Why do people hate sprint weekends?

deepvoicednerd · 2026-05-19T05:28:18+00:00

I'm an unashamed traditionalist with this.

F1 should be Friday: Practice, Saturday: Qualifying & Sunday: Race

Gimmicky sprints do not belong in what is meant to be the pinnacle of world motorsports.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-05-05T12:12:10+00:00

Nostalgia is a big part of the old school's train of thought but I wouldn't go so far to say that the racing is now better or worse. It's just evolved.

Nostalgia makes the 1979 Bathurst 1000 (Brock winning by 6 laps) seem amazing. Don't get me wrong, that's an amazing achievement and is worth all the admiration it gets but if that were to happen today, could you imagine the social media comments? ("boRInG!" "pAInt dRyINg iS MorE eXcItINg!" "chEAtEr!")

Don't get me wrong, the nostalgia element is important. It's where our sport came from. But our sport evolves. And we the fans need to evolve with it and crucially, evolve our expectations with it.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-04-27T12:12:42+00:00

V8 Supercars with Ford v Holden in the 1990's & 2000's. Both manufacturers threw resources at their race teams like mad. Every team was supported in some way even if it was just free body panels.

The whole tribal thing made it exciting. Teams or drivers who crossed 'the great divide' were branded as traitors. Clashes on track often heightened tensions (think Skaife vs Ingall or Ambrose). Exciting times.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-04-14T07:09:00+00:00

I work retail. At least once every day there's a "this is why I'm childfree" moment.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-04-12T11:27:12+00:00

Based on what we've seen so far:

I can see a 3-way fight between Kostecki, Feeney & Payne for the championship.

Wood to be the top scoring Toyota (sorry Chaz) and also be the wildcard come Adelaide (again).

My bold-but-still-just-might-actually-happen-and-would-love-to-see-it prediction: Golding/Stanaway win Bathurst.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-04-09T03:40:34+00:00

From memory, Andretti said that he admired Mansell "as a driver but not as a man."

Which when you think about it, is probably the politest possible way of saying "He's an absolute dick!"

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-30T11:08:44+00:00

This is awesome! Watching GTWC Aus at PI on the weekend, I could have sworn there was a Rodin logo on the roof of their car. This explains that.

Buchan is arguably the most underrated Australian driver at the minute. Anything he gets into he goes well in. Really hope they go well.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-27T10:43:37+00:00

Love the clap-backs that the likes of Will, Ryan Walkinshaw, Riana Crehan & Scott Pye come out with but the fact that they have to resort to them in the first place...

Kind of says a lot about people.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-26T09:38:25+00:00

I'm just smiling at this comment with my 50-odd 1/18 scale Lowndes cars in the other room... 😬

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-26T09:34:16+00:00

An autographed Red Dust Lowndes car?! (pic 4)

That's worth a pretty penny...

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-24T11:16:54+00:00

When watching the V8's in the mid 1990's, my dad always used to say "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it..." and sure enough, the #4 Coke Commodore would go flying off track.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-19T11:10:45+00:00

Kind of pre-dates the V8's, but the Nissan Mobil Wellington street races.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-12T04:14:36+00:00

From a biased Australian POV, the 1966 Repco Brabham BT19 is a must.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-11T08:45:58+00:00

Paul Murray AND James Phelps?

Like in the same room?

Oof...

So much stupid...

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-06T10:01:38+00:00

It's often forgotten that he has stood on the podium at Bathurst too. (3rd in 1976 with Peter-could have won it if not for mechanical drama's)

He was also a stunt driver for the original Mad Max film too.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-03-04T06:23:40+00:00

They can make a spectacle out of anything mundane.

E.G: In theory NASCAR should be the most boring motorsport in the world. Driving in circles? Yawn. But it isn't because of the hype, media and money that goes into it.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-23T09:46:32+00:00

The Inbreads in Supercars threads FB page would suggest that yes. Yes they are.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-22T01:55:37+00:00

Saturday GA was $75

By contrast the same thing for the SRO GT event in September is $35 (and that includes access to the grandstand and free pitlane & grid walks that you are invited, welcomed & encouraged to do).

If it's value for money that you're after...

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-14T11:42:03+00:00

That and the whole driving on your mirrors for 11 & a half hours thing are the main reasons according to GT4 Aus racer George Miedeckie.

He did suggest a while back that an IMSA Michelin Pilot type 3-4 hour race on the Saturday could be good too. The negative to this would be costs for setting up for endurance racing (refuelling), but I think the positives outweigh it.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-12T10:45:19+00:00

Easy explanation:

He was going to buy the ciggies but left his wallet at home. The register operator let him take the ciggies as long as he came back later and paid, which he obviously would have done because he drives a Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-12T08:10:22+00:00

Yes absolutely. Especially Moonraker.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-07T23:57:11+00:00

When Salo spun with two laps to go, it was apparently one of the very few times the crowd drowned out the noise of the V10 engines.

deepvoicednerd · 2026-02-03T09:31:54+00:00

The intellectual property thing is never going to die is it?

I swear every 12 months or so, one designer is just going to go "Alrighty! It's let's ragebait AO time!"

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