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[Flaming Skull 57]

Hi All

Just watched the Supercars and two AMERICAN cars racing in AUS does not have the same feeling as previous great years of Holden and Ford.

Supercars is dead.

Cheers 

John

[yel327]

It’s what GroupC essentially was in 1969-72. Sure throw in a HT GTS 350 and an XY Super Falcon, but the major front runners were a Mustang and Camaro. Mustang won 1969, Camaro won 1971-2 with the HT winning in 1970.

[Flaming Skull 57]

Back to the Future

[AbsynthHatch]

Supercars will have some big decisions to make over the next few years, if they're going to keep this category alive in Australia.

I don't know what the answer is, TCM, GT3 or something else.

There's very little emotional attachment anymore.

[Dr Terry]

There's very little emotional attachment anymore.

I was of the same opinion until I attended a few supercar events recently.

 

At the better events, Adelaide, Bathurst etc. the crowds are bigger than ever & better behaved than in the past. 

 

Nowadays the "emotional attachment" is less about the car brand & more about the driver. The queues for signatures are as long as.

 

Dr Terry

[AbsynthHatch]

Interesting.
Perhaps I'm a product of being drip feed limited coverage on free to air tv.

I must admit I can really appreciate the engineering that goes into these cars & the fact they're chasing thousandths of a second. I also admire the skill it takes to wheel these machines around the track but I just can't warm to the majority of the drivers.

I don't feel they have charisma of of the likes of Johnson, Brock, Lowndesy or Skaife.
Add that to the loss of the Ford vs Holden tradition & to me it seems like lost its feel.

But it certainly sounds like there is a new generation of fans coming through though.

Also interesting a couple of drivers are trying their hand at NASCAR, be it full-time or one off drives.