GTR's back at Bathurst !!

[Neil]

We had a Ball,,,,Met heaps of nice people,,,and quess what got them coming up and talking to me,,,,No not free BEER...

Great 24 Hour Race,,,I slept 2 hours 3.30am to 5.30am,,,That Sports Sedan is so quick,nobody was ever gonna catch it,,,,they short shifted all bloody day and night...

The Molson's are a road going car,,,I Asked them,,,,Got a spare $180,000 US,,,,,.That car is 18 months old and was an ex road going thing...

God am I stuffed,,,,and sun-burnt,,,,Oh and the 350zx didn't finish,,,much to my disapointment....A DNF,,,,

Neil.

[Shell]

Originally posted by ndr

We had a Ball,,,,Met heaps of nice people,,,and quess what got them coming up and talking to me,,,,No not free BEER...

well what was it then neil?? free sex?? hahaha...u dirty old bugger

just jokin...glad u had fun! Should have stopped by Canberra and got me, I could have shared the back seat with Monty...that's if u took him

[Neil]

Originally posted by Shell

well what was it then neil?? free sex?? hahaha...u dirty old bugger ;)  

just jokin...glad u had fun! Should have stopped by Canberra and got me, I could have shared the back seat with Monty...that's if u took him

Shell,,,glad to see your dirty mind is still active,,,,COOL,,,,

Actually,,,it was the bloody car,,,,everybody parked on the hill,,,picture,,, after the Chase,,,we all parked on top of the grass verge,,,,MAD. This older Guy,,,Yes Older than Me and his blond hair daughter (Factory,,,full spec Blond),,,Spunky as,,,came up and asked tons of questions about it and the difference between mine and a GTR. Turns out she thinks Dad's got it all wrong,,,,Ha Ha,,,, he's converted a standard GSR to full Spec Evo 4,,,,Nice unit indeed,,,She wanted a GTR,,,.

Next year You and Drew are coming with us,,,,Hey,,,, I had a 10 minute convo with Jim Richards in the pits Sunday Morning,,,,Cool Man....

Neil.

[Duncan]

How pissed off was Jim about his real race car breaking?

[Neil]

Duncan,,,we didn't talk about it,,,,.His answer would have been,,, thats racing....I was interested in how the cars new clutch was,,, but more about Targa and I knew it would take his mind off the 24 hour.....Targa's more my kind of racing (would love his pace notes) and it sounded like his,,,,. He's one cool dude....

Oh and my dis-like of Allan Grise (spelling) has increased....He's a Wanker

Neil.

[Duncan]

Originally posted by ndr

thats racing

Yeah, but I hate "that's racing" - broke a gearbox the race before last when I was running third and had to watch the field drive away.

He was i a very strong position to win outright in his original car. No doubt his sponsors put up plenty of money for the race and ain't too happy now.

I'd also love to do targa one day, but not in the skyline - way too easy to destroy the car when you don't know what's around the next corner. Last time we were at the creek a guy who won his class lat year had his s1 rx7 there - I think the car cost under $5k all up.

[Mr Miagi]

I was on the pit crew of Nathan's 350Z.

36 hours straight with no sleep - man that was hard, but I would do it again tomorrow.

If anyone gets the opportunity - definately do it!

The car itself was actually faultless.

The only problems we had were caused by exploding Pirellis.

After the 2nd one blew we stopped useing them and bought Michelin's and Dunlops as they both had limited stocks of the size we needed.

We even used some 2nd hand Michelin's which lasted longer than the new pirellis and were 3 sec a lap quicker. (and didnt explode)

Sunday morning we broke a front hub, due to the 2 blowouts on that same wheel, it had fractured the hub unbeknowns to us until it finally let go. Luckily it happened not far from the pit entrance therefore we could change it as we had a spare.

Unfortunately whilst running 10th outright with 2 hours to go the car was forced out into the marbles going over the mountain and snotted the wall, not a lot of panel damage but enough suspension damage to put us out.

A dam shame after the effort from all the team.

Maybe next year!

[Neil]

Duncan,,,you and I could discuss this till we both are to old to hold a Steering wheel,,,but facts are facts buddy,,,,. Racing is about good drivers,,good prep work and Tons of LUCK.

The 2 Door Commodore was SO lucky,,,,when they changed the fuel tank,,,lift pumps and main pumps,,Yellows were out and SC were out for like 10 or so laps,,,they only really lost 3 or 4....easy to make up when your doing 2.14's/2.15's and 2.16's.

In the last hour I was so hoping the Molson would grab 2nd and got real worried when the Brabham Porsche was being fixed after Grise smashed it and seeing the same again and then re-joining the race 1 lap down from the Molson,,,In the end Palmer crunched the other side of it....Man thats Racing.

Neil.

[Neil]

Originally posted by Mr Miagi

I was on the pit crew of Nathan's 350Z.

36 hours straight with no sleep - man that was hard, but I would do it again tomorrow.

If anyone gets the opportunity - definately do it!

A dam shame after the effort from all the team.

Maybe next year!

You Guy's did a great JOB,,,I was bloody Impressed,,,,....I had a tear in my eye when it was on the truck,,,I so hoped you guy's would finish in 10th,,,. I kept looking at the tree,,,hoping every lap you would tick it over....I'll help in the Pits if you need it next year,,,,

Neil.

[Mr Miagi]

Thanks Neil

There were many a tear shed I can tell you.

[Neil]

So I guess we can't call it 100mph tape anymore,,,Can't quite remember when the 1st tyre exploded,,,it was early and then the 2nd,,,,poor car had tape on it's RHF almost 24 hours,,,,I loved MOGO....

Neil.