Quote from: V8SuperRiley on December 14, 2022, 05:11:49 PM

Ambrose would have been around for the shortest period of anyone on that list by a long way, but his numbers still look pretty good.

Lucky for him, he got out just prior to triple 8 hitting their stride.

or T8 were lucky he left

SVG is hardly "stuck in Supercars". While not "being groomed for another category", in the past year or two he's competed in a Ferrari and a McLaren at Sebring, Daytona, Spa and Le Mans and recently been rallying competitively. He also may not want to take up any full-time career overseas and might choose to stay here. Much like those before him (Brock, Johnson, Moffat and others who reached the top here and raced overseas but chose not to chase a racing career OS), he could well stay here. If anything, he seems more likely to go rallying, but who knows? I doubt that he does right now. Scott McLaughlin has made Indycars more interesting for many of us, and if Shane did take up a career in any international category, he would do the same, however, it looks like he'll be here for Gen3 next year at least with some rallying when time allows. I doubt that he'd go to Indycars or even NASCAR, and by May next year at age 34 , it'll probably be too late to start a new career. Mostert, Waters, Davison and the rest may have to put up with him for a while yet.   

His age may play a role his skill is not questionable, but what doors are open OS?? and we all now its also about backing what can he bring?

Shane wants to see if Gen 3 is boring before thinking about moving on from Supercars.

Scotty would like to see him in Indycar. I would too, I have given Indycar a bit more attention since SM entered the series.

My thoughts are he is stuck in Supercars though. Unlike McLaughlin, SVG is not being groomed for another category.  He'd have to start from the bottom and I don't think he has the mentality to do that. Shane is great when he leading with a car that can do what he wants with it. But when he knows he has no chance, he gives up. By that I mean chasing a championship, not individual races.

A lot of champion drivers are reluctant to move categories unless they can go into a front running team/car and they are rare to fnd.SM had Penske in his corner who has SVG??? Red Bull can they open any doors for him???

I just feel sorry for those super 2 teams that may have bought those chassis' for next year

I honestly think at this point they start the race at 10am so they at least have more time up their sleeves to get it finished in case of red flags

They moved the start an hour earlier as they had a forecast it was going to be wet, Lan Nina in action. daylight saving will help as well, question will be will they give them more wet tyres? if they don't practice will be very limited then eh

In all of the years running, has Bathurst ever been postponed and run at a later date due to weather?

Not that I am aware of, brave call to do it though.

Could be a wet event rain forecast for all days