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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#916676
One to make you cross on a Friday afternoon.

This year is being promoted as 'Celebrating 50 years of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000'.

While it will be the 50th running of an October production car race at Bathurst (the first was run in 1963), it won't be 50 years until next year. 1963+50=2013.

It's only been 1000 km since 1973 - before that it was 500 miles (804.6 km). And it's only been the Supercheap Auto 1000 since 2004. Since 1963 it has been the Armstrong 500; Gallaher 500; Hardie-Ferodo 500; Hardie-Ferodo 1000; James Hardie 1000; Tooheys 1000; AMP 1000; Primus 1000; FAI 1000; V8Supercar 1000; and Bob jane T-Marts 1000.

Pedantics. Much worse though is that this year they have renamed all the famous track landmarks:

Pit Straight is now Supercheap Auto Pit Straight
Hell Corner is now Westrac Corner
Mountain Straight is now Armorall Mountain Straight
Griffin's Bend is now Pedigree Corner
The Cutting is now Tyrepower Cutting
Reid Park is now Fujitsu Park
Sulman Park is now Etihad Park
Skyline is now Dick Smith Skyline (the naming of this as Peter Brock Skyline didn't last long)
The Esses are now Coates Hire Esses
The Dipper is now Coopers Dipper
Forrest's Elbow is now Falken Elbow
Conrod Straight is now Jim Beam Straight
Caltex Chase is now just The Chase
Murray's Corner is now Bigpond Corner

http://bathurst.v8supercars.com.au/racedetails/circuitdetailstrackmap/tabid/1324/default.aspx

Disgraceful.

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#916677
Well there's the big $ talking again, it's hard to find anything these days with any relation to the true spirit of Australian history, it's going to be damned hard to identify where they are talking about in the race when one can't recognise the land mark names. 👎👎😬
Not that I care that much, the race has lost a lot of apeal to me since they made it a race of the clones, same car slightly different body.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#916681
Everything is about sponsorship these days unfortunately
That being said, I am going again this year, It is a great event and still Australia's motor race IMO
I have watched it since I was a wee boy 😁

split09 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

99 posts · joined Aug 2006 ·

#916712
Who cares!! Ill still be there watching it soaking up the atmosphere!
watever

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#916714
Phil, you are absolutely right. The V8 stupid car mob obviously can't count either......their limit is 20, perhaps? They are advertising the "50th Anniversary" this year - it's actually 49 years!

Next Easter will be the 50th anniversary of my first race at Bathurst - Easter, 1963, and it looks like I'll be getting a drive!👍👍👍

Just ignore the new names, and call them what you always have called them. That goes for Eastern Creek, too.👍
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#916726
I will be there in a xu1 torana doing a lap of honour before the main race for the anniversary of 40 years since peter brock won in a torana 👍
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66 Beetle
56 Beetle

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#916727
the landmarks have always been 'renamed' to reflect various sponsors.

conrod straight was also lengthened to slow the cars down at the end.

still the same legendary track, for now!
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
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HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#916731
Sorry to be pedantic, wolfgang, but Conrod Straight was actually shortened....to add the 'chase'🙄
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#916741
it'll be interesting listening to the commentary team trying to get their heads around the new names... lol
see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#916742
Not that I care that much, the race has lost a lot of apeal to me since they made it a race of the clones, same car slightly different body. [/quote]

This coming from a guy who drives a car with a fibreglass body on a vw chassis.😂
69 Beetle
66 Beetle
56 Beetle

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#916803
Pumba wrote:Not that I care that much, the race has lost a lot of apeal to me since they made it a race of the clones, same car slightly different body.
This coming from a guy who drives a car with a fibreglass body on a vw chassis.😂 [/quote]

Correct, and loving it, bring back the Minis, Volvos, Cortinas, ahh, back to the future for me, loved seeing the minis knocked sideways by the wind of the Hemies rocketing past🤪😍
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#916808
donn wrote:
Pumba wrote:Not that I care that much, the race has lost a lot of apeal to me since they made it a race of the clones, same car slightly different body.
This coming from a guy who drives a car with a fibreglass body on a vw chassis.😂
Correct, and loving it, bring back the Minis, Volvos, Cortinas, ahh, back to the future for me, loved seeing the minis knocked sideways by the wind of the Hemies rocketing past🤪😍 [/quote]


