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Do BJR have all their drivers signed? I bet there'd be a few others hoping to get a seat in one of those next year.
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Maybe, at some point, from the Toyota GR86 pool? Toyota Australia might like to see a racer move up. I mean, that could be handled by WAU, but I don’t see it happening.
 
Wow, another absolute thriller at Symmons Plains today! Payne manages to hold off a hard-charging Feeney by mere centimeters after a bold strategy play. This championship just keeps delivering. I haven't seen a season like this one for a VERY long time... perhaps not since 2006. Yes, I'm going there because the competition is soo tight and no-one seems to be above the rest. Cameron Waters dominated Sydney, Brown was fast in Melbourne, Payne was strong in Taupo and Feeney was soo close to winning all three races this weekend. If you ask me, these 4 drivers all have a shot at winning the championship.
 
I reckon these will be your Final 4 in Adelaide this year. And all 4 have won there in the last 2 years. This could go down to the last lap this year. I just hope we get a half decent Bathurst this year. Can't get worse than last right? Right?
 
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Waters rejects GM overtures, set to stick with Tickford

CAM Waters has knocked back a big-money offer to jump ship to General Motors and is set to stick with Tickford Racing, V8 Sleuth understands. It’s no
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Mostert declares position amid silly season intrigue

WAU announced a ‘multi-year’ deal for Mostert in late 2023, while he and teammate Ryan Wood were both named as
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Shouldn't be surprising GM are sniffing around a few of the big names. With Kostecki gone and now Brown and Feeney joining Ford. Doesn't leave GM much in the way of drivers capable of regularly competing for wins. Not sure why any one would make the switch given the uncertainty of GM remaining in the series beyond the next two of three years. But money does do funny things to people.
 
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Waters rejects GM overtures, set to stick with Tickford

CAM Waters has knocked back a big-money offer to jump ship to General Motors and is set to stick with Tickford Racing, V8 Sleuth understands. It’s no
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Mostert declares position amid silly season intrigue

WAU announced a ‘multi-year’ deal for Mostert in late 2023, while he and teammate Ryan Wood were both named as
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Shouldn't be surprising GM are sniffing around a few of the big names. With Kostecki gone and now Brown and Feeney joining Ford. Doesn't leave GM much in the way of drivers capable of regularly competing for wins. Not sure why any one would make the switch giving the uncertainty of GM remaining in the series beyond the next two of three years. But money does do funny things to people.
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Too funny how T8 just swooped in on the Ford teams after DJR did all the hard work. Especially with what happened when Ford terminated T8s contract last time.
 
Petition to have every round held at Barbagallo if there is going to be at least one WAU car on the front row.
 
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When was the last time the #2 car won a race. Pye at the GP in 2018? Gutted for Wood with whatever happened with his suspension in the second race. What a drive in the first one though. First of many wins hopefully.
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I reckon he'll win today. In fact i believe it'll be a WAU 1-2. If Chaz was at the front and not doing that great recovery drive he did, i reckon he would've won. So if they are both at the front today, i don't think T8 can do anything about it.
 
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Gutted for Wood with whatever happened with his suspension in the second race.
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That was such a bummer, glad Wood was able to secure his first win before that happened though and, at the very least, it wasn’t an unforced error on his part.
 
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I reckon he'll win today. In fact i believe it'll be a WAU 1-2. If Chaz was at the front and not doing that great recovery drive he did, i reckon he would've won. So if they are both at the front today, i don't think T8 can do anything about it.
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Probably not with Chaz starting P14.
 
Gotta say, and I’m not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I’ve long grown tired of the Touring Car Masters series, so it’s refreshing to see some genuine Group N historic touring cars on the support card this weekend. It makes me long for the old Biante Touring Car Series, I loved the variety it had from Mustangs and Camaros, all the way down to 911’s, Mini’s and Alfa GTV’s.
 
