The Totally Ripper/Bonza V8 Supercar Thread.

watka · Post by **watka** » 04 Mar 2014, 00:24

I'm another one in as a Volvo fan! Nice to see another marque mixing it with the big 2! I also appreciate how the V8 Supercar videos rarely seem to get taken down off of Youtube.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 04 Mar 2014, 00:34

watka wrote:I'm another one in as a Volvo fan! Nice to see another marque mixing it with the big 2!

Big 2? Holden and who?

It's good to see Volvo doing well, but being the pessimistic bastard I am, I don't see them doing as well in Tasmania, on the basis that GRM have traditionally built cars that are brilliant on street circuits, but less so on permanent tracks.

That said, I'm perfectly happy with being proved wrong

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 07 Mar 2014, 03:07

the way that young man scott put down the power at the final hairpin is something i see translating into some interesting maneuvers at Symmons.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 13 Mar 2014, 09:52

I'll sum up today in one word: CARUSOP1LOL.

Seriously, nobody's had an answer to the guy at any point today. Meanwhile, Scotty Mac continues to be a hero for Volvo

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 13 Mar 2014, 11:30

Wizzie wrote:I'll sum up today in one word: CARUSOP1LOL.

Seriously, nobody's had an answer to the guy at any point today. Meanwhile, Scotty Mac continues to be a hero for Volvo

Why can't Caruso run in the beyondblue livery all year. It is by far and away the best V8 livery I think I've ever seen. And a very important and worthy cause as well.

BTW apart from Caruso the best performance of the day has to be Dahlgren qualifying 11th.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 22 Mar 2014, 08:42

Penske Update: They want to bring Ambrose back

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 31 Mar 2014, 21:34

If only it wasn't April Fools' :cry:

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 05 Apr 2014, 04:09

Things that annoy me about V8 Supercars at the moment:

1. The stewarding - Inconsistent, as usual. Whincup punts off Caruso at Adelaide, cops a points penalty. Ingall punts off Pye, cops a drive through and loses a podium. And the stewards are the same at every meeting, so they don't have that excuse.
2. The safety car rules - It's a miracle we only had one incident off the restart at Symmons Plains, the shitstorm that were the restarts today just demonstrated why they're ridiculous.
3. The lack of podiums after race 1 - We have Wood scoring his first podium, and he can't celebrate because they don't have one. And it's not like they're pressed for time - there's an hour and a half until race 2.
4. The coverage - V8s relegated to not the second channel, but the third, because apparently the horse racing and AFL are more important.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Apr 2014, 07:36

I don't think anything else can more aptly sum up race 2 :lol:

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 05 Apr 2014, 08:46

Having decided to switch my former-but-not-all-that-strong allegiance from Holden to the Erebus Mercs the moment I saw and (better still) heard them at the Eastern Creek test day last year, all I can say is, in Aussie Grit fashion:

"Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes! Yeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!"

What a drive from Holdsworth. Great pass on Coulthard towards the end. Whatever you think of Betty Klimenko, the one thing you can't deny is that she simply loves her racing. If we could have more team owners like that instead of people who just see it as a business venture to make money.

And what a great day for the likes of Dale Wood and even David Wall in the second race. Not to forget that it could well have been Volvo celebrating its first win instead of Erebus had Scott McLaughlin kept going in race two. What a day for the underdogs! Can't Triple 888 have more days when they're stuck battling in the lower teens?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Apr 2014, 00:49

eytl wrote:And what a great day for the likes of Dale Wood and even David Wall in the second race. Not to forget that it could well have been Volvo celebrating its first win instead of Erebus had Scott McLaughlin kept going in race two. What a day for the underdogs! Can't Triple 888 have more days when they're stuck battling in the lower teens?

I still think Ingall winning race 1 would have trumped the lot of that if the stewards had just done what they usually do and give him a points penalty post-race instead of the DTP

Post by **Londoner** » 07 Apr 2014, 11:38

And the Enforcer's got himself another penalty

Rumours that Jason Bargwanna is drunk with power since he joined the stewards appear to be truthful.

Post by **Londoner** » 26 Apr 2014, 01:31

Scotty Mac's on pole for race 3 at Pukekohe! :mrgreen:

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 26 Apr 2014, 10:22

East Londoner wrote:Scotty Mac's on pole for race 3 at Pukekohe!

Someone's been giving it the jandal

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 26 Apr 2014, 11:25

takagi_for_the_win wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Scotty Mac's on pole for race 3 at Pukekohe!

Someone's been giving it the jandal

Yeah, van Gisbergen.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 Apr 2014, 13:42

Can we rename this to the Scott McLaughlin V8 SuperJandal thread already?

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 26 Apr 2014, 23:53

Wizzie wrote:Can we rename this to the Scott McLaughlin V8 SuperJandal thread already?

I personally think it should be the David Thexton V8 Supercar thread, but this is also very much acceptable

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 27 Apr 2014, 04:52

And Winter does it again

Post by **Londoner** » 27 Apr 2014, 09:47

AxelP800 wrote:And Winter does it again

It's Frosty, get it right!

