Bathurst 1000 2012

Im waiting for Roxon to come out and say Lowndes' car doesn't pass the tobacco advertising laws ...

I did wonder that myself.

Whincup fastest so far with a lightning quick 2m07.36s, followed by Will Davison on 2m07.82s then Lowndes with 2m07.98s. Whincup might give Murph's Lap of the Gods a shake.

Qualifying live on Seven this arvo. Grouse.

Ah fark, shitty start for HRT with GT putting it into the tyres at the end of Mountain Straight.

the first weekend in October is among the worst - only Bathurst...footy over and no cricket to speak of....might go off and watch local cricket 2mo

Daylight saving starts though so not all bad (and Bathurst is grouse too of course).

JGK wrote:
Daylight saving starts though so not all bad (and Bathurst is grouse too of course).

yay to daylight saving ...car racing leaves me cold and Bathurst is uber dreary

Whincup tops qualifying from Coulthard and Winterbottom. Lowndes is in the mix and GT recovered to qualify 8th.

What's the forecast for the shootout tomorrow?

Lots of mentions of showers. Lowndes said he hoped his middle spot in the top 10 (5th) would see a patch of sunshine.

Cromley took Froggie Alexandre Premat for his first run around Mt Panic-and-Drama on Wednesday and other than scaring the shit out of him, he was amazed at the extreme elevation change, steepness and massive high speed corners around the track. Grouse.

Aye. It is the magical mountain.

Bring on that changable weather. It's really makes Bathurst extra-special.

Why do they have the shootout so late in the day?. The final run will be in near darkness. It must be a disadvantage.

Go Ford.

Davidson wins the shootout by a scrot from Whincup.

Aye, good shoot-out. I don't understand how the Vodaphone team can have Whincup's car set up within a bee's dick of pole, but Lowndes was all over the shop like a mad woman's breakfast.

And I agree with BD's comments. Far too late in the day for the shoot-out. Methinks it's more to do with TV than anything.

It's on delay FFS. Be grouse if the sheep Shane van Gisbergen does well.

The Giz will go OK. He's always competitive, and if there is any moisture in the air, he will grow an extra cylinder.

3 hours to blast off.

It is live. And Whincup's Holden has a superpower of getting uglier every month.

Interrupted by some replay of a random tennis tournament. qunts

Poor Nick Percat.

Is Van Gis having tyre issues? How did he end up 17th?

Seems like everyone is having tyre issues.

Cheers.