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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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prisonermonkeys
So much for retiring with his dignity intact - the team is clearly on a shoestring budget. The car looks like it belongs in the development series.
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I like it actually, especially the black wheels.
 
Yeah I think its a beautiful livery.
 
Front view. Pretty decent livery actually. I don't mind it at all.

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It looks better from the front. The empty rear quarter kills it. Still looks like something I would expect to see on the Dunlop grid.
 
Different colours than we're used to seeing in the main game. It's like the year when lime green was in many liveries. Vibrant blues like the Polestar and Pepsi Max might be seen on many cars like this LDM car. I'm looking forward to seeing the Volvos, Tekno, Erebus liveries. Overall, I just cant wait to see the cars up close at Albert Park.
 
V8 Supercars confirms 25 car grid.
The release of the official entry list for the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship has confirmed that the field will consist of just 25 cars.

The three Racing Entitlements Contracts that did not meet official series deadlines were Tony D’Alberto Racing, FFF Racing and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.
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D’Alberto, whose family had been working on a possible alliance with Tekno Autosports as late as this week, is now expected to line-up alongside Tim Slade at Walkinshaw Racing in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.
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Together with the reduced field from 28 runners last season the entry list confirms number changes for two RECs.

The James Rosenberg-owned license, which has moved from Erebus to Walkinshaw for the new season has swapped #47 to #222, allowing Nick Percat to carry over the number he had previously run in the Dunlop Series and Carrera Cup.

The Walkinshaw Racing Supercheap REC meanwhile moves from #66 to #47, ensuring Slade retains the plate he drove under at Erebus.
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A shame to see TD not get a drive as I think that he would have done well in a half decent car. (Winton and GC spring to mind) At least he is going to be doing Enduro's and I wouldn't be surprised if he and Slade pull off a top 5 let alone a top 10
 
Yeah it's a real pity that Tony couldn't get a deal together with Tekno, thought he did a great job last year. Hopefully we'll see him back in the main game at some point.
 
Please, no oval/roadcourse mixups. Just do a regular road course, Laguna or similar. I think Miller in Utah would suit the cars pretty well, but that track wouldn't draw a huge crowd. (I would drive up there for the race though)
 
http://www.parkplacemotorsports.com/tracks/ ThatMSR HOUSTON track looks okay.
That's the thing. The promotion should be better to draw crowds for next year. Ive been to Daytona on theregular(my nepwhew was in the band at B-CU) when I lived in Orlando. So easy to get to. Yet, that Sunday on NASCAR SUNDAY, may be a bit hard to get people to buy tickets to attend V8s.

There are plenty of race tracks. MILLER is nice, Sedona, Road Atlanta, Lime Rock, etc. A western state circuit is good because, it's on the way back to Oz from COTA.
 
05XR8
A western state circuit is good because, it's on the way back to Oz from COTA.
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Exactly. I would expect it to be either not far east from COTA, or anywhere west of that circuit.
 
Lockwood is nice but pretty meh. The BOC livery is where it's at. :drool: Looks damn good. Can't wait for the team launch to see some real life images of it.
 
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Lockwood is good. I loved last years cars, thought it looked really tough, and this one is very similar. BOC on the other hand is awesome. Reminds me of the one they had on the Falcon several years ago. Also, the article states that Fabian's car will be all chrome and if it is anything like Scott Mac's Bathurst livery last year, it should look really cool.
 
According to that press release, the Lockwood car is chrome.
 
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Also, the article states that Fabian's car will be all chrome and if it is anything like Scott Mac's Bathurst livery last year, it should look really cool.
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R1600Turbo
According to that press release, the Lockwood car is chrome.
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If that's the case then I take back my original thoughts. Going to look great too. 👍

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05XR8
I would love for Laguna Seca to be the second venue but, I think Road America or Daytona would be sweet.
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R1600Turbo
Please, no oval/roadcourse mixups. Just do a regular road course, Laguna or similar. I think Miller in Utah would suit the cars pretty well, but that track wouldn't draw a huge crowd. (I would drive up there for the race though)
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05XR8
There are plenty of race tracks. MILLER is nice, Sedona, Road Atlanta, Lime Rock, etc. A western state circuit is good because, it's on the way back to Oz from COTA.
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The problem is that it's going to be very expensive to go too far from Austin. America is a big country, and so having races at opposide ends of the States is only going to drive costs up, unless they can get a promoter willing to subsidise the event. Lime Rock, Watkins Glen and Detroit, for instance, are simply too far away.

At this point, the best bet would be to go somewhere in California, and try to get the race on the support bill of another series. Maybe the Long Beach Grand Prix with IndyCar, or a support race for the Sonoma NASCAR event.
 
Premat to join GRM for enduro's.
Alexandre Premat will return to the V8 Supercars Championship with Volvo Polestar Racing for this year’s Pirtek Enduro Cup.

The Frenchman’s two-year stint in the championship as a full-time driver for the then Holden squad came to an abrupt end at the conclusion of the 2013 season, with the former DTM driver replaced by Swede Robert Dahlgren.

Premat joins Greg Ritter in the team’s Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast line-up.

The exact driver pairings with Dahlgren and team leader Scott McLaughlin are yet to be confirmed.
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R1600Turbo
Bingo.
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Which I think would work pretty well. Aside from being a great circuit - especially in that first sector - as far as I am aware, the Nationwide Series does not race at Sonoma. V8 Supercars would work well as an "undercard" event, with an audience on-hand. The only possible hurdle would be a clash with the enduros, but if the series could establish a relationship with NASCAR and bring the Sonoma date forward, it could work.
 
Erebus sneak peek. They doing the liveries on the V8's close to what they are running on the SLS's this weekend? Matte black with bright colors? Seems like it.

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"From our side, we’ve certainly chosen colours we think tick all those boxes and hopefully will be quite noticeable on a TV screen.”The shift to twilight racing creates another factor, with the dusk lighting affecting the look of the cars – something Maddison was excited about and felt worked to the team’s advantage.“I guess this is where we will start to see teams use the lighting on the vehicle to help … the car look exciting on track.“Fortunately the standard E63 road car has an LED lighting system, so we’re able to adopt that into our approach on the race car.“It’s a simple system to use and low voltage, so that’s nice from a racing aspect and low consumption – but as far as twilight we want colours that are going to work and be exciting at night. That’s not necessarily that the car is going to be reflective like what we might have at a GT event or 12-hour where the car is running literally through certain parts of the night, but we want to make sure that if it’s under certain light it’ll jump off the screen.”
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prisonermonkeys
Sonoma.
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Thats what I meant :)
 
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R1600Turbo
They doing the liveries on the V8's close to what they are running on the SLS's this weekend?
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On one of their cars - Davison's is the silver and grey design. I cannot see silver, grey, black and blue working. As a general rule, you want no more than three colours: either two dominant colours on their own, or two dominant colours and a third for highlights. I am not counting colours that only appear in the sponsor logo.
 
Im trying to figure out where that scallop from the black and blue livery comes into the design on the grey car. We'll see if Ryan Maddison gets that "sister look" he wants for the team. Maybe we'll see it in the first livery upgrades throughout the season.
 
I am guessing that both cars will have the same design, but the colours will be different; one will be grey and silver, while the other will be black and light blue.
 
I'd use my erebus membership to vote for this
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