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Re: Bathurst 1000 Car Crashes
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Sun, 16 October 2005 06:31
 
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Hi,
Being cynical I'd say they were banned 'cos they weren't (the different classes) good for the Australian motor industry.
You had little 4-banger naturally aspirated Jap cars like the Celica and the Corolla running in the top 20 - maybe top ten one year (though I'm not sure) against massive Aussie V8 muscle.
Add to that Godzilla which left everyone behind.
So, a change of rules means that anything that isn't a push-rod V8 powered vehicle is not allowed to enter. Considering that the rest of the world, bar the USA, now makes more efficient and powerful V8 engines (for their size) which use OHC, I can't see anyone else getting a look in.
Sure, I bet there were those drivers that complained about slower cars on the track (is Suzuki Swifts etc), but that was part of the fun of the race and these little Swifts moved pretty fast and were locked into their own class race which made it exciting. And, even some of the Fords and Holdens from the low-budget teams weren't very quick and were lapped and slowing down faster cars within a small number of laps.
Ulitmately, the bogan factor won the day. Mind you, eventually (it won't happen overnight but it will happen) when Holden and Ford drag themselves out of the 1960s and start to use modern OHC engines, then it will be very interesting to see what other manufacturers (who already make these engines) will decide to enter Bathurst.
seeyuzz
river
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