V-8 Supercars Bathurst 1000

Great last lap. DW almost $hit his pants on that ride. But I understand it's completely different when your the driver than the passenger. When I'd driving my own car at 100mph it's no biggy, but riding with someone that's driving 100mph scares the crap out of me.

Has F1 ever raced that track?
 
blue92 said:
Great last lap. DW almost $hit his pants on that ride. But I understand it's completely different when your the driver than the passenger. When I'd driving my own car at 100mph it's no biggy, but riding with someone that's driving 100mph scares the crap out of me.

Has F1 ever raced that track?
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Hi,
McLaren did a promo with Buttons car & Craige Lowndes Holden last year similar to Smokes run in Hamiltons Mclaren over you way.
Button loved the place.
Ozz
 
blue92 said:
Great last lap. DW almost $hit his pants on that ride. But I understand it's completely different when your the driver than the passenger. When I'd driving my own car at 100mph it's no biggy, but riding with someone that's driving 100mph scares the crap out of me.

Has F1 ever raced that track?
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-I agree having control of the steering wheel is huge.

-Great Finish. Great road course. I enjoyed the race. I like the way the races are run, and bodies that at least look production based.

- I wish a V8 supercar series based on a road courses, and some 1/2 mile short tracks could be established in America.

^ But maybe it is best with the current Australian based real world. It seems like most or the best stock car racing in America eventually is controlled by Nascar.
Plus there is probably not enough corporate $ or economy to afford two top tier stock car series in America.


I like that it is a separate from Nascar. I am not trying to hate Nascar or bash. Nascar gets a lot of things right, but I do prefer what appears to be an old school approach.


I would love to see those cars run at Martinsville, IRP, Wilksboro, Hickory, GPS, Winchester, Salem Ind, Toledo, Mansfield etc......plus a lot of road courses in America.
But it is what it is, I should be thankful that Speed is bringing live coverage.


As a foreign based circuit, it also offers a new look. Learning new drivers, and a new set of quirks has a lot of positives. I am game for anything but new terminology. My vocabulary is a mix of white trash roots, and learning to talk racing from many old glory MRN days, B.C. (before Couth). I embraced it long ago.


F1? I would think not, for Watkins Glen reasons. Too many guard rails and not enough run off or slow down areas.
Getting F1, would cost billions. Requirements for 25 star amenities, and Bernie fees are incredulous.
I am sure it is already a first class, 5 star joint, but F1 has comic book new world demands.


The V8s are probably the best race package anyway. The cars are racy, nifty looking, but they retain a remote stock appearance.

No F1 also is not just the already stated safety issues. I love the circuit, but with the elevation changes, I can just see too many open wheel cars making deadly launches into those beautiful hills.
 
Loved the race and watched it from start to finish, all the while chatting with my friend Dirk from Urunga, NSW. Dirk has a dilemma, he is a huge Ford fan, but his favorites are Whincup, Lowndes and Tander.

The cars are great and quite different than our NASCAR cars. They are really on the level of F1 only with a full body, what with all the telemetry. A little bit of Indy car as well with the air jacks.

The one shot I liked the most was at the end of Conrod Straight. I think that showed the speed of these cars better than I've seen before.
 
buckaroo said:
The cars are great and quite different than our NASCAR cars. They are really on the level of F1 only with a full body, what with all the telemetry. A little bit of Indy car as well with the air jacks.
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Much like the Can-Am cars of the 80s. I loved that series!

buckaroo said:
The one shot I liked the most was at the end of Conrod Straight. I think that showed the speed of these cars better than I've seen before.
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That was a great camera angle! I have yet to watch the second half of the race but it is on my DVR!
 
robbybee said:
Much like the Can-Am cars of the 80s. I loved that series!



That was a great camera angle! I have yet to watch the second half of the race but it is on my DVR!
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If you set your DVR to the time allotted, 6 hours, you will miss the last laps. I think my DVR stopped with something like 10 laps or so to go. I was watching it live though.
 
Caught the last 60 laps and enjoyed the snot out of it. That track is amazing, I want to see the Cup cars on it and the Supercars at Talledega w/o restrictor plates. My driver, Mark Winterbottom led the Blue Crew with a 4th placer. Lowndes and Tander fought a great last lap.
 
Do those cars have fuel cells and on-board fire suppresion systems?
 
FlFlash said:
Do those cars have fuel cells and on-board fire suppresion systems?
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fuel cell, i would imagine so.

OFSS obviously not.... Think all sanctioning bodies would require that by now.

Of of the drag guys couple weeks ago had his fuel cap break off after the lunch, sprayed fuel all over the radiator, front of the motor, and headers. Hit the button and it blew everything out. Made a bit of a mess on the track, but other than some burned wires, it saved his car.
 
