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[Eric]

The greatest nation on Earth finally won an A1 race.  Attaboy, JS!

(Well, we did this when India won, so I figured I'd do it for the US, even though no one cares about A1)

[HandyNZL]

I care Eric.  You guys cheated...I'm sure of it!

NZL's wheels fell off this round...crap...another year as the bridesmaid in the championship for us.

[Rainmaster]

A1 sucks balls.

[Eric]

Rainmaster, on Apr 14 2008, 01:21 PM, said:

A1 sucks balls.

Yeah, it's almost as bad as F1, but not quite.

I don't get TV coverage anyway, so what difference does it make?

[aussief1]

I watched the two races from China last night mainly because I was bored out of my mind, but I must congratulate Team USA on their first win in A1GP.

I wish Team Australia be more competitive, getting beaten by the likes of some countries without motorsport industry is nothing short of utter embarrassment.

[Eric]

aussief1, on Apr 14 2008, 06:03 PM, said:

I watched the two races from China last night mainly because I was bored out of my mind, but I must congratulate Team USA on their first win in A1GP.

I wish Team Australia be more competitive, getting beaten by the likes of some countries without motorsport industry is nothing short of utter embarrassment.

It's a shame, Australia has some really good drivers.  Something just seems to be missing.  That something, I think, is called Will Power.

[aussief1]

Eric, on Apr 15 2008, 08:18 AM, said:

It's a shame, Australia has some really good drivers.  Something just seems to be missing.  That something, I think, is called Will Power.

I agree. I wish V8 Supercar teams would permit their drivers to take part in some of the races that fall outside of the V8 Supercar season. I think I'm dreaming though

[Eric]

aussief1, on Apr 14 2008, 06:31 PM, said:

I agree. I wish V8 Supercar teams would permit their drivers to take part in some of the races that fall outside of the V8 Supercar season. I think I'm dreaming though

It'd definitely be fun to see, with the cars being so different.  Then again, Awesome Ambrose drove a Champ Car race once for Team Australia while he was still in the Aussies.

On the subject, I gotta say I love that series.  I'm really hoping Dale Jr and his relationship with Paul Morris, as well as Boris Said racing in the V8s sometime soon-ish, can get some sort of a deal where we could get some NASCAR drivers in V8s for a one-off and some V8 drivers in NASCAR for a one-off.  It's definitely a dream, but I'd love to see guys like Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, some of NASCAR's road racing best, driving "stock cars" that are designed for a road course and are a lot more stock.

[HandyNZL]

aussief1, on Apr 15 2008, 10:03 AM, said:

I watched the two races from China last night mainly because I was bored out of my mind, but I must congratulate Team USA on their first win in A1GP.

I wish Team Australia be more competitive, getting beaten by the likes of some countries without motorsport industry is nothing short of utter embarrassment.

So when are you lot going to claim Black Beauty as yours? How do you sleep at night in the knowledge we're spanking your asses   

[aussief1]

Eric, on Apr 15 2008, 08:36 AM, said:

It'd definitely be fun to see, with the cars being so different.  Then again, Awesome Ambrose drove a Champ Car race once for Team Australia while he was still in the Aussies.

I can't remember Marcos Ambrose driving in Champ Car but I do remember Jason Bright driving at Surfers one year (2000?).

HandyNZL, on Apr 15 2008, 11:23 AM, said:

So when are you lot going to claim Black Beauty as yours? How do you sleep at night in the knowledge we're spanking your asses   

No no, you can have your blick beauty cossie bro we don't want her. And just to let you know I don't sleep well knowing that Team Kiwi is miles better than Team Australia.

Thanks for asking anyway mate

Sorry for the bad Kiwi accent inpersonation it's a tough ask on a forum

[HandyNZL]

That's ok...I'll give yoo another sex trois befoor you're banned

[HandyNZL]

Jason Bargwana is racing in the Toyota Racing Series (like formula renault but with Toyota plants, surprise, surprise) at the Tron's round of the V8's this week.

Currently weather is p**sing down, road outside is flooded and only three days till they race...so maybe a wet one.

[aussief1]

HandyNZL, on Apr 15 2008, 01:12 PM, said:

Jason Bargwana is racing in the Toyota Racing Series (like formula renault but with Toyota plants, surprise, surprise) at the Tron's round of the V8's this week.

Currently weather is p**sing down, road outside is flooded and only three days till they race...so maybe a wet one.

Would Bargs fit in one of them??? He is as wide as he is tall

I drove past the old Brisbane Airport yesterday as the V8's were being loading for the trip to Kiwi land.

It will carnage if it's wet. I was speaking to one of the mechanics from Stone Brother's and he is expecting their cars to carry the same suspension settings as they ran in Adelaide and should therefore be quite quick.

[HandyNZL]

I walked around the track the other day, but I can't see many overtaking spots.  Murph was going on about the pit straight being long and wide, but the cars are so close it's not like they can pop out of the slipstream and overtake.  And anyone thinking about outbraking into a corner must be driving a Dodgem Car.

The track is kind of like the tighter sections of Adelaide - not so sure it's conducive to overtaking.  But then, I'm no a V8 Supercar driver and maybe they can see something I can't.

I'll be watching from the comfort of my sofa, even though it takes about 25mins to walk to the track from home...prices compared to Melbourne F1 is almost double per day, and the Grandstand views are good for about 500m and thats it (if that).

Can't wait till Hampton Downs is finished...V8's and A1 will go there (and it's also home track for Formula Juniors so that T75 of Pop's will be clocking up a few laps there!!)  Here's the track http://www.hamptondowns.com/Track.wse - has major elevation change too, which you can't tell from the map.

[Eric]

aussief1, on Apr 14 2008, 10:02 PM, said:

I can't remember Marcos Ambrose driving in Champ Car

That's cuz he never did!  I got him mixed up with Jorge Goeters, a Mexican stock car driver who ran a little NASCAR, my bad.  Jorge ran a one-off at Mexico in 2005 in CCWS.