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27th March 2007, 15:16 #1
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Subaru Australia wants to go Touring Car racing
Interesting to see Subaru Australia promoting the possibility of introducing a new Touring Car championship, based loosely on the S2000 regulations used in BTCC & WTCC. Currently Subaru are only involved in a scattered array of events from Tarmac Rallying & road racing like the Bathurst 12 hour race with a car based on Gp. N specs. There has also been a presence in the Australian Production Car Championship.
Subaru are currently not involved in S2000 touring car racing so it raises plenty of questions. All to try & break the strangle hold V8Supercars have in Australia. After the downfall of 2L Touring Cars, it is hard to see a new championship being created but might change if WTCC or Asian championships might be involved as well in some way with a local race or drivers swaps.
The big thing in my head is that it seems clear that the ARC is well off their radar, even to the extent of creating a totally new championship.Happiness is using the side windows more than the windscreen
In reply to being asked what 240Kph on Watagans Road was like:-
\"Wait till I check my pants, I didn\'t know whether to sh#t myself or orgasm!!!\"
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9th April 2007, 23:20 #2
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Originally Posted by Livewireshock
http://v8central.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=83
http://www.subarumotorsport.com.au/bathurst12.html
The team was using this as a shakedown for their new cars, essentially treating this as a 12hr test session. I had which chassis numbers they were written down somewhere but I lost that bit of paper.
What was interesting was that going up mountain straight, the Scoobs would surrender their lead very easily, content on running their own times. I'm sure that this in part contributed to them being quite consistent all day and for the most part keeping out of trouble - 2 cars unbent after 12hrs is an acheivement.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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10th April 2007, 08:44 #3
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I knew the Bathurst cars were their former ARC Group N cars. The comments that Subaru Australia were making was for a totally new championship based on Super 2000 Touring Car rules as opposed to Super 2000 Rally Car rules. This is what is in use in the WTCC & BTCC. Maybe calling for a local round of the WTCC.
The S2000 car would be much faster than the production based cars used in Group N. Subaru currently does not have a S2000 car they can call on,Happiness is using the side windows more than the windscreen
In reply to being asked what 240Kph on Watagans Road was like:-
\"Wait till I check my pants, I didn\'t know whether to sh#t myself or orgasm!!!\"
Meeke still destroying all the WRC2 guys even after rolling the car on the Shakedown.
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