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I'm jealous, well almost... i was tearing around Mt Panorama in the open wheeler instead and ended up with a lap full of hail there as well. Couldn't exactly wind the windows up.

Shell that mutt is growing big enough to use as a chamois now :sick:

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that black Lab at the cafe looked scared shitless when I took her over to meet it haha!!! :sick:

Michele, chamois.. toilet brush...hot water bottle.. there's a million uses!

I feel for you and the lap full of hail :rant: I got a few pieces down my back when we were leaving and that was bad enough. How did you go at Bathurst? What was that for, is there a thread somewhere?

How did you go at Bathurst? What was that for, is there a thread somewhere?

I don't have full results yet because the hail brought the show to a grinding halt - I'm pretty sure I won my class and at the end of two laps I was FTD, but some got to have a crack at a 3rd lap before the hail and Im pretty sure one of those had a better time than mine. However I didn't get to do a 3rd run, so until they come back and say they will allow the 3rd run for those who completed it, I won't really know.

I didn't know SAU'ers were going to be there until on the day, but there is a little bit on it in here http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sk...60#entry4043513

Bathurst Light Car Club (BLCC) is having a supersprint down Conrod to start/finish line on 30th Aug and on 31st Aug the Mount Panorama Hillclimb is on again - Who's coming?

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