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But that's the point. A black-focused car has been done before. A casual viewer of the sport (and we should probably acknowledge that isnt likely to be someone who posts here) are going to ask what Super Black is all about... and the answer will likely be a Kiwi team trying to stick it up the Aussies, like TKR were.
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If the Holden Racing Team is HRT, Dick Johnson Racing is DJR and Brad jones Racing is BJR..... Perhaps the Super Black Racing name has less to do with a Rugby team and more to do with a couple of blokes from Pukekohe who used to own a team that did okay. |
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Where it gets to TKR MkII is that the raison d'etre of this squad isnt really out in the public realm. A group of guys want to use their resources to take a tilt at the V8Supercar championship is easily understood. Certainly the reasons behind Mr Thexton making himself a V8SC driver were the envy of many of us who lacked the wherewithal to get to the same place in life. To play the Kiwi card is interesting, and something that TKR tried to do too. The rest is still confusing, especially when it doesnt seem that their reported bid for a REC for 2015 is in train. |
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Yes, but I'm sure they wouldn't be too unhappy with all the extra publicity they would get if ambrose did drive the car. Would probably be a worthwhile proposition for both parties.
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One would assume the one with the contract to race this year in that car, Mr David Wall, might disagree.
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He hasn't sat in the CotF cars, he hasn't driven the track, there would unlikely be any test days left for him to have a steer beforehand. Better off to come out next year with a full pre-season of Penske funding and input & some time in the car testing Plus what has David Wall done so wrong to deserve a mid-season sacking? |
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Why would you bump wall out early when you could just run a Wildcard entry?
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what has david wall done wrong, he is 20th in the championship, his team mate is 13th. Thus he has underperformed compared to his team mate who was racing for a podium today |
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Didnt something like this happen some years ago, if i recall, it was MArcus Marshall, who gave up his seat, at a the Gold Caost meeting
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Jason Bright was going to stand down from his Britek drive when he was running a car out of Stone Brothers Racing in 2009 to allow Ambrose to make a one-off appearance at the Sydney 500, but the deal was keboshed by City Hall.
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DR have skipped a few test days too, so will have some up their sleeve. I guess we will find out Tuesday morning at the presser.
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Is there anything stopping Penske shipping a COTF car over to the US for a bit of 'promotional' running. The tyres would be different but that would be about it. I'm sure they'd have easy access to a number of different tracks. |
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Looks like Rusty French is kicking the can on this venture, too.
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If Morris can get into the top 10, in a halfway decent car Ambrose would spank that field.
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