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Kostecki Out For Bathurst & AGP, then BACK for Taupo
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I havent been following the ins and outs of the dramas of racing, but this one seems like a bit of a surprise... whos got the tea? |
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Well two of the biggest stars of the sport in resent times have both gone. And other driver more than ever are talking about wanting to go also. How many stars- Champions can they afford to lose a year? And you start looking like a second rate series
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Plenty may want to go, but how many will get the opportunity? For most Supercars will be the pinnacle of their careers. SVG and McLaughlin were both heads and shoulders above the rest of the field and had sustained periods of dominance, the other names mentioned like Kostecki and Waters are not at that level. Before that you have to go back to Paul Morris, Jason Bright and Craig Lowndes who did single seasons in Indy Lights and F3 over 20 years ago. Obviously there was Marcos Ambrose as well, but that was 18 years ago.
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Back to the media. The only person who calls out Supercars for their crap is Roland. Where were the real media last year at Bathurst, Supercars telling the world the cars were all hitting 300 kph all day. Knowing full well not a word of truth would be mentioned. Most cars were in the mid 280s most of the day, a few hitting a low 290 at times. We had to sit through that rubbish over just about every lap all day. All media companies should be stand alone companies like they were at one time. Their owner now tells them what to print. Watch your six o'clock news tonight, most of it is lies and bullshit. |
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Australian drivers have always aspired to go and play in a bigger fishpond, be it F1, Indy or NASCAR. But history suggests only the special ones will get the opportunity, hence we have had only three go from Supercars in the last 20 years. Other categories aren't going to suddenly plunder Supercars for run of the mill drivers.
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In the past it's been seen, I think, as a bit of a specialised backwater. Top drivers from around the world turned up at Bathurst and struggled a bit. Now it's been demonstrated by Mssrs van Gisbergan and McCloughlin that skills learned in Supercars are very much transferrable to the American racing scene and to GTs and perhaps their horizons have been widened. To me, that's a good thing if SC are seen as a career stepping stone and not the end of the cul-de-sac.
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SVG knew he could foot it with NASCAR drivers before Chicago, he's raced with and against them in the past and been faster. I think if Shane was still in love with Supercars he'd still be there. He had a guts full of Supercars its self. I think the series has been in a bit of a low point over the last few years. Bathurst last year is a case in point, these soft tyre races are rubbish. Driving a 7/tenths saving tyres is a borefest, but Skaife loves soft tyres. So, we get more soft tyre races. Roland wants better tyres on the cars so the drivers can push harder longer, so do I. Imagine this years series with SVG vs Mclaughlin vs Kostecki also fighting off Stanaway, Feeney, Payne and brown. A promotors dream. Or Waters vs Mostert... Not so much. I don't think not having these drivers in the series is a benefit to Supercars or its fans in Australia or NZ. Baseball is an example of a sport that was once the pinnacle of sport in the USA, it was a religion, players were worshiped like gods. Players like Babe Ruth for instance are still famous today and talking about in baseball circles 100 years after he was playing. Mantle, DiMaggio. Players of a sport I don't watch or am interested in, played before I was born, even before my parents were born. I know the names because they were iconic players of a once iconic sport. Baseball is no longer that pinnacle sport in the States today. I couldn't name one player from today, probably many Americains couldn't either. The sport dropped away, lost it appeal and the players are not the big stars they used to be. A sport needs the best talent competing. I'm not sure if the Premier League band all foreign players tomorrow the football fans in the UK would be pleased? would the TV pay the same money to see a bunch of pasty poms kicking a ball around? 66 Woolley 66 |
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Many have had nothing more to prove in their careers in the past, but stayed and became icons of the sport, All Time Greats of Australian motorsport. SVG could be a better driver than Whincup, but Whincup is the GOAT. His name will always go ahead of Shane's is Supercar world, that's the trade off you make. |
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Brodie to go to Mercedes in 2025, replacing Ferrari bound Lewis!
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Notice that Betty has changed her facebook profile header yesterday from the championship pic to her looking off into the distance...
if hes got health issues as claimed, they arent exactly giving him "family" style public support. |
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Shaw and Partners also gone.
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McLaughlin slams Supercars over Kostecki statement
Supercars and Erebus are going to need to get their act together and tell the world what is really going on. Seemingly what the problem is common knowledge, yet no one is prepared to publicly say. The attempt to defuse with a vague press release that created more questions than it provided answers, has just poured petrol on the fire. |
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This when Supercars management if they were any good, would be wheeling and dealing behind the scenes to get Brodie on the grid... if they really had too, couldn't they could sell a REC or two... |
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