No Rat In The Streets Of Adelaide??

[r8hsv]

Originally Posted by promax

former mooloo buck anderson?

was thinking Buck Shelford but anderson was a hard nut to crack!

[r8hsv]

Originally Posted by Just Do It!

Shut the buck up

Hopefully Rattie is only out for one round. Depending on who you listen to....the flipping press today said he would be back in the car at Pukekohe.

What a heck of a start to the season with all this activity in the series before Race One!!

buck up urself

[flyingduck]

Wills fastest in Qualifying one shows that Kiwis can drive. Good luck to TKR but I hope that we can have a Kiwi come round 2

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by flyingduck

Wills fastest in Qualifying one shows that Kiwis can drive. Good luck to TKR but I hope that we can have a Kiwi come round 2

I wish I was as rusty and unfit as Mr Wills....

Here is P1

[Just Do It!]

I find it quite amazing that the VY beat the HRT Rocketship of Scott!!!

That's amazing....must be the Woomera difference on the straights?

[flyingduck]

Could be tyres or many other things but shows some pace so if it is the first TD car how old is it actually.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by flyingduck

Could be tyres or many other things but shows some pace so if it is the first TD car how old is it actually.

GMS 1999 vintage... also the development series winning chassis (suitably updated and restored)

[Evomike]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I wish I was as rusty and unfit as Mr Wills....

Here is P1

Tis only P1, need to see how he goes in a race before you get too excited.

[promax]

Originally Posted by Evomike

Tis only P1, need to see how he goes in a race before you get too excited.

gee why are you more supportive to a fellow kiwi?

you of all people

[Phase3]

Originally Posted by promax

gee why are you more supportive to a fellow kiwi?

you of all people

You might mean "aren't" promax, I may be a humble Aussie, but at least I know what I'm saying!

I'm starting to wonder if you support anyone at all, or you just winge at the people that have, whilst you have not?

[promax]

WOW you waited this long for a comeback and that's best you can do? pity lame LOL

since you asked.. i support ALL kiwi drivers racing this weekend here in NZ and in "Austrlia"

[Evomike]

Originally Posted by flyingduck

So what outright lies is he saying in the media or is merly giving his opion.

The TKR team would be ok if they had not just done the big trip round New Zealand. If you went round the country saying we are going to let an Aussie in the Car you would have got 1/3 of what you got.

The Fact remains that there is other drivers that could have done the Job. Wills, Pither, Scott are already over there.

How long does it take to get a cams license and what license does it take to run at bathurst.

flyingduck the fact remains Scott has to be back in NZ on Sunday to defend his NZV8 Touring car championship so is not available, Pither has already put his hand up to confirm he needs another year in development series before stepping up to the main game and Wills is simply an unknown with not having been in a V8 Supercar for 2 years no to mention the negative reaction from the TKR sponsors when we put his name forward after the Dynamic and Womera debacle.

It was never TKR's intentions to have to put a substitute driver in for Paul Radisich until his late notice a few days ago to the team that he was not ready for Adelaide. So your tour around the country comment is a stupid one as Radisich was always the intended driver for Adelaide and the rest of the season!!!!!!

As for new CAMS licenses these are not provided over night and are only allocated to drivers that the FAI and CAMS deem fit to hold such a license which is also in relationship to the category you run in. These licenses can take weeks to get hence why V8 Supercars Australia advised all teams and drivers on the 30th January to make sure they had the correct licenses in place as the trans - tasman relationship and MNZ visa's used in past years would no longer be accepted for the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship and beyond. The same new license required for 2007 covers Bathurst and Sandown and you can not use last years licence.

[Phase3]

Originally Posted by promax

WOW you waited this long for a comeback and that's best you can do? pity lame LOL

since you asked.. i support ALL kiwi drivers racing this weekend here in NZ and in "Austrlia"

Sorry champ, have a life outside of forums you know..........

Good luck to your drivers and thanks for following our Aussie V8's, I of course have no idea whats going on in NZ this weekend, nor do I really care.....

[promax]

you been busy making a paper crown for your paper champion lowndes?

i'm surprised you don't know what's happening in nz considering there are a number of aussie drivers with v8 supercar experience racing over here. then again maybe i shouldn't be surprised.. you probably think lowndes drives for a true blue "Austrlian" team.

[flyingduck]

My point Evo is that the New Zealand public supported Team Kiwi. I know you didn't know it before but if you did you would have got 1/3 or even less from the public. When non motorsport people ask why an Aussie is Driving for TKR then you should know you have a problem. The way the team markets it self is a new zealand team that supports new zealand driver and with the support of new zealand companies and the NZ public.

Come on Evo you missed out why you did not use wills one of my suggestions I mean the guy is fastest in P1 in a car from 1999 4th in the second session still going well.

I know you will say Macrow won the race last year well look at his car.

[grumpy]

Evo.Pither has not put up his hand as you put it.Spoke to him at Clipsal yesterday, very nice and was having ablast.Would have loved to have ago but wasnt to be and was supportive of TKR.

[fordo]

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[fordo]

Geez Moderators! Isnt this anti Kiwi crap getting out of hand? I'm a Kiwi, I live here, work 60 hrs a week to support my family and pay taxes. I cant change my heritage any more than an Aussie can or would. I normally just read this Forum to catch up when I get a day off but this thread and some of the comments is actually starting to offend me.

Phase 5! I have never seen you to be so blatantly racial in your posts before. Some of your latest comments could actually land you in hot water if some wa.ker wanted to take it that far especially when its in writing!.
In todays society you just cant say things like that even if you do think it. Bag me out if you like for saying this but it is just getting too personal and way off topic and I must also add that some of the NZ posters have not helped.

