2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars 

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Qualifying at the 12hr really isn't that important, might as well just stick the driver who has the most laps around Bathurst in. Set a decent enough time, less risk of crashing (I guess...). Same thing will the Objective McLaren. Luff qualified it, but Cambell was the quickest in the car.

Anyway, it would be good to see an international wildcard or two.
 
GTracer38
Qualifying at the 12hr really isn't that important, might as well just stick the driver who has the most laps around Bathurst in. Set a decent enough time, less risk of crashing (I guess...). Same thing will the Objective McLaren. Luff qualified it, but Cambell was the quickest in the car.

Anyway, it would be good to see an international wildcard or two.
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Luff and Campbell were both very quick, and I think, although I could be wrong, that Luff's Qualy time was quicker than Campbell's fastest time for the weekend
 
V8s introduced a 105% rule in 2002,

The 2015 Bathurst 12h had closer to 60 entries,

I think it was 2001 that saw the largest grid of V8s at Bathurst at 57 cars.
 
LumpiestFish
Luff and Campbell were both very quick, and I think, although I could be wrong, that Luff's Qualy time was quicker than Campbell's fastest time for the weekend
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Luff did a great job, for sure. I was just adding to the point of the quickest driver in the car not taking to qualifying.
Campbell was the quickest of everyone after the final practice session but Luff still qualified the car (and did excellent).

Yes, Luff's quali time was quicker then any of Cambell's times, but Matt didn't get to run in quali or the race so there is no real comparison there. I just thought Campbell might have been able to knock a few more tenths off that time if given the chance, especially with his quali pace in Carrera Cup.
 
Woah, Clipsal is closer than I thought! The motorsport off-season just flew by this time around.
 
Cap'n Jack
Woah, Clipsal is closer than I thought! The motorsport off-season just flew by this time around.
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I used to buy Auto Action (had every issue from 1987-early 2015) & use the free motorsport calendar that came with it. I'd enter all the races in my phone I was interested in as reminders so I wouldn't accidentally plan something that conflicted with my viewing pleasure. The thing is, so many races changed dates after that calendar was printed it'd require a fair bit of shuffling. Now that I don't buy Auto Action anymore I just rely on series calendars online.

It'll certainly be interesting to see who's fast following the off season reshuffle. Those in new teams or with new engineers will have to hit the ground running whereas those enjoying continuity have no excuses.
My early prediction: SVG on pole & Dale Wood stone motherless last on the grid.
 
I thought I was early with predictions. ;)

I'll go Mostert on pole, Russell P26.
 
LumpiestFish
http://autoaction.com.au/pra-foils-monster-hrt-deal/

Interesting. I reckon must've been a pretty last minute deal since all of the HRT merchandise had bright green all over it.
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I read that in Auto Action the other day, and I was going to bring it up here, but I thought "Surely not. They've (HRT) only had it for a year, it couldn't switch that quickly". It seems though it has. Very surprising though given I thought Courtney had some partnership with them as his own personal sponsor, I believe.
 
NW48
I read that in Auto Action the other day, and I was going to bring it up here, but I thought "Surely not. They've (HRT) only had it for a year, it couldn't switch that quickly". It seems though it has. Very surprising though given I thought Courtney had some partnership with them as his own personal sponsor, I believe.
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Same with Red Bull and Rick Kelly. I thought with Nissan, it would have been a Red Bull/Nissan(Infiniti) type sponsorship.

All this green though. A few shades darker and it would be near British Racing Green. :sly:
 
05XR8
Same with Red Bull and Rick Kelly. I thought with Nissan, it would have been a Red Bull/Nissan(Infiniti) type sponsorship.

All this green though. A few shades darker and it would be near British Racing Green. :sly:
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When the Red Bull rumors were doing the rounds I have to admit I thought the same thing.
Fortunately for Red Bull, they like backing a winning team and hasn't that worked out great for them.
At the same time, when Vodaphone announced they were pulling out, I expected the DVS 888 Monster sponsorship to move up & expand for the main game.
Remember the stink over Whincup's Monster deal clashing with the new title sponsor...
 
05XR8
I thought with Nissan, it would have been a Red Bull/Nissan(Infiniti) type sponsorship.
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Red Bull have a policy of only backing teams that they think can win. There had been constant rumours of their involvement ever since Kelly Racing became a full operation, but if they ever considered sponsoring a car or team before joining Triple Eight, they were unconvinced.
 
NW48
I thought Courtney had some partnership with them as his own personal sponsor, I believe.
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Yeah he does and from what I can gather on the interwebs, Monster will continue on as his personal sponsor this year.

And in other news.
 
Spacegoat
Yeah he does and from what I can gather on the interwebs, Monster will continue on as his personal sponsor this year.
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I'm surprised that looks set to continue. Given that Courtney is a factory Holden driver and Monster is now sponsoring a factory Ford entry.
 
It looks more like a number 2. It's clearly not an R or a Y, its position would make a Monster Energy logo of that size impractical, and it's not in the Monster Energy font. Besides, it's expected that Monster will jump ship to the #6 entry. I don't see why Monster would then recommit to a minor sponsorship package.
 
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Another HRT sneak peak. Could the green be a number? Or Monster sponsorship?
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It most definitely isn't Monster sponsorship.
That money has moved across town to a team that can win :D
 
I wouldn't be surprised if Holden pull their factory backing from HRT, give it to Triple Eight and relegate the team to Walkinshaw Performance. There's a reason why the likes of Tekno and Dumbrell are buying Triple Eight chassis - they're superior to everything Walkinshaw is producing. We've been competing with Car of the Future for a while now and they can't seem to cure the sheer undrivability of the car. It will occasionally produce a fast lap, but nothing consistent. I seem to recall reading somewhere that they're still building the cars the way they did the pre-COTF regulations, and it just hasn't worked.

The only possible problem is that the acronym for "Triple Eight Holden Racing Team" is "TEHRT", which sounds like something that you would use to describe Whincup, as in "Whincup's being a complete TEHRT again".
 
In hilarious news, Whincup named by Motorsport.com best touring car driver in the world :lol: :lol:
 
prisonermonkeys
I wouldn't be surprised if Holden pull their factory backing from HRT, give it to Triple Eight and relegate the team to Walkinshaw Performance. There's a reason why the likes of Tekno and Dumbrell are buying Triple Eight chassis - they're superior to everything Walkinshaw is producing. We've been competing with Car of the Future for a while now and they can't seem to cure the sheer undrivability of the car. It will occasionally produce a fast lap, but nothing consistent. I seem to recall reading somewhere that they're still building the cars the way they did the pre-COTF regulations, and it just hasn't worked.

The only possible problem is that the acronym for "Triple Eight Holden Racing Team" is "TEHRT", which sounds like something that you would use to describe Whincup, as in "Whincup's being a complete TEHRT again".
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I wouldn't be surprised either. I get the impression Ryan knows it's coming too. I can see people looking around for something else post contract. I wonder how Adrian Burgess is enjoying his new home?
Smart move that.
 
And Erebus buy into the wrong car again. Just when that young crew of Gis, Slade and Holdsworth were running at the front in the FG.
At least BJR were smart and put bits and pieces together.
 
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