Bathurst Sc 1000 5th-8th Oct

[TurboX]

Are you going to Bathurst? What tickets did you get?

We have General and Paddock as Grandstand booked and camped up on mountain.

Never been to Bathurst before, always said

"yeah I will go next year!" but never did in 50 years.

THIS time, I am GOING!! ( Tribute to Brocky and wifes brother Gerald :RIP )

And taking son Glenn "Turbine" as well to help drive the two berth campervan (Merc TURBO Diesel manual;-)

Hell if I'm going, gonna do it in comfort & style for 4 days! THANKS tdr Todd!!

If your there, say hello at :Reid & Sulman Campground, site number 1118.

[Sydneykid]

We (SOSK and me) will be flying up Friday and flying back Sunday night.

Will be in the pits Fri, Sat and Sun

cheers

[Beer Baron]

i farking love bathurst! Will not be up there this year. but will be next.

[Kinks]

will be watching it on TV hoping some taxis blow up on the track

[R32 Zilla]

I will be there Saturday and Sunday. I have always watched it on tv but now that I live here I will be going up to watch.

Its going to be huge this year. Heaps of people in town already. Saw all the team trucks parade down the main street today.

Tim.

[sav man]

Should be a massive one this year, with Brockie dieing. I have to make do with the TV, I will make it up there one year though.

[Zebbie]

well, if anyone fancies a beer, if they're about.. drop me a pm with a mobile, and i'll give y's all a buzz...

I'm back and forth, as I live here.....

[gtr660hp]

Ill be in the 888 camp-time for a Ford win-1998 is a long time ago-Then again maybe a Red Holden FTW just for Brockie

[SLO-89]

Hoping Lowndsy can pull it off, he was probably the closest to brocky out of all the drivers would be nice to see him, be the first on the trophy.

[Whiplash]

i iwish i could have been there. Had tickets lined up and every thing, but no time off work and couldn't afford to drive and stay up there

[TurboX]

We (SOSK and me) will be flying up Friday and flying back Sunday night.

Will be in the pits Fri, Sat and Sun

cheers

Hey Gary, sorry was not able to catch up with you, but did not spot anyone with an SAU logo on.

Thought about wearing mine but may not have been healthy to do so with all those falcodoor fans around half cut up on the mountain. Lying in the campervan trying to go to sleep amongst the continual KER-THUMP of explosions close by was an experience not to be missed and probably similar to what it would have been like if I had made it to Vietnam with the RAAF in '69!

Was a great weekend except for the tragic crash that reminded us its still a sport not to be taken lightly.

Did buy a T-Shirt though,.. it says "HEMI"!!

[Sydneykid]

Hey Gary, sorry was not able to catch up with you, but did not spot anyone with an SAU logo on.

Thought about wearing mine but may not have been healthy to do so with all those falcodoor fans around half cut up on the mountain. Lying in the campervan trying to go to sleep amongst the continual KER-THUMP of explosions close by was an experience not to be missed and probably similar to what it would have been like if I had made it to Vietnam with the RAAF in '69!

Was a great weekend except for the tragic crash that reminded us its still a sport not to be taken lightly.

Did buy a T-Shirt though,.. it says "HEMI"!!

My observations from the pits;

1. Farkin pace car, damn thing did more laps than most of the field.

2. Speaking of the field, what’s this crap of only starting 31 cars? What happened to 55 cars, now that was a decent sized field for a 6k track and 161 laps

3. Note to Avesco, it’s DAMN boring staring at an EMPTY track for minutes at time when there are only 16 cars running. Wake up you gooses some of us don't need that much beer drinking time.

4. Farkin pace car only comes out when CH10 needs an ad break

5. Watching a V8 SuperCar stagger down the pit road at 40 kph is as boring as bat shit. All the accidents in pit lane happen at less than walking pace, so a 40 kph limit is a STUPID waste of time, doesn’t actually achieve anything. Get real fools.

6. Speed limiting them to less than their idle speed in 1st gear is asking for trouble. With the 3.15 diff they run at Bathurst they don’t even idle at 40 kph. Note how many cars pulled out with engine misfires? That’s V8 speak for broken valve train.(don’t tell anyone).

7. Farkin pace car ruins a perfectly good race, just when it is getting interesting they call for intermission. It’s not the movies you know.

8. Can’t you idiot officials work out that the pace car is supposed to pick up the race leader. Anyone in front of the race leader is supposed to be let go around and join the tail of the field. Cost us 2 laps you wankers.

9. Children shouldn’t be let loose in a V8 SuperCar, no matter who their father is/was. If you can’t vote, you can’t race at Bathurst.

10. The pace car is for convenience use only, when the race is on the line and there are 3 laps left, they PARK the pace car. WHAT THE? What’s dangerous (and needs a pace car) at lap 100 is suddenly not so dangerous (and doesn’t need a pace car) at lap 159. Nicely avoided the embarrassment of finishing the race under pace conditions. VERY convenient you tools.

11. What this single file behind the pace car shit? We had 2 drivers with obvious signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from trundling around behind the pace car in single file for lap after lap. Smart move you idiots.

12. Did I mention the farkin pace car? The only good thing is, it means that the R32GTR race record will NEVER be broken.

cheers

Edited October 11, 2006 by Sydneykid

[sav man]

The Saftycar 1000 was pretty shit this year.

Why can't they use double waved yellows like F1 (for cars in dangerios positions, and marsials not behind the walls)? Why can't they invest is getting a crane system to quicky remove dead stranded cars like F1(under double waved yellows)? And hand out peniltalys to people who don't back off though double waved yellows.

Not saying F1 is perfect, I just like how they rarly have saftycars.

Just my armchair racer ideas

Edited October 11, 2006 by sav man

[Whiplash]

Glad i didn't go i think the BOC pits wouldn't have been the happiest place there

one of these years i'll finally get there