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Angus Smart Grand Master

Angus Smart

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Aussie made cars and V8's only - dont get me wrong I think this gr8 and quite spectacular to watch, I'm a big fan of the V8 Supercars.

Initially I beleive it changed to this because the Aussie made cars couldn't get a look in, and it has grown into THE premier event.

What can we do to get the HPI's into the same level in Australia ? Sure we have heaps of little events but they hardly get mentioned on the same scale.

Nothing can be done

v8 supercars sucks all the money out of the sport

hrd-hr30 Grand Master

hrd-hr30

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No one in the field deserved the win more than lowndsey, he was the closest to Brock out of everyone.

what about the 300C??? everytime I turned around to see what was going on he was leading... he definitely deserved to win!

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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yeah, i was cheering that courtney beat ingall to the line for a much deserved 3rd place for seto + JC. lowndes is a champ and it's surprising that it's only his 2nd bathurst win. I was sorry to see skaife out early though. I love to watch him drive, and would have been happy if he had won too.

Muz Experienced

Muz

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I pose this question to you all. As the Clerk of the course elected to continue the race under a green flag when Jason Richards stuck it into the wall at Mcphillamy when a previous full course yellow was used for another crash incident at exactly the same place, had Kelly been able to jump Lowndes and take the win, would we have seen all sorts of legal challenges because a precedent had already been set? Lowndes was leading by a substantial margin at that time and was reined in under the yellows.

There ya go troopers, debate that one! I know that if it had been me I would be looking for someones head.

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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yes very interesting decision especially in light of the proven dangers of the track that weekend. Safety should always come first...but did this become a commercial decision instead? was there presure from avesco?

benm Grand Master

benm

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Definitely a commercial decision. Teams didn't spend millions, fans didn't travel 1000's of km's and drivers didn't race 158 laps only to finish doing 60km/h behind the ugliest sounding car the planet has ever produced.

I'll have the entire Top10 + Race + presentation on 4 dvd's by tomorrow arvo :)

Muz Experienced

Muz

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...but did this become a commercial decision instead? was there presure from avesco?

Hmmmmmmmm....very interesting isn't it! I would hate to think what might have happened if someone had t-boned JR's commode and more tragedy occurred! A very strange decision given that they yellow flagged the race when JR's car had gone straight ahead at the Chase and was not in the slightest bit of danger! Hmmmmm......conspiracy theories abound!

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gtr660hp

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I pose this question to you all. As the Clerk of the course elected to continue the race under a green flag when Jason Richards stuck it into the wall at Mcphillamy when a previous full course yellow was used for another crash incident at exactly the same place, had Kelly been able to jump Lowndes and take the win, would we have seen all sorts of legal challenges because a precedent had already been set? Lowndes was leading by a substantial margin at that time and was reined in under the yellows.

There ya go troopers, debate that one! I know that if it had been me I would be looking for someones head.

Tim Jenkins the race director makes this call and saves the race finishing under yellow-all drivers were told JR was there by crew chiefs on the radio and a local yellow was in place-with only a couple laps tp go it was decided that this would be ok - if it was more laps it would have been a full yellow with more SC laps

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