First laps of the Gen 3 Supercars at Bathurst
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FLRacingFan
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Loved the sound of the Ford. 2023 is too far away.
StandOnIt
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I hope there is a stream to watch this Saturday. These are the live times somewhere?
FLRacingFan
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I'm sure there will be one floating around somewhere tomorrow but if you cancel after the race their monthly YouTube stream membership is like $5.
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the acceleration song coming off the tight downhill section around 4:40 mark
, driver jumped on it in a hurry
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I take it it's not a coincidence that the NASCAR NextGen cars and the Gen3 Supercars share a lot of similarities?
KTMLew01
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That is blasphemy in the NASCAR forum. Huge shrieks! IT'S ALL BRAND NEW TECHNOLOGY! NOTHING ON THIS CAR WAS EVEN A THOUGHT BEFORE NOW!
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Why drag that garbage down here? Too many people in the NASCAR forum telling you to shut up?
There’s a reason for that.
There’s a reason for that.
FLRacingFan
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Goodness me.
FLRacingFan
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It’s been interesting reading up on the struggles the series has had to trying to manage parity between the two models before locking in the Gen3 cars’ homologation. Ford have been quite publicly displeased with both aero performance and engine drivability in testing, including the VCAT (straight line) runs. Lots of politicking from Mark Rushbrook‘s side.
The start of the season is just over a month away, the weekend of March 10-12. It just came out yesterday that at a test late last month Ford and Chevy did a driver swap, including 3x champ Shane van Gisbergen getting into a Mustang, to try to see get a better understanding of where differences lie. Pretty unprecedented thing to do.
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The start of the season is just over a month away, the weekend of March 10-12. It just came out yesterday that at a test late last month Ford and Chevy did a driver swap, including 3x champ Shane van Gisbergen getting into a Mustang, to try to see get a better understanding of where differences lie. Pretty unprecedented thing to do.
Ford still not satisfied with Supercars Gen3 parity
Ford continues to harbor concerns over the parity between the Mustang and Camaro Gen3 Supercars following the latest round of prototype testing.
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Ford, Chevrolet Gen3 driver swap
Star Supercars drivers are understood to have crossed the manufacturer divide during a recent comparison test with the Gen3 prototypes.
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would the cup car benefit from that HUUUGE wing?
FLRacingFan
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I doubt anyone is trying to put a wing on the back of a Cup car again any time soon.
donthaveanickname
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Just watched the end of the first race at Perth and concluded I need to watch more Supercars races.
FLRacingFan
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It might not be long before it’s called SuperCamaros at this rate, I guess.
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Ford pulls Supercars Safety Car and advertising support
The Ranger Raptor took over from the Mustang as the Supercars Safety Car for 2023. Image: Supplied/Mark Horsburgh Ford Australia
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Ford chief Rushbrook ‘frustrated with Supercars’
Ford motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook is 'frustrated with Supercars'. Image: Supplied Ford Performance motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook has said that
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donthaveanickname
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I hope not. I'm just getting into Supercars and the racing in the series is just great. The layout of Sydney Motorsports Park doesn't look like it allows for a whole lot of passing but they put on two great races.It might not be long before it’s called SuperCamaros at this rate, I guess.
Ford pulls Supercars Safety Car and advertising support
The Ranger Raptor took over from the Mustang as the Supercars Safety Car for 2023. Image: Supplied/Mark Horsburgh Ford Australia
Ford chief Rushbrook ‘frustrated with Supercars’
Ford motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook is 'frustrated with Supercars'. Image: Supplied Ford Performance motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook has said that
The penalty for SVG in race one was a joke though. That wasn't even a bump-and-run, it was less than that.
FLRacingFan
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Yeah, I hated the penalty, seems like most people did. Kind of a joke, I hate when racing series get in the way of good action.
There’ve been some big missteps with Gen3 so far but the racing is better than it was with Gen2. There’s too much history wrapped up in ATCC/Supercars so hopefully they can find a way keep it all together, Ford are the only real manufacturer they have left.
FLRacingFan
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Quite a big deal down under as Toyota commit to joining Supercars in 2026 with a Gen3 version of the Supra. I wasn’t sure anyone new would ever join again after Nissan, Volvo, and Mercedes all came and left within the past decade with varying levels of commitment and success. I probably trust Toyota to go in and do it well more than anyone before them.
