Ford To Drop V8 Supercar Funding

[noisia]

just been lying at home bored as fark watching rpm. and cameron mcconville was being interviewed saying ford are dropping funding next year, he implied that teams may be dropping ford and turning over to the generals holden. only fpr and another team i forgot are being funded after 2009. mcconville then said 4 years ago holden werent welcoming toyotas idea, but as of this forthcoming news holden are now welcoming toyota who have been interested in joining the league. what car would they use?

would be boss if they could whip out built 2jz's rather than 8's. either way it should be sweet. something to look forward to!

[madbung]

Ford are cutting-redirecting funding, the teams they're retaining are FPR and Stone Bros

FPR will be developing chassis's and Stone Bros the engines.

[Dave R]

make racing like the old days.... need some more cars!! Ford and Holden is boring... bring back the skyline and others!!!

[benm]

Toyota are not interested in joining the series - they were asked only a couple of months ago.

[Ten Four]

^^ +1 i dont even bother watching it nowadays

[Duncan]

yeah its very bad new for tony cochhead. he has built the series on the cosy local duopoly and telling evey other manufacturer to get stuffed. now ford are loosing money and doing the sensible thing. GM are about to go bankrupt in the us but holden are still paying the money - their support will drop within 12-18 months for sure.

toyota have been aus's biggest seller for a couple of years so clearly motorsport is not an essential thing for market success in aus.

tony will go crawling back to any other brands but no-one will come up with the sort of money he wants, and no-one has dinosaur v8s to run anyway.

its breaking my heart....sooner or later you reap what you sow. but i bet cochrane will be happy to wash his hands of the mess and leave aus motorsport in ruins.

[noisia]

this is were superlap takes over australian motorsport....bohahahahaha *evil laugh*

[sh@un]

I would have thought all the sponsorships/merchandising the 'big two' do would have been more than enough to cover the costs of racing and still turn a profit?

[JAS-25T]

yeah its very bad new for tony cochhead. he has built the series on the cosy local duopoly and telling evey other manufacturer to get stuffed. now ford are loosing money and doing the sensible thing. GM are about to go bankrupt in the us but holden are still paying the money - their support will drop within 12-18 months for sure.

toyota have been aus's biggest seller for a couple of years so clearly motorsport is not an essential thing for market success in aus.

tony will go crawling back to any other brands but no-one will come up with the sort of money he wants, and no-one has dinosaur v8s to run anyway.

its breaking my heart....sooner or later you reap what you sow. but i bet cochrane will be happy to wash his hands of the mess and leave aus motorsport in ruins.

QFTT with bold for emphasis.

[sh@un]

this is were superlap takes over australian motorsport....bohahahahaha *evil laugh*

not likely

not enough 'spectacle' ie: cars using other cars for some occasional high-speed panel beating

[Duncan]

well we could always make brett middleton an invitee lol

[Roy]

Yeh Brett is ace!

I know at present that Cockrains is looking for a replacement in the next 24 months or so. He i walkign away from the sport and cant imagine the mess it could be in at that time.

Good thing is we still have some good teams. I mean do you really thing Triple 888, Prodrive and the foreign teams are going to hang around if the rules geta shake up and running a race team is no longer profitable?

Hmmm. Mismanagement may mean our tin top series ends up looking like the ARC

[Marlin]

I'm assuming some of you watched RPM yesterday about this? Interesting times ahead indeed, and didn't Gary Rogers look like he wanted to really speak his mind but thought better of it?

[AutoTrust]

Camry V8 would be a nice addition even if it won't happen.

Anyone watched Nascar lately?

V8 Camrys everywhere

[JAS-25T]

I'm assuming some of you watched RPM yesterday about this? Interesting times ahead indeed, and didn't Gary Rogers look like he wanted to really speak his mind but thought better of it?

wrap up please?

[Roy]

Yeh, i was surprised by how much of a YES man Cam was! He was really towing the V8 Supercar line and was a little one eyed

[giant]

roy.... spot on about the ARC too!!

[Duncan]

maybe cam wants to race in a decent car again one day? no point pissing off the only employer in town....

[Roy]

Yeh, i can understand that. But he was the journo talking to the Garry Rogers etc. So i suppose its a matter of , was he a journo or a V8 driver towing the line. It turns out he was a V8 driver towing the line

I still watch the V8s and really enjoy the racing. But even i am starting to tire of the "show" they are putting on

[Bumblebee]

theyre putting on a "show"??

ur jokin right.. its gotta be the most boring racing ever...