F1, A1, V8, iRacing + more - The Fever Motor Racing thread

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15 Jan 19:10 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Sheez! from the" you have got to be kidding!" files
...just heard on Sky News tonight...
Big broad hints from Ford HQ in USA that they are going to kill off the Falcon ..!!

and replace it with their world concept car.... the TAURUS!!!

Now that would seriously bork Bathurst and the V8 Supercar Series...I hope the Aussies can find a work-around and keep their Falcons.

The Holden v Ford battles have been legendary over the years.. I would hate to see it go.

Talk of Ford Australia building the 'large rear wheel drive' wheelbase for international distribution.

But yeah, would be a shame if this part of the World (NZ imports the Oz-built Falcon from what I know) if the large car was the Taurus.

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17 Jan 23:40 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

diego's son wrote:

RedGed wrote:

Yes indeed, Diego's Son, we have had Aussie imported Fords and Holdens for many years, though in decades previous we also had NZ assembly plants too for both car makers.
In a reflection of the huge Aussie culture of family loyalties to either Ford or Holden, I was bought up in a rural farming family here in NZ where the ONLY car of choice was Holden.
Across the road the neighbours were Ford devoted, through and through.
We always kept an eye on and admired/criticised the other family's vehicles and latest advances from each marque.
If Holden had made a tractor we would have bought it, so we could compete with the Ford tractors over the road!
Despite a family loyalty for Holden I would hate to see the Falcon disappear, the old rivalry has a wonderful history in many parts of this country too!

RedGed2010-01-18 12:45:13

Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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02 Feb 02:45 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

the new renaut f1 cars look awesome, paint scheme looks like the jordan cars of the late 90sDowney262010-02-02 15:49:23

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07 Feb 23:27 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

nascar daytona budwieser shootout yesterday, racing was very good, if thats anything to go by should be a good season

Daytona 500 next monday, cant wait

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08 Feb 02:46 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

dale jr on the front row for the 500

ambrose starting 14th. he could have a decent 2010 if he builds on last year

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09 Feb 20:33 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Danica Patrick will be starting in the nascar nationwide race this weekend at daytona, thats pretty big.

nationwide is a step down from the cup series but has lots of cup drivers so is a fairly competitave field

will be interesting to see how she does

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15 Feb 20:11 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Jamie Mcmurray wins the great american race. good stuff and good race

except for the 2 red flags to fix a rather large pothole

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17 Feb 19:21 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

RedGed wrote:

Well aware that many well preserved Ford and Holden hotties have been kept in pristine knick over in NZ for some time now. Magazines such as Auto Action and Australian Muscle Car have photos and reports from local NZ race days for the old classics.

I heard rumours that blokes in Oz were going over to NZ to look for XY GT's and so on, but apparently South Africa had a few as well, so some blokes went there as well.

The V8 round for the modern-day Supercars in NZ is totally justified in this sense. Channel 10, who used to cover the V8's here until a year or so ago, always used to say that 'we welcome our TV3 viewers as well in NZ' at most race meets.

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23 Feb 20:28 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

jimmie johnson back to winning ways in NASCAR. the 4 time defending champ gets his 48th career win. impressive

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24 Feb 01:04 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

it appears the nz round of the wrc is in danger of being scrapped. at the moment it runs bi-annually with aussie but a new proposal would see it scrapped alltogether which would be a real shame. the drivers love the nz roads but sadly its not up to them.

the same proposal would see monte carlo and the acropolis rally taken off the wrc calendar which would be utterly stupid. the monte carlo rally is one of the if not the most prestigious events there is.

watch this space

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24 Feb 01:33 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Do some work Downey!

www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com

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01 Mar 01:55 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Jimmie Johnson wins for the 2nd week in a row in NASCAR. geez hes in good form

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02 Mar 04:37 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Jamie Whincup goes four from four at start of new V8 Supercar season. Quite incredible considering Team Vodafones change from Falcons to Commodores. Even though I'm a red blooded Holden man, I'm finding it hard to support Triple 8.

Does prove one thing though in that these cars are basically the same and only distinguished by the panels they each wear. Its more to do with the skill of the driver, team and the set up of the cars. Triple 8 could have Daewoo panels on the car and they'd still win.

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02 Mar 23:02 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

yea hes doing bloody well. good to see van gisbergen competing well, he could break through for a win this year i think.

strange murphy was happy to miss the first 2 races cos of top gear commitments, all but takes him out of contention, not that he was a top contender anyway but he coulda done alright in his new team.

