Bathurst 1000 2013

Lordy I love this time of year. AFL Granny this Saturday (28 Sept), NRL Granny the Sunday of the following weekend, then the mighty Great Race the Sunday after that.

I'm having the week between the latter two off up the coast. Something to look forward to makes life just that little bit more tolerable*.  

































* This is the pathetic mantra I now follow given "All is right in the world when Australia is winning at cricket" no longer has any meaning.

I like the mantra S, even if Bathurst is a yawnfest

Go Mercedes.

Is that your dog running away after you kicked it, MrK?  

do the Ford cars still race in this series? or have they packed that in too

Ford is still a major competitor, h. Holden is leading the points at the moment. As MrK alludes, Mercedes and Nissan also have cars in the championship this year. They have been steadily improving through the V8 Supercar season and may score top 10 finishes on Sunday fortnight. Would be a shock if a Holden or a Ford didn't win the Great Race but.

Top 10 Shoot-out should be a cracker at 5.00 pm EDST.

Gran Turismo 6 will feature Bathurst as one of its circuits

http://video.carsguide.com.au/2411565642/Bathurst-stars-in-video-game?origin=newsfooter

skully wrote:Top 10 Shoot-out should be a cracker at 5.00 pm EDST.

so what are they filling in the rest of the coverage with?

Nath wrote:

skully wrote:Top 10 Shoot-out should be a cracker at 5.00 pm EDST.

so what are they filling in the rest of the coverage with?

Practice sessions & a lot of bullcrap.

Aye, but who cares, the stuff from 5.00 to 6.00 pm was grouse.

Super laps from JC and Frosty.

And Webber gets pole in Japan!

FMD, Dumbrell is some 2-drives-a-year co-driver. He's going llike a scalded cat!!

Remarkably trouble-free race so far.

Bad luck for Murphy

Big Dog wrote:Bad luck for Murphy

Rookie mistake - got off line.

Meanwhile it's a 20 lap sprint to the finish. Whincup in 2nd looks quick and is monstering Frosty.

Could be some rain for the final couple of laps.

Looks like a cracking last 10 laps

This is an exceptional finish to Bathurst.

After this I will switch right over to the Japanese GP and see if Weber can negotiate the first corner.

Great last lap. Hard to believe this is the first time since 1977 that the Ford factory team has won.

What a fantastic last 20 laps!!! Ferkin Bright help up Lowndes and Tander otherwise it would've been a 4 car shoot out to the end.

And well done to Frosty BTW.

Paul Keating wrote:This is an exceptional finish to Bathurst.

After this I will switch right over to the Japanese GP and see if Weber can negotiate the first corner.

Nope...Webber farks it again.

Shame about Bright farking up would could have been the greatest finish ever.

Still, thrilling stuff. The bravery of those guys is unbelievable.