Hi Octane R34 - Homebush Street Circuit

[boxheadmr]

Was watching the action yesterday and in between the races the R34 drove past on the track, lucky bugger.

Did you get a full lap?

[PIG747]

yeah i heard this was going to happen. Was keeping an eye out all day hopeing to see it. It sounded so got

[giant]

yeah , he was there, he got two laps (1 each a day) ......haha. that's all

and wasn't allowed to give it any full throttle squirts.

how frustrating!

he said the track was super tight throught the chicanes and used full lock in the car.

[evil_weevil]

Did he have incar camera set up?

[giant]

good question, i am not sure.

i was too busy taking the piss out of him

[Marlin]

.............. and catching undersize Catfish

[Beer Baron]

d'oh! that's why I had a missed call from berry.

no full throttle eh??? hehe. probably scared a 10 year old skyline would lap quicker than the current super taxi's...

good stuff. I can't believe they even let one of us crazy import loves get close to the big boys. well done mate.

[Neil]

We taped all of the coverage and got not even a nano-second of the black beast.

Channel 7 suck.

Neil.

[boxheadmr]

I went for a ride around the track - not in the 34 but in the safety car and yes it was very tight, the concrete walls made it feel even tighter and i think they will make some changes next year not only to the course but some of the things like bridges and access areas around the paddock area.

One thing i found with the whole event coming from a view that they should have spent the money on Eastern Creek or another circuit for NSW was that i felt it ended up being a very good event and i was glad i went along.

The feeling was a lot different and drew on more of a corperate feel then i have experienced at other tracks and events like Bathurst, i think this is a move in the right direction for the V8 supercars and will see them gain more support from the mainstream audience.

Matt

[our12]

Hi.

That was an interesting comment regarding the steering lock required at the "circuit". I think the people who run our "cutting edge" technology touring car teams let themselves down badly as they didnt have enough steering lock on their cars. The accidents mostly involved relatively slow speeds with cars not even trying to do anything as they couldnt- sequential gearboxes great at speed hopeless at low speeds(inability to select 1st gear from say 3rd instantly)- no steering lock to take evasive action. To me this made most of the "stars" look pretty ordinary.

[Black Widow]

I personally wasn't keen on the circuit.

I thought there were too many chicanes included, and yes as everyone else has said it was too tight. I don't think it was suited for V8s. Maybe F1 could handle it. But i think it was just a poorly designed course.

[Marlin]

It was shit. I hope it ends up a failure and they're forced to return to and support real race tracks.

[giant]

i really think you should say what you mean Benny and stop beating around the bush.

[Marlin]

Ok, but I'll never stop beating around your wife's bush. NEVER!

[sav man]

unfortinatully the event has drawn a lot of praise. the track is rubbish, and looks more like it was designed to cause crashes than good racing (narrow, tight, gay). It's not asif they can even say it had a good backdrop, like say Gold Coast, or Albert Park. Could have been held in Launceston, and no one watching on tv would be a wiser

[Marlin]

I first switched it on during the GT race (Porsches/Lambos etc) and was ASTOUNDED with how rough the track surface was in parts. As you know if it appears rough on television, it's near unbearable in the car.

[boxheadmr]

The atmosphere at the track was great, going around the circuit it might have given a different view then seeing it on the box but i was left impressed.

[R32 Stuart]

To all, heaps of reports from drivers, too tight - not happy. Why not for one weekends costs, for track setup (Sydney), Bathurst's second track could have been finished! So who wouldnt love that?

[evil_weevil]

agreed Stuart!

[T04GTR]

yes. i wasnt to impresed with it, we had lots of dammage, (utes) but jack took the series with grant coming home second. so a 1,2 for the campionship was nice

before race 3 we had done a total of 10 laps..... rubbish track with heaps of our time lost from them gluing it back together..