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Holden or Ford

  • Holden

    Votes: 209 36.2%

  • Ford

    Votes: 175 30.3%

  • Ford and Holden

    Votes: 64 11.1%

  • Nismo

    Votes: 74 12.8%

  • Erebus

    Votes: 7 1.2%

  • Nismo and Erebus

    Votes: 6 1.0%

  • Volvo

    Votes: 43 7.4%
  • Total voters
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MrMelancholy15
💡 It's still alcohol. :sly: :lol:
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If your willing to free up some $$ I could get some Bundy rum for him.

Edit: On the subject of Larry Perkins few remember that he raced in Formula One, ran strongly in the Round Australia Reliability Trial, and built and drove the first solar car to travel across Australia.
 
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It's confirmed now.

Casey Stoner signs one year deal with Triple 8.
Casey Stoner has confirmed that he will compete in the Dunlop Series this year, driving for champion team Triple Eight.

The Sunday Telegraph has revealed one of the worst kept secrets of the V8 off-season, with the two-time MotoGP champion outlining his plans to contest the entire Dunlop Series in a Red Bull-backed Commodore VE.

“It is a trial year to see how I go and how I like the sport,” Stoner told The Sunday Telegraph.
“We are definitely making a commitment to it, but at the same time we don’t want to go too deep in case it is not for us.
“I was going to do 75 per cent of the races, but I have decided to do them all.
“I want to get as much time in the seat as I can and try to understand what it is like to drive a V8.”
Stoner has also hinted that heÂ’d like a shot at this yearÂ’s Bathurst 1000.
“I doubt anyone would want me at Bathurst, but I am not ruling it out,” Stoner said.
“It is every Aussie’s dream to drive there.”

In an extensive interview, Stoner also says that he would consider returning to MotoGP in the future.
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Fred C
Tourism is the lifeblood of the Gold Coast, therefore the cost of having the V8's there must be exceedingly high ( That been said the cost of using the old layout would be astronomical). The event that should be cut is the Ipswich 300, reason been that both the state and local governments have been the main sponsors of the event for the last few years and with that bear most of that events cost.
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agreed, plus the track layout is... DULL! BORING! epicyawn fest to watch aswell, but the main reason they keep it on the calendar is because it is actually the safest current race track in Australia, and it was designed by Peter Brock and the new peanut.... Mark Skaife,

Fred C
If your willing to free up some $$ I could get some Bundy rum for him.

Edit: On the subject of Larry Perkins few remember that he raced in Formula One, ran strongly in the Round Australia Reliability Trial, and built and drove the first solar car to travel across Australia.
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or he could just drink his urine, would have a far higher alcohol content, taste better, and not smell like dead ants,

As for Larry, if people watched the recent video's posted then yes they would, but he could drive anything sideway's,
 
got him to sign my falcon base.

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He also signed my programme along with Richard Davidson father of Will Davidson in the V8's and also Tommy Bryce who did the Monte in 1954
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rest of the pics from the day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42427406@N05/sets/72157632615786021/

Craig Lowndes Talking at the dinner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-xEoQAbHjM
 
Wayne Gardiner and Kevin Schwancz are to the best of my knowledge the only MotoGP cross over's prior to Casey, both faired ok considering they never really had car racing experience, Wayne led Bathurst in 2001 for 80 something laps, and was always up front until the car failed, otherwise when he had the Coke commodore he was usually up the top 10,
 
Hey guy's, for those who still follow Marcos Ambrose here is a live stream link to the Daytona Rolex 24 hour, His car is currently 4 laps down, in the top 10,
 
^Continental tire gets easy advertising. :lol:


Dave, don't hurt anyone, Holden's just trying to make money.
 
TDZdave
Hey guy's, for those who still follow Marcos Ambrose here is a live stream link to the Daytona Rolex 24 hour, His car is currently 4 laps down, in the top 10,
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I watched him today while he was trying to gain spots and he has a much smoother style than others. You could tell he let the car roll a lot more without jumping on brakes hard but had to or he'd be in rear of someone.
 
prisonermonkeys
DJR is in trouble. Again.
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Unfortunate, but considering that they have yet to find a major sponsor for this year and have no factory backing from Ford any more. Not terribly surprising.
 
prisonermonkeys
DJR is in trouble. Again.
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It seems he has always struggled, it seems that the winnings purse isn't all its cracked up to be, I think the biggest issue of recent is losing great driver's such as Will Davidson and James Courtney, I'd have dropped steve J to keep both driver's, but the team never really recovered from the famous rock, which isn't even the right rock as he hit in tru blu and it has green scuff marks on it, :lol:
 
Davison and Courtney were spirited away by Holden, because Holden treat the Ford teams as proving grounds for drivers who they think have talent, but would prefer someone else to spend money developing. Once those drivers finally show some potential, Holden simply buy them.
 
Courtney left because DJR was in a slump at the time with finances and back&forth bickering.

When he had the chance to drive for a factory team it was like a golden chance for him I bet.

And that's where Courtney and W.Davison have ended up, two of the most factory involved teams.
 