Would be great to see the minis and cortinas again,and the hemies,well who doesnt love a hemi ??? im not going anywhere near that hill though 🤪
69 Beetle
66 Beetle
56 Beetle

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#916811
yep ingnore the new names and keep the old ones in your head
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Newt Wolfsburg Wizard

478 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#916847
It all seems a bit pointless until they start racing with real cars again.

Bring back Dicky's Cosworth!

Newt
It is as it is - If you didnt enjoy today, you've missed the opportunity.

waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#916854
If I was a previous major sponsor, I might take exception to them advertising it as '50 years of Super-Cheap Auto 1000'. Super-Cheap haven't been sponsoring it for 50 years so they shouldn't get the credit. I'm sure a decent lawyer would be able to persuade them to just call it 50 years of Bathurst.

Sponsorship is obviously financially necessary but it does cheapen the event somewhat. V8 Supercars is a great category, but they aren't quite as special as the old production touring cars were in the 1970s. That time can never happen again though. The Aussie manufacturers aren't strong enough to do it anymore. Developing road-legal race weapons is too expensive for manufacturers who are no longer selling even half the volume that they used to back in the day. The real problem with V8 Supercars is in the carpark. All the supporters wear their Ford and Holden t-shirts, but they drive to the mountain in Hyundais, Toyotas and every conceivable type of imported small car and 4wd. Large sedans are not volume selling cars anymore, the real Aussie family car is now a small four-cylinder front wheel drive hatchback. If you re-launched a true touring car race in Australia it would be like the BTCC, front wheel drives under two litres.
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frank2112 Officially Full-On Dubber

215 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#917760
waveman1500 wrote:If I was a previous major sponsor, I might take exception to them advertising it as '50 years of Super-Cheap Auto 1000'. Super-Cheap haven't been sponsoring it for 50 years so they shouldn't get the credit. I'm sure a decent lawyer would be able to persuade them to just call it 50 years of Bathurst.

Sponsorship is obviously financially necessary but it does cheapen the event somewhat. V8 Supercars is a great category, but they aren't quite as special as the old production touring cars were in the 1970s. That time can never happen again though. The Aussie manufacturers aren't strong enough to do it anymore. Developing road-legal race weapons is too expensive for manufacturers who are no longer selling even half the volume that they used to back in the day. The real problem with V8 Supercars is in the carpark. All the supporters wear their Ford and Holden t-shirts, but they drive to the mountain in Hyundais, Toyotas and every conceivable type of imported small car and 4wd. Large sedans are not volume selling cars anymore, the real Aussie family car is now a small four-cylinder front wheel drive hatchback. If you re-launched a true touring car race in Australia it would be like the BTCC, front wheel drives under two litres.
Happens all too frequently these days. We recently had the local VW dealer advertising that they are 'Canberra's original volkswagen dealer'. Made my blood boil as I used to work for the original. Rant over. But sponsorship and TV coverage of all sports is ruining a lot of sports, especially motor racing.
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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#917798
Wow Frank, I went to Canberra a few years ago to photograph the old Greg Cusack dealership on Mort St in Braddon. You can still faintly see 'Greg Cusack' under the new paint on the building, and there is still an awesome metal VW sign cast into the footpath. The Shell servo at Manuka is on the site of Cusack's other dealership from the '50s and '60s.

Apparently there was such an uproar over Dick Smith Skyline that it has now been renamed Dick Smith (Brock's) Skyline. It was originally named after Peter Brock as a tribute to him shortly after his death, but sponsorship dollars apparently came first - until the uproar anyway. Tim Blair blogs about it here:

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/corner_re_brocked/#commentsmore

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#917827
We all sound quite old 😂😂

I have some great Bathrurst year books from the late '70's and early 80's that I bought as a youngster