Enforcer & The Dude - Episode 30 

Very impressed with the TA2 set up. Somebody in Australia that’s not out to gouge everybody. Thanks for showing it.

Your Best Show so far imo, You Made Sense of the supercars Buyout & Finally Have Shown Just What Gen 3 Could & Should Be Thanks ( TA2 )

Dads just put a deposit down on a TA2 car. So keen to see him racing it, seems like an awesome catagory for him to race

Great show.... big thumbs up on covering TA2 and the support they give their racers at track. Gen3 totally should be TA2!

Great show guys, the way you break things down to make sense

Lads save the good old manuals love it,Paul I want one of them t shirts

Aside from riding my motorbike i have a heap of fun driving my 1963 mini I built. Changing gears, heal and toe, old school style. It's a blast

Thanks, great show. Tell it how it is!

Another great show guys. Love it.

Awesome as always. Thanks fella's. All ace's and no bullshit

Bloody awesome show boys, very informative and love the TA2 concept 👌🏽

What a great video... really makes a statement about where v8s should be going... the days of over the top engineering are over

Great show gentlemen. The Bathurst show concept sounds interesting, hopefully Facebook won't be the only media used. Not everyone is into Facebook.

In a world of me me me, it's still encouraging to see the people who can make a difference do it and not everyone is out to rip you off. TA2 is a brilliant example. And the idea of retired drivers having input to who actually has the talent and drive to help grow a sport is and should always have been a permanent thing. Despite who you support, the end goal should never be about who's bank account is peddling a car. I hope you guys continue with this show for a very long time. To those who aren't fans of the two guys who present it, atleast be happy that someone is telling it how we want to hear it. Keep up the good work guys, and I hope you know the difference you are making in a world of you can't say that incase you upset a sponsors chequebook. Let's hope motorsport in Australia can regain the power it once had.

Great show again boys and you blew me away, a front splitter is $9K for a Supercar. Go Shift Yourself 👍

You have summed it perfectly, it's now an Engineers race and not a Drivers race. Wayne Gardner summed up 500cc vs F1 by saying bikes were 80% rider - 20% machine, and F1 was 80% machine - 20% driver, at least back in the 80s and 90s. Back in the day the Touring cars would have been closer to 50% driver - 50% car, drivers could shift it to 50% driver in a 40% car, but seldom could mechanics and engineers shift the car side to 60% to make up for a 40% driver.

Thanks for explaining who is actually buying supercars. Great job

Hey guys well you just have a great show Bloody love it best Motorsport show going👍

Think Paul and his team should broch Rodney Jane and buy Calder and bring a stockcar or transam style racing series to us

Love the show,watch every episode from South Wales in the UK

Hey boys, as always pinpoint accurate with the Supercar saga. I'm a huge fan of #TA2 and personally think it should be the new supercars. Correct me of I'm wrong but you probably should have mentioned that no professional driver's can compete in #TA2? It was great to see 3 generation's of the Elerey crew at QR last weekend. I couldn't help but congratulate Flash on friday ( gotta love a fresh racecar) Nice one #norwell. As always more than pin point accurate on the latest with our motorsport. Congratulations and all the best for the #supercheap wildcard entry at Bathurst.

What a great Episode!! Can't wait for Bathurst 🏁🏁🏁

Breakdown as a fan was really informative, Nice Work!!

Best episode ever.

The TA shit all over the super car package as you guys said cheap evan racing with a very well designed race car that's cost affective. Great show boys with no bullshit.

Love the t-shirt!

Racers lic at morgan park is a great idea. The racers lic is so much easier to live with for the entry level racer

Love the TA 2 cars - i have been saying for quite some time this is sort of what Supercars should be with the Gen 3 - total parity so the race wins come from driver ability, team strategy and the engineer’s ability to set the car up to the track conditions - not how deep the pockets are of the team owners .

Fascinating & complicated system of the new owners group. Yes Skaife will be some kind of front, to build bridges with state gov & agencies.

