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Good luck Duncan ! I was all primed up with the digi cam and digital cam corder (plus tyre wrench and trolley jack) for this - But ya know how life is - shit happens !!!

Go team trackday !!!!!

Well, first up, a huge thanks to Neil, Toulio and g/f! The pit crew did a spectacular job and where an essential part of our results.

And what were out results, you ask.....

Well, we won!

(until 3 laps from the end :P )

THe story is, we were around 10s off the leader on the lead lap, at about lap 150 of 200 the leader pitted for their last change - we had already completed all our changes so we went a full lap up in the lead!

However, the engine problem I mentioned before (misfire) was still there from qualifying. Unfortunately the misfire got so bad that our lap times dropped from 1.22s to 1.50s!

We were all chewing our fingernails watching our 1.30s lead dissappearing at 20s per lap. In the end, they caught us 5 laps from the end, and we limped home in second.

Still, it was a spectacular weekend of racing, the best result for the three of us as drivers, and an excellant experience for us, not to mention the unexpected bonus of prizemoney :) . I hope you guys who crewed for us enjoyed it, I know it was hard work, and pretty miserable once the rain started.

Thanks to all for your support, it looks great for the season ahead!

Oh, I forgot to add, I also did the fastest lap of the race on lap 35!

Go Team Trackday!

Duncan,,,I had a mad time,,,that was excellent. If you do it again,,,give me a scream,,,I'll pitt for ya,,,but can we keep the front bar on next time,,,,.

Please thank the Lady that made Lunch,,she did good.

Neil.

  • 2 weeks later...

Well, for those who were wondering what it looks like from the driver's seat, here's a video of the first lap

http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/w500.wmv

Bonus points for anyone who can count how many times I hit the black car on the first lap :D

If someone has some space for hosting, I also have the first 10 min as a 39MB file.

  • 2 months later...

There's some coverage of the race in the June 2003 Motor magazine. UFO25T also makes an appearance on the hill on p86.

Of course, they left after about an hour when they broke their car, and missed most of the action.

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