Good race, I was watching it this morning but I had to go online to finish the last few laps because my dvr missed it. I found it interesting that when one of the cars (forgot who) backed it into the tire wall, the fuel cell burst and caught fire. Good thing the track guys got it out quickly and the driver was ok.

Jon

Australian Super Car series Kicks butt!! I love watching those guys!! If you get a chance, watch their F1 series racing where the production car Ferrari's, Lambo's, Vette's, Porches, Jaguar's, ets go head to head. Very exciting racing!!

I have a hard time watching racing start to finish, let alone a race that is that long. That said, I watched the whole race! I love the V8 Supercars, as another stated, why can't NASCAR do something like that? Every body is the same in NASCAR now, so it has lost much of its appeal to me - I haven't been to a circle track race in around 7-8 yrs now, and I used go all the time and even crewed for some SoCal teams.

But I literally went from prone to straight up on the edge of the cushion on the couch for the last few laps! In fact, watching it again there, I found myself amping up... and I know how it all turns out :D And as I recall, a few laps before those in the vid, the Vodofone car took second place rocketing down Conrod hill and into the dogleg flat out, inside of the other guy, both cars bouncing and bottoming out, all around 180 mph. That was when I jumped to an upright position. Seriously, the best racing I have watched in a long time as well. Being an avid road courser, I basically stare in astonishment of how well those cars work and the size of huevos the drivers have.

And Tander earned first - his ability to keep focused forward but also just keep shutting the door on Lowndes is just not mortal.

I challenge others to watch the video the first time just for the "racing" aspect. Then watch it again, and this time just watch the cars "work". I find myself watching that more than anything else when I watch racing. I watch Baja footage just to watch the suspensions articulate :cool:

I can say that for hours on end I just kept thinking to myself, "Why isn't there a track like that where I can run?!" I can't imagine what it would be like to be able to tear up and down serious elevation change on a 4 mile course!

I just can't wait until these Aussie's come over here in 2013.I will be there from opening day until they chase me away.There a few web site's that have some photo's of these car's during the build process.WOW!! some awesome work.The race sat. night was a nail biter right up until the very last 100 ft. of the race track.I dvr'd it and will be watching it over and over.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Well good buddy check this link out and i think you're gonna bust a stitch pal.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNVA8...eature=related

That course is a public road all year round. I raced karts with Tander a great driver and back then a good young bloke, I watched him from juniors onwards, he went onto race in Formula Ford then the V8s.

Greg

I love the V8 Supercar series! I'm almost finished watching the endurance race before Bathurst. I haven't started the Bathurst yet. A company I work with does the transmissions for all these cars.
-Dave

taz, that vid link showed up as broken on YouTube for me.

tonner - cool story. it is always fun to have rubbed elbows with some greats or maybe some paint as well :D

coolwelder - heck yeah, I really want to go to that race as well! Can't wait. Also, you are right about the builds, here is a great one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG5IPrasDhQ

Just general talk but at 4 mins in or so they show their rear "axle" assembly. I have to admit I laugh when guys build all of these lat-G cars and put those super reinforced 9" rear ends in them that baja trucks use. SO much unsprung weight. Then look at how awesome the concept is in these cars (assuming you want to stay with a straight axle setup in the rear v. IRS). If they could be IRS I suspect they would do that, I haven't studied rules for them at all, but I assume they are forced to run a straight rearend and basically they have a very light-weight but super rigid rearend concept.

If I ever build a car with a straight rear axle I would do that design, and also build a little negative camber in as well :unibrow:

try it now
or this one too LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdifH...eature=related

Very funny

Greg