V8 supercars

[Cap'n Jack]

I think it would be heaps good to see monaros in the V8 supercar series.

 

[miniMADness]

whats the point? a four door monaro is basically a commodore with a smaller roofline

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Coz eyerybody likes monaros...anyways why cant they have 2 door cars in v8 supercars?

 

[miniMADness]

a 2 door would be cool, but im more interested in a magna!

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Are you talking bout a mitsubishi? if you are they probaly wouldnt mave mitsubishi racing for a while.

 

[vat_man]

A four door Monaro is a Commodore.

If you want to see freak show Monaros running around, go and watch Nations Cup.

 

[miniMADness]

yeah, they are cool vat_man, someone said a workshop was developing a v8 magna to race in the V8 supercars

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I recon it would be pretty good to see mitsubishi in the series make it a bit more conpedative!

 

[miniMADness]

yeah, instead of this boring 2 make series!

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by miniMADness
yeah, they are cool vat_man, someone said a workshop was developing a v8 magna to race in the V8 supercars

Look - love to see it happen, but this thing comes up every 3-4 years. Mazda 929 back in the mid '90s, Toyota Avalon in '99, and now the Magna.

I'll believe it the day I seem them on the grid on race-day.

The other thing - your traditional Australian touring car fan doesn't like Japanese cars winning local touring car races. Remember the GT-R at Bathurst?

 

[miniMADness]

now that was racing!!! i loved those rules! The Seirra also showed v8's whos boss!

 

[Cap'n Jack]

The only reason the skylines won was because they had better starts they went fliying ahead...ZOOOOM!

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by radicool02
The only reason the skylines won was because they had better starts they went fliying ahead...ZOOOOM!

Uh - did you actually attend any of those races? The GT-R's were freakin' starships, man - the only thing close to them mid-corner were the BMW's, and nothing could live with them for traction out of a corner.

 

[miniMADness]

yeah, and thats also why they were banned!

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I can Hardly remember the races back then coz I was only little

 

[vat_man]

I saw them debut in their first full season in 1991 at Sandown (after a couple of races late in 1990), and again at Winton and Phillip Island - they were in another league, and ended up killing Group A. They would have reigned until someone else built a bigger, better 4wd turbo monster...and it wasn't going to be an Australian company...

 

[miniMADness]

what other cars did they race in the old ATCC, vat_man?

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Nissan was the only company back then that wasnt owned by gm or ford

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by miniMADness
what other cars did they race in the old ATCC, vat_man?

Commodores, Sierras, BMW M3s - don't recall anything else. I think the 2 litre cars were running their own races by then.

 

[Bollocks#999]

I voted no, they already have a RACE Monaro in GTP, IMO it shouldnt even be allowed to race

 

[Cap'n Jack]

there also used to be jaguars but I dont remember what type.

 

[miniMADness]

come to think of it, there was also RX-7s and Nissan Bluebirds. The jag was a XJ

 

[vat_man]

Yeah - but that's back in the Group C days in the early to mid 80's.

I remember the turbo Bluebirds - those things were monsters.

 

[vat_man]

There you go!

 

[miniMADness]

dont you just love that bird-bath hanging off the rear? and those flares are huge!

 

[vat_man]

Hah - remember this thing!

Compare to stock...

 

[miniMADness]

yep they should have used the RB30 with a big turbo instead of the V8

 

[Bollocks#999]

wouldve went faster with a Nissan motor in it (Im biased ok? )

George Fury stuck the Blubird on pole one year (cant remember which, the year of the huge prang at the start of the race) and also punted the HR31 Skyline as well
As far as the GroupA Skyline GTR's go I will say this:
"Ya nothing but a pack of assholes" from "gentleman" Jim Richards after winning the race with Mark Skaife, when even the GTR aquaplaned off the road
Everyone was booing Richards and Skaife, and hoping the Dick Johnson was to be proclaimed the winner in his Sierra

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Bollocks#999
As far as the GroupA Skyline GTR's go I will say this:
"Ya nothing but a pack of assholes" from "gentleman" Jim Richards after winning the race with Mark Skaife, when even the GTR aquaplaned off the road

I friggin' hate it when people drag that quote out.

Let me put that into some context for you - Jim had found out about two minutes before the podium ceremony that his close friend and fellow New Zealander (and former F1 champ) Denny Hulme had died of a heart attack. Jim was extremely emotional at the podium and was pretty close to inconsolable after the race.

Jim used to run a Bob Jane T-Mart near my family's service station in Melbourne's eastern suburbs during the late 80's/early 90's (used to follow young Steven in his GTi-R on the way to work in the mid 90's) - the guy is a class act, perfect gentleman to deal with.

That disgraceful, boorish, ignorant, and dare I say it, xenphobic display from the crowd really soured my attitude to the subsequent V8 formula. That's the people that are being pandered too?!?

 

[Bollocks#999]

I still like the quote though, just showed that everybody is human after all

Hulme had the heart attack near the end of Conrod didnt he? At least thats where I belive it happened, was a big crash as well