Cap'n Jack
Gotta say, and I’m not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I’ve long grown tired of the Touring Car Masters series, so it’s refreshing to see some genuine Group N historic touring cars on the support card this weekend. It makes me long for the old Biante Touring Car Series, I loved the variety it had from Mustangs and Camaros, all the way down to 911’s, Mini’s and Alfa GTV’s.
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It's a popular opinion for many of us I think. @05XR8, @GBO Possum and myself were talking about that in another thread.

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That's the ones. Na, Nb and Nc. Proper production touring cars, and nothing newer than 1972. It was those that raced at the Adelaide 500 for years until Touring Car Masters came along, and with their always ongoing evolution, IMHO ruined it (sometime in the latter part of the 2000's I think it was).

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It's a popular opinion for many of us I think. @05XR8, @GBO Possum and myself were talking about that in another thread.
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Ah validation! To me it seem like TCM has just become another Improved Production series with a classic twist. But I’d rather have the two flavours of car spec separated.
 
My favourite so far... and finally, someone has outdone BJR.

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A close second.

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And about time T8 put some effort in... pretty good too.

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All the rest are pretty 'meh' imho. Edit: Honourable mention to WAU too (whose livery I've only just seen), especially Ryan Wood's car. The orange lends itself well to the indigenous theme.
 
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Its shame they've cleared all the forest on the backside of the circuit for the MXGP track, used to be really cool seeing the crowd in the amphitheatre of trees.

Evan's accident yesterday did such an unnecessary amount of damage, there no reason why there couldn't have been a tyre barrier there.
 
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Its shame they've cleared all the forest on the backside of the circuit for the MXGP track, used to be really cool seeing the crowd in the amphitheatre of trees.

Evan's accident yesterday did such an unnecessary amount of damage, there no reason why there couldn't have been a tyre barrier there.
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Agree with both points. Also surprised with the TA2 crash there isn't a barrier on the inside heading up the hill, considering Holdsworth was badly hurt in that spot a long time ago.
 
With GM apparently wanting a race winning driver following T8 moving over to Ford. I was kinda of thinking for the right amount of coin, if SVG might be able to be lured back from NASCAR. After his comments here tho, it seems doubtful he'll return anytime soon. At least while the Gen3 cars are around anyway. :lol:
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Van Gisbergen reveals trigger for retirement U-turn

Van Gisbergen controversially split with Stone Brothers Racing at the end of 2012 and walked away from the sport briefly.
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“I hated that car,” he said of the Gen3 Camaro.

“It was just a s***box, boring car. You had to drive it 40 percent every time you drove, and if you tried to drive hard, you’d go backward or slower.

“It was just mind-numbing to drive. And the racing, everyone would be in a line just driving around at 40 percent, and I found it so boring.

“The generation before in Supercars (Gen2) were like 400 percent driving. They were awesome. So I don’t miss that car.”
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V8 SuperTaxis were the best years, man. Such a shame the Falcon and Commodore couldn’t continue, but both those cars would have probably been in production today, if they were in coupe form!
 
Cam Hill would be a good get for BJR. Team 18 should be making a play too. He's got a lot more upside than Reynolds. Him and ADP would be a handy pairing.

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Hill exploring Supercars team switch for 2026

Hill, 28, has been the category’s quiet achiever in two-and-a-half seasons at MSR, rising from rookie to race winner with
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Radical Bathurst 1000 start shake-up plan revealed

Speedcafe understands Supercars is proposing to scrap a controversial rule introduced in 2024 that stipulates primary drivers must take the
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Under the proposal hatched by Supercars for The Bend 500 and Bathurst 1000, the top 10 cars would have to start the race with whichever driver took part in the Saturday qualifying Shootout.


The remainder of the field from 11th on the grid backwards would be free to choose their starting driver.
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This is even worse than making the co-drivers start. Who could possibly think that penalizing drivers/teams for going for Bathurst pole position would be a good idea? This is ridiculous and I hope it doesn't happen.

Leave it up to the teams... simple.
 

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