Re: Well done Rick Kelly
bizadfar said:
Rubbish, you can only prove that with telementary, and it would be stupid anyway. He was placeing his car in the middle of the road to defend from Lowndes (which he had every right to do so, i dont see you're arguement here......) And of course when u brake oin the middle, of course ur brake distance is gonna be longer, ur gonna have to trail brake more, which heats up tyres more and is more prone to locking. Thats all. I dont understand how u can make this up this bullshit objects, honestly. Have you ever driven a track car? You also dont know if Rodd slightly locked the rears and let of the brake + pump gas. As i say again and again, u wont know anything, u have no idea unless u have telementary and watch onboards (plus throttle % and brake % and steering angle) on todd's car.
You can see it quite clearly in the replays. Each driver enters the hairpin under brakes, but at the time of the accident, Todd isn't using his, and it's not until halfway around the corner that he actually does stamp on the pedal.
bizdafar said:
You're replies are all in the wrong context.... Read what im saying 10 times...
I didnt say a stop/go would've changed it, my point is the severity was low, and this proves something. Something very significant, that one title contendor punting another contender off the road for position and the title costs only a drive through? Only? Yes i say only, because loads of other drivers in other races where they are not even in top 10 get drive throughs for less serious stuff (eg side by side, 1 gets tagged and spins around). Now you see my point? I'm saying drive through was not sever enough. I'm not saying stop/go would've made a difference.
I can see you point there, but I'm saying that in the way the race palyed out, a stop/go penalty would not have affected Kelly and Lowndes' finishing order. Yes, it may have been more appropriate given the circumstances, but Kelly finished the race a minute behind Winterbottom while Lowndes had been lapped three times. Yes, Kelly may not have finished in 18th place, but there was no way Lowndes would have beaten him unless Kelly retired or was damaged badly enough that he and Lowndes were actually racing again.
bizdafar said:
Again, where is the logic in your thinking? Put aside indirectly or directly or ignore the damage for NOW. Now think just about the tag, thats all. He did it for position, imagine if it was less serious, and Craig got snakey while braking, and maybe locked the rear left he would've maybe lose 2-3 positions. In the end he loses positions. That was Kelly's intention, obviously it wasn't to cause serious damage. But i reckon he was mighty happy when he heard Craig had a fucked right front suspension position and tyre blistering.
Why do you seem to think I'm defending Kelly? I'm not, I think the guy's as guilty as hell. It was still a high-risk move to tag Lowndes because
anything could happen; for example, Lowndes could have spun around straight into Kelly's path and put Kelly out. And that's why, more than anything else, Kelly doesn't deserve the title. He's too hot-headed, too unthinking of the consequences of his actions. Yes, he tapped Lowndes and sent him into a spin, but even if it
were unintentional, he proved he's not worthy of the title because of it.
Anyway,
in other news, Greg Murphy is moving from Supercheap Auto to Tasman Racing next season, with Paul Dumbrell taking his spot at Supercheap with Cameron McConville.
Jason Bright is moving from FPV to his own outfit, Britek (Fujitsu Racing) for next season, and while he's being criticised for moving to an under-developed team, he claims the budget has more than doubled. I don't know who will be taking Brighty's spot in the #6 car (Caterpillar is said to no longer be sponsoring it).
Rumour has it that Steven Richards will be defecting to the Blue Oval, though he's remaining tight-lipped on the subject of his contract. Naturally, there's no indication as to where he'll go, though Bright's vacated FPV seat is likely.
Tool (sic) HSV looks to have Todd and Rick racing alongside one another with Tander moving across to take the second HSV drive alongside Mark Skaife.
DJR is said to be bleeding thousands of dollars a day - the loss of Shell sponsorship hurt them and they've been struggling with sponsors for the past two years - and more rumours suggest the team will be downsized, cutting their sponsorship of a Development Series team, if it is not purchased outright. At Channel Seven, Grant Denyer's departure from
Sunrise hints that he may have actually been given a full-time drive next year to capitalise on his position within the broadcaster. But if the media-savvy driver hactually has a race seat (and I find this unlikely for now), perennial under-achievers Junior Johnson or Alex Davidson will have to go. If the team has been (or will be) purchased, it's possible the entire line-up will be dismissed for someone else, possibly fronted by Steven Richards (but they'd be mad to get rid of Mad Dog Denyer given his position).
Aging racer John Bowe is headed for a smaller Ford team (possibly WPS or a similar outfit) to take up something akin to a mentoring role. No idea who will fill his seat at Team BOC.
If Richards does defect, his position at Jack Daniels' naturally remains open, but word is that Larry Perkins will give his son Jack the drive. Let's hope Jack can live up to the family name, unlike the disappointing Junior Johnson (I was a huge Tricky Dicky fan until he was retired; now I feel DJR has lost the vibe).
Otherwise, everything else is remaining the same. Lowndes and Whincup are staying at Triple Eight/Team Vodafone following Betta Electrical's descent into receivership (hence Triple Eight could use Vodafone livery at the island), and HSV is purported to be changing secondary sponsors.
Both manufacturers are getting new cars, with Holden running the new (and uglier-than-usual) VE Commodore and Ford supplying teams with the new BF Falcon, both to be introduced at Adelaide's Clipsal 500 on March 1st. All teams
have to run with the new cars (Development Series can run VZs or BAs if they want), though Jason Bright has said that he thinks Ford will have the upper hand as the BF's changes are purely cosmetic while the Holden teams will have to deal with an entirely new car with limited summer testing.
The Chmpionship is also expanding to return to the Creek in 2007 and up the number of rounds to 14. Reverse Grids seem to be going for good, and the new points system will come into effect next year (let's pray they make it easier to follow).
