2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars 

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prisonermonkeys
But the Albert Park circuit isn't particularly suited to the cars of those categories.
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The Albert Park circuit isn't suitable for anything more then a bicycle..... Turn 3 has had more crashes then overtakes and the only decent V8 races we've seen there was Ingall Vs Lowndes in the late 90s and Tander Vs Jason Richards the rest have either been crash fests or single file spaced out boredom,
 
05XR8
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So many ways to organise this.
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I was under the assumption that gates would open far earlier for the Grand Prix. Each day for Clipsal started at about 8-8:30, and in previous years featured twilight races which finished at about 6:30pm. No wonder people don't really get on board with the event, it doesn't really have much going for it compared to your average Supercars event and if you compare it to the Supercars marquee events it's definitely really lacking. So if they opened up earlier they definitely could get longer races for the Supercars, personally I'd rather see a few more support events if I were a trackside spectator though.
 
Supercars runs 250km over the 4 races on the weekend. Evevn just running two like, 30 lap races over the weekend would be good if it were points paying.

The reason the races are pretty boring is because they're non-points. No one wants to really risk their cars for nothing.
 
Man, Supercars running Indycar weekend at St Pete would be incredible.
 
mwoodski
Supercars runs 250km over the 4 races on the weekend. Evevn just running two like, 30 lap races over the weekend would be good if it were points paying.

The reason the races are pretty boring is because they're non-points. No one wants to really risk their cars for nothing.
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I wouldn't quite put it that way.
My step-son captures the incident when we were at the 2012 AGP.


 
05XR8
I wouldn't quite put it that way.
My step-son captures the incident when we were at the 2012 AGP.


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There's always exceptions. ;)
 
We'll have some tracks in my area in a couple years that would work. ;)

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mwoodski
There's always exceptions. ;)
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Yeah, I think Whincup speared Rick off track in '13 or '14, Bright got smashed at Turn 1, Ambrose got caught out in '15, Frosty and Coulthard last year. They do go hard.

R1600Turbo
We'll have some tracks in my area in a couple years that would work. ;)

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Is there a virtual lap video yet?
 
Construction starts this year, so hopefully they put something out soon.
 
I think there's a number of tracks in North America that would be amazing for Supercars. Road Atlanta, Barber, Mid Ohio, St Pete, Belle Isle, Toronto, Mosport, VIR, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Leguna Seca, Sonoma (the full, proper version)....any of them would be amazing.

As far as the concerns over pit facilities, I don't think it would be an issue for Supercars. If NASCAR (Watkins Glen & Sonoma), Indycar, and IMSA can make the pit facilities work, I'm sure Supercars could figure it out. Their operations are small enough to pack into a sea-can for the Tasmanian and NZ rounds, it's not like they're a F1 style circus.
 
I think Sonoma would be a great track granted they use the full layout.
 
twitcher
I think there's a number of tracks in North America that would be amazing for Supercars. Road Atlanta, Barber, Mid Ohio, St Pete, Belle Isle, Toronto, Mosport, VIR, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Leguna Seca, Sonoma (the full, proper version)....any of them would be amazing.

As far as the concerns over pit facilities, I don't think it would be an issue for Supercars. If NASCAR (Watkins Glen & Sonoma), Indycar, and IMSA can make the pit facilities work, I'm sure Supercars could figure it out. Their operations are small enough to pack into a sea-can for the Tasmanian and NZ rounds, it's not like they're a F1 style circus.
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I watched the PWC races from St Pete last night, aside from pit straight, where's the crowd? Cant see much outside the track with the camera angles,
 
R1600Turbo
I think Sonoma would be a great track granted they use the full layout.
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I could stomach the layout NASCAR uses, as long as they use the full Esses and the full final hairpin.
TDZdave
I watched the PWC races from St Pete last night, aside from pit straight, where's the crowd? Cant see much outside the track with the camera angles,
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i don't think its the most spectator friendly circuit around. That said, I know there are additional viewing areas along the back straight, between turns 9 & 10. There's also the marina, I think people can watch from boats if the boats are big enough, not sure how much I a view they get though. And then there's several buildings that people watch from balconies.
 
Giz will be at Sebring. I'd like to know his take on the circuit after his run. He mentions it looks crazy with all the bumps. I'd love to see the Supercars come around the final turn, all in a row.
 
Also, I know the team is 'Straya based, but having two Kiwi's onboard made me go with the NZ flag.
 
Didn't notice the NZ flag. :lol: Nice touch.
 
Awesome work! Do you have a page or website for this stuff?
 
Remember to set your VCRs:

Inside Supercars CH.501, Wednesday 630pm-730pm

The Penske Way CH.501, Wednesday 730pm-830pm
 
The major decision, is staying in the series past 2019.

On another note, Simona's attitude is awesome. So cool to hear her view on Supercars.
 
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