2018 Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipTouring Cars

[Pete05]

Hmm, this reminds me of something & someone...

 

[Spacegoat]

WAU Bathurst wildcard more likely for 2019, according to Ryan Walkinshaw.

Aside from the black, that looks amazing. Fingers crossed that they do a full blown retro Mobil livery at Sandown.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I have to say, my top 3 liveries in the series right now are the Castrol Nissan, the two Walkinshaw Boost Mobile cars (hopefully they keep them white as it looks killer) and Lownde's car.

 

[Spacegoat]

Castrol Nissan, WAU's white livery and Precat's Freightliner livery from Darwin have been the winners for me so far this year.

 

[LumpiestFish]

Kelly’s Castrol livery does look fantastic this year. The white Walkinshaw car looked great at SMP with a slightly different front end. At Townsville and QR, there was small design under the headlights that worsened it, and reminded me of KISS face paint. At SMP the sponsor logos on the front end were rearranged and the design was removed. Surprisingly, the Red Bulls are one of my favourites. The white is a very nice change and a much more modern design then the awfully boring car last year. Lowndes’ Autobarn is does a very good job at hiding the ZBs awkward lines and shape, while some other ZBs exemplify the awkward lines and shape.

 

[05XR8]

This year's Bathurst is going to be a tough call with the pairings.
https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/final-pairings-confirmed-for-pirtek-enduro-cup/

 

[LumpiestFish]

Will Brown going with Anton De Pasquale is pretty exciting. Hope Hazelwood and Fullwood have a good showing. It’s been a pretty hard year for MSR in the main game and DVS, and Bathurst can sometimes rewarded consistency and keeping out of trouble, which makes a surprising top 10 everyone now and then.

 

[05XR8]

Will Brown going with Anton De Pasquale is pretty exciting. Hope Hazelwood and Fullwood have a good showing. It’s been a pretty hard year for MSR in the main game and DVS, and Bathurst can sometimes rewarded consistency and keeping out of trouble, which makes a surprising top 10 everyone now and then.

We know anything and everything happens at Bathurst, but after the Mostert/Morris win, really, anything is possible.

 

[Spacegoat]

Walkinshaw has put a timeline on the Camaro decision. Saying the team would ideally want to know if the project is viable by the end of this season.

 

[05XR8]

I hope it happens.

 

[Spacegoat]

Todd Hazelwood to revert back to his 2017 S2 championship winning Commodore for the rest of this year. As Matt Stone Racing will swtich to Holden with support from Triple 8 in 2019.

 

[05XR8]

Wow. That's big.
One less Mustang on the grid.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Will anyone notice though?

 

[05XR8]

Will anyone notice though?

Only Ford fans.

Was a bit risky for MSR. They knew there was no support. Still, I thought Hazelwould adjust(see what I did there?).

 

[Spacegoat]

Not particularly a fan of the black bonnet or rear but otherwise this looks fantastic.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/17/heimgartner-the-bend-will-require-a-different-driving-style/

Almost seems like it'll mimic Albert Park. Processional racing after the first two laps.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Almost seems like it'll mimic Albert Park. Processional racing after the first two laps.

Im more concerned about the use of the Dunlop soft tyre. I get why, but given it’s a brand new billiard table smooth track, I think they would be fine with a softer compound.

I can’t wait to see the cars tackle turns 7-10 though, followed by that S-bend. Should be great fun to watch.

 

[05XR8]

Im more concerned about the use of the Dunlop soft tyre. I get why, but given it’s a brand new billiard table smooth track, I think they would be fine with a softer compound.

I can’t wait to see the cars tackle turns 7-10 though, followed by that S-bend. Should be great fun to watch.

I hope I'm wrong.
Should be better TV viewing, compared to the AGT race earlier this year. The little undulations of the track, will add a bit more flavour to the racing.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/18/djrtp-begins-work-on-mclaughlin-mustang/

 

[Nismonath5]

As excited as I am for the new addition to the calendar, I still wish they'd run the 7.7km circuit... would make a great endurance round...

 

[05XR8]

As excited as I am for the new addition to the calendar, I still wish they'd run the 7.7km circuit... would make a great endurance round...

I'd vote for that to replace the Sandown round.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.supercars.com/2018-otr-supersprint-the-bend-schedule-results/

I'm surprised the longer race isn't last, on the Sunday.

 

[CodeRedR51]

New colors for Caruso.

https://nissanmotorsport.com.au/blo...avida-purus-vitae/250-new-warpaint-for-caruso

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: Tree'd.

Not nearly as nice as the Drive livery but I don't mind it.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/08/22/nascar-chiefs-to-attend-supercars-otr-supersprint/

Any NASCAR fans want to chime in on this?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Hopefully they learn something and make some changes to their series so I'll actually watch it again.

 

[Spacegoat]

Getting rid of the stupid stages for the road circuits would be a good start.

 

[FPV MIC]

Hopefully they learn something and make some changes to their series so I'll actually watch it again.

Hope they're not here to peddle splitting the races into those ridiculous stages

 

[Spacegoat]

Hope they're not here to peddle splitting the races into those ridiculous stages

If Nascar races start going time certain in the next year or so, we'll know where they got that idea from.

 

[05XR8]

If there's nothing at all about the visit, other than just to finally see a VASC race, I do hope a Supercar winds up with M&M's sponsorship. Yeah, M&M's. Just because...