Dave-S Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 That is real stock car racing with real stock cars. Can't wait to see the Mustang GT350R and new GT40. Yes.............Mustang versus Camaro and the rest of the world. It's going to be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) Those V8 supercars are tube frames: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_Supercars Cars are custom made using a control chassis, with only certain body panels being common between the road cars and race cars. To ensure parity between each make of car, many control components are utilised. Edited December 3, 2014 by RichardJensen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) It's kind of ironic... The V8 Supercar series was evolved out of the original Australian Touring Car series. But because BMW M3 and Nissan Skyline GT-R kept winning the damn thing and independents running Ford Sierra Cosworth was kicking factory backed Ford Falcon butts, so Ford threatened to pull out unless the rules were changed. The rules were then rigged to be V8 only so in effect, limiting the series to Ford and Holden. And after a few years, they ditched the touring car concept completely and went to tube frame cars. So now it has come full circle... I believe Ford will be back in the series if they change the rules again. My opinion - they should return to a true touring car series, which will actually reflect the kind of cars Australians buy - C-segment hatchbacks and what not. This will allow Ford to field Focus based race cars and Holden will jump in with Cruze. Others (Honda, BMW, Mazda, Hyundai, Toyota, VW - all major importers in Australia) will likely follow. Edited December 3, 2014 by bzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinbroke2 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Ugly, ugly, ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It's kind of ironic... The V8 Supercar series was evolved out of the original Australian Touring Car series. But because BMW M3 and Nissan Skyline GT-R kept winning the damn thing and independents running Ford Sierra Cosworth was kicking factory backed Ford Falcon butts, so Ford threatened to pull out unless the rules were changed. The rules were then rigged to be V8 only so in effect, limiting the series to Ford and Holden. And after a few years, they ditched the touring car concept completely and went to tube frame cars. So now it has come full circle... I believe Ford will be back in the series if they change the rules again. My opinion - they should return to a true touring car series, which will actually reflect the kind of cars Australians buy - C-segment hatchbacks and what not. This will allow Ford to field Focus based race cars and Holden will jump in with Cruze. Others (Honda, BMW, Mazda, Hyundai, Toyota, VW - all major importers in Australia) will likely follow. You can also have multiple sizes with different classes competing together like IMSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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