Australia/New Zealand motorsport thread

[Flem274*]

Supercars drivers these days seem to be (mostly) pretty good at keeping it on the black stuff when the weather is ordinary. Was at that race at The Bend in the pissing wet a few years back, was somewhat surprised by how little carnage there was for the conditions

Bring back the owner operators for the shenanigans.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Bring back the owner operators for the shenanigans.

Need 55 cars at Bathurst again, small grids are for the feeble

 

[Coronis]

Sad weekend for McLaughlin and SVG. Especially McLaughlin. Penske clearly haf the pace to move forward in that race.

 

[Coronis]

Seriously. Ford Drivers are each others worst enemy. ugh.

 

[Coronis]

Gj from Payne and ford all weekend. Rip Cam’s last stop.

Also, am I wrong, or is this complete BS to anyone else? Like is my 888 hate blinding me or is this bs?

How Dutton saved Brown from pit speed penalty

Brown was investigated for a speeding breach during Sunday's Taupo Supercars race, only to escape without any penalty. The stewards

speedcafe.com

 

[Coronis]

Man we are getting some amazing races this year. Massive effort from Payne there, I thought Feeney kinda messed up there on the last lap but great racing nonetheless.
Whiz with tyres already love this guy.

 

[Coronis]

Decent weekend for our two overseas ex Supercars champs. SVG 20th on an oval in his poor team is a big win.

Scotty Mac a solid top 5. Palou is just dominating everyone atm. Feels very 2023 Verstappen like. Their only chance is the ovals.

 

[Coronis]

rip Scotty. Still will start from 12th next weekend.

 

[Coronis]

McLaughlin was absolutely devastating to see.

In very positive news though, in NASCAR’s longest race of the year SVG smashed his previous oval best with a 14th.

14th of 40 starters, 32 finishers and 17 cars on the lead lap. (apparently copped floor damage at one point, should be noted his teammate won so there may have been more potential)

 

[Flem274*]

Absolutely **** 500 for Oceania lol. Power penalty, delayed start, McLaughlin crash pre-start, Dixon on fire pre-start then Armstrong got mixed up with the USA Lance Stroll turn 1 lap 1.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

McLaughlin was absolutely devastating to see.

In very positive news though, in NASCAR’s longest race of the year SVG smashed his previous oval best with a 14th.

14th of 40 starters, 32 finishers and 17 cars on the lead lap. (apparently copped floor damage at one point, should be noted his teammate won so there may have been more potential)

Yeah was one of if not the best oval performances for SVG in the Cup series. Chipped away at it, not better as the race went on, good result at the end of the day. Definitely seems the car had more speed (the teammate that won, the world's fastest watermelon farmer Ross Chastain, is imo a top 5-6 driver in all of NASCAR but has been held back by Trackhouse lacking speed as a team the last couple of years). Great to see

Was absolutely gutted for ScottyMac when he went and did a Roberto Guerrero on the pace laps. Power's day never really got going after the pre race penalty either. Palou honestly is on another level this year, respect his talent immensely but honestly the championship is pretty much a foregone conclusion at this stage. At least my other favourite in Indycar (Malukas) has a good day I suppose

 

[Coronis]

Yeah was one of if not the best oval performances for SVG in the Cup series. Chipped away at it, not better as the race went on, good result at the end of the day. Definitely seems the car had more speed (the teammate that won, the world's fastest watermelon farmer Ross Chastain, is imo a top 5-6 driver in all of NASCAR but has been held back by Trackhouse lacking speed as a team the last couple of years). Great to see

Was absolutely gutted for ScottyMac when he went and did a Roberto Guerrero on the pace laps. Power's day never really got going after the pre race penalty either. Palou honestly is on another level this year, respect his talent immensely but honestly the championship is pretty much a foregone conclusion at this stage. At least my other favourite in Indycar (Malukas) has a good day I suppose

Would love to see Palou directly compete with the top F1 guys but only way he looks likely to get in is Cadillac which is unlikely to be competitive for some time.

 

[Flem274*]

I don't think either series want Palou in F1. If he's great, F1 need to pump up the meritocracy facade. If he sucks, Indy loses a lot of the hard won respect it has regained since reunification.

It's also a risk for Palou. Bourdais had very high stock in the last years of CART before F1 showed he was no Montoya or JV and struggled to get better than midfield rides when he came back. Palou's achievements are considerably greater given he hasn't bashed up the dying CART field but he still needs to be wary if he returns at 32-33.

 

[Coronis]

Felt like a matter of time for Woody, congrats!

 

[Coronis]

Nice for Courtney to grab a podium in what is otherwise turning out to be an awful farewell season.

 

[Coronis]

Haven’t been able to watch any of the race yet but the Grove guys are racing at Le Mans - starting from last and with Stephen Grove banned from driving at night lol. Apparently they’ve raced at a few GT enduros and Stephen has been very slow and crashed at least once during each event

Power on pole and McLaughlin on the front row for an Indycar oval, SVG on pole for NASCAR’s Mexico road race. Fun weekend!

 

[Flem274*]

I wondered if it was our Grove!

Finally caught up with the V8s. Most has already been said but well done Murray for saving multiple guys from the shadow realm when his suspension collapsed.

Great to see such a young bunch at the front but I really miss seeing them measured against a multi champ in a top car.

Can't watch LM live but keeping up with the YouTube highlights. I'm falling for GT racing.

 

[Coronis]

I wondered if it was our Grove!

Finally caught up with the V8s. Most has already been said but well done Murray for saving multiple guys from the shadow realm when his suspension collapsed.

Great to see such a young bunch at the front but I really miss seeing them measured against a multi champ in a top car.

Can't watch LM live but keeping up with the YouTube highlights. I'm falling for GT racing.

I wonder what the most consecutive years in ATCC/Supercars there hasn’t been a multiple time champion in the field. Obscure stat to check out.

Well its 3 - the first 3 seasons. However, last year was the first season since 1976 when there wasn’t a multiple time champion racing. 2 seasons in a row is the record since the first 3 seasons, which also happened in 75 and 76

 

[Coronis]

rip McLaughlin and his entire team lol. all 3 Penske’s retiring.

Great win from SVG puts him in the playoffs. Was classic with his tyre management. 30 lap green run to the end - last 10 laps SVG was a second faster than any other car. Won by 16.5s, biggest NASCAR winning margin since 2009.

 

[Coronis]

Good for Lawson!

Also big shout out here for SVG, 23rd and 3 laps down looks unimpressive, but for much of the race he was running in or close to the top 10 after starting 33rd before he got unfortunately turned. Definitely making real progress on the oval front.