@stangnutlx hmmmm Dale Jr. is considered the best restrictor plate drive in nascar. and restrictor plate driving shows the true talent in my book. he isnt the best in nascar but hes a damn good driver. considering hes a 5 time talladega winner, a daytona 500 winner and has came close to winning a couple championships
honestly a real driver should be able to drive in a varity of conditions with different cars and still do well so id like to see alot more drivers jump between f1 nascar and v8supercars
if your referring to v8supercars sorry to bust your bubble mate but they are not the only thing they ( V8 supercars) share with the road cars is the panels that is it everything else including the chasis/ rollcage is built inhouse
It would be great if Nascar took some pointers from the Aussie V-8 cars. Instead the cars look identical, race too many ovals with VERY similar layouts, and look nothing like the car you could buy at a dealership. How cool would it be to have the V-8's come to Daytona and run the 3.5MI road course during Nascar speedweeks, they would get lots of attention. We have plenty of great road circuits here in the US, I wish they would use more than TWO!
The V8s could be part of the Nascar show at Watkins Glen, just before the Sprint Cup race on the same day. Better still, Marcos Ambrose could drive in both races. However, there would be problems logisticaly for the 2 series. Lack of pit space for both races, marshalls, race control centre, different ways of refueling, V8s race in rain or sunshine.
Best scenario would be the V8s have their own day at the Glen. But financialy and fear of an outsider coming to town, might be too much for Nascar.
@wha65 actually the Nationwide Series runs at the Glen the same weekend as the Cup guys do. Nationwide also runs 3 road courses not 2(Watkins Glen, Road America, and Circuit De Giles Villenueve)
@roguelead72 Yeah your spot on. I forgot about Road America.
Marcos Ambrose part owns this Training Centre for young aussie racers.
The car that Jr is driving is not full race set up and the V8 only puts out 450hp.
In race trim a V8 Supercar engine is a small block Ford or Chev 5ltr with 650hp. Their electronically limited to 7,500 rpm. I'd love to see how they would handle around Talladega or Daytona straight out of the box. lol...
@wha65 I dunno mate, I think that is Paul Morris's actual series car from 2007. It sounds exactly like a V8 Supercar, not one of those half arse road cars that people think are the real thing. I watched an incar shot of Paul Morris taking his girlfriend around the Townsville circuit in the Love machine Commodore which is the PMM built Sirromet VE, and this thing looks and sounds exactly the same from the inside. Keep in mind the V8 Supercars were using the H pattern gearboxes back in 2007.
It's good to see that you people are taking an interest in V8 Supercars. I've always maintained that we should be going over to America to race, because like you say you have some really great road circuits over there. I'd love to see a V8 Supercar on Laguna Seca.
@19escort73 hell i'd love to see nascar on laguna seca or barbers and if V8 supercars ever came to the US i'd take my hillbilly ass to go see that race in a second.
@dash662 Well apparently they've just signed a deal for the V8 Supercars to race in Texas in 2013. By that stage the teams will be using the new "car of the future" design, so the cars will be slightly different to what are now, but the atmosphere and the noise will hopefully be the same ;)
Jr seems very comfortable in the right side driver position in the V8's. And apart from crunching some changes at 1:21, he is smooth with his shifts. I'm impressed!!! When Boris Said drove at Bathurst last year, he admitted to having a hard time adapting from left to right and his shifts. He said he had never driven right side ever in his career!!!
Im an aussie and i understand the demands of nascar. The cars have more horse power then v8 supercars, the engine is on the rev limit for most of the race which happens to be the same length as bathurst every week end for over double the rounds of the v8 supercars, the cars are loose and so you have to fight to keep it straight and they do run on race tracks called road courses which have left and right corners like Watkins Glen.
