2008 driver/team/sponsor movements??? (merged x3)

[Axeman444]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Well updated like normal

How do the VESA mob think they will build excitement in their brand and championship if they are making dodgy updates in public??

Madness

so out of that page, we have

22 confirmed as correct
3 confirmed incorrect eg Gurr
3 highly unlikely eg the Rat
7 still up in the air some of which are pure speculation......................... - on the official website

for a total of 35 drivers in 32 slots...

why bother...?? why not wait until the official rollout in almost 2 weeks. we probably won't confirm most of this stuff til then anyway

[Pro Racer]

just like they had Tasman as Rockstar racing the first time they mucked around with the list now this 3 drivers in one BJR car, enough to confuse the hell out of the average bloke who might just have a quick look at whats going on .

what is going on with Tasmans sponsership no-one know??? can't be good financially for 08 why can't they get a sponser?

[peckstar]

how sad are you blokes. you cant even read the first line. that would be the bit where it says "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series"

you might want to show a bit of patience and wait for the 2008 launch on february 6th

[Pro Racer]

we are and thats when it will be right but why don't the "official site" do the same update the list properly when it's all confirmed.

[Matthew Ronke]

It a bit troubling but the inflow of sponsors does not seem to meet the outflow this year to-date. But it may be a bit premature until we see all the liveries at the launch.

888 may be one of the bigger losers. With a rumoured ford cut across the board, No Sony Ericsson and Caltex leaving V8 Racing.

But I guess we will have to wait for the launches too see what other stickers appear.

FPR have picked up L&H and there is more sponsorship money at TWPG in 2008. Therefore if performance is related to the amount of sponsorship monies received we may be able to start picking championship contenders shortly.

[JustASupporter]

Originally Posted by Pro Racer

now this 3 drivers in one BJR car, enough to confuse the hell out of the average bloke who might just have a quick look at whats going on .

I feel sorry for the 3 drivers, it'd be very confusing having all those bodies in the 1 car and them fighting over the controls

[Muznik]

Originally Posted by userisbott

I feel sorry for the 3 drivers, it'd be very confusing having all those bodies in the 1 car and them fighting over the controls

Its called "teamwork"

One to steer, one to operate pedals one to change gears.......

or maybe, one to drive, one to navigate and one to make roll bar, brake bias adjustments...

[Bodog]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Well updated like normal

It is titled - "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series" - it doesn't actually claim to be a 2008 team/driver listing

[Bimmerhead]

Originally Posted by Bodog

It is titled - "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series" - it doesn't actually claim to be a 2008 team/driver listing

So what does that mean? VESA doesn't know who drove what last year???

[Just Do It!]

Look for an announcement today or tomorrow for SBR's other driver to be confirmed. It will either be as Car 9 or as car 97 with Shane at the helm.

It is believed to be a new record in the time it took for a driver to go from a junior formula to a top drive in V8 Supercars

[Pro Racer]

i still think maybe #9 will be Navman stepping up to sponser.

[Just Do It!]

Interesting that Navman is being offloaded by Brunswick, possibly back to it's original founder, Peter Maire - a guy who likes to drive a Ferrari but who has no real interest in race cars.

It's not impossible, but it wouldn't be a surprise if they weren't on the car. Having said that, the 100% Pure NZ idea seems to have gone cold too.

[greenracer]

Originally Posted by Pro Racer

just like they had Tasman as Rockstar racing the first time they mucked around with the list now this 3 drivers in one BJR car, enough to confuse the hell out of the average bloke who might just have a quick look at whats going on .

what is going on with Tasmans sponsership no-one know??? can't be good financially for 08 why can't they get a sponser?

There is no rockstar sponsorship,the same reason why the large staff turnover MANAGEMENT replace the man at the top and his driver son and things might get better.

[stmookeyj033]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Well updated like normal

How do the VESA mob think they will build excitement in their brand and championship if they are making dodgy updates in public??

Madness

It's a BigPong site, what do you expect?

[Pro Racer]

Originally Posted by greenracer

There is no rockstar sponsorship,the same reason why the large staff turnover MANAGEMENT replace the man at the top and his driver son and things might get better.

who is there sponser? do they have on ore many like in previous years?

[motofan]

does anybody in this thread believe walden has the ability to do anything in the chamionship this year other than run at the back of the field? and any idea on whats goin on with FRSR? who would be driving for either of these teams?

[Pro Racer]

no, late putting a team together and a car.

