Production Car Racing (GT4, CTSCC, PWC GTS/TC, MX-5 Cup, etc)Touring Cars
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Also the endurance aspect of GT racing anywhere your budget can stretch to, as opposed to the Sprint idea with TCR of shorter races.Can’t rely on the Supercars World Tour deal. If I were any of the TCR participants I’d be cutting my losses and trading up for a Mustang, Vantage or Supra.
Yeah, just like you posted I’d put my hand up too if a team want to add variety to their garage.
Indeed. Since branching off from the brief Production Series, GT4 is proving anyone have a chance of winning. Rarely are cars being taken out, less safety car intervention and mandatory pit stop throw it up for all to have a crack within the hour, but boy it’s a quick hour.
How cool is this?!
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Brodie Kostecki building Bathurst 6 Hour contender
Brodie Kostecki Bathurst 1000 winner Kostecki is building an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio to tackle Easter’s Bathurst 6 Hour production
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Hopefully, Brodie's Alfa is a real opposition to the endless fleet of BMW winners, that make the outright contest a real bore.How cool is this?!
Brodie Kostecki building Bathurst 6 Hour contender
Brodie Kostecki Bathurst 1000 winner Kostecki is building an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio to tackle Easter’s Bathurst 6 Hour production
They need to bring the BMWs back to the same performance level as the Mustangs & Camaro in the A1 class.
Should be whatever is beneath the M cars. As Mustang run GT and Camaro SS(not top of the line Shelby and ZL1). The prices shouldn't be the only factor as to cap performance. No way a 276bhp Lancer is going to win outright ever. Even though I know the organisers made the race more about class wins, than about outright winning.
I think the Paul Morris 335i was the last "normal" bimmer to win. The M135i(?) that Morris won in outright did beat the M4, but it wasn't a normal 135i.
I think the Paul Morris 335i was the last "normal" bimmer to win. The M135i(?) that Morris won in outright did beat the M4, but it wasn't a normal 135i.
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If the race isn't about outright victory, then someone needs to tell the TV Producer.
Seems to me they can barely bother covering the class battles for any more than 2 laps for the entire 6 hour race!
The other thing they really need to consider, is a price cap on the entry list.
What's wrong with a $150k ceiling?
They do. $150,000
From last year
BIGGEST EVER FIELD FOR BATHURST 6 HOUR - Auto Action
The biggest ever endurance race grid is set to line up for this year’s Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour, over the Easter long weekend. A 70-car entry list for the production car race at Mount Panorama has been unveiled, with the grid comprised of cars representing 15 different brands, 34 different...
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Cap it at $100k. That’s plenty, because I think the Sherrins went and spent like another $120k on their M4.
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Yeah, the Sherrins bought their first BMW M4, then spent equal to the purchase price on race preparations, and the same amount again filling their transporter with spares, and when you're in the mood may as well get another M4.They do. $150,000
From last year
BIGGEST EVER FIELD FOR BATHURST 6 HOUR - Auto Action
The biggest ever endurance race grid is set to line up for this year’s Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour, over the Easter long weekend. A 70-car entry list for the production car race at Mount Panorama has been unveiled, with the grid comprised of cars representing 15 different brands, 34 different...
Cap it at $100k. That’s plenty, because I think the Sherrins went and spent like another $120k on their M4.
Just as well they were controlling the direction of the category at the time.
One would hate to spend that kind of coin only for the rules to change...
Anyone that watched the 6hr last year, would know about the Camry from the races in the 90s.
Enough is enough.
There needs to be a limit on the age of cars eligible to enter, as well as a minimum qualifying time relevant to the class pole.
Do we really need to see 30yo cars wobble around 40+ seconds of the pace, steered by drivers that don't use their mirrors?
I can recall that particular car causing the leaders major grief at least twice, just by being soooo slooooow on the racing line & they made no attempt to get out of the way!
Its OK for the promoters to trumpet the largest entry list ever, but what happened to quality over quantity?
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