2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars 

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Had to have been the Milano by Colin Bond. I don't think the yellow GTV6 won. Unless I'm wrong. I can't peg a race the Milano would have won.
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Bondy only raced two models of Alfa Romeo in the ATCC.
Alfetta GTV6 &
75 Turbo (which I'm sure he'd rather forget about)
 
Watching the replay of FP1 and FP2, the Penskes look devastatingly good. The Monster, Mega and Mobil 1 cars look much better than expected, but the Red Bulls are horrible - the matte finish might be nice on a Formula One car, but here it's just a murky mess.
 
Pete05
Bondy only raced two models of Alfa Romeo in the ATCC.
Alfetta GTV6 &
75 Turbo (which I'm sure he'd rather forget about)
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Yeah, Milano= 75(sans turbo) :D

I had a book where the 75 came second. Made a replica in Forza6.
 
In that 11 I was counting all 'versions' of the ATCC which includes Mercedes, so magic_town has the other 10 correct, though Pete05 had all of the other non-V8 Supercar winners listed.

Pete05 is also correct in Colin Bond only having raced the GTV6 (1985 & 1986) and the 75 (1987), but the race wining Alfa was Ray Gulson in a GTV 2000 at Oran Park in 1974.

This is one of 3 split races in series history. This was before Oran Park was extended to include the figure-8 and the track was just 1.6km in length. 30 cars showed up and the round was split*, with the Over 3L and Under 3L cars all getting their own race.

The other two times this happened was in 1979 at Oran Park, with the U3L race won by Lawrie Nelson in a Capri and in the first round of the 1993 season at Amaroo, with John Doulman winning in a 2L BMW M3.

These races all counted as individual ATCC races, with Gulson, Nelson and Doulman all being credit with individual race wins (I have checked and verified this through every source that I could find, including the relevant Australian Motor Racing Yearbooks).

*I wasn't able to confirm if the two Oran Park split grids were planned that way, or if they were split based on the entries they were receiving. The Amaroo U2L race was planned from the start and the original plan was to have 3 races each weekend, with a 2L race, 5L race and then combined race at the end. However poor turnouts for the 2L class scrapped that after the first round.
 
Wish I could stay up for the race tonight, but work in the AM just means I can watch it while on the clock.
 
Welcome aboard Porsche.:O

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This can't be real, can it? Saftey car?
 
Multiple people had to have seen it within the company after the fact.

That said, if it wasn't pointed out to me I honestly wouldn't have noticed because it's not something I pay attention to on them. :lol:
 
mwoodski
Multiple people had to have seen it within the company after the fact.

That said, if it wasn't pointed out to me I honestly wouldn't have noticed because it's not something I pay attention to on them. :lol:
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Safety is such a common word. You barely read it as more just recognise the shape of the word, its probably sat around for a month at least with no one noticing because there's not much to look at,
 
TDZdave
Safety is such a common word. You barely read it as more just recognise the shape of the word, its probably sat around for a month at least with no one noticing because there's not much to look at,
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Exactly!
 
Meanwhile, Fox Sports are plumbing the depths over the McLaughlin/Moffat incident, with Rust and Murphy trying to incite Moffat and Ludo into saying something inflammatory.
 
Does anyone know if the Super2 cars are on the new tyres or, do they have to stay with the old rubber?
 
prisonermonkeys
Old tyres.
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So that's another variable the co-drivers will have to get their heads around come enduro season.

Sort of hard to understand why Dunlop have to produce two different constructions of tyre specifically for Supercars.
 
Pete05
Sort of hard to understand why Dunlop have to produce two different constructions of tyre specifically for Supercars.
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I imagine that they will eventually roll the new specification of tyre out to Super2. Maybe not this year, but eventually.
 
Yeah SVG! :cheers:
 
We kept missing the beginning of each shootout lap here because the trackside commentary would cut to some dip yelling "make some noise, Adelaide!" at the beginning of each lap. :ouch:
 
Hopefully this isn't a sign of the season to come with the #97. But the DJR Penske cars are fast, so I expect them to put up a fight during the race.
 
R1600Turbo
Hopefully this isn't a sign of the season to come with the #97. But the DJR Penske cars are fast, so I expect them to put up a fight during the race.
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Until they stuff up their pit strategy, that is.
 
Can I ask people to remember & take into consideration, that some of us are watching the delayed free-to-air coverage.
For us, the top 10 shootout isn't over yet & I like the suspense of watching it unfold without the spoilers ruining the experience.
 
Or you can avoid the thread for a few more minutes. :)

Either way, didn't know there was a delay.
 
Roland Dane celebrating was so awkward to watch. Shame Scotty slipped up in the last sector. Great lap by fabs too. Djr front row would've been awesome.
 
Pete05
Can I ask people to remember & take into consideration, that some of us are watching the delayed free-to-air coverage.
For us, the top 10 shootout isn't over yet & I like the suspense of watching it unfold without the spoilers ruining the experience.
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I think if you know that free to air has a delay, you would know to avoid this thread as it would have spoilers for you.
 
Would like to think that JC and maybe Rick too, will be there or thereabouts but this is going to be a battle between T8 and DJRTP today. I can't see anyone else really getting close.
 
Being a race car driver is still my absolute dream, but man, 78 laps around this track on a bloody hot day sounds like absolute hell.
 
The first race can't come soon enough and hopefully it'll be as good as last years race. My tip for this race is James Courtney or Scotty McLaughlin.
 
Lets hope to god its not a Red Bull snoozefest :nervous: i am ABSOLUTELY tired of that 🤬.
 
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