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http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/04/01/fan-boost-set-to-spice-up-bathurst-1000/ FAN BOOST SET TO SPICE UP BATHURST 1000 Wednesday 1st April, 2015 4:00amAuthor: SpeedCafe © Fans will have direct involvement in the Bathurst 1000 via the new boost system Fans will have direct involvement in the Bathurst 1000 via the new boost system This years Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 will see V8 Supercars introduce a fan boost feature, giving chosen drivers a temporary horsepower increase. The V8 Boost system will allow fans to vote via social media for their favourite driver, with the most popular receiving an extra shot of 41bhp for a maximum of 60 seconds. The system is similar to that run in the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship. In a V8 Supercars twist, Australian fans will also be able to vote on which driver they want to see endure a similarly structured power reduction, known as V8 Reduce. Viewers will be able to see when the boost is engaged with high intensity LED lights flashing green when the team chooses to benefit from the extra horsepower. A red LED light will similarly be activated when the team chooses to take their horsepower penalty. Team pit booms and engineering stations will also be connected to the lights system. The V8 Supercars television coverage will carry live updates until voting closes and alerts when V8 Boost and V8 Reduce are engaged. Although yet to be confirmed, the voting system and allocation of V8 Boost and Reduce is expected to be repeated every hour during the 161 lap race. According to Bottle-O Racing driver, David Reynolds, the initiative is bound to cause controversy. His Prodrive Racing Australia team has been proactive in developing the system since it was first mooted at Februarys Sydney Test. For sure, its going to create some discussion, Reynolds told Speedcafe.com. From a drivers perspective youd be foolish not to engage with the fans and get them voting. A few years ago at Bathurst, I could have done with that extra horsepower to get past Jamie and at PRA well do everything we can to make it three wins at the 1000 on the trot. The system, dubbed the AF-01-04, is expected to be track tested for the first time later this month.

The banana owns what?

Rab wait till you see the itinerary for Snowies, I'm sure world rally series events have far less planning. The man is an absolute freak! Awesome job Gaz and all involved. Looks like a spectacular time was had.

Squirts & spirts.

Yeah...like your husband.

You should try organising insurance for shopping centres. Have done some headfcking things in my life but nothing comes close to that thanks to above mentioned idiocy. Cleaners even have to wear tracking devices so we can disprove negligence claims. And slip testing. And lux testing. And distraction testing. And cameras covering every square meter. It's an absolute farkin joke.

Group buys Congrats Pat that's bloody awesome.

Happy days. Thank fck that other offensive skoda-like thing has gone now. Shame they didn't fix the paintjob though hey.

s. Not good at all Pandy.

Haha superb. Spa bath would be ideal.

Nah it's all a scam. Big pharmacy and the medical fraternity just want to keep people alive using sound proven scientific methodology. Don't be fooled by it. It's like the whole naturopath crap. How many feel-good hippies do you see out there saving ebola victims? Fcktards.

Same as the notice period for employment I think. Up to one year service, one week. One to two years, 2 weeks etc...

There's a bloke selling them locally for $99 incl postage...got one last year after my old one decided it doesn't really like working after hitting the concrete one too many times. edit...make that $93 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CTEK-MXS-5-0T-BATTERY-CHARGER-12-VOLT-12V-5A-5-AMP-MXS-5-0-DEEP-CYCLE-AGM-/301142983125?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item461d8541d5

Sorry mate. Thought it would be funny. Any damage to the paint?

If he does get sacked or resign imagine the bollocking he'll be giving Topgear and the BBC from wherever he sets up shop. They can't afford to lose him but would be bloody hard to justify keeping him. Stupid question...what is the "k***" that May is reported as calling him? never mind...is knob. NFI why that needs censoring. Sooky farkin poms

Haha had that yesterday. And just for the icing on the cake I reversed in, they didn't, yet still parked so fckn close it was a challenge for me to get in my door. If the peanuts had to park right up against me they could have just parked on the other side and everyone would have been happy. And the other thing that's really been pushing me over the edge lately is servo etiquette. If you're just pumping 91 in to your old piece of sht then why go for the only bowser cluster that has 98 or diesel? And why be so fixated on getting the right side...the hoses are more than 30cm long FFS.

Yeah bring back the wonder coach

Bali what? Is something going down over there? Read an interesting article this morning about a chinese bloke that's on death row for insider trading. Not really comparable with drugs or crimes against the person...where's all the do-gooder hysteria over that? Or in Syria (I think) where a couple of people have been sentenced to have their eyes gouged out? Farkin hypocrites just piling on the bandwagon of sensationalism.

For the sport Dags. Don't think the other 50 channels of garbage will get much use. AFL is really the only mainstream sport left with decent free to air coverage...and nobody is really interested in that crap are they?

Fckn Whincup. There's no doubting he's a great driver, but like a lot of people I detest 888. They are a bunch of whiney little cnuts, first to whinge and dob but never play fair themselves. Good race today otherwise, glad it's back. Telecast was pretty good but seemed to be a few teething issues. And still didn't see or hear Schnozzer. PS: There is no doubt they are fckn mad...

The double. But their weekend looks like a complete write-off anyway.

Don't worry captain I feel your pain. Fck you foxtel karnts. ...ordered mine weeks ago and still waiting for the install Scotty Mac is on a bit of a bad streak the poor bastard. What happened to them yesterday was pretty farkin ordinary too.

Never saw any action and only just tuned-in...is there no Skaife on the broadcast team anymore? Please let it be so.

What's more amazing is that it's a farkin sunrise pic!

September 1 will see the introduction of a code of practice with all the ISPs, they're still nutting out the details. Looking like it'll be a three strikes and the ISP "coughs up all your personal info to the film studio" policy. Essentially if the ISPs don't agree by then the govt will decide on the code of practice. http://www.afr.com/p/technology/internet_service_providers_to_fight_dH8I74vA47jEe3xyHutr2J (Let me know if that's pay-walled and I can gift you a link) And the draft code (have not read, so NFI what the guts of it is at this stage) http://www.commsalliance.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/47570/DR-C653-2015.pdf Or you could just head over to Whirlpool and try and make sense of what I imagine would be a 5000 page thread by now.