Give Ford
Teams what they want and shut them
up!
I say give Ford what ever they
want. What is it this time? Oh yeah, the front under tray is
too small. Even though it's the same as the Holden's, let's
not let that little fact ruin everything.
It seems that the Ford teams can
put all of their bad luck and misfortunes down to a few square
centimeters of front under tray.
Apparently all of those spins,
and blown motors, and crashes, and brake problems, and wheel
failures, were all the result of the front under tray not
being big enough! Hmm, I was wondering why I never made it as a
mechanic, I had never have thought of that.
So I say give them more under
tray, bigger rear wing, or what-ever the hell they think they
need. And do you know why? Because downforce is not their problem,
that's why. It's their pathetic Falcon suspension geometry and
just plain ordinary driving, poor pit work, "Hey man wheres my
damn car?" strategy and crap reliability that is serving this
championship up to HRT on a platter.
You can make up what-ever theory
you like from statistics, but the facts remain that Ford has
lost every round so far this season! (and last season was not
that much better for that matter) and that had nothing at all
to do with downforce. Now from memory, correct if I am wrong,
let's see...Craig Lownes, Fords multi million-dollar
Superstar. Stop go in Adelaide,... 2 blown engines in
one day at the Valley,... spun out at the Creek,... more motor
problems at Oran Park,.... a spin, faulty shock and a thump
into Seton at Winton! Now 5 ton of down force wouldn't have helped in
these situations.
As for Marcus Ambrose? Stop goes,
poor pit work, spins, fried rear tyres.... And hes the pick of
the crop!
Ozemail? Broken exhaust header
(after setting the fastest lap in race one at Winton) and then
Bowe complains that they should make the HRT cars 150kg
heavier?
Not to mention DJR, these guys
have actually invented a new meaning in life, in ways to look
bad. They make the other Ford teams look like slickly run
professional outfits!
So I reckon give them the tray,
sit back and watch Holden still win.
But don't worry ford fans, I'm
sure the new BA will fix all of these problems next season. It
wont spin out or blow motors or let pit crew drop it off it's
jacks or cook brakes or.... keep dreaming.
Take pride in your pride.
HRT win races not because of
their big budget as so many people are led to believe, but
because of their ability to work together as a professional
team and to have well prepared cars with talented drivers to
back them up. At least HOLDEN and GM have had the balls to
continue backing the Holden teams even from the era when Peter
Brock started racing with HDT, unlike Ford who have never
backed there own cars, or teams, until the last 5 years.
The most ironic part about the
Ford teams is they have whined for many years requesting
changes be made to give them equal parity to Holden, yet when
their requests are given the green light by CAMS, TEGA and
AVESCO, formerly known as the ATCC, Ford still can't put back
to back round wins together because of their inferior cars and
team work.
The V8 Supercar Series and
AVESCO
With all due respect, AVESCO has
brought our V8 Supercar Series back from the grave, and
resurrected the remains of the former ATCC, and generated a
new lease of life into the sport. But sadly enough, the CEO
and board at Avesco is slowly letting the power of the all
mighty buck go to their heads through pure greed, and it's
time for a change!
My reason for saying this is
basic, get rid of the dead wood and replace the current Board
with former V8 Supercar drivers, who know what is needed in
this sport, personally Peter Brock would be a fine CEO who
fits the criteria with all his knowledge and expertise of the
sport along with Larry Perkins, Dick Johnson, Jim Richards
just to name a few.
Now if these former V8 drivers
who have a wealth of knowledge between them were to take full
control of the Avesco Corporation we the supporters would then
see this great motorsport grow stronger, with only minimal
changes to the rules having to be made. The competition is out
there and growing stronger each season and the same can be
said for the supporters, but all the current drivers, and the
supporters, want to see an level playing field. No more, No
less, and unless this happens in the next few years the V8
Supercar Series will end up the same way as the BTCC
did.
The HOLDEN
GURU