I support SBR, more the team than the drivers simply because I have had a long association with them and I am a Ford fan. I used to support DJR when Dick himself raced and only changed when he retired.
Now when I get the chance to watch the V8s on TV I really don't care who wins as long as it is a good and fair race. One team, be it Ford or Holden winning race after race bores the s..t out of me.

As a Kiwi I have support and sympathy for Team Kiwi yes as they are a little fish in a huge pond who are holding their own.
As far as the driver goes, yes I can understand that there will be a backlash in NZ IF that is what they have been preaching about never putting anyone but a Kiwi in the car. There would be a reaction from fans and sponsors BUT I gaurantee that when that car rolls out onto the track on race day they will still support it.
If it was that bigger deal with the major sponsors they would have just put Jim Richards into the bloody car for Adelaide wouldn't they. They would be a certainty to get it back.
I say Go Adam Macrow! Make the most of your opportunity mate.

[Chappelli]

Originally Posted by Evomike

Remeber you can not chose from the following drivers TKR looked at before securing Macrow:

Halliday: NOT AVALIABLE.

Baird: SO NOT AVALIABLE.

Coulthard: NOT AN OPTION

Simon Wills: NOT AN OPTION.

Kayne Scott: NOT AN OPTION.

Chris Pither: NOT AN OPTION.


I look forward to your replies.

Fogg, McIntyre Ross, Leifting, Rollinson or Brook?

[I]"TKR has always been about providing Kiwi drivers with opportunities to advance their careers."

"Team Kiwi Racing is fully funded by Kiwi business and about providing opportunities for the development of Kiwi drivers."

I guess that's the funny thing about using words like "advance" or "develop".. Statements like that imply that in situations like this TKR "is all about" giving a kiwi driver an opportunity, "advancing" them if you will....

So TKR has either very very seriously fallen down on what they're "all about" or their advertising strategy has been caught out...

[Evomike]

Originally Posted by flyingduck

My point Evo is that the New Zealand public supported Team Kiwi. I know you didn't know it before but if you did you would have got 1/3 or even less from the public. When non motorsport people ask why an Aussie is Driving for TKR then you should know you have a problem. The way the team markets it self is a new zealand team that supports new zealand driver and with the support of new zealand companies and the NZ public.

Come on Evo you missed out why you did not use wills one of my suggestions I mean the guy is fastest in P1 in a car from 1999 4th in the second session still going well.

I know you will say Macrow won the race last year well look at his car.

Mr Mallard, Mr Wills would have been unable to run the Fujitsu Series car on the same weekend if he had have driven, so are you saying he would have passed up an entire round?. You yourself have admitted to other people that you love to stir about TKR, so I see this as another attack for the sake of an attack. By the way the feedback from the public has been extremely positive, and the majority of emails, phone calls and faxes received have been to support the decision.

[BlueBlood]

[QUOTE=Chappelli]Fogg, McIntyre Ross, Leifting, Rollinson or Brook?

How many of those listed have experience around the unforgiving concrete canyon that is Adelaide, and have that weekend free??

NONE!!! Centre of a doughnut.

IF TKR had put a kiwi in the car with no experience and he nailed the wall, causing a big set back to this year’s campaign, how many of you would be berating them for the choice of driver??

Like it or not, this is a business, first and foremost.
Big dollars from sponsors with expectations.

Sure it would be great to see a kiwi in the car, but think smartly about it before you criticize.

This may be the first time ever I am on the same page as Evomike, lets put it to bed so I can get back to familiar territory.

[Chappelli]

Originally Posted by Evomike

By the way the feedback from the public has been extremely positive, and the majority of emails, phone calls and faxes received have been to support the decision.

And your suprised that TKR's absolute core diehard fanbase would respond like that?

or are you suprised that the decision has gone down like a fart in a space suit for some people?

[Evomike]

Originally Posted by Chappelli

And your suprised that TKR's absolute core diehard fanbase would respond like that?

or are you suprised that the decision has gone down like a fart in a space suit for some people?

No its just the same old people banging on & on. You are NOT a TKR fan Chappelli. It hasn't "gone down like a fart in a space suit" It has been quite the opposite actually. A few people who have "issues" have tried to stir the ****, the same people who stirred the **** when TKR switched from Holden to Ford. Quite frankly I am over the same tired old ******s banging on and on, perhaps we should be trying to fix the rot within motorsport NZ, or are we talking about the same people

[Chappelli]

Originally Posted by BlueBlood

[Like it or not, this is a business, first and foremost.
Big dollars from sponsors with expectations.

That's the point blueblood... Business is first and foremost, not the philanthropic lines that we hear so often.

Originally Posted by BlueBlood

[Sure it would be great to see a kiwi in the car, but think smartly about it before you criticize.

Again, when you think about it.. you start wondering why a team who apparently have core values like "development" and "advancement" can't find a single Kiwi to get the job done... If The Rat had of pulled out earlier, we're still left with the same reasons Macrow is in the car. There are no drivers who meet the criteria because "development" and "advancement" are great marketing positions to own.

Originally Posted by BlueBlood

IF TKR had put a kiwi in the car with no experience and he nailed the wall, causing a big set back to this year’s campaign, how many of you would be berating them for the choice of driver??.

And if Macrow nails the wall it's so much better?

[Chappelli]

I will ask you this EVO; If TKR was not percieved to be the "kiwi" team, do you think TKR would be able to sustain a V8Supercar operation?