Sun, Surf and No Rain. Gold Coast ##Spoilers##

[Ospif1]

Time for success ballast?

Wouldn't be surprised if the discussions reared their head.  It works well in BTCC and has improved the racing there IMO.

They won't do anything for next season though as they'll need a season with the new cars to see where the dust settles.

[Troy01505]

The racing already has an artificial element that takes away passing on the track.

Ryan Story confirms as people have suggested above, there resources are stretched and main focus is on Gen 3:

https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/11/03/story-svg-dominance-different-if-mclaughlin-here/

Guess we can put the whole Triple 8 favouritism to bed once again.

[Trevor]

Guess we can put the whole Triple 8 favouritism to bed once again.

not at all, they are the builders of the Gen III cars - how can you possibly say that?

[mikeamerica84]

Time for success ballast?

Wouldn't be surprised if the discussions reared their head.  It works well in BTCC and has improved the racing there IMO.

They won't do anything for next season though as they'll need a season with the new cars to see where the dust settles.

BTCC changed their racing formula for this year and got rid of success ballast.

"Gone is the old success ballast system of added weight, replaced by a sliding scale of what's known as Hybrid Energy Modulation (HEM). For qualifying from the second meeting, the top 10 in the championship will have fewer seconds of boost to play with, from zero per lap for the points leader to 13.5 seconds for the driver in 10th and 15 seconds for all those thereafter."

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-btcc/btcc-2022-lowdown-new-era-touring-cars

On a separate note, I still say get rid of the chicanes at the Gold Coast.

[Troy01505]

Guess we can put the whole Triple 8 favouritism to bed once again.

not at all, they are the builders of the Gen III cars - how can you possibly say that?

Are you saying DJR are not up to the task now Penske is gone?

[Trevor]

do some homework on the Gen III cars will ya - look at who is building them

[mikeamerica84]

Time for success ballast?

Wouldn't be surprised if the discussions reared their head.  It works well in BTCC and has improved the racing there IMO.

They won't do anything for next season though as they'll need a season with the new cars to see where the dust settles.

BTCC changed their racing formula for this year and got rid of success ballast.

"Gone is the old success ballast system of added weight, replaced by a sliding scale of what's known as Hybrid Energy Modulation (HEM). For qualifying from the second meeting, the top 10 in the championship will have fewer seconds of boost to play with, from zero per lap for the points leader to 13.5 seconds for the driver in 10th and 15 seconds for all those thereafter."

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-btcc/btcc-2022-lowdown-new-era-touring-cars

On a separate note, I still say get rid of the chicanes at the Gold Coast.

Although gone in BTCC, success ballast IS an option, Ospif1 & murph.  It could always be tabled down the road.

[kennymiesta]

do some homework on the Gen III cars will ya - look at who is building them

T8 have built the Camaro test car & DJR have built the Mustang test car. All teams are free to build their own cars (Team18 have recently announced they will be doing this), but teams will have to purchase their engines from the homoligated builder (KRE in the case of GM & Herrod in the case of Ford). Both T8 and DJR have had equal responsibility in regards to the "building" of the cars, so any favouritism to T8 will also be favouritism to DJR.
Opinions are one thing, but don't try and pass them off as facts.

[Iggle Piggle]

Did that go the way you thought it would Trev?

[AlbertM]

Did that go the way you thought it would Trev?

Why are you taking a victory lap? You didn't do anything.

[AlbertM]

Time for success ballast?

Wouldn't be surprised if the discussions reared their head.  It works well in BTCC and has improved the racing there IMO.

They won't do anything for next season though as they'll need a season with the new cars to see where the dust settles.

You sure? The dust never stopped them before.

[skaifeman]

Golding to drive the Lowndes/Fraser wildcard car at Adelaide due to the crash:
https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/chassis-swap-locked-in-for-adelaide-500/?fbclid=IwAR2NtwwnycFYBCCocZImoaBq8qqoG01wqq5xjBS56AxYS5pVXVGRXAIjHBk

[Trevor]

Why are you taking a victory lap? You didn't do anything.