2022 RSC Silly Season (WITH POLL)

Tony C · 3 Feb 2021, 01:53 (Ref:4033145)

So 888 has thrown a cat among the pigeons with Jay Dub stepping away from driving, so who could be a suitable replacement?
I dont think that any of the current drivers in the main game would fit the 888 mold, so maybe Thomas Randle or James Golding. Both are young, talented and articulate. Are there any better ones floating in the shadows that have the right attributes?

Sfm7164 · 3 Feb 2021, 02:46 (Ref:4033147)

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Originally Posted by Tony C

So 888 has thrown a cat among the pigeons with Jay Dub stepping away from driving, so who could be a suitable replacement?
I dont think that any of the current drivers in the main game would fit the 888 mold, so maybe Thomas Randle or James Golding. Both are young, talented and articulate. Are there any better ones floating in the shadows that have the right attributes?

I would love to see Todd hazelwood get a shot in a top line car.

Driver TBA · 3 Feb 2021, 02:52 (Ref:4033148)

888 have never gone with an unproven rookie driver.

Which established drivers under 30 are out of contract at years end?

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Mixer · 3 Feb 2021, 02:52 (Ref:4033149)

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Originally Posted by Sfm7164

I would love to see Todd hazelwood get a shot in a top line car.

This is what I thought, Randle is good but jesus I don't rate Golding at all.

This will only be the fourth full time driver at 888 since 2006, which is remarkable.

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Tony C · 3 Feb 2021, 03:22 (Ref:4033151)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

888 have never gone with an unproven rookie driver.

Which established drivers under 30 are out of contract at years end?

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What had SVG and JW done before they joined 888? They both had a lot of potential and got to show it in the best machinery at T8.

T8 likes winners (or potential winners) they dont go for drivers that have been plodding around out the back.

Jack65 · 3 Feb 2021, 03:45 (Ref:4033154)

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Originally Posted by Tony C

What had SVG and JW done before they joined 888?

SVG had won multiple events for Stone Brothers, came close to winning Bathurst in 2014 with Tekno and finished second in the championship in the same year. JW had finished on the podium at both Sandown and Bathurst in 2005 in a low budget Tasman Motorsport car.

Driver TBA · 3 Feb 2021, 03:48 (Ref:4033155)

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Originally Posted by Tony C

What had SVG and JW done before they joined 888? They both had a lot of potential and got to show it in the best machinery at T8.

T8 likes winners (or potential winners) they dont go for drivers that have been plodding around out the back.

Unproven as in no main game experience / little seat time.

JW had 2 full seasons and 4 enduros under his belt prior. SVG 9 seasons. Certainly not rookies.

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Sandgroper · 3 Feb 2021, 04:39 (Ref:4033157)

Love to see CAM Waters at 888

Kingair · 3 Feb 2021, 05:15 (Ref:4033159)

Like to see Todd Hazelwood in the seat.

Bet their are rich daddies out there, working the phones and kissing bank managers bottoms to get little Johnny a 888 drive.

Alan52 · 3 Feb 2021, 05:29 (Ref:4033160)

It will be the best off contract driver in the field.
Roughie.McLaughlin bombs out in IndyCar and returns for 888.

Axeman444 · 3 Feb 2021, 05:59 (Ref:4033161)

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It will be the best off contract driver in the field.
Roughie.McLaughlin bombs out in IndyCar and returns for 888.

Nah, in that scenario Jamie will hire his mate Wilbur and ScoMc will got back to DJR. Or Wilbur "retires"

Kingair · 3 Feb 2021, 09:06 (Ref:4033173)

David Thexton out of contract?

Andre Heimgartner or Will Brown could be a possibility.

chavez · 3 Feb 2021, 09:20 (Ref:4033175)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

Unproven as in no main game experience / little seat time.

JW had 2 full seasons and 4 enduros under his belt prior. SVG 9 seasons. Certainly not rookies.

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JW was a surprise selection at that time. The jury was still very much out.

