Supercars JUB JUB Supercars thread

[CURVE]

I get that, but of those 50 how many actually have any chance of winning ?? Big fields at Bathurst for what is essentially a show category with expensive and rare cars is a bit silly

2 groups of 30 or so would've done the trick. Cleaner racing and less chance of needless pile ups.

It's not about winning, it's about competing at the best racetrack in the world in a classic of Australian motorsport that has a history at that track. I'd sell my only child to have that opportunity, especially if I got to drive in Gricy's Torana or Shiel's/Fury's Bluebird.

I would think it is also about recreating the era when there was between 50 and 70 cars on the grid, it's a nostalgic trip back to the 70's. 80's and 90's.

Take it for what it is and enjoy it.

 

[Cromulant]

It's not about winning, it's about competing at the best racetrack in the world in a classic of Australian motorsport that has a history at that track. I'd sell my only child to have that opportunity, especially if I got to drive in Gricy's Torana or Shiel's/Fury's Bluebird.

I would think it is also about recreating the era when there was between 50 and 70 cars on the grid, it's a nostalgic trip back to the 70's. 80's and 90's.

Take it for what it is and enjoy it.

I'd enjoy it if they actually raced instead of brought out red flags. The cars are great to look at, took a huge amount of photos. Racing them around normal tracks like they do at PI and the Motorsport festival at exhibition speeds is great.

Bathurst is not, not with a field that big.

 

[Cromulant]

Back in the day, they had multiple categories. Sure, only the big boys in the V8s were racing for line honours - but everyone was racing for the win in their own category.

It would be like having Supercars, Dunlop Series 2, Porsches, and Toyota 86s all racing together - each racing for victory in their own "race within a race".

Except in those days pretty much everyone was a "gentleman driver" bar the top handful and the cars weren't as rare and fragile as they are now.

Class racing is fine at professional level. I just hate seeing these cars get destroyed because a bunch of blokes get stars in their eyes on this track

 

[Magma]

hopefully the race tomorrow is as eventful as the dunlop series races have been

 

[Cromulant]

hopefully the race tomorrow is as eventful as the dunlop series races have been

The Dunlop Series is always a laugh. Some expensive accidents, particularly the series leader.

 

[Vader]

Making them run across the road and jump in, start car etc was fairly amusing as well

Nothing wrong with the old Le Mans style start.

 

[Vader]

Except in those days pretty much everyone was a "gentleman driver" bar the top handful and the cars weren't as rare and fragile as they are now.

Class racing is fine at professional level. I just hate seeing these cars get destroyed because a bunch of blokes get stars in their eyes on this track

I'm suggesting they should bring back multi-category racing to the Bathurst 1000 now, not just having a yesteryear/heritage category as one of the sideshow acts.

 

[Cromulant]

I'm suggesting they should bring back multi-category racing to the Bathurst 1000 now, not just having a yesteryear/heritage category as one of the sideshow acts.

It's an interesting thought, probably not enough money to go around.

TCR and Trans-Am will likely be on a few Supercars cards next year, I think that's as close as we get.

 

[Vader]

It's an interesting thought, probably not enough money to go around.

The bigger problem is that they won't have any minor categories to fill the rest of the track schedule, if everyone is participating in the main event.

TCR and Trans-Am will likely be on a few Supercars cards next year, I think that's as close as we get.

I'd like to see Bathurst return to being a multi-category race, including Supercars and others. Not overly fussed what those other categories are, though it would probably be helpful if there wasn't too big a difference in the performance of the various categories.

 

[toxic]

Love this hour.

Feeney for me

 

[Cromulant]

The bigger problem is that they won't have any minor categories to fill the rest of the track schedule, if everyone is participating in the main event.

I'd like to see Bathurst return to being a multi-category race, including Supercars and others. Not overly fussed what those other categories are, though it would probably be helpful if there wasn't too big a difference in the performance of the various categories.

In theory the Super2 cars are quicker than the main game too, that would be awkward.

Any chance of a multi cat race was done when they made the race part of the championship. I mean the 6 Hour at Easter is one, if you'd like to watch Proddy Car racing.....

 

[Cromulant]

Love this hour.

Feeney for me

I reckon Brodie pulls one out of the box.

Would love Waters to jag it

 

[Magma]

i reckon waters might nick it, but it will be close unless someone pulls out a lap of the gods. someone probably puts it in the fence too.

 

[k31th]

Bit sketchy for Stanaway at hell corner :O... not bad with a 2:05.9286, considering that start

 

[k31th]

ADP 3 tenths slower than Stanaway.. bit slow in that first sector in comparison

 

[k31th]

Not bad in the last sector by Le Brocq... but still slower than Stanaway by a fair bit in the 1st sector; looked like a pretty good lap in terms of hitting all of the apexes and exits...

 

[Magma]

bloody hell tried his best to throw it into the wall at the top there

 

[largebus]

He smacked the inside wall at Reid Park there

 

[k31th]

lol Heimgartner; hell corner bites again

 

[Magma]

as soon as they played that video from yesterday that was 1.01 odds to happen

 

[largebus]

Standard brad jones racing at Bathurst outcome

 

[NSWCROW]

No no no no Andre

BJR curse is real

 

[k31th]

Mostert half a second slower than Stanaway in the first sector... that time by Stanaway is looking epic, especially the first sector, even with the slip at hell corner.

 

[Cromulant]

Richie would be pretty happy with this.

It's freezing today, tyres are tough to get heat into

 

[Magma]

man no one's really getting close to stanaway in that 1st sector