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Post by mordecai on Feb 9, 2015 10:57:54 GMT 12
so after the teams event how did people find the new numbers apart from the tigers who change next year in my own opinion I 4rt its the best idea for a long time and now my son and my sisters kids only ask me a few times who is that where as b4 with team numbers it was every single race more than once |
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Post by Ben Biggs on Feb 9, 2015 11:00:44 GMT 12
..... im still trying to work out who 82 to 86 are ..... LOL
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Post by BarryB on Feb 9, 2015 11:03:14 GMT 12
Was 1,000,000% better.........now we just need a car colour rule so HB, P, V and W don't all look basically the same......
Barry B
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Post by screaminV8 on Feb 9, 2015 11:12:37 GMT 12
absolutely fantastic! so much easier to watch.
only comment i was getting from the non-regular speedway people around me was "so which car is Wayne Hemi" etc ie the commentators were calling names not numbers sometimes. But overall was GREAT!
and totally agree with Barry re colours. Maybe each Team should have their preferred colour, and then a back up colour (ie just like rugby, soccer, league etc teams do). They submit their preferred colour to the promotor and the preference goes based on the previous years finishing position? Or in the case of the 4 bottom Teams points countback from night 1?
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Post by Ben Biggs on Feb 9, 2015 11:17:37 GMT 12
Was 1,000,000% better.........now we just need a car colour rule so HB, P, V and W don't all look basically the same...... Barry B HB - a black and white body - like a Magpie P - straight black - like a Panther bright pink ..... a la The Pink Panther!!!! W - black and yellow body. V - was going to say black and blue... but at night blue ends up looking black. They can have the Palmy black then. |
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Post by mordecai on Feb 9, 2015 11:56:01 GMT 12
Was 1,000,000% better.........now we just need a car colour rule so HB, P, V and W don't all look basically the same...... Barry B yes indeed
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Post by Admin on Feb 9, 2015 12:22:19 GMT 12
Agree with what's been said above. So much easier to watch without the confusion of who was driving what. We can live with the odd misplaced driver such as Dion Mooney driving 56v. Now to sort the colours which I'm beginning to think teams are also using to confuse.
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Post by BarryB on Feb 9, 2015 12:26:59 GMT 12
Agree with what's been said above. So much easier to watch without the confusion of who was driving what. We can live with the odd misplaced driver such as Dion Mooney driving 46v. Now to sort the colours which I'm beginning to think teams are also using to confuse. They got you confused alright boss - Dion was in 56v  Barry B |
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Post by Admin on Feb 9, 2015 12:35:08 GMT 12
Agree with what's been said above. So much easier to watch without the confusion of who was driving what. We can live with the odd misplaced driver such as Dion Mooney driving 46v. Now to sort the colours which I'm beginning to think teams are also using to confuse. They got you confused alright boss - Dion was in 56v Barry B Got me (again)  |
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Post by BarryB on Feb 9, 2015 13:00:37 GMT 12
It'd be pretty easy to do and still retain their existing colours;
HB with a lot more white to go with their black
W with a lot more yellow to go with their black
V with a lot more blue to go with their black
P with a lot more black to go with their black
A, M, R, S, MM, N, ChCh, GB, they're all fine just as they are.
Barry B
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Post by beachboy on Feb 9, 2015 14:59:16 GMT 12
Was 1,000,000% better.........now we just need a car colour rule so HB, P, V and W don't all look basically the same...... Barry B agree the colour thing needs to be sorted next, Teams-sponsors spend a lot of $ each year on team bodies colours , so I'm sure they don't want it to be clashing with others. Maybe the wings being different bright colour's for a start. |
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Post by mcfly on Feb 9, 2015 16:50:18 GMT 12
Possibly leave the bodies to the teams as they are but introduce a separate team colour (where required) on the front and rear bumpers.
Example, HB - white, Palmy - pink etc
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Post by penman on Feb 9, 2015 16:52:58 GMT 12
Possibly leave the bodies to the teams as they are but introduce a separate team colour (where required) on the front and rear bumpers. Example, HB - white, Palmy - pink etc Now that's not such a dumb idea. Side rails and bumpers. That's something that can be quickly and easily touched up with a spray can, yet creates enough of a point of difference to be able to tell teams apart easily enough (provided the colour is bright enough) |
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Post by BarryB on Feb 9, 2015 16:58:56 GMT 12
Possibly leave the bodies to the teams as they are but introduce a separate team colour (where required) on the front and rear bumpers. Example, HB - white, Palmy - pink etc Something like that, yeah. Teams thoughts aside, if the sport wants to be taken seriously the teams have to be easily distinguishable. Teams won't do it on their own, so rules have to be introduced and enforced to establish a bit of common sense. Barry B |
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Post by droyd on Feb 9, 2015 18:40:15 GMT 12
Possibly leave the bodies to the teams as they are but introduce a separate team colour (where required) on the front and rear bumpers. Example, HB - white, Palmy - pink etc Now that's not such a dumb idea. Side rails and bumpers. That's something that can be quickly and easily touched up with a spray can, yet creates enough of a point of difference to be able to tell teams apart easily enough (provided the colour is bright enough) the only problem with this is there are a lot of people not painting their chassies now. and who would end up helping to get all the paint off??? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 18:41:07 GMT 12
so after the teams event how did people find the new numbers apart from the tigers who change next year in my own opinion I 4rt its the best idea for a long time and now my son and my sisters kids only ask me a few times who is that where as b4 with team numbers it was every single race more than once It didnt make a blind bit of difference whatsoever to me. I didnt attend, but have seen various footage sources, and still had to consult a teams list to fill me in on the drivers I did not recognise in their registered numbers. What should have changed first is the colours, very very similiar for some teams. |
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Post by pinkmod89 on Feb 9, 2015 19:03:49 GMT 12
Definitely team colours need changing, follow province colours.
As for numbers, still prefer team numbers and as for I.Ding drivers, quite simple fix is to put driver name on windscreen large enough for anyone to see, no triple digits though, whichever team can carry 1-5 if they win both teams events so that leaves 6-99 for the rest.
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Post by mordecai on Feb 9, 2015 19:11:22 GMT 12
Definitely team colours need changing, follow province colours. As for numbers, still prefer team numbers and as for I.Ding drivers, quite simple fix is to put driver name on windscreen large enough for anyone to see, no triple digits though, whichever team can carry 1-5 if they win both teams events so that leaves 6-99 for the rest. no way what we have now is bloody perfect |
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Post by knownotmuch on Feb 10, 2015 10:48:44 GMT 12
I had a number of people sitting around me regularly asking who is this driver type questions. To be running their own numbers so I could answer almost without thinking improved the weekend a lot for me. I am 100% for this becoming the norm at all teams meetings, including the upcoming Stockcar Teams.
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Post by Roxcyford on Feb 10, 2015 20:32:29 GMT 12
that won,t happen it is a nz speedway controlled event besides buy a programme and support the club drivers numbers are in there |
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