Bathurst is Here

[Choccies]

The last pole sitter to win was Murphy in 03. Hopefully Davison puts it in the wall on the warm up lap!

Could always repeat GT's start from last year.....

[Bully]

yes its here its great!!

[the joker]

Go Holden, i hope Skaifey and Murph win

[Bully]

Go Holden, i hope Skaifey and Murph win

looks good so far

[Wedgie]

A great last few laps with Murphy giving it everything, Holden 1,2 3 with the highest place Ford being the 888 car which will be a Holden next year.
Not much has changed in the championship with Whincup still leading the way.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Yep, great job by Tander and Davison.

Some lean years ahead for Ford fans...

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

[magpie in the 80's]

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

4/1000 OF A SECOND SEPERATED 3RD FROM 4TH

[Thiele]

Go Holden

[Bully]

HOLDEN !!

[BIG SEXY]

Yep, great job by Tander and Davison.

Some lean years ahead for Ford fans...

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

will be lean for avesco too i think, cant see race fans flocking to the tracks to watch 2/3 of the grid in holdens dominate the competition. die hard holden fans might be noisy about how good they are but it wont get bums on seats

[Choccies]

Yep, great job by Tander and Davison.

Some lean years ahead for Ford fans...

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

will be lean for avesco too i think, cant see race fans flocking to the tracks to watch 2/3 of the grid in holdens dominate the competition. die hard holden fans might be noisy about how good they are but it wont get bums on seats

Disappointing race for Ford fans but a good battle till the end. No-one was ever going to catch the #2 car however but it was good to see the battles for the minor positions go right to the wire. No matter what happens during the year there are always drivers who just love to drive at that place and Murphy is definitly one of those.

But what holds for the future ?? Holden dominance in both weight of numbers and performance against 'satellite' Ford teams.... Not a good scenario I don't think....

Time for Ford to get serious with the support or time for Toyota to join the fray....

[Felch]

Yep, great job by Tander and Davison.

Some lean years ahead for Ford fans...

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

will be lean for avesco too i think, cant see race fans flocking to the tracks to watch 2/3 of the grid in holdens dominate the competition. die hard holden fans might be noisy about how good they are but it wont get bums on seats

Disappointing race for Ford fans but a good battle till the end. No-one was ever going to catch the #2 car however but it was good to see the battles for the minor positions go right to the wire. No matter what happens during the year there are always drivers who just love to drive at that place and Murphy is definitly one of those.

But what holds for the future ?? Holden dominance in both weight of numbers and performance against 'satellite' Ford teams.... Not a good scenario I don't think....

Time for Ford to get serious with the support or time for Toyota to join the fray....

I reckon the #51 car was the only one with the pace to even get close to Tander and Davison. They deserved the win, made less mistakes than anyone else and were consistant for speed in wet and dry.

The future of V8 Supercars is worrying, IMO. The way its headed, Ford could easily pull all backing from everyone - they do have past form of this !!! They do this with all forms of racing around the world, they have jumped in and out of WRC for decades.

You have to give GM credit, as they have always supported Aussie motorsport 100%.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

I reckon this car might just be worth a bit in a few years time...

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/F88B60F05CC3AE52CA25764C00820C50

[tipper]

Yep, great job by Tander and Davison.

Some lean years ahead for Ford fans...

Great drive by Murphy and also Holdsworth at the end there...

will be lean for avesco too i think, cant see race fans flocking to the tracks to watch 2/3 of the grid in holdens dominate the competition. die hard holden fans might be noisy about how good they are but it wont get bums on seats

Disappointing race for Ford fans but a good battle till the end. No-one was ever going to catch the #2 car however but it was good to see the battles for the minor positions go right to the wire. No matter what happens during the year there are always drivers who just love to drive at that place and Murphy is definitly one of those.

But what holds for the future ?? Holden dominance in both weight of numbers and performance against 'satellite' Ford teams.... Not a good scenario I don't think....

Time for Ford to get serious with the support or time for Toyota to join the fray....

I reckon the #51 car was the only one with the pace to even get close to Tander and Davison. They deserved the win, made less mistakes than anyone else and were consistant for speed in wet and dry.

The future of V8 Supercars is worrying, IMO. The way its headed, Ford could easily pull all backing from everyone - they do have past form of this !!! They do this with all forms of racing around the world, they have jumped in and out of WRC for decades.

You have to give GM credit, as they have always supported Aussie motorsport 100%.

no they havent actually. for a long while there they supported rallying, but circuit racing was off limits, as per a ban from GM in america, hence the founding of the Holden Dealer Team. HDT was "officially" owned by the dealers, not the factory. they did get support through the back door from the factory here in australia, but it was not an official factory backed team. (mainly parts and upgrades to the base models being sold therefore making the upgrades available to the racers)

and holden arent in any better position to continue supporting racing. they did the same as ford did and cut their factory funding to three teams ( i think ford only support 2 now) one of those will just happen to be 888 racing next year. it has just been less publicised as they didnt choose to cut the funding to their highest profile and most successful team (currently that is) as ford did with 888.

there are actually plans at the moment to come up with a "clean sheet" racing car for competition in the next generation of the sport. it is supposed to be to reduce costs and increase participation of other manufacturers. the idea is that all cars will have exactly the same chassis, suspension, brakes, and more importantly, engine!! from what i have read it will become like nascar in the US, but without the stickers for headlights. real lights and body shapes etc but everything under the skin will be the same (not that much different to now)

the only question i have though is would the other manufacturers be interested (or bothered? ) in joining the "v8 supercars" if the racing cars have nothing at all to do with their road cars? at least ford and holden still sell v8 sedans that look similar to the race cars. why would toyota or mitsubishi want to back an aurion v8 or a lancer v8 ?(assuming that is the cars they would choose)

Still it will be interesting to see if and how the sport survives long term. getting some more manufacturers in there would re invigorate things imho but i dont think it will be as easy as some of the articles i have read make it sound.

[hearts on fire]

how many Ford's are going to be left? it seems it may be an all Holden race soon.....

[Choccies]

how many Ford's are going to be left? it seems it may be an all Holden race soon.....

hof, I believe it will be 20 Holdens to 10 Fords next year... Not good

[Felch]

how many Ford's are going to be left? it seems it may be an all Holden race soon.....

hof, I believe it will be 20 Holdens to 10 Fords next year... Not good

And not many of those Fords actually have a chance of winning !!!

[Choccies]

how many Ford's are going to be left? it seems it may be an all Holden race soon.....

hof, I believe it will be 20 Holdens to 10 Fords next year... Not good

And not many of those Fords actually have a chance of winning !!!

Maybe bring in reverse grid in race 2 to give them a chance.....

[Bully]

isnt toyota joining in a few years i heard??

[RustyCage]

I wonder if Whincup will ever get a penatly for punting someone off! He punted Perkins off in Townsville I think it was after coming from two cars back and then punts again at Bathurst, again, no penalty.