It's that time of year again. Who is going to win Bathurst…

[mainline]

hope you got up early enough to watch the classic races. Jim Richards can still peddle a car around all right!

I'd be happy if they just raced these cars all day and left the new ones in the shed.

[frostype400]

The big xa gt sedan with Lianne Tander driving won led from the start I wish they had have shown more of the grid but only 7 laps so they were focusing on leader Jim Richards was giving it to it.


Have to love the old fords especially 77 1 2 the xa-xc ford coupe is one of the best looking cars about in that era.

Go Winterbottom.

[oldfart]

You are all missing the point, Holden Versus ford and that's what the fans are paying for ......."You know what I mean "

Group C was when it all went arse up.

[TM BILL]

You are all missing the point, Holden Versus ford and that's what the fans are paying for ......."You know what I mean "

Group C was when it all went arse up.

Stu apart from a badge how different are they really 

[Davey Crocket]

There not.....same brakes, same suspension, same diff, gearbox, engine.....bla, bla, bla.

[oldfart]

Colour shceme and drivers      It's the little changes that count these days  ie fuel consumption - splitters - plastic bags ( frosty ) - motors are different   Crockashit  and you should know that being a mechanic

The reason for cars to be as they are is to allow each and every team to compete at the same level ......go back to 1997 and 1998  what  a fark up that was.   1998 brought it back to Holden and ford.

 

 

[firko]

I read a piece in Muscle Car magazine where they reported on a survey that someone had done that found that nearly 70% of the fans of touring car racing are extremely dissatisfied with the current Cochrane run set up. They felt that in a bid for parity and turning it into a TV friendly format, they've sucked the soul out of it. I'm sitting out in the sun typing this on my sweeties lap top while everyone else is in the house, half asleep in front of the telly. Not one of the 14 people here are currently looking at the race on the telly......and that's the reason we're here.

The Bathurst race is now as dull as dogshit and I blame the quest for perfect parity for turning into the most boring sport on telly other than cricket. I've said it before but I reckon that by using the current Ute Series rules on the sedans would bring back the spectacular racing and being cheaper would draw more competitors and corporate backing into the division.
My cousing does the body and chassis prep on the Jack Elsegoods Coopers ute and he reckons that doing that would be a winner ....the Holden v Ford thing would remain but the cars would be as close toy what we drive as possible. I've been for a ride around the block in Elsegoods ute and it's tame enough to drive to Melbourne with a bike in the back.

[GD66]

Yeah, actually that's pretty much wide of the mark this time around Firko. That was one hard, drag-em-out classic battle, for all the failures of the formula or the admin, that's been a great, tough day of racing on the Mountain. 

[oldfart]

Mark , I bet those Half a sleep you spoke of .... where eyes wide open in the last hour. 

[wmc83]

V8 supercars may have it's faults (lack of car variety) but the racing is closer than it's ever been and nobody want's to see cars winning by 6 laps or more like they used to back in the 70s and 80s.

[TM BILL]

so who actually won the bloody thing 

[firko]

Yeah, actually that's pretty much wide of the mark this time around Firko

I disagree...Sure the last 40 minutes had a bit of drama but overall our BBQ guests and I still thought it was a godawful bore.  (notwithstanding the exciting last few laps and orchestrated finish). We flicked it over to the F1 once Bathurst had ended and it was a yawnfest as well. We got some fun from the Comm Games diving on ch1 though. At last we'd found something even more boring than the car races. A fitting end to a fun day .

[GD66]

  :DTee-hee, fair call 

[worms]

at least they got to race, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 and what a race, best Bathurst in years, sorry Firko, I watch the whole race from start to finish for the first time in 15 years, yes i agree with you for the past, but this years race was great.

Cheers Worms.

now where's that race club?

[number8]

so who actually won the bloody thing 

Lownds'y and Skaife yea Lownds'y had to miss the Thunda X in Qld to win Bathurst again

#8