bathurst???

I know your old, nackered and ride a Harley but get with the program. P.S. read my sig, all of it...

[GN1NiteStnd]

Yeah Steve Richards came 5th (Jack Daniels Car), He's been my favourite for years, started by the fact that his name is so close to mine S.Richards, and his brother was my brother's favourite J.Richards, for the same reason. While my youngest brother always went for the Kmart car (Greg Murphy). Great to see the support for Peter Brock, can't say that I'm such a bathurst nut to know who Mark Porter was, missed the start. Sad news all the same.

[Swoop]

Great to see the support for Peter Brock

It was touching to see the entire track standing and silent. That is a rare event, as there is always something happening around the circuit.
Also it takes a damn long time to walk all the way around. There would have been very large numbers there because of Brocky.
A few moist eyes yesterday.




Edit: Seems like all teams were hobbled with the dodgy dunlop tyres... OR was it "as the manufacturer claims..." track debris... Tui anyone?

[The Stranger:Me]

As an owner of several 'Blue Oval' products it warmed the cockles of my heart to see the finish at Bathhurst with several of said products at the front.

Holdens Achilles heel seemed to be handling, not driver error or driveline failure, I guess they're going to have to take a hard look at steering/shocks etc.

Oh, and a 'just' win is still a WIN eh?

You aren't serious are you?

They hobbled the Holdens handling for fear of loosing the spectator support cause it just to be a question of Holden was going to win.

There was no Fords or Holdens racing, just different teams with different body shells. The best team on the day won.

[scumdog]

You aren't serious are you?

They hobbled the Holdens handling for fear of loosing the spectator support cause it just to be a question of Holden was going to win.

There was no Fords or Holdens racing, just different teams with different body shells. The best team on the day won.

Of course a healthy dollop of bad luck will upset the best of teams plans - but that's racing.

[bane]

not to mention the HUGE impact Radisich made in the tyre wall !
hope he recovers ok

I felt sick when I saw Radisich's crash - shows the HANS device is a life saver - cant imagine anyone surviving that type of impact without it...

RIP Mark Porter :0(

[Mental Trousers]

Watched the entire thing start to finish. Hang overs tend to make moving difficult

[Indiana_Jones]

-Indy

"Cole, you're wandering all over the track!"

"Yeah, well this son of a bitch just slammed into me!"

"No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin, son, is racin'."

-Indy

[MattRSK]

Watched the entire thing start to finish. Hang overs tend to make moving difficult

Im in this group. Enjoyed it muchly.

RIP Mark, Peter.

[Warr]

Yes stayed pretty close to the TV for the whole thing. Didnt find it very riviting.. tho I did enjoy to see a Ford out in front at the end.
Bring on MotoGP I say. M/bike racing is way more interesting.

[slowpoke]

Bathurst is always a buzz, simply because the track is so awesome but I've pretty much given up on V8 Supercars.

I've lost touch with the rules but it's kinda ridiculous when they call it a "production based" class and you can't even buy a 5 litre V8 from either manufacturer, Ford (Aust) don't offer a pushrod V8 in the Falcon range and the Holden V8 has long since been put to bed.

I'd prefer to see a series that was truly more production based and offerred a greater variety of manufacturers and configurations, kinda like the old Group A days. It was more interesting with differences in power, handling, reliability, braking, weight etc between the different models.

Now it's all about who can afford the best shock dyno or computer camshaft simulation.

You can tell the series is bereft of legitimate excitement by the introduction of reverse grids and compulsory pitstops to try and introduce some passing. Even the use of the safety car is partly designed to bunch fields and artificially generate close racing.