coupes are running 1st. (Steven Richards) & 3rd. (Peter Brock).
There's a ***y Ferrari in the sandwich! :)
Bruce.
There's a ***y Ferrari in the sandwich! :)
Bruce.
> After 2 hours, the past 30 minutes of it wet, the two Holden Monaro 427 c.i.
> coupes are running 1st. (Steven Richards) & 3rd. (Peter Brock).
> There's a ***y Ferrari in the sandwich! :)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > After 2 hours, the past 30 minutes of it wet, the two Holden Monaro 427
c.i.
> > coupes are running 1st. (Steven Richards) & 3rd. (Peter Brock).
> > There's a ***y Ferrari in the sandwich! :)
> Holden rules...:-)
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
Steve
can anyone else tell me why holden is the only manufacturer allowed to race
a non-production car in a production car race?
David Corless
$$ The same reason the parent company(GM) got away with racing a
prototype for years in the GTS class at LeMans.
dave henrie
Whatever helps you sleep at night, Dave...
<G>
-jde
Yup<VBG>....(having Narcolepsy means I sleep quite well at night..and in
the morning, and in the afternoon. Unmedicated, I could sleep as often as
a Hobbit eats.)
:)
Just to clarify...To race a GTS Viper, you first bought a GTS-R Viper and
then added your team's tweeks. To race a GTS Corvette, you got Pratt &
Miller to build a wider, longer version of the C5. Saleen then followed
the Corvette model and built their GTS prototype from the ground up as
well. I won't say who complained first about the Saleen... :)
dave henrie
Bruce.
Bruce.
> > After 2 hours, the past 30 minutes of it wet, the two Holden Monaro 427
c.i.
> > coupes are running 1st. (Steven Richards) & 3rd. (Peter Brock).
> > There's a ***y Ferrari in the sandwich! :)
> Holden rules...:-)
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
In fact, I'm pretty sure most of the major parts aren't available for the
road going monaro.
Holden spoke about making them available, but never did anything practical
towards this.
David Corless
> Bruce.
> > > > Holden rules...:-)
> > > > Beers and cheers
> > > > (uncle) Goy
> > > > "goyl at nettx dot no"
> > can anyone else tell me why holden is the only manufacturer allowed to
> race
> > a non-production car in a production car race?
> > David Corless
Also very correct.
Yes, they did consider building some for paying customers but they dropped
the project when they discovered they would cost much (much, much) more than
original estimates.
It's another example of pushing the rules to the n'th degree and beyond...
- Peter Ogden
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1) Venue = Mt. Panorama, Bathurst.
2) Event = Endurance motor race.
3) Driver's name = Peter Brock.
4) Finishing Position = 1st.
5) Number of previous first-places in endurance motor races held at Bathurst
= 9.
Yep - I reckon that all adds up to win number 10.
Bruce.
> > They certainly did....a 1-2 finish and the 10th. win at Panorama for
Peter
> > Perfect!
There's nothing 'production' about the Monaro, other than its exterior
sheetmetal. Mechanically, it doesnt resemble the Monaro CV8 at all.
I can understand its entry last year, when there was a possibility of it
entering production, but this year??? It makes a mockery of the series, and
is somewhat disrespectful towards the other other competitors that are
following the rules.
KK
A hollow victory. A car that couldn't lose (barring unreliability), that
didn't even conform to the racing series' technical regulations.
KK