Damn easy for him nice, but everyone whos knows racing knows nascar drivers are capable of circuit not just turn left and mash the pedal lol, they get paid a stack load of cash to race nascar.
okay people I know these things i was just joking. And its actually a 6 speed dog box with a triple plated clutch which not just anyone knows how to drive and yes they do have a lot of skill but some of them still manage to fuck it up on a oval circuit
Looks like he doesn't need to use the clutch on the upshift, how about the downshift? That engine sounds wicked! I didn't know that Jr. could drive on anything but an oval, bravo!
No need for clutch as it is an unsychronised straight cut racing gearbox. Looks like he ain't clutching on the down either which isn't necessary but most drivers do use it. A few like Richards and Murphy are left foot brakers so they never clutch. FWIW, the upshift can be done with the throttle flat to the floor as there is an ignition cut switch which allows the transmission to be 'unloaded' so a shift can be made.
jnr is a very good road racer, and i reckon he will be very competitive. It would have been good though to have got his dad to run against Brocky at Bathurst or something before they both died
Im pretty sure this was the car ashley cooper was killed in, r.i.p. ahsley. jnr done very well, wouldlike to see more nascar and ex f1 drivers have a go at this
I've driven a V8 on that track but only on those pay to drive type days. The ones I drove were so easy to drive. The only hard bit was the steering felt pretty heavy.
wow he did really well!! considering 1st time at ipswich and 1st time in a v8!!! looked smooth and very capable - did u guys hear that Boris Said will drive in the other supercheap car this yr at PI and Bathurst!!!! will be awesome.
Gee at 1:21 Dale looks like he over-revved the downshift that time :S but all good!! PMMS Engine sounds nice..Can't wait to See hoy Rusty goes this year..
Id kill for that box behind my motor..
JRancher 1 year ago
since when has willowbank had green grass
see4el9 1 year ago
@see4el9 must have been after a flood
dmied1 1 year ago
@tonoavayl No series runs ovals in the rain.
roguelead72 1 year ago
he certainly loves to fishtale pinging in 2nd gear
faalap84 1 year ago
sounds awesome!
nondas495 1 year ago
@wha65 Actually the Commodore was sold as a Pontiac G8 GXP in the US.
roguelead72 1 year ago
@roguelead72 go the mighty VE :D
Us Aussies, we love our rear wheel drive v8's dont we :D
angusholden 1 year ago
@angusholden Yeah, now I read GM's thinking of bringing the Holden back to the US as a Chevy now, I'm already drooling.
roguelead72 1 year ago
@roguelead72 actually all G8s were pretty much Commodores not just the GXP
Konformation07 1 year ago
@stangnutlx hmmmm Dale Jr. is considered the best restrictor plate drive in nascar. and restrictor plate driving shows the true talent in my book. he isnt the best in nascar but hes a damn good driver. considering hes a 5 time talladega winner, a daytona 500 winner and has came close to winning a couple championships
666jewkid 1 year ago
Lets see what he will do with this thing when it comes out in iRacing. ;)
RaceTheMaSe 1 year ago
dale jr is the man, he was talking about this at michigan in 08
YUBU8 2 years ago 6
If I was a racing driver, I would try and jump in every car i had the chance to. Im sure dale is the same.
I dont see why this must mean he'll ditch the 88 car for V8s
gnark1ll1us 2 years ago
yah lol
rollingparkinglot 2 years ago
bahahaha fat chance
speedwaysedan12 2 years ago
wow i wonder how other nascar folks would have done at driving a v8 supercar
right hand drive seems like a challinge for dale jr lol
rollingparkinglot 2 years ago
They drive very similar to cup cars. Very tail happy and heavy. Makes for quite a fun ride.
RetroGamerr1991 1 year ago
honestly a real driver should be able to drive in a varity of conditions with different cars and still do well so id like to see alot more drivers jump between f1 nascar and v8supercars
speedwaysedan12 2 years ago
Yeah bud they are exactly the same cars you can buy from the dealership, just stripped right down and then have a custom made race engine dropped in.
semtex84 2 years ago
if your referring to v8supercars sorry to bust your bubble mate but they are not the only thing they ( V8 supercars) share with the road cars is the panels that is it everything else including the chasis/ rollcage is built inhouse
112choice 2 years ago
incorrect.
they are supplied clean Chasis/Body by Ford/Holden.
semtex84 2 years ago
research it champ!!!!!
