Quote from trebor901 :

its wierd aswell how it seems to be an aboslutely perfect circle

Up close, it's quite ragged.



If want want freaky...

First, the race requires each team to field an international driver. Second, the V8s have a good reputation among former Champ Car drivers and touring car drivers, who have no doubt spread the word.

Jeepers creepers! :yikes:

Both my drivers DNF'ed. Red Bull... ugh. The only consolation was my FI engine and Mobil/McLaren fuel.

Depends on how far you want to look back. The V8SC is the product of ATCC's demise.

"You're only as good as your last race", as someone in F1 once said. It's definitely the case this season, with five teams and ten drivers of varying degrees of experience and talent capable of regular podium finishes.

Quote from JPeace :

Thats stupid. I think Di Resta should just take VL's job straight away.

Why?

Force India has new upgrades coming out for Turkey as well. Paul di Resta won't get any FP driving time for this round.

Quote from AMB :

Personaly best car is revbull but best driver is hamilton so him and redbull = instoppable, but with such a traxck like monaco and with thepsyhics of f1 and not being able to ovbetake its crucial to get a good wualifying to lead from rasce to end to win and gain maximum points for team, if i was to put money ion who wins wdc i'd ay webber he seems to ride his car better to not damage it unlikevettel who push too ahrd when not needed

Wuah?

Last edited by samjh, Thu, 27 May 2010 01:04.

Eh, I'm just thinking aloud. Not necessarily "fiery" crashes, but just bad ones.

Like (a selection from 2006 to 2010):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV99_BIqY4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KfdRTQEiyw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSHgJoWoOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvc0Cij7zA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-1y899qgvg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqY0DDBtBs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IKCMJ5ldY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNkySVNNpog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I361oZvBqYE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXYnGv6y1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6upFvKLkDw

I have to concede that you may find more per race event for touring cars, if you searched on Google. GT craches tend to look worst though. I mean, who can forget this mess?

@hotmail:

I think you're right.

Quote from Mustafur :

I heard they are willing to add more manufacturers for the 2012 season, Hyundai and Toyota where linked to it.

As are Audi, BMW, and Mercedes. We might just end up with our version of the DTM.

The mention of BMW requires this, I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nuRgzaJ-q8

Quote from DevilDare :

Woah. Good to hear indeed.

Here I was wishing a guy peaceful rest when he is alive.

Hopefully he CAN get a peaceful rest while alive! A life of conflict is bad, you know.

On a related note, is it just me or do GT series racing produce the worst crashes? You rarely see firey crashes like that in open-wheelers or touring cars. GT seems to have them several times a year.

Quote from aoun :

Talking about being a dickhead, ive got one.. that might shut some people up thinking they are cool to street race.

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Good post.

"A burnt hand teaches best. After that, the lesson about fire goes to the heart", as a grey-bearded wizard once said.

I witnessed a four-person fatality when I was about 11 years old (red-light runner). It makes an impression.

Quote from Syfoon :

My own "Damn, what a belm" story is DJ related.
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I haven't played any more hardstyle sets since

ROFL

I suffered similar embarrassment not too long ago, while doing a guitar+vocal solo at church. I'm a guitarist for my church band, and although we usually perform as a group, each band member has to take turns to do a solo or duet on a given week. Well, on that week it was my turn, and I did a solo, choosing to play my own music on an acoustic guitar.

The song was a modern country/folk rendition of this oldie. I started off nicely, then after the first line my brain went for a twirly and I forgot the chords. I was like, 'WTF??!', but kept singing a capella for a few moments until our drummer clued in on the problem and started playing the beat, and our incredibly talented pianist chimed in with an improvised backing piece. I managed to recall the chords when I hit the chorus and the rest of the solo was solid, but the my ego had sunk beneath the Earth's crust.

Oh the shame!

Quote from NickC :

No really,

FWD saves are really difficult. For sure you just put the power down, but thats way more unnatural then lifting and steering.

And not only unnatural, it's difficult to feel when you should stop countersteering or to start countersteering.

Maybe its just personal but i prefer to get a big oversteer in rwd then in fwd :P!

It's not that unintuitive if you're accustomed to driving FWDs. The biggest danger is not anticipating the loss of grip at the front once you've recovered rear-tyre traction.

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Quote from Psymonhilly :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... hjUaVY&feature=hp_SLN

Nice Dennis but what was the liquid?

"This video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

On another note: Glenn Seton in a Nissan Skyline at Bathurst... in a rain storm... on slicks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqszux7F1JA

Last edited by samjh, Mon, 24 May 2010 01:18.

Showroom series do exist, but they tend to be grassroots categories (ie. almost no TV exposure) for club racers.

Unfortunate. But the reality is that manufacturers don't want people seeing their cars get flogged by rival manufacturers' cars.

Negative. WTCC uses S2000 touring cars, which have spec sequential gearboxes (or 5-speed H-pattern with original production ratios), 2L engines, rev limits, and restricted suspension types (front and rear McPherson struts). So it's a lot more than just modified chassis.

I don't think he's saying that "being patriotic is a precursor to persecution". Rather, his point appears to be that patriotism is used by people as an excuse for ethnic and/or religious persecution; frankly I can't argue with that, because a lot of people do claim that their bigotry is just a form of "being patriotic".

In Australia not too long ago, we had some riots down in good old Sydney, apparently all dressed up as some twisted form of patriotic nationalism. That sort of garbage isn't patriotism: it's national shame.

The championships are broken down into 1600cc and 1200cc tables. Some states also have an Outright champship (all classes combined), and a Historic championship as well.

...and the WTCC cars.

We use mostly locally-produced chassis, and the tyres are grooved because they are all-weather tyres. Also, the field includes both 1600cc and 1200cc engines - the 1600cc cars have four-wheel disk brakes while 1200cc have drum brakes, the 1600cc cars are marked with yellow stripes on the front suspension arms, while 1200cc cars are marked with pink stripes.

Nothing will happen, because the rumour of the ban is just that... a rumour -- a"non-sense" rumour according to the police!

Quote from JJ72 :

I actually did research on that, when I was doing a paper on Design Democracy, it's about letting the audience direct the design, and there aren't really cases on such scale, the best it was is some community projects, that concerns just a town's population.

Actually, the Beijing 2008 Olympic logo was chosen from 1985 submitted entries. The choice wasn't democratic, since it was chosen by China's Olympic Committee, but it does show that allowing public submissions for brand design can and do result in very successful brands.

The London logo, though, was simply contracted to a design company. Quite a restrictive and risky approach, IMHO. Such a public brand should have been chosen via a more inclusive selection process (such as with Beijing, or on a smaller scale, the Sydney 2000 Olympic logo was chosen from a competition among 10 designers).

Last edited by samjh, Sat, 22 May 2010 04:25.