Two classes at Bathurst 1000

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by chavez

No doubt the field is more professional and faster, but I'm not sure this has reduced the number of Safety Cars. Although I am going off memory and don't have any facts at hand.

last year there was one
year before there was two

less crashes and less cars stopping on the track

Its a common trend we are seeing in v8s racing now

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by MattV

All sounds like a great idea until one of Dick's cars gets taken out at about 2pm and we have to hear about "once a year drivers" ad nauseam for the next four hours.

Exactly, can you imagine it?

if there are more than 2 DVS teams that can raise the budget to run Bathurst I will eat my jocks.

We have had 4 possible wildcards the last couple of years and how many cars ran?

Car spec could have been an issue but I just can't see this being a reality past one or two credible cars.

[chavez]

Originally Posted by peckstar

last year there was one
year before there was two

less crashes and less cars stopping on the track

Its a common trend we are seeing in v8s racing now

There has also been none on at least two occassions, but what was acceptable in 1991 in terms of leaving cars by the side of the road would not be acceptable now.

What we'd like to avoid is a repeat of 1999 when we had a large grid, but there were many people driving over their heads.

[eduardo1]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Isnt the reason the DVS is on the bill at Bathurst is to give the main game teams and drivers the opportunity to field/support cars in that series, to get miles up in that car, while the primary driver bangs around in the main series unit...

We have seen 6 winners in the series so far this year. With 'only' 25 cars on the grid. How many do we want to see?

Since they removed the option for co-drivers who don't do the previous three rounds to compete in DVS at Bathurst - I'm going to say no, no it's not.

And I'm not quibbling about the number of cars on the grid for the rest of the championship. But at Bathurst, for a 7 hour race, it would be nice to have a few more quality entries.

[Deleted]

http://www.motoring.com.au/news/moto...rst-1000-44501

However, V8 Supercar chief executive James Warburton said: "The interest was significant. Numerous parties contacted us to express an interest in joining the Bathurst grid this year.

"Some had great desire but not the technical backing and personnel required for this year but are putting together plans for next year.

"We also had keen interest from teams in the Dunlop [development] series, however the commission resolved that only current-specification cars [introduced last year] would be eligible to ensure the race continues to set the benchmark of technical parity and competitiveness.

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At a maximum of 28 cars this October the Bathurst 1000 field will be barely 60 per cent of that of February's lower-profile Bathurst 12-Hour in which exotic GT brands now predominate.

I was really looking forward to the possibility of having multiple class touring cars for the first time in ages @ 1000 but these cowards clearly do not have the wits to do that. "Technical parity and competitiveness", what kind of excuse is that? And if they're really that afraid they could've just slapped BoP penalties for the lower class machinery and be done with that...

Fine, continue having your tiny balanced field restricted to sub 30s

[chavez]

Originally Posted by one five five

This race started afresh in 1997 on October 19 as a V8 only one class affair entirely seperate from the 'other' 35-year old race

Except it wasn't.

The 1997 Primus 1000 was a three class affair.

And 1998 had two classes.