2017 Pirtek Enduro Cup (NOW WITH POLL)

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Rullo will have nearly a full season's racing behind him come the enduros. I doubt he'll need someone to hold his hand.

This is Bathurst though - and an enduro - the tricks and traps of Bathurst and the concentration required are just different - I'd much rather see him racing with guys who have 10 or so Bathursts behind them.

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Rullo will have nearly a full season's racing behind him come the enduros. I doubt he'll need someone to hold his hand.

That's where you are wrong, no rookie Is talented enough to run an all rookie team. An old experienced driver always is good, look at Waters working around Frosty, Chaz with Frosty and DJR. Guarantee if they had started with LDM in a rookie team they wouldn't be anywhere near where they are now. Also Scotty Mclaughlin with GRM. Then there's poor Scotty Pye who is not a fail at all, just didn't get the attention that his fellow competitors did at the same stage of promotion

[Umai Naa]

Money, or lackthereof, will be the detirmining factor.

Logic and sound reasoning are not what this team is known for.

[V8 Fireworks]

Originally Posted by mceci1

That's where you are wrong, no rookie Is talented enough to run an all rookie team. An old experienced driver always is good, look at Waters working around Frosty, Chaz with Frosty and DJR. Guarantee if they had started with LDM in a rookie team they wouldn't be anywhere near where they are now. Also Scotty Mclaughlin with GRM. Then there's poor Scotty Pye who is not a fail at all, just didn't get the attention that his fellow competitors did at the same stage of promotion

Brabham is hardly a rookie! He has raced in the Indy 500 for crying out loud. Not the small leagues of Formula Ford and Supercar development series.

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

Brabham is hardly a rookie! He has raced in the Indy 500 for crying out loud. Not the small leagues of Formula Ford and Supercar development series.

Chalk and Cheese. Just because he has raced indy, doesn't mean he is automatically going to be good in a V8. Actually a naïve comment. Much more downforce then a V8 supercar, only need to turn left, my opinion, and in the minds of many elite racers from overseas, is that Bathurst is highly complex, can do things overseas and come he to fail. Will Power, Robert Dahlgren, Alex Premat, Allen Simonsen, Oliver Gavin, Sebastian Bordias . All names that certainly know how to steer, come into a V8 Supercar only to find that it is harder then they think, some even claimed it to be the most challenging, competitive and exciting category in the world. Whats to say Brabham will be any better than Alex, if anything Alex has more experience.

[mceci1]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Money, or lackthereof, will be the detirmining factor.

Logic and sound reasoning are not what this team is known for.

We can agree there, haven't made the smartest decisions

[mayhem]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Money, or lackthereof, will be the detirmining factor.

Logic and sound reasoning are not what this team is known for.

Exactly. Schumacher and Senna couldnt 'buy a ticket to the last 20 laps' in an LDM chariot.

[one five five]

Originally Posted by mceci1

Actually a naïve comment. Much more downforce then a V8 supercar, only need to turn left

The only naive comment is your one saying "only need to turn left"....

[chavez]

Originally Posted by mayhem

Exactly. Schumacher and Senna couldnt 'buy a ticket to the last 20 laps' in an LDM chariot.

Well, Schumacher's touring car career didn't exactly set the world on fire, so maybe they would be better off with Rullo

[MarcosAmbroseFan]

Originally Posted by peckstar

Is that just speculation based on who has driven it this year, or some one with some knowledge?

Just what Phil Munday has told me but Taz, Cam and Matt will all be racing for Free while Alex is a pay driver.

Other pay drivers may get the seat but that seems unlikely since nobody has stepped up to race the #3 LDM car.

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by MarcosAmbroseFan

Just what Phil Munday has told me but Taz, Cam and Matt will all be racing for Free while Alex is a pay driver.

Other pay drivers may get the seat but that seems unlikely since nobody has stepped up to race the #3 LDM car.

cheers

[PS2244]

Originally Posted by MarcosAmbroseFan

Just what Phil Munday has told me but Taz, Cam and Matt will all be racing for Free while Alex is a pay driver.

Other pay drivers may get the seat but that seems unlikely since nobody has stepped up to race the #3 LDM car.

Sorry if this annoys anyone, I have to say this but from this year I have gained immense respect for Phil Munday his loyalty to LDM has been very credible and amazing

[peckstar]

Tickford launches Bathurst 1977 tribute Mustang

I am hopeful of this bit meaning a special livery for Bathurst (again)

This year is a significant anniversary in Australian and Ford motorsport history and while it will be celebrated in many ways, we are privileged to be working with Allan Moffat to create a modern V8 hardtop that pays tribute to his famous winning machine,” said Tickford CEO Tim Edwards.

[Axeman444]

They did it it already though

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by Axeman444

They did it it already though

Loved it then, will love it again

[mayhem]

Triple 8s recruit won his first Supercup win in Austria tonight.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Axeman444

They did it it already though

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by mayhem

Triple 8s recruit won his first Supercup win in Austria tonight.

Smacked 'em too.. flag to flag..

[TSR]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

2012

[peckstar]

I see supercheap auto are running a competition to pick the Sandown retro livery

[one five five]

It'd have to be the Briggs colourscheme wouldn't it, seeing as it's a Ford?

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by one five five

It'd have to be the Briggs colourscheme wouldn't it, seeing as it's a Ford?

since i posted Supercars have added an article to their website

Fans to vote on retro Supercheap Auto livery

I initially would have agreed with you, But Murphys look really does look nice (IMO)

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by one five five

It'd have to be the Briggs colourscheme wouldn't it, seeing as it's a Ford?

Yeah, the great unwashed will be somewhat upset to see a "Holden" livery on a "Ford".

Hell, one of the Supercheap ads from back in the day, stated you couldn't park a Commdore at the same domicile as a Falcon. For whatever reason, I don't know...

[one five five]

I guess we had a Caltex Sierra livery on a Triple 8 Commodore last year without any fuss really made, so perhaps it wouldn't be too much of an issue

Does the Briggs AU still exist in that livery today? If so, using that livery makes a handy tool to easily display them alongside eachother at the event.

[Umai Naa]

Yeah, I believe it still does.

There's an EL in that livery too.