sorry it's farkin boring one design racing, can't tell the holdens or fords apart all look the same....bring back the other makes and models, love to see US muscle cars - Euro V8's and Jap cars....can still remember Kevin putting his camaro on it's roof when the race was worth watching

Far out! Its not about holden or ford for me, its about the drivers and teams.

Too drive these cars flat out around a 6km+ track for six hours and for the first two cars to be covered by a second, I personally think its amazing

The only real difference between the cars these days is the engines but you need a great team and two very very good drivers to get that engine and chassis to the end in first place!

Anyhoo thanks for the knocks

come on doggie i will give you a hug mate 10 laps were great, guys car on fire even better seriously i know what your saying and yes you are right. but imagine how good it will be when its a free for all hyundai wins bathurst

I bet Fabian Couthard thought last year's race was pretty exciting. [}:)]

Gotta love a vehicle that lets you want away from this carnage (no pun intended)

punter cam:



on board:

Not really into it now, I agree, even with my glasses on its hard to know what car is what, the old races were exciting with all the different classes of cars, the race then would have been like racing in peak hour traffic with everyone going nuts, I guess with all the changes the race is alot safer for the drivers, who can forget Dick johnson rolling the GtHO ten times down one of the safety fences, must admit I am a little bit ghoulish, I just like to watch the start and hope for lots of crashes, without injury of course.
The crowd blends into a blur of overweight blokes dressed in HDT jackets with a VB in hand yelling go the commodore, find that bit hard to understand but each to their own and I guess it gives time for all those males to go primal for a short while and then resume "normal' family activities

doggie said...

Far out! Its not about holden or ford for me, its about the drivers and teams.

Too drive these cars flat out around a 6km+ track for six hours and for the first two cars to be covered by a second, I personally think its amazing

The only real difference between the cars these days is the engines but you need a great team and two very very good drivers to get that engine and chassis to the end in first place!

Anyhoo thanks for the knocks

I lived in Bathurst for ten years and never went to the race. I did get vaguely interested back in the 80's, Nissan, Jaguars etc but somehow the Ford Holden thing was a bit like Super League.

However the current format really levels the field and races are won more on skill so you can quite understand how folks get passionate about it. Chin up Doggie

If you cycle round the track you can get well over 80ks an hour down the hill. It is a pretty mean race track.

After Whincup's car shat itself, robbing him of an almost certain easy victory my only hope was that Lowndes could catch Tander and pass him. Almost! Tander is an arse clown of the highest order and anyone who thinks differently needs to remind themselves of Phillip Island 2006. As good a driver as he is, he's dirty, unsportsmanlike and drives as such. My biggest wish was that Lowndes would put him into the wall at the end of Mountain straight on the final lap...payback's a bitch

*I too only follow drivers and have always been a Lowndes fan since his early HRT days when he wiped the floor with everyone. Also a huge Whincup fan because he's easily been the class of the field for the last 4 seasons and just seems like a humble, down to earth dude. This season and last season he also can't seem to even buy himself any luck towards the end of the season. I certainly wouldn't be disappointed if Lowndes wins the championship but no one can deny that in terms of raw, consistent speed, no one has been able to match Whincup...things just seem to go wrong for the kid at times.

Lowndesy's a Lege - I was poo lucky to win a hot lap at a damp philip island in late 2003 (just before he went Stoneys in the Falcoon) we did the first lap ok but half way round the second he slid a bit in a right curve - I was trying to get my guts back from the passenger windowsill and in a split second he had the friggin' crate back in 2nd to 3rd at top revs and sligshot us through a patch of grass on the other side of the track and we were back at 170 odd clicks and more - he didn't twitch ,,, seroiusly good pilot that boy , he has no fear and no nerves , that's why he's the most dangerous finisher in the caper.
When we finished the day he then came up the BBQ and gave us all a cap each with siggy - down to earth good guy pure.

mick14 said...

Can't tell the cars apart? My 5 year old daughter can spot the Fords by the shape of the spoiler mount, and the Holdens by them crossing the finish line first.

what's going to happen when Ford drops the V8(falcon)? holden one design racing?
The sport has a huge fan base but I'm not one of them, for the reasons I stated earlier, watch some of the 70's 80's racers and you'll see what's lacking in today's racing(aprt from changing tyres with a wheel brace)

Yeah the races from the days before supercars were more exciting. Lots of different classes and lots of different types of cars getting around the circuit.

Maybe they could have two races over two weekends? Firstly the Supercar 1000 then the free for all 1000, including the supercars if they they want to go in it.

and you can tell a "carter" from others by the foot on pedal work - always been interested in method of it all.

This was the "good old days" of Bathurst.

A classic crash from 1967. Yes I did see it on TV on the day.



A bit more Bathurst history for ya.

god yes, please bring back pi / bath multi-make racing of the 60/70/early 80s

i couldn't give a hoot if godzillas or a sierras win every race, please just give some variety and others a "chance" of winning