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[Bollocks#999]

I wasnt much wrong was I?
top ten for today:


1. Marcos Ambrose / Russell Ingall - Pirtek Racing - Ford Falcon BA 1:11.8554
2. Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly - Holden Race Team - Holden Commodore +0.4243
3. Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly - KMart Racing - Holden Commodore +0.5190
4. Paul Radisich / Rickard Rydell - Team Betta Electrical - Ford Falcon BA +0.7884
5. Simon Wills / Jason Richards - Team Dynamik - Holden Commodore +0.7894
6. Steven Johnson / Warren Luff - Shell Helix Racing - Ford Falcon BA +0.8157
7. Craig Lowndes / Glenn Seton - CAT Ford Performance Racing - Ford Falcon BA +0.8269
8. John Bowe /Brad Jones - OzEmail Race Team - Ford Falcon BA +1.0890
9. Paul Morris / John Faulkner - Siromet Racing - Holden Commodore +1.1610
10. Steve Ellery / Luke Youlden - Super Cheap Auto Racing - Ford Falcon BA +8.7709

 

[HRT_Maloo]

3 Kiwis in the top 5

 

[millencolin]

as a ford fan, as much as it hurts to see holden win, its also quite good for a change. brings back some parity unto the series. and jeez wasnt the super cheap auth team a shock today

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Has anyone heard that V8 supercars are going to race at portland international raceway in USA next year. How kool is that!

 

[Bollocks#999]

news to me, knew they where racing in china but not Seppo land

 

[millencolin]

i havent heard anything about that, im sure tony cochraine would of mentioned something

 

[HRT_Maloo]

20 days till the world cup, but even better is 21 days till Bathurst. This October and November is going to be good

 

[Glut]

It's really tough deciding which events to go to this year
I'm going to the WC, though. Bathurst comes round every year. And there's always the 24 hour race

 

[millencolin]

i dont like union though so motorsport is going to rule my october, bathurst, phillip island ans the indy

 

[Bollocks#999]

So who is up for Bathurst this weekend?

And further more anybody got a prediction?

 

[HRT_Maloo]

I was stressing out that last week, the world cup games would cut into our live Bathurst coverage until I found out that coverage for the V8s will run for 8 hours (heaven).

I reckon that the chances are SBR, HRT or Kmart.

One question though, what is Ingall like at long enduros like this one? I was told that him and Ambrose will not win because he does not do that well in enduros like this

 

[XPLOSV]

I'd most prolly say SBR for this one. At sandown, Ingall had an off while in the lead as no doubt you all remember and the pair still managed a third overall.....

Unless they have a major mechanical drama, I'd definetly say SBR.
I'm giving work re-registration a miss due to the bathurst coverage so lets hope SBR bring it home for me:lol

It would be awesome if Lowndes/Seton could get it just to give Seton his first Mountain win. I feel so sorry for him, he always seems to get the harsh end of the stick but is always so upbeat about it......

 

[Bollocks#999]

Russell has won on more than one occasion with "larikin" Larry Perkins in a Commodore

Prodrive are still looking for some grunt that unfortunately wont be there in time for FPR , would be great to see Glenn seton on the top step for a change

 

[millencolin]

yes i would love to see glen win bathurst. heck this is bathurst and anything can happen so dont throw out a seton/lowndes win out of the equation

i predit a kmart or sbr victory

 

[Glut]

IIRC last race HRT was testing an engine with lightened bits and pieces. I suspect that they may have something to pull out of the hat for the HRT supplied teams.
So ATM I think it'll be HRT, maybe Kmart, but given the 'plastic bag factor' you can never tell

 

[The Porko]

Todays Top Ten Qualifying at Bathurst.

1) 51 K-Mart Racing Team Greg Murphy 10 2:07.9503 10 Holden
2) 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife 13 2:07.9900 0:00.0397 12 Holden
3) 21 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe 15 2:07.9945 0:00.0442 14 Ford
4) 4 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose 12 2:08.2685 0:00.3182 12 Ford
5) 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander 13 2:08.4145 0:00.4642 13 Holden
6) 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Team Steven Richards 15 2:08.4695 0:00.5192 14 Holden
7) 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes 15 2:08.5267 0:00.5764 14 Ford
8) 2 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards 17 2:08.6662 0:00.7159 17 Holden
9) 65 Betta Electrical Paul Radisich 16 2:08.6923 0:00.7420 14 Ford
10) 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson 11 2:08.7724 0:00.8221 7 Ford

Man this guys are pulling off some first times, that has to be a track record.

 

[SandStorm]

Dammit, I thought this thread was killed, way back in the day.. If I'd known it was still alive, I would've kept posting..

GO SKAIFE!! Although Murph does deserve a bit of luck...

 

[The Porko]

It would be good to see murphy on the podium, since he hasnt had much luck lately, but Im going for skaife. We just hope theres no paper bags like last year.

 

[HRT_Maloo]

Originally posted by The Porko
It would be good to see murphy on the podium, since he hasnt had much luck lately, but Im going for skaife. We just hope theres no paper bags like last year.

They didnt stop the mighty Holden. The Ford on the other hand...

 

[The Porko]

Yeah i know Skaife still won, but didnt ford overheat

So who is everyonce going for im going for.......

HOLDEN

 

[millencolin]

5 fords 5 holdens its bloody even i tell ya

go ford

 

[Bollocks#999]

Murph looks the man to beat, a blistering 2:06 in the shootout ,still gonna barrack for Ambrose/Ingall Lowndes/Seton

 

[miniMADness]

theres one of each on the front row, i know what i will be doing tomorrow!

 

[XPLOSV]

Bollocks#999, those are the same people I'm gonna be following tomorrow too...

But how awesome was Murphs shoot out lap! I had shivers running down my spine when he pulled it off

And how all the pit krew from all the other teams came out as he was coming down pit lane.....

Shood be a good race tomorrow.

 

[Bollocks#999]

Yeah, would be a good race, shouldve been there to watch it though, after the first 2 hours I cant find the race for all the ****ing adds

 

[HRT_Maloo]

Well that was ****ing awesome!!!
Kmart are legends
HRT didnt deserve that imo. Maybe if it was swinging right out

 

[millencolin]

the amount of ads in the race was appaling. but congrats to murph. he deserved it with that 2.06 qualifying lap. still ford 2nd and third and ambrose still leading the championship cant complain

 

[Vasco]

Yes. The ADS absolutely sucked. It's just stupid. Damn ads. Stupid channel ten.

And uh, Skaifey would've won if the other teams didn't whine about the door, it wasn't even swinging really far out.

 

[miniMADness]

i agree, skaife didnt deserve that, and neither did we deserve all them damn ads

 

[SandStorm]

Originally posted by DODGE the VIPER
Mitsubishi are thinking of coming in...what do you guys all think of that? I reckon it's a great idea to bring some more competition into the races with a new manufacturer. But what I think they should do is make all the cars have their regular engines with a substantial amount of upgrades to get them up to about 500bhp...

But then again, most of you will probably think I'm an idiot, so...

I don't think you're an idiot, I think that's quite a good idea. It means Holden will have to stop using t3h sucky Chev engine. YAY!