2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars 

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Garth was lucky they didn't get called in for that body work, but great drive nonetheless.
 
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That was some nervous moments when the guard decided it didn't want to be connected to the car anymore and SVG closing in at the end. Great drive from GT & Luff.
 
Was really hoping Scotty could get past Will to break up that Holden podium.
 
What a fantastic race, most drivers drove amazingly and I think the top 3 really deserved it.

I was impressed with Super Black Racing again when they got 3rd, they have a really good co-driver on their side (as a Holden man, that was hard to say :lol:)

Congrats to GT, really deserved that win and SVG made the race entertaining all the way to the end too.

I legitimately applaud after the race, it was just so good and fantastic.
 
I think I dislike Leanne Tander more than Garth for some reason.

Ended up being an awesome race. Glad to see HRT get the win after their recent form, would've liked to see Scotty sneak into third though.
 
My pick for their "pair of the race" vote they have going on is Todd Kelly and Matt Campbell. 18th to 7th is the highest number of spots gained out of anyone.

Anyway, on to Bathurst.
 
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My pick for their "pair of the race" vote they have going on is Todd Kelly and Matt Campbell. 18th to 7th is the highest number of spots gained out of anyone.

Anyway, on to Bathurst.
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Driving Pace wasn't really the reason for that though (proven by the fact if they were fast they would've stayed in 6th), it was mainly luck with a relatively good pit strategy. Though I'll admit they did pick up near the end.

I would say Stanaway and Pither, but Pither dragged the duo down unfortunately. I'll go with GT and Luff, they have history, they are defending champions of the Enduro Cup and both drivers drove incredible staying at the head of the pack mostly.
 
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My pick for their "pair of the race" vote they have going on is Todd Kelly and Matt Campbell. 18th to 7th is the highest number of spots gained out of anyone.

Anyway, on to Bathurst.
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I agree. A great Supercars debut by Matt Campbell 👍
 
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A superstar in the making. 👍

Richie Stanaway was really impressive too.
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It's a big 'if' but, I think Golding would've been the standout rookie had he not ended up in the fence. Stanaway did a good job too but for the competitive miles he's covered, not only in a Supercar but overall, Matt gets my vote 👍
 
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It's a big 'if' but, I think Golding would've been the standout rookie had he not ended up in the fence. Stanaway did a good job too but for the competitive miles he's covered, not only in a Supercar but overall, Matt gets my vote 👍
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That was the first time Stanaway ever Drove a V8 Supercar in a race(apart from the qualifying race).
 
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That was the first time Stanaway ever Drove a V8 Supercar in a race(apart from the qualifying race).
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Yes, and the same applies for Matt. Stanaway also has a lot more racing miles under his belt.

Either way, they both should be proud of their efforts in difficult conditions.
 
If the retro round is going to become a regular fixture, then I think it needs support from more teams. The three biggest teams - Triple Eight, Prodrive and HRT - didn't really get behind it. They dressed up one of their satellite teams, but they didn't bother with the main cars.
 
Yeah, it kind of has to be a one in, all in type of thing or not at all though it's hard with some teams not having any history.
 
Not to mention HRT fix on doing retro liverys at complete random instead of a set date causes some issues with having a retro round.
 
A new team like Super Black, could use an orange livery from Bruce McLaren, Jim Richards or any famous NZ race driver/team.

RBRA may not have a long history but could have been creative with the livery. Maybe an art car style wrap.

There are creative ways to do it. All teams should be in board.

Any way, Moffat should have started. Didn't even get to turn a wheel. I did hope Beiber would have a good run. Hence, why I ppstedvit had to be him of all people. He drove good in the DVS. They were in the perfect starting position on the dry line. Glad he walked away from the crash.

What could have been had DJRTP calculated correctly. Good result overall. Bad luck for Pye.

Bathurst is going to be crazy.
 
You got to remember that they need to approve the retro livery with their sponsors. Some of the modern sponsors can't really do it since they don't have anything to do with past racing. Making it mandatory for all teams would probably tick off some of them.

I think 888 racing having only Craig Lowdnes doing it, is because his car isn't primary sponsored by Red Bull. As evident by Craig Lowdnes car having modern Red Bull like livery at the bottom of his car, 888 not doing it is probably a Red Bull thing and not something they chose not to do for JW and SVG
 
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Not to mention HRT fix on doing retro liverys at complete random instead of a set date causes some issues with having a retro round.
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Wasn't the Townsville livery used to commemorate an anniversary?

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RBRA may not have a long history but could have been creative with the livery. Maybe an art car style wrap.
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I don't think that it has to be from their own history. Just any retro design.

05XR8
There are creative ways to do it.
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It wouldn't be hard to re-create Glenn Seton's Ford Credit Racing design (circa 1995) using The Bottle-O colours, or Gibson Racing's green-eyed monster (circa 2000) for Monster.

As for Triple Eight, they're about to become the works Holden team, so if observing their own history is the preferred way of doing it, they're about to get a range of options.
 
05XR8
Ibdont know their reasons, but anything is possible.
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That was the fiftieth anniversary of Bathurst. The Vodafone design was to honour Peter Brock (with the chevron inverted to get around anti-tobacco laws), while the PRA designs were recreations of Alan Moffat's race-winning design from the 1970s.
 
Indeed. BJR didn't have the exact old sponsors. Yet, they did the colours and similar style.
 
I think Erebus have done this a few times.
 
Wasn't really worth putting Bairdo back in, I suppose.
 
They get no points. Frosty and Can to at least got 72. Would have closed the points gap to Pye.
 
When someone here mentioned Richie Stanaway joining the grid a little while ago I stated that it was exciting news as I regard Richie as one of NZ's fastest drivers. I knew he had the potential to be right up the top of the ranks with Scottie and SVG but didn't think he would show it on his first outing ! Amazing drive by Richie !

While watching the race the cameras cut to Chris Pither waiting for Richie to bring the car in, he looked very nervous....I made the joke to a friend Chris wasn't nervous about jumping in a V8 Supercar on a wet track....He was nervous because he knew he was about to be outperformed by his co-driver ! (not that I want to see Chris fail but Richie did kinda show him how it's done)

Excellent race...Bring on Bathurst !!
 
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