Changes for Shogun Autosport and Bundaberg Rum Racing are both approved.  The Current Teams thread now reflects those along with Ain't Care Motorports' recent change.

Quote from: fordman on February 05, 2024, 03:24:51 PMI had hoped it was a personal issue, but now coca cola has bailed.....

Back to Erebus and Coca-Cola:  Did I miss it in a previous round?  Coca-Cola is now on the bonnet of Fullwood's Middy's car.  Still on Randle's rear panels, too.

Quote from: skaifeman on March 25, 2024, 11:31:39 AMMaking a change in Group D.
#31 Golding OUT, and #10 Percat IN.

Change is done, skaifey.  I was thinking of the same change but now that you have done it I will wait and see if you put the V8CFL jinx on Nick for Taupo.   

Quote from: skaifeman on March 25, 2024, 11:33:24 AMAm I right in reading the rules that the changing of rosters is loosened up a little this year?
We can make 4 changes Groups A-D, and all 4 changes can be within the same group should one want to?
And we can make multiple changes between weekends, last year was limited to one?

You are allowed four changes total for Groups A-D.  Any combination of group changes is allowed.  Four total.
Yes, I loosened up the change requirements this year.  Multiple changes per weekend are allowed.  No limit.

Quote from: skaifeman on March 20, 2024, 02:42:22 PMIt references the Supercars website as to a potential increase in revenue, which is an absolute dumpster fire. Never been harder to navigate and requires way too much scrolling for the information at hand. The app isn't much different.

I will say this about that:  For the FIRST TIME EVER the Supercars website is actually reflecting the extra five bonus points scored by the individual drivers in the sprint races.

It's only been what......?  Four years?

AGP Results are posted.  A plethora of races and points, but overall, TGI Racing is stretching their lead.

Round 1 Podium:
1 Super Seven Racing Aotearoa / formerlyHolden51 / Toyota Camry
2 TGI Racing / Professor / Chevrolet Camaro
3 Bundaberg Rum Racing / Troy01505 / Chevrolet Camaro

Round 2 Podium:
1 Bundaberg Rum Racing / Troy01505 / Chevrolet Camaro
2 TAA Performance / Jetpac013 / Ford Mustang V6 TT
3 Ecurie SCarGo / stevo qld / Chevrolet Camaro

Round 3 Podium:
1 Shogun Autosport / Helix / Ford Mustang
2 R&K Motorsports / mikeamerica84 / Ford Mustang
3 TGI Racing / Professor / Chevrolet Camaro

Round 4 Podium
1 TGI Racing / Professor / Chevrolet Camaro
2 TAA Performance / Jetpac013 / Ford Mustang V6 TT
3 Kalyara Racing Team / Kytabu / Ford Focus ST

Next up is Taupo and over to New Zealand.  A few weeks off.

V8CFL Table / Through Round 2 / AGP               Points  Race Finishes
 
                                                          1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th


1  TGI Racing                   Professor         551     2    2    1    0    1  161   Chevrolet Camaro
2  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu            505     1    0    1    3    0   23   Ford Focus ST
3  R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84     465     0    1    2    1    0  084   Ford Mustang
4  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51  441     1    1    0    0    0    7   Toyota Camry SX
5  Shogun Autosport             Helix             435     1    0    0    1    1   75   Ford Mustang
6  TAA Performance              Jetpac013         433     0    2    0    0    2    1   Ford Mustang V6 TT
7  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505         431     1    0    1    0    1  015   Chevrolet Camaro
8  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld         395     0    0    1    0    1   64   Chevrolet Camaro
9  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow          366     0    0    0    1    0   57   Genesis G70
10 Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman         366     0    0    0    0    0   38   Chevrolet Camaro

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AGP

V8CFL Round 2 Race 1                               V8CFL Points    Supercar Points

1  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   75              327
2  TGI Racing                   Professor          69              327
3  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          64              318
4  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             60              306
5  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          55              295
6  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          51              295
7  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           48              290
8  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          45              284
9  Shogun Autosport             Helix              42              269
10 R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      39              267