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13 Mar 12:26 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Somewhat interesting Qualifying today. Schumi a handsome 7th place and was up to his old tricks as he checked out his opponents cars afterwards. Gotta love the man

Cars looked slow and ugly however and too many bitchy rules. Its fast becoming Rugby.Michael2010-03-14 01:27:06

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15 Mar 18:21 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

dixon 6th, solid ish start, would have liked a podium but he traditionally starts a bit slow, or has done so in the last few seasons

good thing is will power won and i dont expect hime to be challenging come the end of the season

schuey looked pertty good in bahrain, looks like could be quite a few contenders this year, hopefully schuey is one of them

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16 Mar 22:46 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

of the 5 guys who finished ahead of dixon, only dan wheldon could realisticly post a title challenge, and even then i think hes a bit off that mark yet with panther racing

dixon finished ahead of franchitti, castroneves kanaan and ryan briscoe which are his serious title challengers

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22 Mar 19:57 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

so of the first 5 races in NASCAR this season, jimmie johnson has won 3. very impressive, he is quickly becoming as dominant to this sport as woods is to golf and fed was to tennis

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29 Mar 19:58 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

great call by button to come in and take slicks before anyone else

not such great driving by dixon at st pete. that was real dissapointing

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01 Apr 01:43 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Hamilton's car sells for $90,000 higher than the other cars used by the F1 brigade.

F1 drivers are my idols. Not because I want to do burnouts, but because of their pure cheek.

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04 Apr 08:24 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Schumacher gets taken back to pits on a moped hahaha

Only is Asia?

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04 Apr 22:37 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

vettel looked very good. red bull back on track

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05 Apr 01:48 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

He would've won every race this season had his car been more reliable.

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05 Apr 20:12 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

yea true, thats why i meant back on track. nicki lauda came out saying red bull had no chance of winning the championship (not sure if it was drivers or constructors). strange thing to say about a team that has looked pretty strong in the first 3

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11 Apr 01:08 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

i love nascar on sundays, great stuff

phoenix is a good track to watch

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12 Apr 00:20 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

nice win by ryan newman in the nascar yesterday

scott dixon up to 5th in the standings after a 2nd place finish this morning in the indy cars
good stuff by scotty looks to have got the season back on track now

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15 Apr 20:01 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

hamiltons really pumping now for the v8s, got my grandstand tickets so cant wait, may flog off work and head along shortly

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15 Apr 21:25 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Hope your not behind a pole

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16 Apr 01:02 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

I'll be camped on the couch watching the ITM400. I'm actually looking forward to watching the V8 Ute racing with the Aussie drivers coming over. 32 utes on a street circuit. Could be some carnage with the difference in driving standards.

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18 Apr 10:37 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Me thinks F1 will become very boring once they've returned to the European summer.

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18 Apr 23:15 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

hunter rey wins long beach, dixon 4th. hes now tied for 5th in the standings, i expect once the ovals start the likes of dixon, castroneves and briscoe will dominate

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19 Apr 10:56 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

F1 ones been awesome so far. I'm a F1 snob, only watch the best of the best... don't want to watch modified normal cars go round a track or old looking open wheel cars or just left turns.

Actually to be honest I just have a mate who loves F1, got me onto it. Have only really watched F1 and A1 for the NZ factor.

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19 Apr 20:50 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

denny hamlin wins in nascar less than 3 weeks after having knee surgey on a torn acl.

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19 Apr 20:52 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

linds wrote:

well many dont feel that f1 is the best of the best anymore. indy cars these days have just as many circuit tracks as ovals, a good mix of street races, permanent tracks and ovals.

whats your view on the wrc then? thats gotta be up there with the best of the best
Downey262010-04-20 08:53:23

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22 Apr 03:21 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Downey26 wrote:

linds wrote:

f1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, god help me I cannot stand V8's or any other New Zealand/Australian based racing. The american ones, Indy nascar etc are okay and so is MotoGP and WRC.

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22 Apr 07:35 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Luis Garcia wrote:

Downey26 wrote:

linds wrote:

f1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, god help me I cannot stand V8's or any other New Zealand/Australian based racing. The american ones, Indy nascar etc are okay and so is MotoGP and WRC.

surely as a fan of motorsport you want to see it as growing in strength in nz. we need more drivers competing on a global scale and they are guna have to start out here

and what about bathurst? thats one of the best races in the world

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25 Apr 23:54 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

awesome race in NASCAR this morning at talladega, nearly a photo finish and a record amount of lead changes (88). Of the 43 cars that started the race 29 led at some point. such good racing to watch

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02 May 20:17 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

man awesome win by dixon, as i said once the ovals came back he would be back on track,

really dominating stuff

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02 May 20:28 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

James Courtney now only 24 points behind Jamie Whincup in V8 Supercars. Amazing considering Whincup has won 6 of 10 races this year compared to Courtneys 2. Just shows that consistancy is the key.

Greg Murphy quickly becoming the Michael Campbell of V8 Supercars.

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02 May 23:49 · edited 09 Sep 05:24

Gooner 4 Life wrote:

James Courtney now only 24 points behind Jamie Whincup in V8 Supercars. Amazing considering Whincup has won 6 of 10 races this year compared to Courtneys 2. Just shows that consistancy is the key.

Greg Murphy quickly becoming the Michael Campbell of V8 Supercars.

yes, sadly

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