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lingeringsoul Grand Master

lingeringsoul

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Watch a bit of the Bathurst 12 hour race, quite a good mix, Evos, STIs, Holdens Mazdas and BMW. Have to say, there are days when Evos really really piss me off because it's so bullshit fast around the corners but it's good to see them owning the holdens and european cars.

Where are all the GTRs????

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omg did you see that Mazda MPS.. the blue Thrifty one.. loose it and flip?!?!! I counted 9 times, and the guy was just a bit unsteady on his feet but was fine!

The whole engine fell out! lol

< owch

Saw that the other day on some show. The last lap of his last race and that happened to him!! They said he spent 3 hours totally blind lying in hospital...what a way to end ya career!!!!

Duncan Grand Master

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GTRs are in front of the evos but not invited because they have to be less than 5 years old :D

here's a pic from oran park last year :)

chop_evo.jpg

the thrifty mazda was racing that day too, but he did better than he did at bathurst. ouch.

mad082 Grand Master

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this was run a few weeks back and they showed the crash on sports tonight that night.

I thought it was funny a Satria GTi did more laps than a GT-P. Cubes aint everything.

you obviously weren't paying attention to the fact that the GT-P spent about an hour in the pits after the front seal on the diff let go and dumped all the oil out.

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this was run a few weeks back and they showed the crash on sports tonight that night.

you obviously weren't paying attention to the fact that the GT-P spent about an hour in the pits after the front seal on the diff let go and dumped all the oil out.

Just thought it was funny as i work in a dealership with both ford and proton. normally all the ford guys hang shit on the protons all day. Was good to see it the other way round for once. Falcon diffs are crap anyway.

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