[V8SC10R25&26] Sydney Telstra 500, Homebush Olympic Park

Razor · 22 Nov 2010, 03:57 (Ref:2794084)

Here it is. The finale. Who will become the proud owner of the #1 sticker on their rear windows? Will it be the elder mastermen of championship wins; Jamie Whincup or Craig Lowndes or will it be the newbile ones in terms of championship wins; James Courtney or Mark Winterbottom.

MarcosAmbroseFan · 22 Nov 2010, 04:01 (Ref:2794085)

James Courtney Wins

**GTRMagic** · 22 Nov 2010, 04:40 (Ref:2794094)

Unless I missed something, there are only 3 contenders left...

Current pointscore shows:

Mr Courtney 2,932 points
Mr Whincup 2,879 points
Mr Winterbottom 2,729 points
Mr Lowndes 2,567 points

I presume the last round has only 300 points on offer.. so she is now a 3 horse championship..

I dont think Mr Whincup will win from the front, and I dont think Mr Courtney will either. It may be a ding dong cliffhanger until the final race of the season!

Awesome!!

For me.. if Frosty can get the car together, he could clean sweep the races, hoping that the other 2 do less well than him. With a genuine tailgunner in the green FPR car now.. maybe they can just pull it off, if the planets align?

F J Nedos · 22 Nov 2010, 05:06 (Ref:2794096)

It will only be between Mr Courtney and Mr Whincup in my opinion. I cant see both of those two DNF'ing, enabling Frosty to take the spoils.

Perhaps the long shot of this round is this surprise announcement:

Quote:

Cathy Freeman has signed a one off deal to drive the SBR prepared falcon orignally slated for Marcos Ambrose. As Mr Ambrose is now an Oval racer, V8 Supercars had planned to finish off the Sydney 500 with an oval race inside the Grand Old Girl, Stadium Australia. Upon hearing of Mr Ambrose's inability to attend due to US commitments, Sydney Olympic Park organisers thought it would be good to rekindle the olympic flame and have Cathy win another race in the stadium.

MarcosAmbroseFan · 22 Nov 2010, 05:20 (Ref:2794099)

No. Ambrose is not coming to Aussie this year. Marcos will be helping RPM to get ready for 2011.

bluesport · 22 Nov 2010, 08:47 (Ref:2794147)

Is there one type of track that favours one driver over another? (tight tracks vs fast tracks)

chavez · 22 Nov 2010, 09:27 (Ref:2794162)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Unless I missed something, there are only 3 contenders left...

Current pointscore shows:

Mr Courtney 2,932 points
Mr Whincup 2,879 points
Mr Winterbottom 2,729 points
Mr Lowndes 2,567 points

I presume the last round has only 300 points on offer.. so she is now a 3 horse championship..

As points can be deducted for driving or technical infringements everyone remains in contention.

FPV8U · 22 Nov 2010, 09:39 (Ref:2794164)

JC.. Not by much, i'd say less than 10 points.

sizzle · 22 Nov 2010, 14:13 (Ref:2794247)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Unless I missed something, there are only 3 contenders left...

Current pointscore shows:

Mr Courtney 2,932 points
Mr Whincup 2,879 points
Mr Winterbottom 2,729 points
Mr Lowndes 2,567 points

I presume the last round has only 300 points on offer.. so she is now a 3 horse championship..

I dont think Mr Whincup will win from the front, and I dont think Mr Courtney will either. It may be a ding dong cliffhanger until the final race of the season!

Awesome!!

For me.. if Frosty can get the car together, he could clean sweep the races, hoping that the other 2 do less well than him. With a genuine tailgunner in the green FPR car now.. maybe they can just pull it off, if the planets align?

Welcome back Mr Magic, much better climate in Aus at this time of year.

The reality is, it is a 2 horse race. For frosty to win then bad things have to happen to both guys both days, possible but the liklihood is very low.

Axeman444 · 22 Nov 2010, 22:48 (Ref:2794493)

Who won last year, Tander and Courtney was it?

MarcosAmbroseFan · 22 Nov 2010, 22:56 (Ref:2794499)

Yep.

Saturday: http://www.v8dailydump.com.au/events...D=1&EVENTID=14

Sunday: http://www.v8dailydump.com.au/events...D=1&EVENTID=14

St00ge · 24 Nov 2010, 03:10 (Ref:2794997)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sizzle

The reality is, it is a 2 horse race. For frosty to win then bad things have to happen to both guys both days, possible but the liklihood is very low.

Sounds like the F1 WDC and we all know how that ended up

sizzle · 24 Nov 2010, 03:18 (Ref:2794999)

Quote:

Originally Posted by St00ge

Sounds like the F1 WDC and we all know how that ended up

yep had that in mind when I posted it.

The situations are much different however.

TSR · 24 Nov 2010, 05:25 (Ref:2795013)

The Wiggle will be on Talking Sport 2sm today after 4.30 talking up the Syd 500

St00ge · 24 Nov 2010, 05:54 (Ref:2795015)

Quote:

Originally Posted by sizzle

yep had that in mind when I posted it.

The situations are much different however.

I don't know about that, doesn't take much to clip a wall at a street circuit and get bugger all points...

D.R.T. · 24 Nov 2010, 07:36 (Ref:2795032)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TSR

The Wiggle will be on Talking Sport 2sm today after 4.30 talking up the Syd 500

Please give us a run down on the interview TSR.

Would be great to see what he is sprouting this year.

krypto71 · 27 Nov 2010, 11:53 (Ref:2796394)

What the?!?

seriously??

rik · 27 Nov 2010, 13:09 (Ref:2796423)

Quote:

Originally Posted by krypto71

What the?!?

seriously??

Very dumb...

peckstar · 27 Nov 2010, 20:54 (Ref:2796556)

what a great idea,

whacking a v8 on a skate board, very tim the tool man, would once have been awesome at Bathurst (pre nanny state)

and an interesting way to reach out to a new audience

dsg · 28 Nov 2010, 14:28 (Ref:2796768)

This must be the next project.

Kingair · 28 Nov 2010, 21:42 (Ref:2796917)

Showers forecast for Friday and Sunday at this stage.

anthony81901 · 29 Nov 2010, 10:51 (Ref:2797106)

Had a lap of the Homebush circuit today. Is still very much a work in progress with most of the roads still open, but plenty of work going on nonetheless. Recall that after last year there was some talk of altering the corners like the chicane at turn 2 and the exit from the bus stop but both these corners appear the same as last year.

D.R.T. · 29 Nov 2010, 20:29 (Ref:2797334)

There was also alot of talk from the organisers about being given more freedom to alter the track and it surrounds to make the track more wider and not as tight but a year on nothing seems to have changed.

**GTRMagic** · 29 Nov 2010, 22:13 (Ref:2797370)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingair

Showers forecast for Friday and Sunday at this stage.

Still raining here...

**GTRMagic** · 29 Nov 2010, 22:52 (Ref:2797393)

"It is not Jamie's fault" - Dane

If these guys dominate as they have, in #1 or #888, and still say they have issues, it doesnt say a lot for much of the rest of the field huh

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