Magnethead said:
fuel cell, i would imagine so.

OFSS obviously not.... Think all sanctioning bodies would require that by now.

Of of the drag guys couple weeks ago had his fuel cap break off after the lunch, sprayed fuel all over the radiator, front of the motor, and headers. Hit the button and it blew everything out. Made a bit of a mess on the track, but other than some burned wires, it saved his car.
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Hi ,
I think what may have happened is the battery got thrown out & was sparking well away from the car & set the fuel that spilled ablaze 20 odd feet away.
They do have all the suppression gear onboard.
Ozz
 
ozz said:
Hi ,
I think what may have happened is the battery got thrown out & was sparking well away from the car & set the fuel that spilled ablaze 20 odd feet away.
They do have all the suppression gear onboard.
Ozz
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Do the race versions have the battery in the trunk like the production models do?
 
buckaroo said:
If you set your DVR to the time allotted, 6 hours, you will miss the last laps. I think my DVR stopped with something like 10 laps or so to go. I was watching it live though.
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I always add extra recording time whenever I record a motor race. It worked out perfectly for me, thanks.

Those last few laps were amazing! I will be tuning in to the Surfer's Paradise Race as well!!
 
Hi guys,

No comment from me on the race as I havnt seen it. Family emergency took me away from it apart from the first few laps..... which were uneventful.

I have seen some highlights..... and recorded the rest to watch soon.

Hope you guys enjoyed it.... from what I understand there was not a lot of dramas (balls up , accidents, and rookie mistakes) that normally add to the mix.

Regardless of this, it is up there with some of the best tracks in the world and driving it is a definate experience.

If they have the race from Surfers Paradise on in two weeks time, try and catch that....... great street circuit.
 
I liked the bit they did before the race that showed how many fans are split between manufacturers. You are either a Holden (GM) fan or a Ford fan.

I'm that way in NASCAR. I ONLY root for Chevy drivers. My parents were big Chevy fans and it trickled down to me.
 
leroy17 said:
Hi guys,

No comment from me on the race as I havnt seen it. Family emergency took me away from it apart from the first few laps..... which were uneventful.

I have seen some highlights..... and recorded the rest to watch soon.

Hope you guys enjoyed it.... from what I understand there was not a lot of dramas (balls up , accidents, and rookie mistakes) that normally add to the mix.

Regardless of this, it is up there with some of the best tracks in the world and driving it is a definate experience.

If they have the race from Surfers Paradise on in two weeks time, try and catch that....... great street circuit.
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It's being televised live here.
 
ozz said:
Yes, the race car has it in the trunk, not sure about production cars.
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For what it's worth, my Holden-built Pontiac G8 has the battery in the trunk. I would think the production Commodore would have the battery in the trunk too.
 
MRM said:
For what it's worth, my Holden-built Pontiac G8 has the battery in the trunk. I would think the production Commodore would have the battery in the trunk too.
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My old 2000 Bonneville had the battery under the rear seat with a venting system to outside the car. I always thought it was an odd choice.
 
My Chevy Volt has one in the trunk and one under most of the rest of the car + it has an enging up front!
 
My MINI Cooper's battery is in the boot ( no trunk ;) ).

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The battery on the 325i I used to own was in the trunk.
 
MRM said:
For what it's worth, my Holden-built Pontiac G8 has the battery in the trunk. I would think the production Commodore would have the battery in the trunk too.
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Hi ,
Yes ,you're right, the Commobore does have the Battery in boot ,but the car that burnt was a Ford.I'm not sure about proddy one of those.
Cheers
Ozz
 
ozz said:
Hi ,
Yes ,you're right, the Commobore does have the Battery in boot ,but the car that burnt was a Ford.I'm not sure about proddy one of those.
Cheers
Ozz
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Oops,That was supposed to read Commodore.What do you think of the Ponty G8 MRM
And how does it compare with local stuff.Do you guys still have rear wheel drive being built there??
OZZ
 
I love my G8. Not many were built, so it gets lots of attention. It rides really well for a car with a lot of horsepower and a great handling suspension. The interior is nice too. There are no American cars to compare it to because so few RWD cars are built. The Chargers are a piece of crap compared to the G8.
 
Mustang, Camaro, Challenger are all front engine rear drive. I can't think of one 4-door sedan that is RWD, except for the previously-mentioned Charger.
 
FenderBumper said:
how do you like the volt?
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It's actually the company car not mine, I just drive it. It's comfortable pretty snappy handles like a slot car ( low low center of gravity ) has all the normal bells and whistle's and it's been trouble free for a 7k miles oh yeah I,ve put 18gallons of gas in it to travel those 7k miles.

My only complaint is that it's so quite the squirrels don't hear me coming and there's been a few mortalitys.......I'm kinda concerned I might get a jogger some day.
 