Terrible weekend for Lowndes, all things considered. I just hope we don't get a JDUBWINSLOL run starting from the next round onwards.

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 27 Apr 2014, 09:48

A few of us were having a conversation in the F1R Chat, when the topic of V8 Supercar enduro co-drivers came up. I proposed the following avatar bet...

Myself, in the F1 Rejects Mibbit chat wrote:I've had an idea for a sort-of avatar bet - if Paul Morris manages to somehow win an enduro, we all have to have a picture of him as our avatar for a month

Not everyone in the forums will be involved in this bet, you'll have to agree to take the bet on. To make it even more interesting, the avatars will be chosen by other participants in this bet.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Apr 2014, 09:49

MinardiFan95 wrote:A few of us were having a conversation in the F1R Chat, when the topic of V8 Supercar enduro co-drivers came up. I proposed the following avatar bet...

Myself, in the F1 Rejects Mibbit chat wrote:I've had an idea for a sort-of avatar bet - if Paul Morris manages to somehow win an enduro, we all have to have a picture of him as our avatar for a month

Not everyone in the forums will be involved in this bet, you'll have to agree to take the bet on. To make it even more interesting, the avatars will be chosen by other participants in this bet.

Hey, I'm up for this. Oh and as an added clause, we should make it two months if the enduro happens to be Bathurst

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 27 Apr 2014, 09:55

MinardiFan95 wrote:A few of us were having a conversation in the F1R Chat, when the topic of V8 Supercar enduro co-drivers came up. I proposed the following avatar bet...

Myself, in the F1 Rejects Mibbit chat wrote:I've had an idea for a sort-of avatar bet - if Paul Morris manages to somehow win an enduro, we all have to have a picture of him as our avatar for a month

Not everyone in the forums will be involved in this bet, you'll have to agree to take the bet on. To make it even more interesting, the avatars will be chosen by other participants in this bet.

Sure, why not. Count me in.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 27 Apr 2014, 09:56

I'm in

Post by **Londoner** » 27 Apr 2014, 10:39

I'm definitely in.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 27 Apr 2014, 11:39

I'm up for it :mrgreen:

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 27 Apr 2014, 11:49

I'm up for it

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 28 Apr 2014, 06:12

I'm up for it.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Apr 2014, 10:45

Whether it's the 2015 GRM Volvo or not is entirely up for debate

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 01 May 2014, 00:27

Wizzie wrote:Whether it's the 2015 GRM Volvo or not is entirely up for debate

It's still going to explode the same way, and it still will be Junior Fabricator Scotty Mac's fault.

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 01 May 2014, 13:35

Wizzie wrote:
MinardiFan95 wrote:A few of us were having a conversation in the F1R Chat, when the topic of V8 Supercar enduro co-drivers came up. I proposed the following avatar bet...

Myself, in the F1 Rejects Mibbit chat wrote:I've had an idea for a sort-of avatar bet - if Paul Morris manages to somehow win an enduro, we all have to have a picture of him as our avatar for a month

Not everyone in the forums will be involved in this bet, you'll have to agree to take the bet on. To make it even more interesting, the avatars will be chosen by other participants in this bet.

Hey, I'm up for this. Oh and as an added clause, we should make it two months if the enduro happens to be Bathurst

The only way I'd sign up for this is if I could use a pic of The Dude in the Big Kev-mobile. I confess that that combo of yellow and orange remains one of my favourite V8 liveries of all time.

Post by **Londoner** » 18 May 2014, 08:43

So that's now 10 different winners in V8 Supercars already this year.

What on earth's happened to Tander this season? I don't remember him being this rubbish? Has had a fair helping of bad luck or something?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 29 May 2014, 23:25

So awesome, much wow

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Jun 2014, 06:50

New team enters wildcard for Bathurst

Let the fun begin :mrgreen:

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 10 Jun 2014, 15:30

...like the indycar/formula e team? or some different one i haven't heard of? (i predict the latter)

(....latter confirmed)

Post by **Londoner** » 25 Jun 2014, 08:41

The end is nigh for V8 engines?

The bogans are up in arms about it on Facebook.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 25 Jun 2014, 15:22

they are trying to ween us back into the ATCC.
i don't think that's a bad thing.
they kind of went all nascar by limiting the formula and hypercharging the marketing money.

Post by **Londoner** » 11 Jul 2014, 20:22

Huffy in V8s in the near future?

Looks like he's had enough of WTCC and the shitbox Lada he's lumbered with.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 02 Aug 2014, 06:53

Ingall and Wood colliding on the main straight, that almost ended up like the Mike Imrie crash from way back.

In other news, Nissan actually have pace for once

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 02 Aug 2014, 07:17

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:In other news, Nissan actually have pace for once

Ruined by Caruso doing his best impression of Maldonado. Seriously, what did hi think was going to happen? That was one of the dumbest moves I've seen in a while.
And he handed to win to Whincup as a result. What a freaking joke.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 02 Aug 2014, 07:52

Its sad that Caruso forgot to use his brain, but I would prefer Whincup to Winterbottom any day. Meanwhile the Dunlup Series was so full of fail it was epic