Comments on: Nothing Like Whistling Past a Graveyard http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/nothing-like-whistling-past-a-graveyard A Member of the Thunder Lounge Network Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:11:39 +0000 http://thunderlounge.com/?v=2.6 By: Marc http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/nothing-like-whistling-past-a-graveyard#comment-1625 Marc Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:04:33 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2006/11/07/nothing-like-whistling-past-a-graveyard/#comment-1625 I vaguely recall something about the V8's leaving their best equipment home for the Melbourne event but old age and a dusty memory dictated I leave that out. AF3 Chairman of the Board Mr. Jose Eduardo (Eddie) Pe I vaguely recall something about the V8’s leaving their best equipment home for the Melbourne event but old age and a dusty memory dictated I leave that out.

AF3 Chairman of the Board Mr. Jose Eduardo (Eddie) Pe

]]> By: peterg http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/nothing-like-whistling-past-a-graveyard#comment-1624 peterg Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:36:45 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2006/11/07/nothing-like-whistling-past-a-graveyard/#comment-1624 Walker's blowing smoke out his arse, the V8's "guarantee" that the event is a sell out, although if they are absent I don't believe attendance would drop below 90% (if not a full house). Ironically the V8 teams despise the Melbourne round & have said so publicly. Firstly they are only there because the sponsors want the coverage & it's a street race that can bring in a hefty damage bill. There have been years where it has not been a points scoring round (not sure if that is still the case) & they have run the old chassis instead of risking the latest model.Finally, the little dears hate the crowded pit they get stuck with & don't like playing second fiddle/support to the big boys in F1, when you consider Tony Cochran has said that he believes the Gold Coast Indy round is a waste of money & should be run solely as a V8 event, you get the idea. Call me a snob but I wont miss the V8's at Melbourne, although I'm happy to watch the great racing, at least half of the die-hard V8 fans don't have opposable thumbs & can't spell deductive reasoning, let alone know what it is. Sitting in the stands at Adelaide in 94, the "Dick Johnston Ford" fan next to me was ignorant of any of the drivers names - save Mansell - & he had a vague notion that this was a final round championship decider. There will be a huge difference in the crowd make up & the demographics without the V8's. You have stumped me on the Asian F3 rumour & I will believe you as you have an ear to the ground, but if anybody else had told me this I would have said bs. Exactly who is prepared to foot the bill of flying the series down here? I would give a arm & a leg to have the GP2 grid down here but that's just a pipe dream, man, GP2 Dallara/Renault's at Melbourne.....................I think I've got a hard on, I need a cold shower. Walker’s blowing smoke out his arse, the V8’s “guarantee” that the event is a sell out, although if they are absent I don’t believe attendance would drop below 90% (if not a full house). Ironically the V8 teams despise the Melbourne round & have said so publicly. Firstly they are only there because the sponsors want the coverage & it’s a street race that can bring in a hefty damage bill. There have been years where it has not been a points scoring round (not sure if that is still the case) & they have run the old chassis instead of risking the latest model.Finally, the little dears hate the crowded pit they get stuck with & don’t like playing second fiddle/support to the big boys in F1, when you consider Tony Cochran has said that he believes the Gold Coast Indy round is a waste of money & should be run solely as a V8 event, you get the idea.

Call me a snob but I wont miss the V8’s at Melbourne, although I’m happy to watch the great racing, at least half of the die-hard V8 fans don’t have opposable thumbs & can’t spell deductive reasoning, let alone know what it is. Sitting in the stands at Adelaide in 94, the “Dick Johnston Ford” fan next to me was ignorant of any of the drivers names - save Mansell - & he had a vague notion that this was a final round championship decider. There will be a huge difference in the crowd make up & the demographics without the V8’s.

You have stumped me on the Asian F3 rumour & I will believe you as you have an ear to the ground, but if anybody else had told me this I would have said bs. Exactly who is prepared to foot the bill of flying the series down here? I would give a arm & a leg to have the GP2 grid down here but that’s just a pipe dream, man, GP2 Dallara/Renault’s at Melbourne…………………I think I’ve got a hard on, I need a cold shower.

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