Re: Bathurst 1000 2009

by bodyline Mon 12 Oct 2009, 01:22

G.Wood wrote:I am still amazed you managed to lift that rock - let alone get it onto the track

I see Kelly was sooking as much as Dick when his JD car went backwards with a couple of laps to go.

by JGK Mon 12 Oct 2009, 01:58

This is fantastic footage.

by Big Dog Mon 12 Oct 2009, 07:55

Bathurst has become as tedious as Nascar racing. The same cars that look & perform so similarly that you have to really squint to see the badge to know what make it is. The outcome of the race is totally controlled by the safety car & the circuit itself has become so sanitised that my granny in her motorised wheelchair could set a fast lap.

I miss the old days when the race was open to all production cars & part time drivers could enter when mini's would take on the Jags & Torana's would go toe to toe with cosworth Sierras.

Thems was the days.

by bodyline Mon 12 Oct 2009, 07:59

Totally agree BD. Soon as they have a little traffic these days they go off. Seeing them rip through the field being held up here and there made it more of a race.

by JGK Mon 12 Oct 2009, 08:01

Pah it is usually a terrific race and the safety car adds to the drama.

Otherwise we'd go back to one car winning by multiple laps.

One thing though - it would almost be better if it didn't contribute to the Supercar season standings because then drivers would be intent on going for the win rather than not risk going out of the race. That was certainly Murphy's view of the world yesterday (although I guess the other way, teams wouldn't work so hard to stay out there and risk more expense if it didn't look like they could win).

by G.Wood Mon 12 Oct 2009, 22:48

bodyline wrote:Totally agree BD. Soon as they have a little traffic these days they go off. Seeing them rip through the field being held up here and there made it more of a race.

Yep. All you have to do is survive until the last SC and then sprint for the last 20 laps.

Hopefully stig can return home and teach his mates how to say Bathurst.

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 00:32

Hopefully stig can return home and teach his mates how to say Bathurst.

6.2 litre, supercharged Aussie Vauxhall Barth Hurst + the Maloo ute. Great episode.

by G.Wood Tue 13 Oct 2009, 00:37

Mick Sawyer wrote:
Hopefully stig can return home and teach his mates how to say Bathurst.

6.2 litre, supercharged Aussie Vauxhall Barth Hurst + the Maloo ute. Great episode.

Aye, yet still trumped by totty in a black bikini

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 00:56

Aye, yet still trumped by totty in a black bikini

There was that + plus sticking the silly name of the seppo president to a high profile seppo.

by G.Wood Tue 13 Oct 2009, 00:58

That's always funny.

almost as funny as him having 150 cars including a McLaren F1 and he still drives like my nan

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 01:03

he still drives like my nan

Your nan's goin OK then. She'd be quicker than the second quickest seppo.

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 01:07

JGK wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:So Garth Tander was watching Ben Collins during practice & wasn't much impressed.
When their paths crossed later tander said to him "Stig, schmig, my Mrs could could beat you in this race" ................. and she did.

I actually know Mrs T's father. I sent him a text after the race saying she must be grouse because she beat the Stig.

She's got a grouse rack.

Hope the old man was chuffed - he would have been tipping in lots for years.

by G.Wood Tue 13 Oct 2009, 01:11

Mick Sawyer wrote:She'd be quicker than the second quickest seppo.

That's like being happier than the second least bitter Victorian

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 01:34

That's like being happier than the second least bitter Victorian

**chortle**

Did I mention? - spent a few days on the insular peninsular with mini Mick a couple of weeks back. We had a great time.

by G.Wood Tue 13 Oct 2009, 03:05

Mick Sawyer wrote:
That's like being happier than the second least bitter Victorian

**chortle**

Did I mention? - spent a few days on the insular peninsular with mini Mick a couple of weeks back. We had a great time.

You mentioned you had it planned

How did you get in? Usually we don't just let riff raff in - we let them go to Cronulla.

by JGK Tue 13 Oct 2009, 04:10

Mick Sawyer wrote:
JGK wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:So Garth Tander was watching Ben Collins during practice & wasn't much impressed.
When their paths crossed later tander said to him "Stig, schmig, my Mrs could could beat you in this race" ................. and she did.

I actually know Mrs T's father. I sent him a text after the race saying she must be grouse because she beat the Stig.

She's got a grouse rack.

Hope the old man was chuffed - he would have been tipping in lots for years.

Actually, his first response was "who was The Stig"? Bathurst 1000 2009 - Page 2 Icon_rolleyes

by Mick Sawyer Tue 13 Oct 2009, 09:13

his first response was "who was The Stig"?

This stuff was spoken around the office this morning. We had one bird say: "the Stig? That's Michael Schumacher, isn't it?"

by skully Tue 13 Oct 2009, 09:44

Fell for the hoax, obviously...

by DJ_Smerk Tue 13 Oct 2009, 13:07

skully wrote:
DJ_Smerk wrote:Is this like NASCAR or something?
Sort of, Smerky, only 1000 times more interesting. Very evenly matched V8s racing around the fabulous 6.2 km Mount Panorama circuit (the best track in Australia and possibly the world). This circuit rises a few 100 metres from Pit Straight to the top of the mountain. It's an awesome track that many of us Aussies (and visitors) have had the pleasure of driving around.

The race goes for 161 laps, over 6 hours and 1000 kms. It is the premier Production Car race in Australia and NZ.

Here is the start and first couple of laps of last year's race. The guy who bogs down at the start is Garth Tander, the winner of today's race...

Fair enough. Unfortunately I've never seen the fun side in motor racing, F1 etc. shrug

by Invader Zim Tue 13 Oct 2009, 13:32

Isn't motor sport only followed by men who need to over compensate for their gay tendencies?

by Mick Sawyer Thu 15 Oct 2009, 13:55

Invader Zim wrote:Isn't motor sport only followed by men who need to over compensate for their gay tendencies?

Yeah, and it works. How do you deal with it?

by DJ_Smerk Sun 25 Oct 2009, 02:03

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8292264.stm

Australian police are gearing up for an annual crackdown on motor-racing fans - limiting race-goers to 24 cans of beer a day.
Spectators at the Bathurst 1000 - a three-day race meeting staged this week - will be told to stick to just the one "slab" of beer while at the racetrack.

If this is old news, ignore it. My bad.

by G.Wood Sun 25 Oct 2009, 21:53

It's like we are living in a police state.

Some guys went to the track a few weeks beforehand and buried some extra beer near their preferred camp site for when they ran out

by lardbucket Tue 27 Oct 2009, 07:21

beer in a bier

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