@ FlFlash

From a durability and maintenance cost how would rate the Volt?
Do you need to plug it up? Or does it self charge during operation.

Maybe the questions are unfair with only 7k miles, if you ignore em, I will completely understand.


I am kinda curious about them. I will be buying the wife a new or low mileage used car soon. She's partial to the Hondas and Toyotas and that's the current short list, with the Accord or Civics being at the top.



But she would be open to something with great mileage. I just haven't seen a Volt driving around to even consider, guess I could check one out at a dealership.


Again feel free to ignore if the questions are too consuming.
 
FlFlash said:
It's actually the company car not mine, I just drive it. It's comfortable pretty snappy handles like a slot car ( low low center of gravity ) has all the normal bells and whistle's and it's been trouble free for a 7k miles oh yeah I,ve put 18gallons of gas in it to travel those 7k miles.

My only complaint is that it's so quite the squirrels don't hear me coming and there's been a few mortalitys.......I'm kinda concerned I might get a jogger some day.
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I think cali has a noise maker law for electric cars, so it wont be long before every electric car has one. Do you charge it at home? If so, what's the electric bill like?
 
Greg said:
@ FlFlash

From a durability and maintenance cost how would rate the Volt?
Do you need to plug it up? Or does it self charge during operation.

Maybe the questions are unfair with only 7k miles, if you ignore em, I will completely understand.


I am kinda curious about them. I will be buying the wife a new or low mileage used car soon. She's partial to the Hondas and Toyotas and that's the current short list, with the Accord or Civics being at the top.



But she would be open to something with great mileage. I just haven't seen a Volt driving around to even consider, guess I could check one out at a dealership.


Again feel free to ignore if the questions are too consuming.
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The MSRP starts at 31K. I can buy 10,000 gallons of gasoline for that kinda $$$ and drive my gas guzzling Chevy 4X4 200,000 miles.
 
Greg said:
@ FlFlash

From a durability and maintenance cost how would rate the Volt? Durabilty? I've had zero problems, Maintainence, I put some washer solvent in it awhile back

Do you need to plug it up? I plug it in at home each night and at work each day, total electric cost works out to slightly less than $3 a day, I drive it approx 70 miles a day,

Or does it self charge during operation.It has both regenerative braking and the ICE generator, you can actually watch the regenative braking work thru the IPC charge indicator, since I've been driving it the ICE has only started when I run test procedures.

Maybe the questions are unfair with only 7k miles, if you ignore em, I will completely understand. I'm a contractor for GM and more than happy to answer any questions I can. This particular Volt is one of the highest mileage ones in public use and is being ran as a test bed for other reason's it's highly scrutinized on a daily basis.


I am kinda curious about them. I will be buying the wife a new or low mileage used car soon. She's partial to the Hondas and Toyotas and that's the current short list, with the Accord or Civics being at the top.
In addition to the Volt Chevrolet will also be releasing a ALL Electric in 2013 named Spark some pics and info here: http://inhabitat.com/chevrolet-reve...their-100th-anniversary/2010-chevrolet-spark/


But she would be open to something with great mileage. I just haven't seen a Volt driving around to even consider, guess I could check one out at a dealership. The Volt has been slow to roll out most Chevy dealers have just received theirs the past few weeks ( it's very political concerning which dealers receive new models first, there where also delays in service training, GM refused to ship Volts to dealers who where not 100% trained in their repair ) although over 4,000 have been sold to date.


Again feel free to ignore if the questions are too consuming.
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Smoke14 said:
The MSRP starts at 31K. I can buy 10,000 gallons of gasoline for that kinda $$$ and drive my gas guzzling Chevy 4X4 200,000 miles.
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I think they try to sell the Volt to someone looking to buy a new car. At 31K, I think they will sell like crazy when the economy picks up. You'll make back the 8 or 9K premium in just 5 years, then it's cash in your pocket.
 
Greg said:
@ FlFlash

From a durability and maintenance cost how would rate the Volt?
Do you need to plug it up? Or does it self charge during operation.

Maybe the questions are unfair with only 7k miles, if you ignore em, I will completely understand.


I am kinda curious about them. I will be buying the wife a new or low mileage used car soon. She's partial to the Hondas and Toyotas and that's the current short list, with the Accord or Civics being at the top.



But she would be open to something with great mileage. I just haven't seen a Volt driving around to even consider, guess I could check one out at a dealership.


Again feel free to ignore if the questions are too consuming.
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Check out the Chevy Cruz ECO. 42mpg, pretty much the same car, just different looking.
 
ozz said:
Hi ,
Yes ,you're right, the Commobore does have the Battery in boot ,but the car that burnt was a Ford.I'm not sure about proddy one of those.
Cheers
Ozz
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My bad, I thought it was a Holden.
 
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