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Old 3 Aug 2011, 06:22 (Ref:2935242)   #176
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HRT was supported by Castrol until Mr Brock showed up...
Yes indeed, I was referring more to the V8 Supercar era, perhaps I should've been a bit more specific
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Old 3 Aug 2011, 06:28 (Ref:2935244)   #177
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HRT was supported by Castrol until Mr Brock showed up...
Hmm, could we see red and green HRT's on the grid next year???
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Old 3 Aug 2011, 06:46 (Ref:2935249)   #178
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HRT was supported by Castrol until Mr Brock showed up...
And HRT was angling for a Valvoline deal prior to Brock/Mobil joining them (wasn't that the reason the HRT Commodore's changed from black/white to blue/white in mid-1993??)
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Old 3 Aug 2011, 09:18 (Ref:2935296)   #179
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HRT replaced the black with red lining to blue with orange when Telecom upped their sponsorship for the 93 enduros.
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Old 4 Aug 2011, 02:03 (Ref:2935629)   #180
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Yes indeed, I was referring more to the V8 Supercar era, perhaps I should've been a bit more specific
you mean there was "something" in existence prior?
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Old 4 Aug 2011, 10:42 (Ref:2935728)   #181
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Ingall to 888 next year as a 3rd car

Supercheap allegedly want out of PMM which is why the PMM 888 talks broke down regarding the 4 car team

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Old 4 Aug 2011, 10:50 (Ref:2935729)   #182
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Ingall to 888 next year as a 3rd car

Supercheap allegedly want out of PMM which is why the PMM 888 talks broke down regarding the 4 car team

Or so the story goes
Only 2 challenges.. 888 might need to build a new chassis... and, as always, using whose REC?
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Old 4 Aug 2011, 10:59 (Ref:2935738)   #183
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Ingall to 888 next year as a 3rd car

Supercheap allegedly want out of PMM which is why the PMM 888 talks broke down regarding the 4 car team

Or so the story goes

as a sponsor, they will go where it best suits there needs for advertising, car at pointy end, etc.

They may even go back to a two car team, Supercheap and BCF , not that bad of an idea , if you looked at it from marketing.

"thats not living Russell, this is, racing , boating and camping"

(**** should have got a job in marketing, Doh)
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Old 8 Aug 2011, 02:23 (Ref:2937027)   #184
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Dumbrell will not drive full-time in 2012 confirmed here.
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Old 8 Aug 2011, 03:54 (Ref:2937035)   #185
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Dumbrell will not drive full-time in 2012 confirmed here.
So who will sit here in 2012?

* Mr Besnard
* Mr Bourdais
* Mr Bright
* Mr Canto
* Mr Caruso
* Mr Holdsworth
* Mr Ingall
* Mr Luff
* Mr Moffat
* Mr Owen
* Mr Reynolds
* Mr S.Richards
* Mr Ritter
* Mr Wheldon
* Mr Youlden

.. any more?
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Old 8 Aug 2011, 04:26 (Ref:2937036)   #186
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What about

Mr Thompson
Mr Perkins
Mr Blanchard
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Mr Perkins
Mr Blanchard
Or perhaps David Russell...

The question may be whether the driver needs to bring a budget to secure the seat, certainly the current Bottle O car enjoys quite a bit of signage on the pilot and the chassis from Autobarn...
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Old 8 Aug 2011, 11:55 (Ref:2937154)   #188
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Old 9 Aug 2011, 11:53 (Ref:2937623)   #190
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Old 9 Aug 2011, 21:48 (Ref:2937829)   #191
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So who will sit here in 2012?

* Mr Besnard
* Mr Bourdais
* Mr Bright
* Mr Canto
* Mr Caruso
* Mr Holdsworth
* Mr Ingall
* Mr Luff
* Mr Moffat
* Mr Owen
* Mr Reynolds
* Mr S.Richards
* Mr Ritter
* Mr Wheldon
* Mr Youlden

.. any more?
Is money an issue here?
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Old 10 Aug 2011, 01:00 (Ref:2937907)   #192
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Ah Speedy, where is he these days?
i would assume running his health store.
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Old 10 Aug 2011, 01:26 (Ref:2937912)   #193
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i would assume running his health store.
I miss Speedy..
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Old 10 Aug 2011, 03:26 (Ref:2937925)   #194
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i would assume running his health store.
orrrrrrrrr... teaching overpaid executives how to run their businesses...

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Doesnt sound like it Here

Interesting that Mr Thexton plays on his days as Sir Speedy Thexalot to add some colour to his business activities...

Bring Back Speedy!!
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Race driver consultant?
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if that is the case we will have some "speedy" driver's produced in the future.
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Is money an issue here?
When Bottle O was at TDR, the D'Alberto family businesses seemed to pick up the shortfall between the cost to run, and the amount of money RNR supplied to operate the car. That was done reasonably cheaply... with not so many crew, and a plug n play WP technical alliance keeping costs down. Say $1.5m/yr for full operational expenses, excluding capital.

When Bottle O and RNR moved to FPR, you would have to presume that the full cost of operating the car there would need to be footed by RNR. So where the TDR cost was at the $1.5m mark suggested above, FPR is likely $500k to $1m beyond that..

Now while Canadian Club has taken the bonnet space (say $300k), there is still a gap.. which by looking at the car...



... is taken up to some extent by the Autobarn, and arguably related Castrol funding on the front of the thing. Now whether that signage is in lieu of Mr Dumbrell's driver wage might be interesting to ponder.

It is not unlikely that Mr Nash has had to spend more of his own income to operate the car at FPR than he ever did at TDR, or the sub $1m deal done when Mr Owen was the pilot of his ex-PMM Commodore.

On this basis, Mr Moffat with his Norton 360/Doric/Boylan dowry might be a good fit. Question would be whether the brands Mr Moffat seems to have available are compatible with a purveyor of alcoholic beverages....

But he isnt the only one with access to funds...

Could we see Mr Bargwanna rock up at RNR with Jana Living painting the available spaces in that Trading Post Orange?
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On this basis, Mr Moffat with his Norton 360/Doric/Boylan dowry might be a good fit. Question would be whether the brands Mr Moffat seems to have available are compatible with a purveyor of alcoholic beverages....
As opposed to the actual alcohol sponsor they associate with now? Can not see that as being a big problem if he drives for Jim Beam currently.
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As opposed to the actual alcohol sponsor they associate with now? Can not see that as being a big problem if he drives for Jim Beam currently.
You would have to presume that someday soon Norton and co will want some substantial oncar signage.. which they dont currently have at DJR... despite the free space on the car to do so.

Also, Mr Moffat wears a 'Norton' race suit unlike Mr Courtney who had a 'Jim Beam' one when piloting the same car last year.

There have been very few unrelated co-sponsorships with alcohol brands..
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