There's a bit of blacklash on how the de Pasquale story broke.
Both Catena de Pasquale and Scott Pye have suggested what DJR have said about the breakup has been manufactured. Specifically regarding some of Story's comments.

I'm sure LG knows more...

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Quote from: Sonic on Yesterday at 06:07:46 PMbut Jack's back...

THAT got a gasp out of me!  I first thought of Jack SMITH!

Only the true goats retire leaving us wanting more.

Best driver never to snag a championship.

Does Jack sit with David Thexton now?

Seems Adderton/Boost may jump onboard the Chahda entry. As usual, he's letting Instagram decide.

Quote from: Bloopy on September 08, 2024, 12:10:09 PMThere was already a thread for it even though there still isn't one for the 500!

https://www.v8central.com/index.php?topic=523.0

I'll start one up

Will MCM make the grid?
https://speedcafe.com/privateer-wildcards-battle-to-make-sandown-500-grid/

See how we go.

Sandown:
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118

Bathurst:
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Quote from: Trevor on August 04, 2024, 04:14:01 AMDick Johnson, 2 names for the male genitals       

And he's about to get some Bush.

Quote from: AlbertM on August 29, 2024, 12:55:24 PMI'm conflicted. 

I support Ford. So I'll cheer on Brodie. I'm glad DJR are making changes. Their current lineup is not working.

You don't want to see Brodie without a mullet or beard?

And now officially, Kostecki confirmed with DJR and Murray with Erebus. Thus, completing the Erebus implosion.

This leaves PremiAir, and potentially the second two BJR cars with spots?
Frosty, Stanaway, Slade and Hazelwood to fight it out amongst some rookies.

Quote from: LG on August 28, 2024, 06:51:20 AMThe cards finally fell into place for djr.
Most of you would remember that there's no love lost between Charlie and them.
They knew that Charlie was thinking about Anton because that's what Charlie is like with them.
He got sucked into their ploy and thinks he stole Anton from under them.
Djr are now smiling because they now have Brodie and Will will see out his full time career in 2025 while they set up his replacement. Will will stay on as an enduro driver.

Thanks for the insight LG. Hope you're doing well!

Quote from: AlbertM on August 27, 2024, 05:12:39 PMTickford wouldn't be worse off snagging Frosty for next year. That is if he doesn't snag a full time gig.

Unless he gets some guaranteed team land gig at Team 18, he'd be silly not to.
In fact, every team, including 888 should be on the phone right now.

"Hey Frosty, it's your old mate J-Dub."

It's a bit of a blindside, Muz and Albert. My post before this all broke outline my thoughts. Especially given AdP is seemingly a happy QLD'er.
Not as bad as Tander I'll say, but it seems Frosty only found out today as well.

It's pretty clear that Frosty and Reynolds are maximising the Team 18 car. Not sure what AdP thinks he'll do with it. Happy to be proven wrong!

AA have a few fair points in their article. Why has AdP ended up there given his connection to Ludo at PremiAir? Grove's also chose Allen over him, given their history (recent Porsche drives) it made sense to link up.
Has Charlie opened up the wallet?

AA is reporting that de Pasquale has signed with Team18:
https://autoaction.com.au/2024/08/27/de-pasquale-to-replace-winterbottom-at-team-18

Extremely left field. I would've thought that PremiAir was a better option.
And the bigger equation, is this it for Frosty? He may be a good get for PremiAir? He's nabbed a few podiums when the car is good.

Does this in part confirm Brodie to DJR? They've lost Allen, who else would it be?

Update: Confirmed Frosty won't be at Team 18.

We got our spot at Max Cameron sorted.
And we'll be up there early December, entered in the BLCC Speed Weekend.

I'll add another two cars to Albert's list, the 19 and 88.
Payne has shown his worth, and you can't get much better than Tander behind the wheel.
Feeney will be fast, and I'd like to think Whincup has an axe to grind at that place.

Who would T18 pickup otherwise?

de Pasquale or Kostecki? Sure, I'd drop Winterbottom for them. Unlikely though - T18 isn't so desirable.
Davo (still driving very well) and Slade are on the downward, so may as well stick with Frosty.

Everyone else is sideways or worse. Would they take a punt on Stanaway or Hazelwood?
Otherwise some rookies? Best, Fraser, Dalton, Bates?

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Quote from: AlbertM on August 18, 2024, 05:21:14 PMYeah, yeah. I know, it'll look like I'm nitpicking 888 again, but this from Speedcafe live updates "Randle went to apologise for the incident with Feeney but was turned away by Triple Eight". Bunch of cry babies... 

I did see the footage. But Feeney was already out the back, and they just asked him not to go into their garage. JW spoke to him at the front and said it was all good.

Nothing wrong with keeping rivals out of your garage. I would too.

Left out the part Randle was physically pushed out. Disgraceful action by "have 'em or have 'em off" Dutton. Whincup already had the issue in hand. GM boys need their safe spaces.

888 seem to have got away with a couple of indiscretions on the weekend. Both cars weren't streaming their on board cameras. They blame a software glitch, yet the issue wasn't "noticed" until after Saturdays race. Dutton gets away with pushing Randle. Despite Barry Ryan being sanctioned for doing similar to Winterbottom a couple of years ago.

Betty has her say:
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-betty-klimenko-on-mark-dutton-barry-ryan-shove-double-standard/

And to be fair, they're bloody similar. Is it inconsistent ruling, or did Frosty raise the question at the time?
Randle has certainly made light of it, in his post-race comments and his social media - marking himself safe from "Dutto's invisible line."

Potentially, Frosty/Team18 threw the accusation at Barry because he's been grinding them, and apparently the whole field for years. Bit of karma?

UPDATE: Tickford have now made the request for investigation.
https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-tickford-racing-thomas-randle-mark-dutton-motorsport-australia-investigation/