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FARK I LOVE RALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The view from my seat on Longley @ TWP... Watch for the *OH FARK* moment 1.40 in

big time plus one Shell i think I need to look closer cos I only see blokes in (wrong way) too tight suits with beer guts when I'm at EC?

Bit iffy unfortunately (for those who like to read the rules to the letter to bend them) because I don't recall seeing a bulletin? From the regs..... 18. Cutting Corners Any competitor who is observed taking a line that results in a complete tyre (front and / or rear) passing beyond the white line on pre-determined corners and thus leave the tarmac surface will receive a penalty as follows: • First Observed Offence: 30 seconds • Any further offence will be the first offence plus 30 seconds for each subsequent offence These locations will be advised in a bulletin.

Congrats to everyone for making it through in one piece, even if some of the cars didn't. Big tick for Roy for finally getting some balls and jumping into the *real* seat of a rally car Brilliant to see Dan on the podium - I have a choice photo of Dan & his champagne which I'll have to post later on (unless a suitable bribe comes my way today) And hey how good was one Mr Stuart Benson in his first run at Clerk of Course?!

Thanks young Benny- shame we won't be seeing you down there in the near future

haha makes me smile too

Need to read through the regs more but it looks one of the mighty Handley mobiles might be entered afterall I'd tell you what, but then I'd have to kill you ...but its not the 32

For what it's worth- he was off to buy you a case to try to make up for that little fark up, but got side tracked. Stuff ordered gets followed up quicker than smart normally, but race meets screw with the brain and the planning. Feel sorry for the poor chick married to him

Sure this is standard Nissan ducting Mr Scruitineer... Is there nothing race tape (plus cardboard and a texta) cannot do? I'll let Duncan post (cry) about today's racing (mis)adventures. Long story short the overheating problem is far from solved. The race one start was the day's highlight though - Duncan pulled off a great launch from 5th on the grid, followed by a quick trip round the outside onto the grass to get past a pesky ute, and in the lead by turn one Also managed the fastest lap (we think) and his best time to date for the Oran Park GP - a 1:19.4568. Shame the rest of the meet was a write off. bloody skylines.

The toilets at Oran Park are mighty fine, so fine in fact I actually thought twice about taking the knickers off to use them today

Doesn't look like the new fangled radiator has done the trick. Didn't finish the qualifying session thanks to overheating. Still managed 5th on the grid for tomorrow though.

Looks like Duncan left the skirt at home this morning afterall... Independant Race Series - Round 1 ORAN PARK GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT HDT - Muscle Division - Practice 1 Practice P2 20 Mins ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Pos Car Driver Competitor/Team Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap 1 132 Duncan Handley (NSW) Medalist Tools/Hills Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 2568 JAP 9 3 1:20.6360* 2 696 Greg Boyle Autosport Silvia 2600 9 4 1:21.0967 0:00.4607 3 77 Adam Lloyd (NSW) Adams Auto Electrics/Carkeet T Holden Commodore VS 4200 HDT 5 4 1:21.6255 0:00.9895 4 51 Darren Gillis (NSW) HDT VH Commodore 5000 HDT 7 4 1:23.7221 0:03.0861 5 69 Merrick Malouf (NSW) Prime Finance/Tarrawanna Towin Ford Falcon Xr8 Ute 5615 UTE 10 4 1:25.0080 0:04.3720 6 32 Sue Hughes (NSW) Peak RPM BMW E36 3152 IPS 7 5 1:25.1228 0:04.4868 7 512 Raymond(Alan)Walls NSW www.photomontages.com.au Nissan Pulsar GTIR 1998 JAP 10 6 1:25.6654 0:05.0294 8 8 TBA 13 11 1:25.8410 0:05.2050 9 770 Steve Berry (NSW) Kaos Racing Ford Escort 1998 IPS 13 11 1:26.5487 0:05.9127 10 85 Paul Boschert (NSW) Weldcraft Engineering Commodore VK 5000 HDT 5 1 1:27.0583 0:06.4223 11 15 Mick Duff (ACT) Peter Blackshaw RE/Capital Dra HSV Maloo 6000 UTE 5 3 1:27.5384 0:06.9024 12 179 Barry Jessop (NSW) Jessop Construction Holden EH 2989 CT 4 2 1:29.7528 0:09.1168 13 124 Mark Abnett (NSW) Mitsubishi 1998 JAP 3 2 1:30.3379 0:09.7019 14 22 Joseph Clancy (NSW) JHC Haulage VC Commodore 5000 HDT 11 9 1:34.4190 0:13.7830 15 5 Maria Mare (QLD) Fracht Australia QLD Pty Ltd/R VN Commodore 3800 HDT 3 2 1:37.1197 0:16.4837 16 501 Neville Davis (NSW) Diecast4U @ West Gosford/The J Ford Escort Mk2 1993 IPS 1 1 2:16.3374 0:55.7014 Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 117kph R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

Pete gets first vote for post of the year

Anyone after 32 Pit Garage Doors? But wait.... there's STILL more selling @ Oran Park

actually give our in car shennanigans a miss- we've got nothing on these blokes

only me (and my latte maker) in the MX5 from the Handley camp?

.... and now back on topic (if you call MX5 bashing that) at least I'll be lookin good and well refreshed if that's the case

Hey Benny Woo- Me and the potato man have a message for you...

I know you're all already fearing the 125kW of mighty MX5 powah!

That's a bugger Ben - worth looking out for the Tarmac Mag sponsorship if they run it again this year? well I'm now official for Wrestpoint, in the mighty MX5 http://targawrestpoint.com.au/Competitors/...p;comp=Showroom - yes, i REALLY need to do something about that blue steel profile pic I think you'll be on the same boat as the Redback Racing guys Dan? I unfortunately will just be flying straight in and out thanks to work commitments - shame because the boat trips always a bit of fun!

my posts teasing Stu about his car are coming back to haunt me all going well you'll see me there in an MX5...

Looks like I'll be seeing Dan and Snowy at Targa Wrestpoint afterall - entered to nav today! Anyone else heading down?

For those with short attention spans... here's the prologue: Still have troubles loading the full runs (bloody technology!)

Definitely the most important thing as it's not a road to be messed with as many discovered, including our mates in the TR7: TR7 Off @ Buller They were pretty lucky- just stuck on the bank with no actual damage to the car. They did have a moment though when the exhaust heated up some dry leaves!

Ahh thanks again for that and sorry we didn't know you were there - would have been good to catch up with another SAU-er! So you were supporting Danny Cerro and Bianca in the Evo? We were speaking to those guys toward the end and they were really bringing down their times (dropping a minute from memory?).