112choice 2 years ago
It would be great if Nascar took some pointers from the Aussie V-8 cars. Instead the cars look identical, race too many ovals with VERY similar layouts, and look nothing like the car you could buy at a dealership. How cool would it be to have the V-8's come to Daytona and run the 3.5MI road course during Nascar speedweeks, they would get lots of attention. We have plenty of great road circuits here in the US, I wish they would use more than TWO!
Nice to see JR trying out something different!
tonoavayl 2 years ago 2
The V8s could be part of the Nascar show at Watkins Glen, just before the Sprint Cup race on the same day. Better still, Marcos Ambrose could drive in both races. However, there would be problems logisticaly for the 2 series. Lack of pit space for both races, marshalls, race control centre, different ways of refueling, V8s race in rain or sunshine.
Best scenario would be the V8s have their own day at the Glen. But financialy and fear of an outsider coming to town, might be too much for Nascar.
wha65 2 years ago 3
@wha65 actually the Nationwide Series runs at the Glen the same weekend as the Cup guys do. Nationwide also runs 3 road courses not 2(Watkins Glen, Road America, and Circuit De Giles Villenueve)
roguelead72 1 year ago
@roguelead72 Yeah your spot on. I forgot about Road America.
Marcos Ambrose part owns this Training Centre for young aussie racers.
The car that Jr is driving is not full race set up and the V8 only puts out 450hp.
In race trim a V8 Supercar engine is a small block Ford or Chev 5ltr with 650hp. Their electronically limited to 7,500 rpm. I'd love to see how they would handle around Talladega or Daytona straight out of the box. lol...
wha65 1 year ago
@wha65 I dunno mate, I think that is Paul Morris's actual series car from 2007. It sounds exactly like a V8 Supercar, not one of those half arse road cars that people think are the real thing. I watched an incar shot of Paul Morris taking his girlfriend around the Townsville circuit in the Love machine Commodore which is the PMM built Sirromet VE, and this thing looks and sounds exactly the same from the inside. Keep in mind the V8 Supercars were using the H pattern gearboxes back in 2007.
19escort73 3 months ago
It's good to see that you people are taking an interest in V8 Supercars. I've always maintained that we should be going over to America to race, because like you say you have some really great road circuits over there. I'd love to see a V8 Supercar on Laguna Seca.
19escort73 2 years ago 7
@19escort73 hell i'd love to see nascar on laguna seca or barbers and if V8 supercars ever came to the US i'd take my hillbilly ass to go see that race in a second.
dash662 3 months ago
@dash662 Well apparently they've just signed a deal for the V8 Supercars to race in Texas in 2013. By that stage the teams will be using the new "car of the future" design, so the cars will be slightly different to what are now, but the atmosphere and the noise will hopefully be the same ;)
19escort73 3 months ago
Jr seems very comfortable in the right side driver position in the V8's. And apart from crunching some changes at 1:21, he is smooth with his shifts. I'm impressed!!! When Boris Said drove at Bathurst last year, he admitted to having a hard time adapting from left to right and his shifts. He said he had never driven right side ever in his career!!!
wha65 2 years ago
Shouldn't matter now, as its sequential shift?
cn009 2 years ago
So even though i love supercars, I can appreciate nascar for what it is, bare knuckle racing on the limit
dannybuoy13 2 years ago 2
Im an aussie and i understand the demands of nascar. The cars have more horse power then v8 supercars, the engine is on the rev limit for most of the race which happens to be the same length as bathurst every week end for over double the rounds of the v8 supercars, the cars are loose and so you have to fight to keep it straight and they do run on race tracks called road courses which have left and right corners like Watkins Glen.
dannybuoy13 2 years ago
not like a nascar driver to able to use 6 gears and go around corners
swat2400 3 years ago 2
Damn easy for him nice, but everyone whos knows racing knows nascar drivers are capable of circuit not just turn left and mash the pedal lol, they get paid a stack load of cash to race nascar.
paulbutkiss 3 years ago
Yeah, Dale Jr can drive anything with wheels really.
