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2009 News and Rumours
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Just remember that opening stint at bathurst & Adelaide guys. JC was on another planet & hopefully we can give him the car so as he can finally reach his full potential. I seriously think that even with our current cars, where a much better TEAM then SBR are at the moment who are only a shadow of their former self, so hopefully next year with 888 chassis's...............JC will do the business for us & I'm quite confident he will.
i often think with SBR that people underestimate the impact Marcos Amrbose had on the team... We all know theyre clever blokes and they prepared alot of good race cars... But before Marcos showed up they were Struggling with Bairdo, and once he left they could only keep it up for another 12months..
People forget how good he was, old Marcos... pole in his first ever outing in a V8 is the first thing that springs to mind.. Keeping pressure on gonzo even when that AU was struggling BIG TIME..
For me, even though he only got two titles and never won Bathurst... Ambrose is a great of the sport...
Im confident that JC will do a job for us... and Jnr will be a perfect partner for him, should he stick around. Probably the best in the pack at keeping a straight car..
bring on 09! more coin, 888 chassis, and one of the fastest, most gifted racers in the field.. (f#@k davison)
People forget how good he was, old Marcos... pole in his first ever outing in a V8 is the first thing that springs to mind.. Keeping pressure on gonzo even when that AU was struggling BIG TIME..
For me, even though he only got two titles and never won Bathurst... Ambrose is a great of the sport...
Im confident that JC will do a job for us... and Jnr will be a perfect partner for him, should he stick around. Probably the best in the pack at keeping a straight car..
bring on 09! more coin, 888 chassis, and one of the fastest, most gifted racers in the field.. (f#@k davison)
not this black duck: When Brighty left SBR, it left 'em in a quandary. A mate of mine used to walk the dog of a bloke who lived next door to the maiden aunt of a bloke who worked three doors up from SBR, who reckoned that they had already passed on Baird on the grounds that he was too slow, but couldn't get anyone else for the seat. For Ambrose to do what he did, when he did it, and with what he did it with... and if you revisit some of the print interviews and read his comments on what they were doing about the AU, the plans for the BA, etc etc...
Not to say he's perfect. Here, he was prone to psyching himself out ("there's a vibration"... "there's a flat"...) and his final season could've easily been his third successive title, but for a bit of division in his focus... but when there was a fight to be fought, he's start doing the sorts of things Moffat did when he got riled, or Alan Jones... the gaze would get steely, and all of a sudden the opposition would have real trouble dealing with him. He was a genius for creating overtaking opportunities where most people considered none available (scything through the pack at one of the GP meets by simply passing them through the left-right switchback down the back, where all the "legends" would be single-file, for instance)
What he did extraordinarily well here, and seems to be doing in the States, is galvanise the team into action around him; whether it's because he leads by example, or because he knows how to massage the best from the people around him is a moot point... it simply seems to happen. Like Mitch says, SBR weren't doing anything special when he arrived there... but then he sticks it on pole first time out... and then takes a new car to two straight titles, and whilhe he missed out in 2005, Phillip Island that year was as imperious a demonstration of Who's The Boss as I've seen.
Disappointed to see Will go... but it's a plum ride he's getting. JC needs to coalesce his talent and potential into tangible results, and Junior needs to add aggressive racing to his silky wheelmanship and uncanny knack for bringing them home straight.
I must admit that i'm not to worried about having Courtney(if true) he's bent plenty with SBR and put them on the back foot.
With any luck he's got the car wrecking out of his system and can realise when just finishing is better than binning it.
It wouldn't suprise me to see Courtney in a DJR car winning the championship and hosing Will and the other HRT grub
With any luck he's got the car wrecking out of his system and can realise when just finishing is better than binning it.
It wouldn't suprise me to see Courtney in a DJR car winning the championship and hosing Will and the other HRT grub
Racin Jason
Active member
Once again Henry you are succinct and most eloquent. I always enjoy reading your posts! Ambrose was something very special and still is![bw][bw][bw]
Taken from another Forum.
Enews are reporting that Perkins will be stepping back and performing a Walkinshaw type supply arrangement with the Kelly's controlling the team which could be up to 5 cars. They will consist of Todd & Rick with probably Jack and possibly Dumbrell. Apparently Larry said there was some truth to the story!!
Enews are reporting that Perkins will be stepping back and performing a Walkinshaw type supply arrangement with the Kelly's controlling the team which could be up to 5 cars. They will consist of Todd & Rick with probably Jack and possibly Dumbrell. Apparently Larry said there was some truth to the story!!
Racin Jason
Active member
A very interesting silly season. WTF will happen next?
XYGTReplica
New member
A bit of useless trivia for you all. Bright is running an SBR engine for the last 2 rounds this year.
Cheers
John
Cheers
John
XYGTReplica
New member
Spot on DJR-XR8! That is who he is talking to at the moment. Bargs will bring experience and a bit of folding stuff to PCR. He isn't a done deal, but he is defenitly talking to the team at the moment.
Cheers
John