I shift myself every day, in my little ridgi didge 93,000km 1981 4 speed mazda 323, 1.5L. Crikey when i had my 68 Impala, i even converted that to a T5 from a 2 sp powerglide 🤙

She’s a late upload tonight. A good watch for heading to bed!

What a awesome 😎 show

Actually a lot of people on “the hill” do know! Heaps of us have been following and watching supercars ect.. for decades and probably have a lot more of a technical understanding and brand loyalty than you guys realise .

give us sitting on the hill more credit

Question regarding the Supercar purchase. The 2 sides that have purchased it have created a new entity called “RACE” who will own the series. Who’s goes to be running the RACE entity? Will there be a CEO or will it be the 2 entity CEO’s sitting together and making the big decisions / oversight of Supercars??

Craig Kelly was also heavily involved in HRT with Sakify...he isnt a newbie to motorsport. But gotta say , when you map it out like that with the motorsport guts of ARG and the sports marketing and TV side of TLA, and teams out of the decision making process....... its actually a pretty promising ownership group. Interesting to hear PM say Seamer has been the best CEO since Cochrane. I dont think fans see that as much

Where do I buy an Enforcer and the Dude "I Shift Myself" shirt from?

The 180 SC did on having TCR as a support category by including it on the 2021 Bathurst 1000 program was the most obvious clue that ARG was somehow involved in the successful bid for SC. As for the potential line-up to run RACE... I'd be putting a broom through SC if were them. Replace Seamer with RD as CEO (assuming RD is up for it).

so where can we get a t-shirt ...luv it

TA2 is model Category for Australian Motor Racing. Come on V* Supercars Get on board with a Formula that works and truly saves Money. It's not the Horse Power but the closeness of the racing that makes Racing EXCITING. It maybe time to re think the rethink. TA2 has it all in the bag a total full package car supply and full backup service. We need good free to air TV coverage and this could be an absolute winner. Punters and Teams.

There shouldn’t be any more debate. Make TA2 the base for Gen3. Stick the 6 speed hollinger in it, may be a bit of a brake upgrade and a few more horses and away you go. Everyone has same car, same engine. No need for manufacture involvement (which will rapidly drop away anyway). Use a generic “supercar” body shell and chuck what ever stickers you want on it. Keep the current spec TA2 cars as a feeder category. Good quality, high horsepower, low aero/low grip, rear wheel drive racing is what brings the crowds.

Hi Paul and Russell. You often mention driver training and you obviously are genuinely concerned about road safety. I have tried to campaign about road safety here in NSW but I am a nobody and my concerns always seem to fall on deaf ears. Whilst I'm aware you're in Queensland it would be good to see some with with a name and some influence could begin a campaign to help change the way young people drive and create some increased awareness among existing drivers. About a year ago I was involved in an accident where another vehicle ran a red light, hit another car and then was pushed into me. I had nowhere to go. I was fine but the driver injured one young person in the accident who was booked in to get their L's. The driver of this car was totally neglectful, and lied about her involvement in the accident. Luckily I had a dashcam which proved that this driver was entirely at fault. Even with such evidence and a police report in my favour, I was treated like a criminal because of this person's neglect and dishonesty. Her insurer claimed the whole accident was my fault and whilst i got my insurance excess returned, I still to this day have not received an apology from her insurer who publicly slandered me in a group email. I have had a small amount of motorsport experience (only club level stuff) and I believed this helped this person. Even the police said if it had not been for my reflexes the driver of the other car (party at fault) would have been in a much worse state. I believe that our standard of driving in this country is generally sub standard and i see the road to a safer future on the roads is driver education. Do you remember back in the 80's there was a little 5 minute show on TV before the news called something like "On the road"? I think a simple reminder for drivers from someone credible such as yourselves may help to make a difference out there. Your thoughts on this issue please.

When was this filmed? I know the news about the Supercars sale is out now, but assuming this was filmed a couple of days ago, you've got to hand it to The Dude for having all the info about this stuff. What's the bet that Supercars brought the announcement forward as soon as they saw the post about when this show was airing!

Are you inviting Larko over for dinner at Bathurst Russel?