[Pirtek_Falcon]

Andrew Thompson signs with PWR Racing
Release Date: 25/01/2008
PWR returns with single car Holden Commodore VE entry for rising star Young gun Andrew Thompson has signed to drive a Holden in this year’s V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Thompson, 20, will campaign the #50 PWR Performance Products Commodore VE in his first fulltime V8 season, with additional backing from Hog’s Breath Café and Queensland property marketers InvestQld.com.

PWR Racing will run the single car program from its Dandenong, Melbourne, race headquarters, with technical assistance from Walkinshaw Performance.

“I have been chipping away at a V8 ‘main game’ deal for the past six to seven months and it’s taken some work. I’ve had to be patient and wait until it was all signed and sealed, and now it is its full steam ahead,” an excited Thompson said.

PWR Racing Team Principal, Kees Weel said the opportunity to sign one of the sport’s brightest young stars was enough for him to reverse his decision not to field an entry in this year’s V8 series.

“You’ve got to introduce new blood and Andrew’s a fast and extremely talented young bloke worthy of being given a go. When this opportunity came up it wasn’t a difficult decision to jump straight back in,” Weel said.

“With continued technical support from Walkinshaw Performance we’ll give Andrew a good car and he’ll impress.”

The electrifying Gold Coaster first came to notice in karting, winning 13 State and two National titles and the CIK/FIA Oceania Championship before he won the Ford Kart Stars ‘scholarship’ series as a 15 year old in 2003.

In his first season of circuit racing in 2004, Thompson ran a shortened Formula Ford campaign, securing a race win and second overall in the Bathurst FFord Trophy and a round win in the Victorian State Series, finishing 11th in national series points.

Sitting out 2005, Thompson signed with Dick Johnson Racing the following year to contest the second tier Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, finishing eighth overall and winning the season’s two final rounds – blitzing the field at Bathurst before backing that win up at Phillip Island.

He again contested the development series last year, but cut short his campaign with Howard Racing after just five rounds, electing to concentrate on his Sandown and Bathurst enduro debut with DJR.

After mechanical problems forced Thompson and co-driver Alex Davison out at Sandown, he struck back to finish eighth in his maiden Bathurst 1000 appearance, the highest placed rookie.

Thompson will have his first taste of a Holden at the official V8 Supercar pre-season test at Winton Motor Raceway, near Benalla, in two weeks before heading to Adelaide for the season-opening Clipsal 500 on 21-24 February.

“The first goal is to get into the car and get comfortable before Adelaide, while also trying to feel the difference between the Commodore and Falcon,” Thompson said.

Touted as a potential future champion, Thompson said he won’t feel any external pressures to perform when he makes his fulltime V8 debut next month.

“The only pressure I feel when I’m racing comes from within me, trying to achieve what I’ve set my sights on. If I can satisfy myself, then everything else will be looked after.”

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/la...=&gid=32677673

[Axeman444]

Originally Posted by Pirtek_Falcon

PWR Racing Team Principal, Kees Weel said the opportunity to sign one of the sport’s brightest young stars was enough for him to reverse his decision not to field an entry in this year’s V8 series.

so it had nothing to do with not being able to sell the license in time to commence work for 2008?

congrats to Mr Thompson though, deserves a main series ride with his performances (albeit in a decent car), pity it's in a Holden though

i smell a new list coming from Racenut and Pro Racer

[Pro Racer]

no i had PWR on my last list with Thomo although i had Weel there aswell.

are they just getting technical assistance from WP with their current car or are they getting a WP cars aswell? if they are getting a car and D'Alberto runs it will make it 8 WP cars.

[Racenut7]

I think PWR has sold their other license

[Muznik]

I thought I read the 2nd PWR licence was "sold" back to VESA.

Thompson, 20, will campaign the #50 PWR Performance Products Commodore VE in his first fulltime V8 season, with additional backing from Hog’s Breath Café and Queensland property marketers InvestQld.com.

With a name like that I would have thought they would at least have a website. Any one heard of these guys before?

[thunderbolt]

AU

http://investqld.com.au/
McCarthy Group

[Pro Racer]

did Thomo bring them on board by any chance ?

[00 XR8]

Yikes, I don't think Thompson is ready for the main game, even in a good car. No doubt with the budget he brings, PWR will be able to afford some pretty handy WP bits.......... but who will actually be running the show at race weekends? He needs an experienced race engineer, badly.