HLEarnhardt8 3 years ago 2
prtty sure that he would know how to drive a 6 shift lol. Nascar is Alot harder than you think man
DirteyApe 2 years ago
okay people I know these things i was just joking. And its actually a 6 speed dog box with a triple plated clutch which not just anyone knows how to drive and yes they do have a lot of skill but some of them still manage to fuck it up on a oval circuit
swat2400 2 years ago
the bump on turn 2 got him at 1:12, its couldnt be in a worse spot.
turb06 3 years ago 2
nice spotting
screwyou4444 3 years ago
Looks like he doesn't need to use the clutch on the upshift, how about the downshift? That engine sounds wicked! I didn't know that Jr. could drive on anything but an oval, bravo!
kshas3 3 years ago
No need for clutch as it is an unsychronised straight cut racing gearbox. Looks like he ain't clutching on the down either which isn't necessary but most drivers do use it. A few like Richards and Murphy are left foot brakers so they never clutch. FWIW, the upshift can be done with the throttle flat to the floor as there is an ignition cut switch which allows the transmission to be 'unloaded' so a shift can be made.
triumphstagdriver 3 years ago 2
Damn if that's really Dale he just earned a lot more of my respect!
VonVoltage 3 years ago
yes thats really Dale Jr he posted this video on the dmp forum a few months ago..
lyn26 3 years ago
jnr is a very good road racer, and i reckon he will be very competitive. It would have been good though to have got his dad to run against Brocky at Bathurst or something before they both died
bigaussie68 3 years ago
Im pretty sure this was the car ashley cooper was killed in, r.i.p. ahsley. jnr done very well, wouldlike to see more nascar and ex f1 drivers have a go at this
nightojunior 3 years ago
I've driven a V8 on that track but only on those pay to drive type days. The ones I drove were so easy to drive. The only hard bit was the steering felt pretty heavy.
guarana80 3 years ago
Hey,
i have always wanted to do that. do you think it is worth it?
v8supercarstv 3 years ago
You bet it's worth it! Check out my vid...
Tubbs888 3 years ago
Absolutely yes it is worth it!! I've done a couple now, they are awesome.
freddovich 3 years ago
well wps he is an earnhardt, watch would you expect
DylDogga 3 years ago
wow he did really well!! considering 1st time at ipswich and 1st time in a v8!!! looked smooth and very capable - did u guys hear that Boris Said will drive in the other supercheap car this yr at PI and Bathurst!!!! will be awesome.
wpsracing108 3 years ago
You think the usa press
would of talked about this
with him being the most popular
driver.
FordFusion59 4 years ago
Queensland RaceWay, Awesome track for Close racing......
AllianceTV 4 years ago
V8 supercars are awesome,way better than NASCAR which only turn left
marvinbenz 4 years ago
That is a pretty ignorant statement. Nascar currently runs 4 road courses and will add more next season.
lolinternets1 3 years ago
but thats only 4 =(
screwyou4444 3 years ago
i doubt so ... those cars look awesome turning left and righ, but just arent the american phylosophy
guillermo968 3 years ago
Awesome! I would love to drive one of those cars. I am so jealous... LOL
steffiep0515 4 years ago
Gee at 1:21 Dale looks like he over-revved the downshift that time :S but all good!! PMMS Engine sounds nice..Can't wait to See hoy Rusty goes this year..
Ford8882006 4 years ago
Yeah I saw that and said "Oh...little too soon into 3rd Junebug..."
azbobbybooshay10 3 years ago
Yeah but he knew it and pulled it back to 4th... It looks like he did alright anyway.
JWPearce3 3 years ago
ok road course master
patd0308 3 years ago