2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars 

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Indeed. He was pretty high(25hours in an airbus) about the team stepping it up. He can sniff a few wins coming this year.
 
05XR8
Indeed. He was pretty high(25hours in an airbus) about the team stepping it up. He can sniff a few wins coming this year.
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The guy is a genius & with what he has at his disposal tech wise, I can see him being a real pain for 888. It won't be long before Roland has a Penske face on his dartboard.
 
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/07/rogers-still-determined-run-volvos-2017/
Something doesn't seem right. Erebus ran the E63 shape but, used an Erebus developed engine after being built and tuned initially as an HWA engine. I thought the rules allowed any team can run any shape sold in Australia, with the option of using the V8SC control engine. I believe that was an option for GRM/Volvo, if Volvo could not use its old X90/S60 V8.
 
Regardless of their racing future, V8 Supercars regulations designed to help the category enforce its ban on oversees testing would prohibit the cars from leaving the country in their complete form.

Various elements of the cars, including the control chassis, rear suspension and parts of the aerodynamic kit are V8 Supercars’ own intellectual property and must remain within Australia.
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I'd like to see how Cyan responds to this.

This followed previous public declarations from management that racing with a V8 engine does not conform with its intended future brand image.
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Funny how this comes around every once in a while. Even if they are winning races and running for a championship, it doesn't conform to their "brand image". :rolleyes:
 
Same with BMW. This series is as close to looking like a production car without all the aerodynamic aids as some other categories.

Funny how Group A was the perfect formula for showcasing manufacturer's products. GT4, CTSCC, Australian Production car series, all fall in line with real product placement. Just a cop out. From what? I don't know.
 
05XR8
Same with BMW. This series is as close to looking like a production car without all the aerodynamic aids as some other categories.

Funny how Group A was the perfect formula for showcasing manufacturer's products. GT4, CTSCC, Australian Production car series, all fall in line with real product placement. Just a cop out. From what? I don't know.
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GT4 would seem to be the GT relative of Group A to me, or a reincarnation of it.
 
The first 2.5 years of our local Group A era was, to me anyway, an enjoyable period. Variety as far as the eye could see, class racing & horses for courses results. The problems started when manufacturers like Ford, and later Nissan, took advantage of the 500 evolution clause coming out with cars like the Sierra RS500 & R32 GT-R. I can recall rumors at the time saying Ford were seriously looking at doing 500 evolutions of the in period Escort Rally Car with the Sierra big turbo. Imagine a Sierra with 4wd...
Could Group A work again? I think it could if the rules were written very carefully. Turbo development meant the equivelancy factor of 1.4 had to be updated to 1.7 & probably should've been moved again to 2.0 or more.
Anyone remember Larry Perkins & Allan Grice stuffing as much rubber under those claustrophobic Commodore rear wheel arches as they could but never being able run the 12" rubber they were allowed to? They'd need to address that too.
If the requirement was 2500 or 5000 evolutions instead of 500, things would more than likely be kept under control.
I don't know enough about the GT4 regulations other than it being more production based than GT3.
 
R1600Turbo
I'd like to see how Cyan responds to this.


Funny how this comes around every once in a while. Even if they are winning races and running for a championship, it doesn't conform to their "brand image". :rolleyes:
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My issue with it is, why did "you" (Volvo or anyone else) join a series knowing full and well it was going to be V8s for a while.
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
My issue with it is, why did "you" (Volvo or anyone else) join a series knowing full and well it was going to be V8s for a while.
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I'd like them to answer honestly as well. Guess Volvo Swe wanted to boost sales down here. Who knows? Plain silly when they received new fans young and old and having a young driver making Volvos cool again.
 
05XR8
I'd like them to answer honestly as well. Guess Volvo Swe wanted to boost sales down here. Who knows? Plain silly when they received new fans young and old and having a young driver making Volvos cool again.
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Exactly and when you look at when they joined and the build up, this was a job that started in 12/13 and went racing in 14, they knew the rules for the 4 and 6 cylinder engines was still another 3-4 years out and they joined anyways. That's my problem with it all at the end of the day.
 
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05XR8
Coverage starts from 1230pm.EST(Aus time) :)

Qualifying 140pm

Race 450pm
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Yeah the times listed on their website in the SuperView section are off again. Was all ready to watch qualifying 30 minutes ago, only to find out it's not on for a couple hours.
 
turbofozz
Would those of you that have SuperView recommend it? Is it worth it?
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Yes, as long as it's not having issues which I would say happens at least once every couple events or so. I think it largely depends on where they are racing as the internet in some areas of Australia is probably pretty terrible.
 
R1600Turbo
the internet in some areas of Australia is probably pretty terrible
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We have some of the slowest connection speeds in the developed world. We're slower than Slovakia of all places. And the National Broadband Network, the nation-wide infrastructure and development project that was supposed to raise our connection speed to something faster than "lethargic snail", has spent years in development and shows no signs of any tangible progress, much less completion.
 
Moffat's car shut off at the final corner. No oil pressure.

Edit: Sun back out. May be more rain later in the day. Should be good for Qualifying after the DVS qualy.

Edit2: GRM techs replacing Moffat's engine with ease. Amazing.
 
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We have some of the slowest connection speeds in the developed world. We're slower than Slovakia of all places. And the National Broadband Network, the nation-wide infrastructure and development project that was supposed to raise our connection speed to something faster than "lethargic snail", has spent years in development and shows no signs of any tangible progress, much less completion.
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I remember that ad being on the TV.
The NBN roll out has been slower then the Internet.
 
Didn't realise Superview is only available outside AUS and NZ OOPS! I've got used to using the live timing on the website it's better then nothing.

I actually live in one of the first places to get the NBN in Australia and our internet speed is pretty good actually.
 

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