Bathurst 12 Hour 2011

[Beer Baron]

Angus told me it was quite disconcerting running in the STi with one second having no one behind, the next with a Mosler lights ablaze up your arse but so low you can only see the top of the roof! lol

yeah he must have some balls. it would be pretty hard to just focus and keep your eyes forward knowing that every second you don't check the mirrors is likely to be the second a mosler gains a few hundred meters on you in the blink of an eye.

[Marlin]

Yeah he said "check the mirrors under brakes on Mountain strait - nothing. Check again into The Cutting - nothing..... Get to Skyline, mirrors chock full of Mosler!"

He also said when they passed him before the kink in Conrod, by the time he was exiting The Chase, they were already exiting Murray's corner! lol!

[PHaT MR30]

Yeh then compound that with it being pitch black! A mate of mine did the Nurburgring 24hr many years ago in a Mirage cup car with Donut king, said coming down that really long straight (3km?), check mirrors nothing, check mirrors again faint flicker of light, next thing you know there is a bang of an exhaust, flame and you've just been passed by a BMW M3 GTR and no sooner you can't see their tail lights in the distance!

That would be scary lap after lap in the dark with 200 or so other cars racing!

[Marlin]

I'd put it in the too hard basket. My hair is already grey enough

[Beer Baron]

Yeh then compound that with it being pitch black! A mate of mine did the Nurburgring 24hr many years ago in a Mirage cup car with Donut king, said coming down that really long straight (3km?), check mirrors nothing, check mirrors again faint flicker of light, next thing you know there is a bang of an exhaust, flame and you've just been passed by a BMW M3 GTR and no sooner you can't see their tail lights in the distance!

That would be scary lap after lap in the dark with 200 or so other cars racing!

lol, sounds exactly like the tourist sessions. except that in them only half the people are wearing helmets and some are diving campervans. now imagine hans moleman in his campervan tootling around as hans stavro blofeld comes up in his full house GT2 porsche thinking he is on for a purple first sector. now that's closing speed!! oh, and scatter around a few suicidal guys on motorbikes around too. some are already in the guard rail or the hospital but there's always plenty on the track to dodge mid corner. make the 24hr sound like a walk in the park, at least the guys in that should know how to drive right?

[zebra]

in The burg 24hr a few years ago a GT3RSR went full tilt into the back of a Mini that was doing 40mph cause of the fog at night. they pulled everyone into the pits for 5 hours after that.

[Chris-06R]

Wow,

You'd think someone would have created some kind of car to car warning system using GPS so that everyone knows how close the car in front/behind is and how quickly the distance is changing. We get that in video games daily

[benm]

Wow,

You'd think someone would have created some kind of car to car warning system using GPS so that everyone knows how close the car in front/behind is and how quickly the distance is changing. We get that in video games daily

Someone has created it, they call it the pit crew + radio.

[Nee-san]

Someone has created it, they call it the pit crew + radio.

I think he means something reliable, IE without human fallibility.

operators should be used as a final check safety net only.

[2pee]

make the 24hr sound like a walk in the park' date=' at least the guys in that [i']should[/i] know how to drive right?

According to the Germans, a lot can't, hence the new licensing restrictions for this year's event......NB race school and two European endurance events, I believe, required if you haven't participated recently.

[NickR33]

in the Dakar the motorbikes have an alarm that goes off i their helmets when a buggy/truck is closing in on them

I dunno how effective it would be on a track though

[Duncan]

lol I have non stop alarm bells going off in my head when racing. long ago learned to ignore them all once the red mist comes down

[Leif]

For the NSW people, looks like they're covering it on Channel One this weekend - 7:30 till 10:30.

http://www.yourtv.com.au/guide/sat/

[Beer Baron]

cool thanks for the heads up.

[260DET]

R35 out because of a gearbox actuator fail.