Camron use to work on my pro stock car helped me win winter nationals at willow bank back in 2001 very smart guy he set the car up from a poor car to the number 1 car

Love the TA2 wish I was a bit younger 😂❤👍👌

To me .... Russell looks warn out ...big 3 days i reckon .. GO GET THEM RUSSELL

awesome show guys like to hear cromptons views on your friday night Q&A

Hi Paul, Russell. I’m almost 50 and have watched ATCC, Supercars Etc all my life. And up until the end of the Falcon and the VF Commodore I feel like Supercars was relevant to Aussie Rev-heads. Mustang doesn’t really seem to be that aspirational (to own) and how many Chevy Camaro are on our streets? I feel like Supercars is about to lose its relevance. What do you think?

Sorry Rusty, love ya work, love the show................... But ya got nothin on Larko with the whiteboard. Lmao

TA2 looks more & more interesting plus a bonus of the lower cost & support. Turn key racing & as others have said Supercars need to take notice

G'day Paul! Remember going on a helicopter flight with you from Ballandean! 👍 Trying to get in contact for my nonprofit for kids mental health ProjectANDO 🦸‍♂️🇦🇺

Great show boys.

KILL OFF THE SUPER UTES, Prime Bathurst 1000 Weekend - SC, Camera Cup, TCM, S5000, Toyota, 86. Bathurst 12hr Weekend - Aus GT(etc), TCR, Trans AM, Improved Production.

Looking at all the categories. Supercars won’t run often with Trans Am as they will be too similar. They will run often with TCR, especially in Tassie and WA where there is only 1 event per year. TCM will be regular as the fans love it, but your smaller events won’t run much alongside Supercars, but will be frequent with TCR specific rounds, as it would be crazy to run both always together. Trans Ams will run alongside TCR most of the time. I am genuinely interested to see how it will work.

I Needed this Guy's as the world just got tipped upside down today here in NZ.

100 agree with Paul they need to be manual 6 speeds. Half the field won't no how to is the issue, will sought the real drivers out tho .

Its probably too far of a jump to happen but I would really enjoy a comeback of a category like what the pre supercars touring car championship was. I guess it would be pretty similar to the current improved production but with more money behind it. Get aftermarket parts suppliers and manufacturers backing teams and developing parts on the track to sell to the public. The whole market relevance thing gets thrown around a lot and I feel thats the best way to get it back and also grow our local design and manufacturing industries. Parity is going to be the hardest part with a multi car category but the new lemans hypercar class is proving it can be done by changing the regulations from set dimensions to set performance metrics. Instead of saying you can have this or that engine, or aero that fits in this size box you say you can have x amount of power, x amount of downforce, must weigh at least a certain amount (or even better fit within a narrow power to weight ratio) and have at least so much drag. Would be interested in your thoughts.

150k for a TA2 car is not grassroots racing. do a story on the guy spending 10k a year in his 20k race car.

Nashs ta2 needs a lighting McQueen livery

Thank christ Russ wasn't a school teacher!!! The fkn board would of looked like a dogs breakfast lol.. Ya got there though Russ hahaha.

I like Skaifey… he should sell fences… his sales pitch can be “Rusty fenced me here.. and the fence is still standing”. Like Crimsafe.. but RustSafe.

Why would you need V8's if you've got this Just awesome

Hey guys great show, Don't use Facebook I don't have it and don't want it don't be stream lined into one type of social media.

Gen3 will be called? Supernerd Racing..

Great clip as always guys. Tend to agree. I’m a 30+ veteran of this series and personally don’t care if the car can do this or that. Or it cost 1million build. All o want is close racing some wheel bs banging. This Gen3 seems too over engineered too technical. I think Gen3 should be like TA2 cheap angry simple to setup simple to drive. And looks like my Mustang.

I saw an article the other day and I think it is safe to say that paddle shift is gone. In regards to Gen 3, my feeling is that it should be scrapped and start again on the project. $650 grand on a chassis is just way too much, it should be half that price. It appears to me that the engineers wrote a wish list and got their dream race car without any other considerations. One of the reasons that John Bowe left V8 Supercars was the fact they became too technical and it wasn’t enjoyable to drive. V8 Supercars needs to listen to these two blokes and with the Rogers brothers involved there is hope for this category yet.

where can I get the "shift myself" T-Shirt?

