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Old 21 May 2012, 10:04 (Ref:3077178)   #1
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[V8ST12R04] Mike Pero 250 at Hampton Downs, June 1-3

Round 4 of the V8SuperTourer series across the pond...

Will we see more different winners, different people at the front of the pack?

There were new cars said to be joining in... are they on track for this round, or after the winter break?

Lets see what happens...
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Old 21 May 2012, 10:30 (Ref:3077195)   #2
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Old 22 May 2012, 06:49 (Ref:3077626)   #3
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yes looking forward to this one, have hopped on to early bird tickets so they are very reasonable. I think one thing we can gaurantee is that the air temps wont be hitting 28 Degc like they did last time.

If its dry we may get some pretty impressive lap times.

and i suppose this round will settle the drivers championship for the sprint rounds wont it? If that is the case then its looking good for Mr Reid, but as always i'll be throwing my support behind the #47 car.

Hope we do get 18 on the grid though, that will be great
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Old 23 May 2012, 11:28 (Ref:3078260)   #4
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Hope we do get 18 on the grid though, that will be great
$100 says there is at least one missing,
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Old 29 May 2012, 09:48 (Ref:3081043)   #5
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2 new boys confirmed for this weekends racing, be interesting to see how they slot in, both fantastic drivers, but 3 rounds down on the others, in freshly completed cars. How do you reckon Fogg and Gaunt go?
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Old 30 May 2012, 07:07 (Ref:3081660)   #6
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$100 says there is at least one missing,
Looks like there will be 18 cars on the grid for this weekend as mentionhed on the v8st website
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Old 30 May 2012, 08:25 (Ref:3081706)   #7
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Looks like there will be 18 cars on the grid for this weekend as mentionhed on the v8st website
Will only be 17. Corkerys car is not ready.
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Old 30 May 2012, 08:28 (Ref:3081709)   #8
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Looks like there will be 18 cars on the grid for this weekend as mentionhed on the v8st website
Do you believe everything you read???

I knew it would not be ready a while ago when I saw it.
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Old 30 May 2012, 21:50 (Ref:3082151)   #9
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Do you believe everything you read???

I knew it would not be ready a while ago when I saw it.
Yes it would seem you have 20/20 hindsight.

I don't really understand how Fogg can build an entire car in 10 days but the Corkery car can't be repaired in 4 weeks?
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Old 30 May 2012, 22:01 (Ref:3082156)   #10
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is the McLennan car finished.. or is the team still waiting for parts?
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Old 30 May 2012, 22:37 (Ref:3082174)   #11
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Yes it would seem you have 20/20 hindsight.

I don't really understand how Fogg can build an entire car in 10 days but the Corkery car can't be repaired in 4 weeks?
Do you undertand the difference between building something nice and shiney and straight and repairing something with significant damage before you can begin to make it nice and new again??
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Old 31 May 2012, 00:18 (Ref:3082194)   #12
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Do you believe everything you read???

I knew it would not be ready a while ago when I saw it.
Well even if there is just 17, thats still an impressive number for a fledgling series dont you think?
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Old 31 May 2012, 01:18 (Ref:3082202)   #13
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Do you undertand the difference between building something nice and shiney and straight and repairing something with significant damage before you can begin to make it nice and new again??
He has a point though.

Surely it comes down to spares available and resources.

We were all told there was no cage damage, so it would be resonable to expect it to turn up on the grid this weekend.

Plenty of teams in other tin top series around the world would have turned it around in time, but they probably have more $$$ and resources to make it happen.
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As plenty of people keep saying the chassis was fairly straight, you'd have to think it was lack of $$ or lack of available parts..

Either that or there's something in the design of the cars that make them a sloooooooooooow fix.
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Old 31 May 2012, 03:22 (Ref:3082216)   #15
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It will be interesting to see if the ST prototype makes an appearance this weekend. With talk of lack of parts around, Fogg's car could be half prototype. Great effort though.
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Old 31 May 2012, 03:33 (Ref:3082218)   #16
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ST prototype?
What are you referring to?
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Old 31 May 2012, 05:21 (Ref:3082231)   #17
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The black and white commodore that did 2500 km of faultless testing.
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Old 31 May 2012, 05:28 (Ref:3082236)   #18
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Oh, that one.

I just guessed it was one of the cars already on track.

Someone must know what happened to it.
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Old 31 May 2012, 05:41 (Ref:3082237)   #19
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As plenty of people keep saying the chassis was fairly straight, you'd have to think it was lack of $$ or lack of available parts..

Either that or there's something in the design of the cars that make them a sloooooooooooow fix.
Believe the second option, parts are the issue.

Without the chassis jig the cars were built on even in this country, my guess is that they spent their time checking it was dead straight before even beginning to repair it.

Sure, other overseas teams might have been able to fix it quicker, this is a new series, and this was the first major shunt. So spare parts haven't exactly been sitting on the shelf waiting for tis kind of occasion.
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Believe the second option, parts are the issue.

Without the chassis jig the cars were built on even in this country, my guess is that they spent their time checking it was dead straight before even beginning to repair it.

Sure, other overseas teams might have been able to fix it quicker, this is a new series, and this was the first major shunt. So spare parts haven't exactly been sitting on the shelf waiting for tis kind of occasion.
Interesting.. To be honest I would have thought this being the first major shunt would have been the reason that there were parts on the shelf, not a reason for the cupboard being empty...

Considering it's been a month since the crash and 4 months since the start of the series, it's not a real good look.

From the sounds of things the car wasn't torn up too badly, so it'd be interesting to know what parts are in short supply?

Bloody lucky they haven't had a few more big 'uns...
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Old 31 May 2012, 07:04 (Ref:3082262)   #22
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Agreed, there should be plenty of spare parts available seeing how the teams aren't allowed to fabricate their own.
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Old 31 May 2012, 07:15 (Ref:3082268)   #23
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I don't really understand how Fogg can build an entire car in 10 days but the Corkery car can't be repaired in 4 weeks?
That's a bit harsh mate. I've never had to repair a car damaged to the extent of Corkery's, but I reckon I could build one with completely new "everything" quicker than if I had to dismantle, inspect, crack test, repair (whatever was worth repairing) and reassemble one that was ripped up on a tyre wall. Especially when you factor in that apparently the chassis went back to Oz, plus the additional delay waiting for replacement parts.

But you have to commend Foggy's effort; simply put ....HUGE!

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That's a bit harsh mate. I've never had to repair a car damaged to the extent of Corkery's, but I reckon I could build one with completely new "everything" quicker than if I had to dismantle, inspect, crack test, repair (whatever was worth repairing) and reassemble one that was ripped up on a tyre wall. Especially when you factor in that apparently the chassis went back to Oz, plus the additional delay waiting for replacement parts.

But you have to commend Foggy's effort; simply put ....HUGE!
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Agree completely. I'm sure none of us know the whole story with the car. Only what the media have told us.
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Old 31 May 2012, 08:26 (Ref:3082305)   #25
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I was told today that at his testing this week, Fogg did a 1.04.7 on his 20th lap at Hampton. Straight out of the box with no faults other than a scraping splitter. His team have churned out huge hours to get the car ready and my source even commented that the build quality (all parts have either been painted, powder coated or anodized) is top notch.

I will try and get some pictures tomorrow.

(1.04.7 equates to P4 in qualifing at the feb round).
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