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This was a great event (was there for about 13 hours), such a shame the crowds werent bigger

The whole 12 hours was neck and neck between Evo's which was good to watch, the WBR WRX has a huge stack at 150k's into a wall and the word floating between teams was that they'd said nothing could be salvaged, they dont know how many G's it pulled on impact cause it broke the G meter.

There was absolutly SH!TLOADS of front rights blown out on the inside edge, some cars would be in every 30 mins for a new one. That was pretty crazy!

Daces ute locked up and understeered into a wall very early resulting in bent steering rack, control arms etc and a crack in the sump so it was all over for them - shame cause i was hanging out in their pit all day and the guys were looking forward to a big day of racing!

Google is a friend to all :thumbsup:

http://www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/home.asp

Pos Car Entrant Drivers Vehicle Cl Laps Racetime Fastest Lap

1 1 TMR Australia R.Salmon/T.Longhurst/D.White Mitsubishi Lancer RS C 239 12:00:05.9576 2:30.1694 23

2 55 West Surfing Products G.Crimp/T.Ricciardello/S.Kostera Mitsubishi Lancer RS C 239 12:00:12.4363 2:29.9865 38

3 35 PRO-DUCT Motorsport J.Bargwana/S.Knight/B.Jones Mitsubishi Lancer RS C 238 12:01:39.6011 2:32.2041 75

4 43 Easts Holiday Parks D.Wall/D.Wall/T.Symonds Mitsubishi Lacer GSR C 237 12:01:10.3492 2:31.4873 39

5 11 Rondo Building Services B.Morcom/L.Searle/P.Stubber BMW 335i A 237 12:01:11.2521 2:31.6440 18

6 3 Messages on Hold / Tyrepower S.Jones/K.Wade/A.Caratti Mitsubishi Lancer RS C 235 12:01:55.2134 2:33.6145 12

7 23 GSK Group S.Briffa/M.Zukanovic/T.Sipp Holden VE R8 Clubspo A 231 12:03:51.0836 2:33.7576 221

8 20 Eastern Creek Karts G.Holt/P.Morris/R.Shaw BMW 335i A 228 12:00:56.9210 2:32.2610 48

9 24 Walden Motorsport G.Walden/B.Walden/M.Auld Holden Commodore SS E 228 12:01:48.1913 2:37.2760 72

10 62 Love the Beast T.Leahey/P.Hill/E.Bana Mitsubishi Lancer RS C 228 12:01:56.3143 2:32.6956 20

This was a great event (was there for about 13 hours), such a shame the crowds werent bigger

The whole 12 hours was neck and neck between Evo's which was good to watch, the WBR WRX has a huge stack at 150k's into a wall and the word floating between teams was that they'd said nothing could be salvaged, they dont know how many G's it pulled on impact cause it broke the G meter.

There was absolutly SH!TLOADS of front rights blown out on the inside edge, some cars would be in every 30 mins for a new one. That was pretty crazy!

Daces ute locked up and understeered into a wall very early resulting in bent steering rack, control arms etc and a crack in the sump so it was all over for them - shame cause i was hanging out in their pit all day and the guys were looking forward to a big day of racing!

My bud Dean Grant was one of the drivers in that, but I can't get a hold of him. I'm assuming the driver was ok? Do you know who was driving at the time?

Heres Sundays shots, Light was epic in the morning... there are so many cause i couldnt cull them down:

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Rest can be seen here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmead//...157614244579849

I had the live results and commentary running all day which was pretty good, nfi who the commentators were but they were better than the usual Channel 7 ones.

Yea so did I,,,they were actually very good. Nothing like running through the whole field.

Ha Ha check out the pic Mat took of bargy,,,he's driving with his eyes closed.

Neil.

Did ya get a pic off searly blowing up tyres thru the chase at 240ks an hour lol. One every five laps & that was with all camber taken out they still dont know why they blew tyres think it was right hand rear might be wrong. But anyways welldone to luke for finishing fifth on the day & 2 or 3 seconds quicker than pauly morris lol.

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