Tasman to run VZ in 2007??

Pro Racer · 16 Oct 2006, 08:17 (Ref:1738958)

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/la...M&gid=16306959

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Tasman Motorsport has elected to repair Jason Richards’ #3 Commodore after its wild airborne ride through the Chase and subsequent crash at Reid Park at Bathurst.

The team does have a spare chassis at its Melbourne workshop but have instead elected to repair the existing car for the Indy event rather than switch the mechanicals and debut the new machine

its all a bit confusing "The team have a spare chassis...debut th new machine" ok they have a spare/new chassis and its new and seeing you can't race a VE this year,this spare/new chassis isn't a VE since they had the option to use it,i can't see a team that is not all that rich having a new chassis at this point of the year that isn't a VE for next year so if they had the option of running this chassis it must be a VZ.

seeing they are not debuting it yet i cant see them debuting it this year,so they must be keeping it for next year and as far as i know the VZ can't be updated to VE so i think we could see Greg Murphy and Jason Richards in VZ next year or at least one of them will be as they could still get one VE on the go.

Pirtek_Falcon-1 · 16 Oct 2006, 09:03 (Ref:1738999)

Isnt the VZ-VE change just about panels?

Pro Racer · 16 Oct 2006, 09:33 (Ref:1739037)

as far as i know not the VY - VZ was just pannels.

banksie · 16 Oct 2006, 09:49 (Ref:1739060)

Greg Murphy racing has already agreed to purchase 2 VZ commodores from Tasman to run in next year in the Fujitsu series, as in motorsport news.
I'd assume the team will keep one VZ as a spare to go with a pair of new VE's.

Razor · 16 Oct 2006, 10:26 (Ref:1739095)

Well, talking about Murphy moving to Tasman has been strengthened by this newsletter about the GMR Ride Commodore going to Melbourne.

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Originally Posted by murph.co.nz

At this stage Jason Richards from Tasman Motorsport will be the man to scare you. (Greg Murphy will not be available for any of the Ride days!!)

Is this more confirmation that Murphy is heading to Tasman?

leaso · 16 Oct 2006, 10:30 (Ref:1739101)

This is one team on the way up.

How will be the No 1 driver is the question at hand?

Jason is a great peddler and I hope he stays as the the teams lead driver

**GTRMagic** · 16 Oct 2006, 10:53 (Ref:1739123)

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Originally Posted by pwr fan

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/la...M&gid=16306959

its all a bit confusing "The team have a spare chassis...debut th new machine" ok they have a spare/new chassis and its new and seeing you can't race a VE this year,this spare/new chassis isn't a VE since they had the option to use it,i can't see a team that is not all that rich having a new chassis at this point of the year that isn't a VE for next year so if they had the option of running this chassis it must be a VZ.

seeing they are not debuting it yet i cant see them debuting it this year,so they must be keeping it for next year and as far as i know the VZ can't be updated to VE so i think we could see Greg Murphy and Jason Richards in VZ next year or at least one of them will be as they could still get one VE on the go.

It is quite simple.

A 'Chassis' in the Tasman parlance is a caged body shell, complete with electrics, but not necessarily a rolling shell (i.e. with suspension, hubs, diff etc attached)

To say that they can build the 'chassis' up means that they would transfer parts from the damaged shell to the new one.. This is a relatively quick task if most of the hard stuff (e.g. wiring, fuel cell etc) is already complete

Problem of course is the time it shall take to dial in a new shell.. its not something you would normally want to do around a concrete lined racetrack...

Having a shell is as good as having a spare car... if it is kitted to the point that a refit is a relatively minor operation as appears here

Pro Racer · 16 Oct 2006, 11:13 (Ref:1739144)

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Originally Posted by banksie

Greg Murphy racing has already agreed to purchase 2 VZ commodores from Tasman to run in next year in the Fujitsu series, as in motorsport news.
I'd assume the team will keep one VZ as a spare to go with a pair of new VE's.

could we see Greg Murphy Racing as a team name extend to main series seeing Greg will run 2 cars in the dev series and obviously GMR will be the feeder team for Tasman so the name might also come into the main game as well so ???.

pete55 · 16 Oct 2006, 11:46 (Ref:1739192)

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Originally Posted by pwr fan

could we see Greg Murphy Racing as a team name extend to main series seeing Greg will run 2 cars in the dev series and obviously GMR will be the feeder team for Tasman so the name might also come into the main game as well so ???.

GMR won't be in main game.

racer69 · 16 Oct 2006, 18:38 (Ref:1739554)

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Originally Posted by leaso

This is one team on the way up.

How will be the No 1 driver is the question at hand?

Jason is a great peddler and I hope he stays as the the teams lead driver

the quickest driver will be the no.1 in the team

barney551 · 16 Oct 2006, 22:48 (Ref:1739721)

A lot of the teams have gone that way now where both cars are prepared to the same standard and driving orders dont occur except where 1 driver is actually slowing down the other.

Timu · 17 Oct 2006, 09:45 (Ref:1739970)

What happened to the launch of the prototype VE at Bathurst? Did I miss something?

leaso · 17 Oct 2006, 10:45 (Ref:1740046)

Uncle Tom did not have time to fit the nitrous kit to it

The Hrt Kid · 17 Oct 2006, 11:59 (Ref:1740132)

ve got delayed due to the brock death. i understand brock was meant to do laps in it similar to what dick johnson did. it was to be unvieled last week, so expect it this week or next week. As for the gmr racing in the development series i would expect it to stay there and not move up. I would also expect both tasman co drivers to pilot these machines.

Rombles1 · 17 Oct 2006, 12:51 (Ref:1740207)

Do we know who these co-drivers are yet?

Chatters · 18 Oct 2006, 06:26 (Ref:1740815)

Weren't we just discussing that in the Silly season thread...

Pro Racer · 19 Oct 2006, 05:19 (Ref:1741785)

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Originally Posted by Rombles1

Do we know who these co-drivers are yet?

maybe it will be Owen Kelly and Mark Noske or just one of them or none of them but it is going to make it hard if all the drivers have to stay in their car.

Kelly and Noske did well at bathurst they finnished with a straight car and it wasnt their problem the car had no pace (and you could tell it was the car by the way it went passed you it sounded abit off),but with the race time under their belts in the development series those 2 would be one of the strongest co drivers going and Owen has done well at bathurst the last 2 years last year at PWR he and nathan brought the car home traght and in a solid position.but thats if they run in the development series which i heard a rumour they were.

i am sure SBR would run Seto if he decides to stay with the team and cant get a full time drive,and Youlden if he decides to stay with the team and cant get a Full time drive.and with seto's and luke's experience and a year in thedevelopment series they would also be one of the strongest co drivers going.

banksie · 19 Oct 2006, 10:46 (Ref:1741977)

GMR, or is that Tasman, were said to be planning to run rookies, or at least young drivers in the developement series in '07. Tratt to stay in the Porsche with a team-mate coming to join him.

greenracer · 19 Oct 2006, 11:18 (Ref:1741987)

a new vz a possibility for tassie debut

Rombles1 · 19 Oct 2006, 13:27 (Ref:1742112)

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Originally Posted by pwr fan

maybe it will be Owen Kelly and Mark Noske or just one of them or none of them .......

This bit here is definitely 100% true. It will either be neither, one only, or both of them. At last, a confirmed fact!

Timu · 19 Oct 2006, 22:41 (Ref:1742524)

Nice spotting Rombles1! Sometimes I wonder if PWR Fan reads what he writes...

Pro Racer · 20 Oct 2006, 02:14 (Ref:1742623)

sure do read everything.

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