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26 Oct 2003, 08:53 (Ref:763377)
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SBR pit stops !
How fast are SBR with both pitstops today. Marcos looked like it was a high 5 or 6 second stop, and Russell's 6.8 second stop just put the teams to shame.
Do they have better guns then the other teams, but just watching them they do it like clock work. Well done to them. 
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26 Oct 2003, 09:29 (Ref:763407)
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Watch some of the other teams and you will see the majority of them losing time because of where they place the replacement wheel - they have to physically swing right around and the REACHHHHH for it - there is at least a second to 2 second in those two actions alone.
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26 Oct 2003, 09:30 (Ref:763409)
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They were great stops & that was where the race was won, some of the other teams have to lift their game in this area as with the series is as close as it is it could well be decided by pit strategy & the speed in which the stops are completed.
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26 Oct 2003, 10:50 (Ref:763473)
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SBR ..Lightning fast - they remembered the debacle they had once in the pitstop at ORAN PARK and setout at being the top pitstop team
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26 Oct 2003, 14:36 (Ref:763657)
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They've been the top pit crew for a while, and I guess the key is just practice.
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27 Oct 2003, 02:35 (Ref:764058)
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27 Oct 2003, 05:11 (Ref:764111)
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And remember when strategy cost them a QLD 500 a few years back?
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27 Oct 2003, 09:02 (Ref:764273)
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They practice all the time, in the actual place they will be on the raceday which must help enormously...
At Bathurst, while most of the other teams were finished for the evening on the Friday, the SBR mob had the #4 car out on the pitlane, and did dozens of changes, with fuel head attached (no fuel going in, just timing).... The harder you work, the luckier you get! |
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27 Oct 2003, 09:24 (Ref:764298)
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Practice makes perfect
SBR have worked very hard over the off season and its paying off. How many times did his crew cost him a race win in season 02? Oran Park springs to mind |
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27 Oct 2003, 09:46 (Ref:764318)
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"The harder you work, the luckier you get".
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27 Oct 2003, 09:54 (Ref:764327)
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I remember watching a team doing practice pit stops at Bathurst one Saturday night about 15 years ago.
They kept at it for about 2 hours until they were sure that they had it right ..... and it paid off ... About seven laps into the race the front right wheel came off going into McPhillamy Pk and the car hit the wall! After all their practice they never got to do a pitstop! |
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27 Oct 2003, 10:53 (Ref:764395)
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I'm told that SBR were very happy with their pitstops over the weekend but belive there is another 0.5 sec' for improvement.Got to love a Team that thinks that way.Benchmark Team of the Series.
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27 Oct 2003, 11:02 (Ref:764407)
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If they improve anymore, they could be last on the track, do a stop and come out in the lead.
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27 Oct 2003, 11:23 (Ref:764423)
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Like Larry Perkins you mean - last in the first few laps and win the race...
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27 Oct 2003, 11:31 (Ref:764428)
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27 Oct 2003, 11:47 (Ref:764446)
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I believe Colin Bond did the same at Phillip Island in the 70's - no safety cars then....
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27 Oct 2003, 11:49 (Ref:764447)
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27 Oct 2003, 13:47 (Ref:764553)
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28 Oct 2003, 01:38 (Ref:765275)
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28 Oct 2003, 01:56 (Ref:765281)
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I like the way the SBR wheel guys seem to have the gun almost on the nut as the car is coming to a stop. PRECISION PLUS. Lots of little gains in lots of little areas.
You can't overtake at Surfers - except in the Pitlane. Well done SBR crew. |
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30 Oct 2003, 02:22 (Ref:767659)
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Practice does make perfect and SBR have obviously done their homework, but as an earlier post mentioned, SBR have done more than practice, they've studied and refined the method. People who work smart will often beat people who work hard.
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