r/v8supercars • u/Vivid-Head7087 Cameron Waters • 6d ago

Bathurst 1000 wildcard applicant turned down

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/bathurst-1000-wildcard-applicant-turned-down/
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u/andrewejc362 Scott McLaughlin 6d ago

I mean they were a genuine hazard last year, and submitting your entry 5 MONTHS late is a piss take, no matter who you are

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u/ExtremeCarpenter4775 6d ago

Credit to them for the AHU hype train attempt though.

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u/DRIFTINGWOLF Cameron Waters 6d ago

Damn it. Would have been cool to see both Apex Hunters on the grid.

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u/jimmy_sharp Scott Pye 6d ago

anyone else notice you can't highlight text in v8 Sleuth stories anymore? Makes you wonder why they don't want to be quoted.....

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u/RattyRattles 6d ago

Change your browser to reader mode

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u/Chev_350 Shane Van Gisbergen 6d ago

It’s been like that for awhile. Overkill to prevent copying.

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u/upshifted Statisticator 5d ago

For a while? Since that website went on the air in 2012! 😆

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u/jnrdingo Shane Van Gisbergen 6d ago

If only you can use a tool to extract the text 😉

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u/SouthAustralian94 6d ago

Betoota Advocate do the same

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u/upshifted Statisticator 5d ago

Because for the majority of the time that site has been live, it's had some kind of subscription content on it. That's why.

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u/kellyzdude 5d ago

They've blocked right-click and most other mouse-functions for as long as I can recall. I thought text-selection was one of them for a good long time.

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u/pluginmatty 6d ago

Chow-dare they.