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On the topic of this, i thought this would be appropriate.......very funny stuff ........no one here is a Maori??? lol

Modena, Italy.

> >

> >The Ferrari Formula 1 Team fired their entire pit crew yesterday. The

> >announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the New

> >Zealand Government's "Work for the Dole" scheme - and to hire unemployed

> >Maori youths.

> >

> >The decision to hire them was brought on by a recent television

documentary

> >on how Maori youths were able to remove a set of car wheels in less than

> >six seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew

can

> >only do it in eight seconds with the aid of millions of dollars worth of

> >high-tech gear.

> >

> >This was thought to be an excellent yet bold move by Ferrari management.

> >As most races are won and lost in the pits, Ferrari would have an

advantage

> >over every other F1 team.

> >

> >However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for, as during the Maori

pit

> >crew's first practice session, not only were they able to change all

four

> >wheels and tyres in under 6 seconds, but within 12 seconds they had

> >re-sprayed, re-badged, and sold the vehicle over to the McLaren Team for

> >four cases of Crown Lager, a gram of smack and a quick glimpse of David

> >Coulthard's bird in the shower

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PranK,

Good luck dude I hope you find something soon. Being unemployed for 3 months myself, I know it's pretty tough out there in IT ATM.

What do you want to do for a job when you are ready to start again ?

Cheers,

Hi All,

Firstly, thanks to all that volunteered to help out with this. The promotors have, however, clarified what the "pit stops" will be....we just have to pit, remove a velro sash from the car, get back in and head off! So, no need to get a crew together to change the tyre, only cheering is required.

Everyone is still welcome to come along on the day, as well as the mighty daewoo 1 hour race, all the regular categories will be running as well.

And PranK, does this mean we can cruise before midnight now :O

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Well, sash removing cheer squad, I havent got confirmation of the programme for the weekend yet (as usual), but we will be out there. There will be races on from 9am-5pm, we'll prolly be there a bit earlier for scruitineering.

We should have one of the corporate boxes (usually the end one), so I'll see you guys there.

BTW, for anyone who would like to get into racing, the organisers of the daewoo series are running this contest for a free season, its being run in 2 weeks:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&threadid=22864

Well, we've got the times for the combined touring / daewoo races:

Sat: Qualifying: 10am, Race 1: 12.00

Sun: warm up: 8.30, Race 2 (1hr): 1pm

See y'all there :)

Well its was a good day out (apart from the small issue of remodelling the right front of the car :P

I'll be starting from 4th tomorrow, which has me in with a good chance.

I do actually still need another volunteer to help out tomorrow, we need someone to act as car controller when the jump out/jump in happens :P.

Whoever wants the job, I'll need you out there at 8am tomorrow so we can practice the stops during the warm up.




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