Jason Richards was the dominant partner and attracted most of the attention in the two co-drives that saw Whincup finish on the podium in 2005.

There was little to suggest Whincup was going to become the best touring car driver this country has seen. However Triple 8 did see something and the rest is history.

A valid career comparison is that of Jamie and Jimmie Johnson. Johnson lucked into a single Busch series win and while being a regular top 15 runner (at best) in the Busch series landed the drive at Hendrick for the 2002 season. Someone at Hendrick saw something.... and well, you know the story.

banksie · 3 Feb 2021, 09:40 (Ref:4033183)

2022... Broc Feeney.

2 litre Touring Car Star · 3 Feb 2021, 10:10 (Ref:4033194)

Whincup was picked to do the same job he did at with Richards at Tasman, but instead to partner Lowndes.

The "someone" who saw something in Jimmie Johnson was Jeff Gordon. I read an interview of his where he was saying he was running behind Johnson in a rare Busch series race, liked what he saw, and vouched for him to get a drive with Hendrick.

Sandgroper · 3 Feb 2021, 12:43 (Ref:4033215)

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Originally Posted by Kingair

Like to see Todd Hazelwood in the seat.

Bet their are rich daddies out there, working the phones and kissing bank managers bottoms to get little Johnny a 888 drive.

DOnt think you need to pay for this ride IMHO

Driver TBA · 3 Feb 2021, 13:14 (Ref:4033227)

Chaz would have to a safe bet.

Even if not out of contract, he would surely have a performance clause?

The alleged BMW / WAU deal seems dead too.

SCA now at 888...

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Matt K · 3 Feb 2021, 14:27 (Ref:4033246)

I'd say either Mostert or Waters will be favourites or maybe Heimgartner.

Trev Campbell · 4 Feb 2021, 00:13 (Ref:4033341)

Another one for Todd Hazelwood. I'd like to see what he could do in top line machinery.

Tony C · 4 Feb 2021, 00:32 (Ref:4033342)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

Chaz would have to a safe bet.

Even if not out of contract, he would surely have a performance clause?

The alleged BMW / WAU deal seems dead too.

SCA now at 888...

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T8 dont go for safe bets, they go for potential winners. I Like Hazelwood as a person but does he have the mongrel in him when it counts.

I remember watching JW and SVG banging doors at Surfers (before they were team mates), JW could have settled for second in the race to protect his championship but he wanted to win that race. That is the commitment that T8 look for.

Driver TBA · 4 Feb 2021, 04:58 (Ref:4033354)

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Originally Posted by Tony C

T8 dont go for safe bets, they go for potential winners. I Like Hazelwood as a person but does he have the mongrel in him when it counts.

I remember watching JW and SVG banging doors at Surfers (before they were team mates), JW could have settled for second in the race to protect his championship but he wanted to win that race. That is the commitment that T8 look for.

Um. Safe bet as in those of us trying to guess who 888 with choose.

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**GTRMagic** · 4 Feb 2021, 05:13 (Ref:4033357)

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Originally Posted by Trev Campbell

Another one for Todd Hazelwood. I'd like to see what he could do in top line machinery.

Plus his ex-MSR engineer is known to him.....

**GTRMagic** · 4 Feb 2021, 05:13 (Ref:4033358)

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Originally Posted by Sandgroper

DOnt think you need to pay for this ride IMHO

The #88 car in 2005 might possibly have been an exception...

V8 Fireworks · 4 Feb 2021, 05:36 (Ref:4033359)

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Originally Posted by Driver TBA

Which established drivers under 30 are out of contract at years end?

Under 30, eh? Well it has to be Waters then.

If Heimgartner goes to 888 instead of DJR, that would quite a failure by DJR.

Fullwood would be another excellent choice. I feel like Fullwood has already surpassed Hazelwood in the pecking order of rookies. Perhaps an outside chance for Mr. Le Brocq too?

tobyobi · 4 Feb 2021, 09:14 (Ref:4033371)

Stealing a suggestion from the BTCC thread - Ash Sutton? Might not be bad left-field shout.

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