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8 Jun 2003, 06:15 (Ref:624244)
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Craig Lowndes...
smashes Simon Wills off the track in race 2. Nice piece of work Craig. Not.
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8 Jun 2003, 06:53 (Ref:624248)
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It definately won't go down as his best move ever.
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8 Jun 2003, 07:03 (Ref:624254)
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I don't think it was done on purpose, but it was a shocker.
Although there were a few drama's like that today. Ingall going full throttle into the sand was a classic example! |
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8 Jun 2003, 07:10 (Ref:624259)
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He had a major drama, just Wills has shte enough luck to get in the way of it.
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8 Jun 2003, 07:13 (Ref:624260)
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I was really dissapointed for Wills as he was heading for a deserved top ten finish.
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8 Jun 2003, 07:53 (Ref:624280)
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Agreed not delibrate, just dumb
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8 Jun 2003, 08:58 (Ref:624315)
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Does anyone else believe that races 2 and 3 should have been red flagged? I mean that other times throughout the race the positions that the Lowndes, Wills and Ellery cars would have been deemed dangerous enough to require the pace car, but mysteriously because there was only a couple of laps to go it is safe. I think Marcus' reply said it all when notified of the restart, "what with a car there upside down?".
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8 Jun 2003, 09:30 (Ref:624334)
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Fair point. The only thing that I can see is that the drivers were still in their cars in the other cases. Then again, Ingall was able to get out and walk away, and he was stuck, what, 5m away from Ellery's?
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8 Jun 2003, 10:02 (Ref:624358)
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Craig looked like he got a lil ambitious didn't he.
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8 Jun 2003, 10:11 (Ref:624366)
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He was certainly carrying some speed, almost looked like he had a blown tire, cause he didnt seem to slow down much.
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8 Jun 2003, 11:33 (Ref:624420)
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Wasn't a stuck throttle with sand ala Ingall was it?
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8 Jun 2003, 11:35 (Ref:624423)
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BTW, the lock-up started a fair way back before the turn-in, would he have braked there if he had no problems? Further investigation maybe needed.
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8 Jun 2003, 12:59 (Ref:624500)
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What are you guys talking about?? He tried to slow down 10m up the road, the car just wouldnt stop! Lil ambitious my ass!
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8 Jun 2003, 19:16 (Ref:624842)
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One of his tyres appeared to be locked up about 100 metres down the road before the impact
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8 Jun 2003, 23:07 (Ref:625108)
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it looked like he had some sort of problem, as others said he was locked up for a fair bit & he's not the kind of driver that does things like that
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9 Jun 2003, 00:59 (Ref:625207)
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I think he must of had some sort of problem.
Ask yourself, when was the last time (if ever) you can remember Lowndes doing something like that? |
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9 Jun 2003, 03:08 (Ref:625265)
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I'd say Lowndes had a problem.
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9 Jun 2003, 06:54 (Ref:625307)
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At the track, Lowndes said sorry I just stuffed up, havn't seen it on the TV yet, but it looked like he locked up well before the 100 metre marker.
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9 Jun 2003, 07:18 (Ref:625316)
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Mark Skaife had an off at the same point in last years round, which halted his run of consecutive round wins. The sand gets into everything- IIRC didn't HRT suspect sand in the throttle linkages, which btw is what caused Ingall's off this year as well?
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12 Jun 2003, 06:09 (Ref:629122)
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And Simon wills when asked if he was alright replied - Just get me a bloody shovel"
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12 Jun 2003, 09:50 (Ref:629211)
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12 Jun 2003, 11:43 (Ref:629325)
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Just finished watching that race - Lowndes obviously knew he had a problem - once he had started to lock a wheel he tried to move from behind Wills - to the right of the track - if he hadn't he would have gone right up the back of Wills.
The unfortunate part is that coming up next was the right hander... |
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13 Jun 2003, 02:54 (Ref:630161)
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C'mon guys, just because Craig has made a mistake doesnt mean you have to go and bag him for it. Other drivers do things like that all the time and I dont see many threads bagging them. Problem with the car or not, he doesnt deserve to have this kind of stuff said!
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14 Jun 2003, 07:50 (Ref:631133)
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Who's bagging him for it- I thought we were all having a discussion about how/why it happened, rather than giving him the raspberry.
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