It appears that Supercar drivers can wear less safe helmets than required for other minor classes.

QuoteBrown is embarking on the first of three Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship appearances this weekend at Taupo International Motorsport Park.

The driver's first open-wheel outing in six years hit an early snag when his own helmet, which he tested with on Thursday, was deemed an incorrect specification for the class.

Brown subsequently hit the track in Friday morning's opening practice wearing a lid borrowed from Lawson, who is also set to make an appearance at the event this weekend.

https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-will-brown-liam-lawson-taupo-helmet-swap/

The plot thickens. Apparently, Paul Keating was a foundation BOOST shareholder.

Paul is best remembered as the worst Aussie PM from 1946 to 2006, arguably, but certainly my belief at the time as an ardent Labor supporter (and since although Kevin 07 did challenge for the honour).

QuoteFormer prime minister Paul Keating is in line for a payday of at least $40 million after the prepaid mobile phone business he co-founded with entrepreneur Peter Adderton was sold to sector giant Telstra.

The telecommunications giant will acquire Boost Mobile for just under $140 million in cash, and hopes to use the high-profile brand to sell to customers looking for a cheaper deal and for pre-paid phone plans.

https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/telstra-snaps-up-boost-mobile-delivering-paul-keating-a-40m-payday-20241202-p5kv3m

Having sold BOOST Mobile to Telstra, will Adderton get more involved with Supercars or just get out?

https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-boost-mobile-sold-telstra-peter-adderton-reaction-jason-haynes/

https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/shopping/telstra-boosts-services-with-prepaid-youth-mobile-brand/ar-AA1v5sQq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=26ac0954aedc4772afc3e76860a8ce69&ei=30

Quote from: muz on November 23, 2024, 10:24:59 PMIt's kinda strange that Holdsworth is going to T18. I recall they parted ways very critical of each other previously.

I feel the same thoughts about Frosty. Both He and Tickford are so full of praise of their time together that I wonder why Frosty left or even was he pushed by Tickford.

Lets face it: Frosty left one of the top teams to race for a startup back marker.

Many thanks go to Mike for running this competition.

It is my biggest win since drag racing back in the 1960's.

I stuck to my original choices throughout, so luck was on my side.

Only once was I tempted to make a change, when another competitor made a change I approved of, Then I checked by entry and found that I already had that driver.

Thanks for the fun and other forumites should have a go in 2025. It only takes a few minutes to enter and it isn't necessary to keep updating selections.

AVE A GO!

Reynolds lived up to my expectations.

I certainly shows that teams run by race drivers got their banker laps in early in the session.

A certain non-racer is whinging but his team made the choice, co suck rocks.

I wonder if Tickford was even interested in being the Mustang homologation team.

At the time of Penske leaving, Tickford were having problems with running four competitive cars, which has since had the third and fourth entries axed.

https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-super3-series-cancelled-super2-2025/

QuoteCars currently eligible for Super3 – the Car of the Future-specification Holden Commodore VF, Ford Falcon FG X and Nissan Altima – will from 2025 be allowed to compete in Super2.

Nissan teams were rather upset that they were barred from Super2. Further, as I seem to recall, cars had to be retro downgraded to an earlier specification to run in Super3. If allowed to run the latest specification, the cars might surprise some of the Ford and Holden competitors.

Both Barry Ryan and Betty Klimenko report that external interference caused the rift with Brodie.

https://speedcafe.com/believe-in-black-klimenko-explains-bathurst-1000-speech-kostecki-erebus/

QuoteSo, external people created those wounds. And it will probably never get talked about, unless Brodie wants to. But I'm not going to talk about what happened, that's none of anybody's business.

Quote from: mikeamerica84 on October 28, 2024, 09:15:47 AMJust completed watching the Gold Coast round. 

I realize that WAU used the wrong refueling gantry for Chas in Race 2 and have not seen a stewards summary for the race, but what was the big deal?  There was no mandatory fuel drop for this race.  Nothing has to be measured.  Now if they didn't get enough fuel in the tank, that is their problem but I see the gantry usage as a no issue.  At least they used the one in THEIR pits.

And man.... had Brodie not flipped his lid early in the season, with the way Erebus is running, he might just be right in the mix right now.

But did it have enough fuel in it??

I wish Kostecki every success at DJR. Unfortunately, the 2024 driver lineup seem to be the punching bags of the field. I hope it doesn't happen in 2025. Of course, it is better for drivers to stay out of mid-pack and tail end stouches.

DJR has an excellent long term fan base (almost 50 years for me) and more wins are needed.

Quote from: muz on October 24, 2024, 02:34:44 PMI think we are going to see a very good generation of drivers coming through.

That is a very good point. Some long-term drivers are well past their peak years and are not achieving better than consistent mid-field performances but with an occasional good performance. They keep younger drivers out of permanent seats which may be good or bad depending on your point of view and loyalty.

Having said that: there are at least one third of current drivers that did not even reach consistent mid field performance but keep their seats by paying for their drives with personal sponsors or nepotism.

I personally feel that it is a shame when talented drivers are kept out of a restricted private entertainment venture with total race entries are limited and predetermined.


I much prefer the old style whereby ALL drivers with eligible cars contest the grid and ipso facto some miss out regardless of their historic performances and sponsorship.

Quote from: Joe5619 on October 22, 2024, 02:48:03 PMI'm happy to be proven wrong, but Stanaway is a BIG mistake!

He's had 3 chances already & failed at all of them, time to give it up & become a co-driver only.

To my mind, Stanaway is fast but a bit erratic and I hope he does well as PremiAir number 2 driver.

However, his stints in open have not been in a first-class car nor consecutive. Now he will have a 888 car fettled by graduates of the 888 college and backed with enthusiastic Team Owners.

if we were to judge drivers with 3 or more years of failure drives, then there would be probably the majority of the field.

Sorry, I would make thar definite.

TCR managed to field only 12 cars with one third of the field Rogers entries.

Can this series seriously survive?

Maybe owners must be thinking of selling cars while there are still overseas buyers or returning leased cars.

I also note that Honda is ending sponsorship at the end of the year and some of the cars represent Companies that have low road car sales in Australia.

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/sideways-lap-nets-pole-for-reigning-champ/

It has got to the point where TCR series success does not help drivers CVs and potential drivers are looking at spending their sponsorship dollars in another series.

Has anyone found the top speed figures of the cars during the race?