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Old 14-10-2013, 02:48 PM   #91
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thanks for this, watching that again just brought up a well of emotion. Amazing
Seeing his wife so happy then they said, its all about his kids and family for frosty
Thats where i got a bit emotional
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Old 14-10-2013, 03:13 PM   #92
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A race highlight for me was Murphy putting his car into the wall. That was just as good for me as Frosty winning the mountain.
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I read Murphy is beating himself up with that crash.
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I read Murphy is beating himself up with that crash.
Not a happy camper I reckon
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Old 14-10-2013, 03:44 PM   #95
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MURPH TAKES THE BLAME

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A devastated Greg Murphy has taken the blame for the crash that eliminated the front-running Holden Racing Team Commodore VF from the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and also hurt James Courtney’s Championship hopes.

The four-time Bathurst winner lost the rear-end of the Holden as he rounded the right-hand turn heading into Reid Park. The impact into the concrete wall at 135km/h destroyed the right-front suspension of the car.

“I don’t know what happened, I either turned in too late or a bit too aggressively,” Murphy said. “It was weird. I had had moments on other parts of the track today, but not there.

“It completely caught me by surprise. I lost the rear and as soon as it got in the marbles it was gone. I wasn’t going to collect it from there.”

It was the fourth big crash of the week at Reid Park this week as team have battled to set up their new Car of the Future V8 Supercars. A blustery wind has not helped car handling today.

Murphy suffered no serious injury in the crash, which was the second notable one of the race after David Russell collected a kangaroo in the Jack Daniel’s Nissan Altima he was sharing with Todd Kelly on lap 21.

“The pride is hurt,” said Murphy. “There is no upside to this; his Championship, the team, the build-up, what you come here for.

“It’s been a tough weekend for a lot of teams, the cars have caught us all out on how they have behaved around the track. They are certainly not easy and they are not the nicest car I have ever driven around Bathurst by any means.”

The Courtney/Murphy Commodore qualified fifth for the Great Race and was shaping as a rostrum player when the accident happened on lap 87.

The DNF meant Courtney missed the chance to collect up to 300 Championship points in this race and will certainly drop from fifth in the Championship.

But Courtney refused to make his teammate any worse than he already was.

“Being so gusty I thought the car was moving around a lot more than normal,” Courtney said. “Conditions are really, really tricky. I was having moments and our car was pretty loose all weekend.

“This could have happened to anyone, I am just gutted for Murph. He is just a seasoned campaigner and to go out like this is tearing him up. We’ll be right, we will rebuild the car and press on at Indy. The good thing is he’s okay."

Courtney has dropped from fifth in the Championship to ninth and is now 514 points off leader Jamie Whincup, who fininshed the race in second with Warren Luff, 0.4 seconds behind first time winner Mark Winterbottom, paired with three-time winner Steve Richards.
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Old 14-10-2013, 03:51 PM   #96
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Finally repaid for his loyalty to the team and the brand.
Exactly, Frosty has been the ONLY current driver that has been loyal to Ford throughout his career!

I am so glad that he drove as well as he ever has in that race. Apart from his fluffed start (which with full tanks, the tallest diff on offer - is easy to do) that was a faultless performance. Richo drove as well as I can ever remember him doing so. Richo's speed was superb.

Early parts of the race where the FPR cars were running 5th & 6th Skaife was saying that he was seriously impressed with the speed of them. With the huge gusts of wind playing havoc, for neither driver to not make a mistake all day under large pressure which got amped up to massive pressure for the last 60 odd laps was enormous.

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Old 14-10-2013, 05:19 PM   #97
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I cried when FROSTY won so happy, followed him for years.
V8 Supercars is not what it used to be, for one not enough cars should be about 36 make it more exciting, and maxiumum of say 8 cars per manufacturer. mercs are going to be strong next year.
I may have teared up a bit too..but was trying to hide it from my wife sitting beside me...because im a mans man lol
seeing murphy hit the wall (im sorry to admit) was the second best thing all day He was avoiding the plastic bag when he slid wide.....what a load of tripe he keeps goin on about saying..."I don't know what happened"
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Old 14-10-2013, 11:19 PM   #98
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The 200 bucks of merchandise from FPR in broady a few months ago paid off... & the consensus from the girls on the counter when asked about there FPR future was watch this space... cool they continue on into the future for awhile yet. Well done Frosty & FPR, takes a bit of the sting out of the crappy news that most of us Ford brothers & sisters have had to accept of recent months... no Mercs Frosty make it back to back.
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Old 15-10-2013, 11:17 AM   #99
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I reckon that Kangaroo should be called the ''Super roo'' for not getting killed crossing the race track....
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Old 15-10-2013, 12:36 PM   #100
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So happy go Frosty. One of the genuine nice guys in pitlane. Not a hint of arrogance about him (unlike whingcup). One of the fairest drivers too. Not too many instances of Frosty punting another guy for position. In fact I've been critical of him at times for his lack of aggression.

This result had me teering up. A great win for the good guys. A turning point for FPR I hope. Outnumbered almost 3-1 by ******* VF's and 3 Falcons in the top 10. So So proud!!!
How true ..an absolute gentleman and so well deserved .. From someone who sees these guys in the back stalls
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Old 15-10-2013, 04:41 PM   #101
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Just noticed in todays herald sun, a full page ad by Ford celebrating sundays Bathurst win, cant remember the last time Ford did this.
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A race highlight for me was Murphy putting his car into the wall. That was just as good for me as Frosty winning the mountain.
4 highlights for me

1 - frosty's win
2 - top 10 was ford and holden
3 - first car out was a nissan
4 - highest place for the new Kids on the block was 14th

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I read Murphy is beating himself up with that crash.
Good!!!!!
Suck eggs murphy!!!!!!
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