1  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   60  80  25  64  34  19  45 = 327 *
2  TGI Racing                   Professor          60  80  25  64  28  19  51 = 327
3  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          55  80  39  64  28  34  18 = 318
4  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             60  80  31  64  34  19  18 = 306
5  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          60  69  31  64  34  19  18 = 295 **
6  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          55  80  25  64  34  19  18 = 295
7  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           55  60  31  64  28  34  18 = 290
8  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          55  69  25  64  34  19  18 = 284
9  Shogun Autosport             Helix              60  69  25  39  27  19  30 = 269
10 R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      60  80  25  31  34  19  18 = 267

Tiebreakers:
*  Car  2 finished 19th
** Car  4 finished 13th

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V8CFL Round 2 Race 2                               V8CFL Points    Supercar Points

1  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          75              314
2  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          69              305
3  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          64              302
4  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           60              291
5  TGI Racing                   Professor          55              287
6  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             51              285
7  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          48              282
8  Shogun Autosport             Helix              45              270
9  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   42              252
10 R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      39              252


1  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          48  60  45  64  36  33  28 = 314
2  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          27  80  55  64  33  18  28 = 305
3  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          48  80  31  64  33  18  28 = 302
4  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           48  27  55  64  36  33  28 = 291
5  TGI Racing                   Professor          27  60  31  64  36  18  51 = 287
6  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             27  60  55  64  33  18  28 = 285
7  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          48  60  31  64  33  18  28 = 282
8  Shogun Autosport             Helix              27  80  31  45  30  18  39 = 270
9  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   27  60  31  64  33  18  19 = 252 *
10 R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      27  60  31  55  33  18  28 = 252

Tiebreakers:
*  Car  2 finished 12th

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V8CFL Round 2 Race 3                               V8CFL Points    Supercar Points

1  Shogun Autosport             Helix              75              300
2  R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      69              298
3  TGI Racing                   Professor          64              287
4  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             60              276
5  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          55              272
6  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          51              270
7  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   48              269
8  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           45              242
9  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          42              198
10 Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          39              192


1  Shogun Autosport             Helix              69  69  22  55  21  19  45 = 300
2  R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      69  75  22  31  48  19  34 = 298
3  TGI Racing                   Professor          69  75  22   0  60  19  42 = 287
4  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             69  75  31   0  48  19  34 = 276
5  Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505           0  75  55   0  60  48  34 = 272
6  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          69  69  31   0  48  19  34 = 270
7  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   69  75  22   0  48  19  36 = 269
8  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow            0  69  31   0  60  48  34 = 242
9  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman           0  75  22   0  48  19  34 = 198
10 Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld           0  69  22   0  48  19  34 = 192

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V8CFL Round 2 Race 4                               V8CFL Points    Supercar Points

1  TGI Racing                   Professor          75              359
2  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          69              352
3  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             64              347
4  R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      60              343
5  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          55              321
6  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          51              316
7  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   48              315
8  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           45              308
9  Shogun Autosport             Helix              42              277
10 Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          39              266


1  TGI Racing                   Professor          55  64  27  31  42  65  75 = 359
2  TAA Performance              Jetpac013          55  69  51  31  45  65  36 = 352
3  Kalyara Racing Team          Kytabu             55  64  51  31  45  65  36 = 347
4  R&K Motorsports              mikeamerica84      55  64  27  51  45  65  36 = 343
5  Ecurie SCarGo                stevo qld          48  69  27  31  45  65  36 = 321
6  Ain't Care Motorsports       skaifeman          48  64  27  31  45  65  36 = 316
7  Super Seven Racing Aotearoa  formerlyHolden51   55  64  27  31  45  65  28 = 315
8  The Arrow Motorsport         TheArrow           48  55  51  31  42  45  36 = 308
9  Shogun Autosport             Helix              55  69  27   0  22  65  39 = 277
10 Bundaberg Rum Racing         Troy01505          48  64   0  31  42  45  36 = 266

Race 1 Results:  http://racing.natsoft.com.au/639070198/object_678677.81a/Result?8
Race 2 Results:  http://racing.natsoft.com.au/639070198/object_678677.81a/Result?10
Race 3 Results:  http://racing.natsoft.com.au/639070198/object_678677.81a/Result?15
Race 4 Results:  http://racing.natsoft.com.au/639070198/object_678677.81a/Result?18
Stewards Summary:  https://www.camsjac.com/images/VSC/2024/Race3.pdf

I've watched the first two races.  Parity?

