Hazlewood/Boys in the wall

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/17/2020 at 22:02 • Filed to: bathurst 1000, cub cadet, brad jones racing

oof.....poor Jordan Boys at the wheel.

looping it around on pit straight

DISCUSSION (23)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/17/2020 at 22:08

And it had n’t even begun to rain yet and it’s 53/161 laps. Race may stay interesting. Lots of drivers always seem to wreck out early at Bathurst.

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10/17/2020 at 22:09

Oh RIP broken Mustang at the last corner.

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10/17/2020 at 22:10

getting worse.....rain tyres will be needed soon

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10/17/2020 at 22:14

Poor backmarker in Mustang nearly crashing on his wave-by. Glad he pulled it back. Can’t believe that first wet lap was trouble free.

Rain might be dissipating but the course is still an unknown with the early rain slickness.

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10/17/2020 at 22:15

i’m stunned no one crashed on that wet lap

hope the rain stays now.

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10/17/2020 at 22:19

There were quite a few scary twitches on the first few. Not sure if most have changed to wet tires but it’s not certain that the rain will stay.

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10/17/2020 at 22:21

most are on slicks still, and seems to have stopped raining.

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10/17/2020 at 22:23

Racing line should be pretty dry by now but if you get forced out wide you might still hit a slick spot. Dangerous combo right there. Announcers seem concerned about slippery road paint.

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10/17/2020 at 22:44

Lots of mechanical issues today, aren’t there?

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10/17/2020 at 22:49

there are. but they didn’t have the Sandown 500 (melb ourne is in lockdown due to covid) a lot of the niggles are only showing up here instead of Sandown

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10/17/2020 at 22:59

So this season the cars and drivers are less proven before they get to Bathurst? This is not a track you want to go into cold.

Things have really calmed down though. Drivers are more spread out by the halfway point.

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10/17/2020 at 23:01

yup, less proven than usual.

far less than ideal.

yes, more spread out now coming up to half way mark.

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10/17/2020 at 23:06

You do have that big group of Mustangs at the front. I don’t have a favorite driver but I like the Holdens more. Things are spread out but close enough for some action when they really push it on the last several laps.

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10/17/2020 at 23:08

i’m hoping for a Holden win too.

last time there will be a factory Holden team this year.

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10/17/2020 at 23:09

Yeah we need to send Holden out with a one-two-three I hope. I believe they will still race as Chevys next years though. Not many manufacturers is a little worrying.

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10/17/2020 at 23:14

it is worrying, however we will cope somehow.

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10/17/2020 at 23:16

What happens if only one manufacturer backs V8 supercars? It’s so tied to Australian car production that since you apparently don’t buy enough cars bespoke to your continent that it might have to be more globalized. I really don’t know how that works.

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10/17/2020 at 23:34

if only one brand shows up?

no idea. worry about that when it happens, hopefully it wont

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10/18/2020 at 00:07

They need to attract another big manufacturer like Toyota. Someone to make the field more varied. Right now it's just a 2 manufacturer series which is teetering on the brink.

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10/18/2020 at 00:09

another brand would be good.

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10/18/2020 at 00:11

Problem is I guess having a RWD V8 car to race.

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10/18/2020 at 00:13

not really, they all run the same diff/gearbox set up

engine different to brand.

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10/18/2020 at 00:25

It would be interesting to see a few different engines out there. Hopefully V8 Supercars gets a new manufacturer in the next couple years.