Oh, there was a slump - but he had a proposal from Charlie Schwerkolt to take the #18 REC to FPR and run it as a satellite team with backing from Pepsi Max (which is what Schwerkolt is doing this year). The plan was set to go ahead before Holden decided that they wanted the #1 on their cars, and made Courtney an offer he couldn't refuse.
 
Cant blame the drivers for picking the better side :sly:
 
Tony D'Alberto confirms switch back to Holden for 2013.
Despite testing the new Commodore Car of the Future at Winton late last year and V8 Supercars confirming the pairing of the entry with Walkinshaw Racing in the pitlane order for 2013, D'Alberto had held off on making an official announcement until now.

D'Alberto was a product of the Holden Young Lions program in 2003, running Commodores consistently till a switch to a Falcon FG with technical support from Ford Performance Racing (FPR) early in 2011 – a move that surprised many given the fact the D'Alberto family owns and operates Holden dealerships.

With FPR expanding to four cars in 2013, D'Alberto has made the switch back to Holden by teaming with Walkinshaw Racing in a similar arrangement to the FPR one – TDR will run the #3 entry independently but with technical support and a customer car from the factory team.
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Dustone
Cant blame the drivers for picking the better side :sly:
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Oh, yes. Once he made the switch to Holden, James Courtney certainly hasn't trundled around in the minor placings ...
 
prisonermonkeys
Oh, yes. Once he made the switch to Holden, James Courtney certainly hasn't trundled around in the minor placings ...
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I think he was joking...

Anyway, the future isn't looking bright for DJR.

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/01/29/investor-withdraws-from-dick-johnson-racing-partnership/

Finance Ezi owner Maurice Pickering has pulled out on his plans to be a part-shareholder in Dick Johnson Racing.
Pickering has elected to step away from the tri-partnership that was announced late last year, that would have seen Pickering co-own the famous Ford squad with Johnson and CrimsafeÂ’s Steve Braeback.
The withdrawal leaves the two-car DJR team in a race against time to finalise its plans for the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship.
At this stage, the team is one of only two teams yet to formalise its driver line-ups, along with Erebus Motorsport. Karl Reindler and Tim Blanchard have been linked to the Queensland team as potential drivers.
While Dick Johnson Racing declined to comment when contacted by Speedcafe.com, Pickering said that the split was amicable.
“We had lengthy talks with the guys at DJR, but unfortunately we have not been able to put the deal together in the current environment,” Pickering told Speedcafe.com.
“We looked at every possible option, but at the end of the day we could not make our two opposing business strategies cohesive.
“It was perhaps one step too far for Finance Ezi. That is something that may have been a mistake on my part.
“Dick Johnson Racing and Dick himself have fantastic history in the sport and it is important for them to remain a part of V8 Supercars racing and we wish them every success as they move forward.”
Despite the parting of ways, Pickering is continuing his pursuit of entering two DJR-built Ford Falcons in the Dunlop Series this year for 17-year-olds Josh Hunter and New Zealander Andre Heimgartner.
“We’re still planning to run the two DJR cars for the boys,” Pickering said.
“We have committed to purchasing two of DJR’s FG Falcons for our own Dunlop Series program and we hope to have those arrangements settled as soon as possible.
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prisonermonkeys
Oh, yes. Once he made the switch to Holden, James Courtney certainly hasn't trundled around in the minor placings ...
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Touch'e. :lol:

To be fair though, he did have some decent results towards the end of last year.
 
prisonermonkeys
Oh, yes. Once he made the switch to Holden, James Courtney certainly hasn't trundled around in the minor placings ...
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He had a strong start at Abu Dhabi in 2011 even winning the round, then nothing.....
 
prisonermonkeys
Oh, yes. Once he made the switch to Holden, James Courtney certainly hasn't trundled around in the minor placings ...
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He didnt do too bad last year. Finished in 10th overall only 3 places behind GT. Im hoping for better this year too but I think HRT as a whole will have to lift rather than just Courtney.

SVG should do alright in the 888 machines. It will be interesting to see how he goes
 
Happened on the Aussie V8's (though by design than accident) the other day and in the light of the news I was told about NASCAR not being as strong as it used to be I think it is in my best interests to go with the Aussie V8's and I have some news that may be of interest that you guys all probably know about.

Scott Pye, who raced in the Dunlop V8's for Triple-Eight and is a former driver in the British F3 Series (not as champion as the article mentions) is heavily liked to be a driver at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/new-driver-news-expected-friday
 
Diehardracer
Happened on the Aussie V8's (though by design than accident) the other day and in the light of the news I was told about NASCAR not being as strong as it used to be I think it is in my best interests to go with the Aussie V8's and I have some news that may be of interest that you guys all probably know about.

Scott Pye, who raced in the Dunlop V8's for Triple-Eight and is a former driver in the British F3 Series (not as champion as the article mentions) is heavily liked to be a driver at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/new-driver-news-expected-friday
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He didnt do as well as I thought he would last year but I think it was his first year in V8s so I give him the benefit of the doubt. Hope he gets the gig but he wont set the world on fire
 
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