Throw the 888 Red Bull cars out of there and you pretty much have it.  Their engineering and bankroll are just gapping the field.

Melbourne, VIC - As the series heads to the Australian Grand Prix weekend, accusations of sexual misconduct have been brought to the forefront of one of the R&K Motorsports sponsor's guests.

Christian Horner, on hand for the F1 round, is once again front and center as he has been accused of said harassment.

Accusations have been leveled at him by Ms. Millie Thrillie, a chimp adult film star, and a guest of The Yellow Group, R&K Motorsports' primary sponsor.

...and the irony of Race 3, Steve, is that Tony probably would have scored decent points.  The race in itself was top shelf as many came from the back to the front back to the back and back to the front again and off track and pieces missing....

But yeah.  It's Tony's call.  I tip my cap to him for his stance.  He has the next move.

I'll take the low road on this one, Steve. 

They run Race 1.  There were three grass fires and a huge shunt on the stretch leading into the hairpin which made it a time-limit race.  Only 1/3 of the distance.

Race 2:  The grid is set from the finish of Race 1 with the Top Ten inverted.  Tony starts 10th.

As we get to Race 3, we find out no points were awarded for Race 1 for it only went 1/3 the distance.  Yet the FIELD was set for Race 2 based on these finishing results.  So now in Race 3 we had cars who basically got a free pass in Race 2 due to the inversion now starting way up the order even though Race 1 didn't count for jack.

The TCR website is mum on all of this.  A total jack job of professionalism by the series.  You mean to tell me they could not have reached this conclusion overnight PRIOR to Race 2? 

Not until someone protested.  I see the Bargwannas here somewhere.

You know, I like this series but besides their car counts dwindling, this doesn't help anything.  Good for Tony.  Walk away.  Do Trans-Am.

Getting back together here for the AGP Round and the first round of the V8CFL Tournament, the only appetizer I can bring to the table is there will be five bonus points awarded for the fastest lap in each of the four sprint races.

Beloved Australian GP series declares 'we deserve better' after alarming F1 demotions
Story by Jamie Woodhouse

The Supercars Championship is evaluating its future on the F1 Australian GP schedule after losing access to the pit lane and fans.

The Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park serves as one of the most iconic stops on the Formula 1 calendar, but ahead of the 2024 staging Australia's signature Supercars Championship has been left feeling uneasy over their treatment.

It is a stacked support-race bill for the 2024 Australian Grand Prix with Formula 2 and Formula 3 in action, which has seen Supercars booted out of the second pit lane to make way for F2, leaving Supercars personnel in tents behind the facility with fans not given access to the area.

It also means there will be no pit stops at this SuperSprint round.
And this has led chief executive Shane Howard to make it clear that the situation must be discussed with a new deal required to keep Supercars on the Australian Grand Prix schedule beyond 2024.

"This year will be a big change for us and we are working through that with the Australian Grand Prix Corporation," Howard told the Herald Sun.

"We would like to be in the pit lane ... but we acknowledge that Formula 2 is Formula 1's primary support.

"I understand their process in regard to it not being a general admission area because when you are trying to move race cars and lots of people in that area, it's a recipe for a problem.

"But we have been working very closely with [AGPC chief executive] Travis Auld and his team and Travis has made it very clear that he wants us there and he will look to try and do everything we can to improve what we have so we can put on a good show.

"But we need to rectify this situation with the fans. It is very important for our fans to be able to get access to our drivers and our teams. Unfortunately, we won't be able to fix it this year but we are going to work together and see if we can fix this [for the future].

"We want to be back but we will need to address those areas.

"We'll need to work with the corporation to deliver on everybody's expectations, be that our own being a championship round, being in a remote paddock and giving the fans what they want – good racing and access to our category.

"We will need to sit down together and just see what we can do and then once we have debriefed with everybody then we can make a calculated decision.

"It's a world-class event and we want to be part of it but, as I have said, it has to work for everybody."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/beloved-australian-gp-series-declares-we-deserve-better-after-alarming-f1-demotions/ar-BB1k6MLH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=94e8c33d238d458ab4b7665301bbcae3&ei=16

I did see where they are giving five bonus points for the fastest lap in each race.  Very important for the V8CFL.   

Looks like only 13 cars for Tassie.