Ta2 great platform

PLEASE tell me that Sean Seamer is gone!

Hey Russel do you know how scarce Common Sense is today it is worth more than rocking horse poo??👍

Love the i shit myself t shirt at least he is honest :)

I'm more interested in TA2 than supercars. It is Australian and should be attainable for those who show interest.

You guys are making me kick myself. Picked up my first ever automatic car 2 days ago. Would have preferred the manual but nothing in stock. I'm 42 years old.

Great show fellas. Surely now with Skaife being part of the new owners of Supercars he should step down from his media role? A huge conflict of interest in my opinion

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My young fella just got his L’ s - he’s shifting himself 👍🏽 #noautoshere

The whole ARG categories are so much better than the current Supercars support . Ditch the current Supercars support

Save the manuels

Boys..if you think the average fan cant see the difference in speed between a Supercar and a TA2 through mcphillamy, or turn 1 at PI , i dont know what fan you are talking to ? watching a supercar trackside across the top through the S's and down into dandenong at Sandown is jaw dropping, other classes wobbling through ? not so impressive I dont get this idea that 'you cant be outspent' in TA2 ? of course you can...if your a novice racer you can pay a PM (for example) to help you engineer and set the car up to make it faster, you can always pay for more knowledge that the 'husband and wife around you. You can pay to go take it testing on a track or track days more than the next person to refine the car and engineering ? You can always be outspent when it comes to speed

I swear to god these 2 should bloody run supercars they no exactly what to do coz crowd attendance has gone down over the last 10years big time apart from Bathurst problem is these days most of the drivers who have done anything have retired or about to retire more than half the supercars grid these days are people who have just started or people I don't even no I really do think supercars pulled the write card of getting ingall and Murphy back for Bathurst I really do but I'm not sure Murphy is going to race this year now coz of the covid bullshit and that would be a shame coz Greg always shines at Bathurst but I have herd if he doesn't this year he will next year

Well with RD and Skaife in the mix you may as well gift the series to 888 ! Gen 3 will be more competitive. Roland Dane …….hold my Chablis .

Its simple to make a simple car, everyone knows that. Dont let engineers design a car they are just employees. Relevance is not relevant once I can recognise the car.

I dont like Mark Skaife. Fucking love him. Actual legend!

Ta2 is not something I think is a good idea you can't have a L's motors in a mustang it a dumb idea.

A ls in a ford really

Also wanted to add that if the new owners have a brain they will approach Paul to be on the board - Supercars needs his experience and enthusiasm - Actually so does Australia-P.M for PM! At least we would get some funding for motorsports-especially here in the anti everything capitol of the world - NSW! And for Christs sake ban sequential and paddle shift and all the computer controlled crap that goes wth it forever ! Supercars are getting too close to F1-a long way from their roots- i want to see drivers using the clutch, blip the throttle etc and not letting some computer do it for them. .

Ha .. I’m first and liked it.

Make it interesting again by not gagging the drivers. We need rivals. We need heros and villians both in drivers teams team owners etc. The moment anyone has a strong opinion they get fined etc. Everyone is over it. We want to be entertained

those TA2 seem a great idea, but damn, they have that ugly nascar look along with the week Autobahn looking rear wing lol Yeah it works, but it looks cheap. But the racing seems great, wise and how SC should be run, but give them a decent number of gears to row through, a better looking wheel and tyre package (like the current SC) and a body that has the same proportions as the road cars, not those cartoon bodies and tractor looking tyres (remember, we want the cars to look like hotted up road versions).

if its taken off free to air it will fail....

Common sense isn't very common

TA2 cars awesome just what we need in AUSSIE motorsport , all the rest of show fast forward boring as fuck with no head job

You know this started out cool now it's long and boring who cares about fake race cars bring back group A

F1 is now Boring, because it's the money strapped tech nerd teams that win. Not the Best Drivers..