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NASCAR Copying V8Supercar? (MERGED)
I mentioned in an earlier thread that NASCAR wanted to create "V8Supercar " series throughout the world. Most here thought it was a bit odd. Well it looks like they want to create "V8Supercar" roadracing series in other countries using their new COT car( a Tube framed copy of a V8Supercar). This is not about NASCAR the series , but how they want to start "V8Touring car " series outside the US and Canada. That does affect V8Supercar.
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Hey Robert ,
We all ready have a series over here like the one described above , it's called Sports Sedans This idea that Nascar has that everyone in the world loves them and their series is , unfortunately , a little off track like some who believe that the world revolves around the U.S.A. . Europe and Australia have great racing series and I can't see this having any affect on us down under or in Europe , it's all been tried before |
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Hhhmm, anyone checked Bob Janes passport stamps lately?
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I don't see at all how it is 'blatant copying of V8 Supercar concepts' apart from the fact that it is proposed to have 4 wheels, a driver and races on a track. You're just using this as some vehicle to talk up Australian V8 Supercars.
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V8 supercars new website exposed!!!!
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Remember V8Star - only had a short run in Europe - shame Rodney Jane did not bring in the Jaguar - would have changed sports sedans locally.
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The "new" website is messy. Its really just a changed skin of the existing site.
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The "new" website is broken too - tipping doesnt work, I cant find the Regs for 2007 - if anyone has a direct link - can you post it up here please
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I doubt that they would go to calder, the facilities wouldn't be upto the specs of what they are used to, and i presume they run under the fia so calder may need to get a cams track licence, again. I don't think it would take to much from V8 Supercars because it would utilise ovals. I don't know much about the 'new' NASCAR but Japan use high tech cars that are pretty radical for tin tops and Europe are the same...Would only leave them to go to the desert's, and they want F1 not ovals
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This is the pre COT ,TRAC car specifications, makes interesting reading, it was designed as safer more adaptable stockcar . The people involved were NASCAR veterans, one was Michael Kranefuss who was involved as a team manager for a Bathurst 1000 race.:
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That's pretty standard specification for any circuit/touring/sports racing car since the early 90s.
I think you're really clutching at straws when drawing comparisons between the two types of cars. You suggest that V8SC has done something special to not require differing chassis for each track and so forth. I'm quite sure that if the V8SC teams had the tight competition, enormous sponsors, millions of viewers and huge budgets of NASCAR then they too would choose to use differing chassis from track to track. If you were auto engineering minded you might even like to read into the possibility that a different chassis configuration would be able to exploit the Dunlop control tyre more on certain circuits. Ultimately V8SC has not yet reached the regulatory problems that NASCAR has suffered due to being kept small by the small Australian economy. (Why didn't they go to China last year?). |
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Robert you have done well. This thread is a whole lot of noise and back patting without any substance. Lucky you were able to tell us you know someone inside Nascar
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