Go Rick Kelly

holden#1 · #1 18-11-2006, 07:13 AM

Good to see the young bloke showing some consistency! I hope he takes the championship.
it seems that maybe the tide is changing, blokes like Dean Canto, Jason Richards, Mark Winterbottom Jamie Whincup (dare i say it!) (bloody taxis) may well be the up and coming champions of the sport.
Although, if Skaife had better luck i reckon he would win 80% of races. Those HRT & HDT cars have some horsepower!
Bahrain's Desert 400 and Phillip Island should be great watching.

immortality · #2 18-11-2006, 11:57 AM

finally something to cheer about. those HSV/TOLL cars do have some speed in them. finally the year may go to holden. good way to go before the new VE hits the tracks. shame that Skaife has a monkey on his back cause it does look like he's got the fastest car full stop, just gotta get to finishing the races again without something going wrong

minux · #3 18-11-2006, 11:49 PM

He has won 1 race? And will win the championship. It sucks how now, providing you finish in the top 10 all year you are a great shot to win.

Bring back Less points for less positions and more points to win. Lowndes is the one who deserves to win, he has worked damned hard to get that ford going as well as it has.

immortality · #4 19-11-2006, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by minux

He has won 1 race? And will win the championship. It sucks how now, providing you finish in the top 10 all year you are a great shot to win..

aren't they changing the points system to reflect that, only the first 15 score points i think.

holden#1 · #5 19-11-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by minux

He has won 1 race? And will win the championship. It sucks how now, providing you finish in the top 10 all year you are a great shot to win.

Bring back Less points for less positions and more points to win. Lowndes is the one who deserves to win, he has worked damned hard to get that ford going as well as it has.

Ingall last year is another example of this issue - never won many races - still took out the championship.

AGRO_38 · #6 19-11-2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by minux

He has won 1 race? And will win the championship. It sucks how now, providing you finish in the top 10 all year you are a great shot to win.

Bring back Less points for less positions and more points to win. Lowndes is the one who deserves to win, he has worked damned hard to get that ford going as well as it has.

yeah lowndes deserves to win...its never fair

burnz · #7 19-11-2006, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by minux

He has won 1 race? And will win the championship. It sucks how now, providing you finish in the top 10 all year you are a great shot to win.

Bring back Less points for less positions and more points to win. Lowndes is the one who deserves to win, he has worked damned hard to get that ford going as well as it has.

funny how u say that, rick kelly lost the most
where lownsy lost less
refering to drop worst round
http://www.v8supercar.com.au/points/...ssn=2006&Ind=M

minux · #8 19-11-2006, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by immortality

aren't they changing the points system to reflect that, only the first 15 score points i think.

15 is still too high, it should go first to eighth, i think then it rules out points in low positions.

immortality · #9 20-11-2006, 02:53 AM

maybe but the points spread between 1st and 15th will be greater and avesco recons because every body will be trying to get into the top 15 the racing will be a lot closer, so they say anyways

Juzza · #10 20-11-2006, 03:27 AM

This all came about because Holden was too successful (IMO).. They cripple Holden's cars and make it so everyone gets points just to make it competitive..

And before that they made it only Holden's and Ford's because of how badly the Aussies got owned in the wet by the AWD Godzilla's.. I don't think it's right, I sorely miss Group A and am just upset I wasn't old enough to enjoy it when it was around.

These are both the reasons why I don't support "V8 Super Cars".. neither manufacturer even sells a car with a 5.0 litre engine anymore, and certainly no where near 500+bhp.. Instead of making the cars better (at least homologate people, jeez) to compete with the Japanese and Europeans they just kicked them out.. Argh

Still, go Rick Kelly.. kick their arses

GLD-086 · #11 01-12-2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Juzza

This all came about because Holden was too successful (IMO).. They cripple Holden's cars and make it so everyone gets points just to make it competitive..

And before that they made it only Holden's and Ford's because of how badly the Aussies got owned in the wet by the AWD Godzilla's.. I don't think it's right, I sorely miss Group A and am just upset I wasn't old enough to enjoy it when it was around.

These are both the reasons why I don't support "V8 Super Cars".. neither manufacturer even sells a car with a 5.0 litre engine anymore, and certainly no where near 500+bhp.. Instead of making the cars better (at least homologate people, jeez) to compete with the Japanese and Europeans they just kicked them out.. Argh

Still, go Rick Kelly.. kick their arses

I agree.

Now if they raced XR8s and SSs, then we would see which is the better car.

It would be nice to see Holden win, but if Craig Lowndes wins, hats off too him. I think he derserves it.

Still though, I have a feeling even if Holden do win, excuses will be popping out of the Ford boys asses.

Seems they've become very c0cky after Bathurst. I hope they keep their words soft and sweet. because they may have to eat them. Seriously there's 7 points difference (Which Holden is leading). Anything could happen and I hope neither get a DNF. I don't want either to get a free ticket to victory.

vztrt · #12 01-12-2006, 04:43 PM

It looks like it's gonna be a great last round.

WAGON MAN · #13 01-12-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by vztrt

It looks like it's gonna be a great last round.

Just like last year ,hey?