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20 Feb 2012, 13:17
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Just thinking out loud, Morris still has REC's.......and a history with BMW, I don't know if that possibly holds any merit but just putting it out there.
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As does BJR with Audi, GRM with Alfa, Honda & Nissan more than a decade later doesn't mean much. Frank Gardner had the relationship with BMW, the Morris family buying a shareholding in the team in the mid 90s. Don't think Paul's driving style in the development series would fit in with BMW's clean cut image.
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20 Feb 2012, 15:00
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You dont see Holden and Ford doing that in the media at the moment. It seems to be treated as kind of a cost centre as opposed to a driver of foot traffic in showrooms.
There has been some chat around suggesting that Holden and Ford will be energised by this move, and up the ante with their own commitment to teams and to the sport. Mr Skaife & Mr Crompton said as much on V8Xtra last weekend.
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I think it will spur Holden and Ford to be more competitive with their marketing and their racing efforts. Competition improves the breed and Ford and Holden are not going to want to be upstaged by Nissan as though they are sleeping behind the wheel.
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22 Feb 2012, 11:10
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I think Ford and Holden didn't honestly think anyone else would join first off, but now Nissan have and rumours of potentially more, i would be very surprised if they didn't move to lock away their top teams to avoid them being poached by some one new
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22 Feb 2012, 11:11
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I think Ford and Holden didn't honestly think anyone else would join first off, but now Nissan have and rumours of potentially more, i would be very surprised if they didn't move to lock away their top teams to avoid them being poached by some one new
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Or in the case of Ford, just cut their losses and bail.
With another manufacturer involved there could be less impact on them bailing versus when it was a two horse race.
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22 Feb 2012, 13:47
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I think Ford and Holden didn't honestly think anyone else would join first off, but now Nissan have and rumours of potentially more, i would be very surprised if they didn't move to lock away their top teams to avoid them being poached by some one new
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Doubt that, honestly I didn't see why everyone thought no one else WOULD join and I am out further from the loop than people connected to the circus...
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26 Feb 2012, 02:25
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Doubt that, honestly I didn't see why everyone thought no one else WOULD join and I am out further from the loop than people connected to the circus...
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Well there was plenty of doubters out there, and the NISSAN deal has come as a bit of a surprise to a lot of people. Maybe more to the point of didn't think anyone would enter so soon or such a big player to upset their apple cart
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29 Feb 2012, 23:25
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3 Mar 2012, 01:46
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Headlights Required...
... Clipsal 500 to become a night race in 2013? 
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Excelsior...
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3 Mar 2012, 02:38
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Wouldn't that be the best way to welcome the new generation of V8 Supercars? New cars, new drivers, new brands and all under lights on a Friday night. Would have be the most anticipated race possibly in V8 Supercars history!
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3 Mar 2012, 15:31
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bring back the old f1 track to fly passed the stag and you're on!!
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3 Mar 2012, 23:05
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Stealthy would love that. 
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4 Mar 2012, 20:47
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Sounds like an awesome plan. Glad they are looking into this.
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4 Mar 2012, 21:16
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Sounds like an awesome plan. Glad they are looking into this.
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I agree. Such a shame the Race of 1000 years was a once off.
Should just go to these things and never assume you can go next year.
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5 Mar 2012, 05:22
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With very little fire-breathing these days, the glow of the breaks at night really adds to the effect when you're at the track, i say "Bring it On"
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5 Mar 2012, 06:18
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With very little fire-breathing these days, the glow of the breaks at night really adds to the effect when you're at the track, i say "Bring it On"
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Who can remember the Calder night round in '96?
I took a killer photo or Skaifey down the esape road in the dust with brakes blowing red... Fred Gibson hung it over the boardroom table at GMS I was told later...
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