I was just reading an article in Motorsport News about FPR, they go on to mention all about the engine problems etc etc. The peice that got me was about Lowndes and the family, at the time it was just little Levi. After the Darwin race Lowndes packed up Nat and Levi in there F-Truck and drove down the west coast to Perth with the FPR Merchandise truck doing PR work, stopping and selling gear with Lowndes signing it all. Levi was doing well but like any young one would grizzle from time to time. At one stop when Levi was rather Grumpy, he was given an FPR Teady Bear by someone from the merchandise truck, this seemed to do the trick! Later on after returning to the workshop Lowndes was given a bill for the teady!!!!
Seems funny that you would charge your Million Dollar driver for a Teady Bear when you are in the middle of trying to keep him? Seems that the small things do matter!
When Alex Tagliani was here for the road show he mentioned to Graig Gore, owner of WPS and co-owner of Team Australia, that he liked the new Team Australia Merchandise, Gorey told him to take what he wants, he then went over to the truck gave Tag a bag and started filling it up!!! Also asking if his wife wanted some!!!
Really makes you wonder if FPR really did want to keep him!
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Is this the real reason why Lowndes left FPR???
Started by Armageddon, Oct 08 2006 08:19 AM
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 08:19 AM
BUYING OFF THE SHELF ISN'T CUSTOM!!
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 08:26 AM
Maybe he was ready to move on to bigger and better things?
After all,FPR does stand for Ford Practice Racing
After all,FPR does stand for Ford Practice Racing
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 12:45 PM
^^^^hahaha thats so true
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 06:53 PM
uhmmm yeah right.....who won today?
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 10:33 PM
Triple 8 NOT FPR
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Craig drive for Triple 8
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 11:46 AM
now now the important thing was it was a ford so after winning the whole championship last year we got batherst back
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 06:17 PM
I'd have rather seen the safety car win!! 
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 06:31 PM
I'd rather have seen a REAL car win... Bring back the Godzilla and watch the ford/holden fanboys have a cry...
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 06:37 PM
YEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! Come on people lets rise against the V8's!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Good call there bro!!
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Posted 24 October 2006 - 06:37 PM
Boost was invented by god to make wankers think they had a chance to win! Turbo lag just add's to the suspense when you know your going to smash the morons!
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Posted 25 October 2006 - 01:08 PM
UmYeahESP, on Oct 9 2006, 06:31 PM, said:
I'd rather have seen a REAL car win... Bring back the Godzilla and watch the ford/holden fanboys have a cry...
That would be awesome! Will the supercars get turbo's and AWD or will the skyline be RWD 5litre V8 SOHC rev limited and naturally aspirated.......just to keep it even. These cars do not even belong in the same class. Why dont you nissan guys push for the equivalent large family car to be a V8 supercar? It always comes back to the GTR's.
i'm really not in to red cars, i just own a couple of them
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Posted 27 November 2006 - 12:40 PM
Becase they are all still shitty that them were banned....
ITS CALLED THE V8 SUPECARs you idioits...
NOt V8 supercars and twin turbo 6's.... no
V8's.....
If you wanna watch GTR's race whatch the Japanese Touring car series.
FFS - Import boys you always gotta whinge and whine when it comes to Bathurst - now f**k off.....
On topic - FPR would have been stupid to push him away...
I beleive he is the Next Peter Brock - just ashame he is driving for Ford.
ITS CALLED THE V8 SUPECARs you idioits...
NOt V8 supercars and twin turbo 6's.... no
V8's.....
If you wanna watch GTR's race whatch the Japanese Touring car series.
FFS - Import boys you always gotta whinge and whine when it comes to Bathurst - now f**k off.....
On topic - FPR would have been stupid to push him away...
I beleive he is the Next Peter Brock - just ashame he is driving for Ford.
FNL01, on Oct 25 2006, 01:08 PM, said:
That would be awesome! Will the supercars get turbo's and AWD or will the skyline be RWD 5litre V8 SOHC rev limited and naturally aspirated.......just to keep it even. These cars do not even belong in the same class. Why dont you nissan guys push for the equivalent large family car to be a V8 supercar? It always comes back to the GTR's.
The ute will see the road in QLD, no matter what!
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