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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 12:05 PM |
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Team camper at bathurst
I thought i did well getting position 11 but i bogged it down and they all left me for dead...well except for Garth
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Gee it's getting steep...better grap second!
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phew! hard work...I'll just stop for a quick brew...shouldn't affect my lap times too much
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oooh this is a bit scary...lucky i've got the big 9 inch non-ventilated discs on front...
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Omigod...he must have got spun around over skyline...yellow flags...safety car...
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Bloody hell that was scary and gives me totally new respect for supercar drivers
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 07:17 PM |
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Hi
One of the best tourist drives in the country, gives you new respect to the V8 taxi drivers.
Steve
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 07:56 PM |
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Would have been real hairy in the 60's & 70's considering the advancements made in driver safety etc!
I remember a story about Allan Moffatt when Ford brought him over from Canada. They were showing him around Mt. Panorama and sun was setting, he said
to his rep that it is getting late and they might want to get a move on and show him the racing track before it gets too dark.
......Um....mate,.....your standing on it!!
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1303Steve
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 08:14 PM |
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Hi
Talking about Moffat, have you seen his book with pictures of him racing a Beetle.
Steve
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| posted on October 12th, 2008 at 08:54 PM |
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posted by 1303Steve
Hi
Talking about Moffat, have you seen his book with pictures of him racing a Beetle.
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No I haven't but it would be well worth a look.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 07:01 AM |
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I've only ever been around it on Playstation - V8 Supercars for PS2 is excellent, I can do a 2:09 if I'm lucky...
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 07:56 AM |
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Hi
I just looked up Allan Moffats bio ( http://www.allanmoffat.com.au ), he had a
Marketing Cadetship at Volkswagen Australia, might explain why he was racing a Beetle.
Steve
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 09:05 AM |
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I did a few laps a couple of weeks back. I used to do a fair bit of work with a client in Bathurst and would always do a lap or two when I drove
up.
I even scored pole!
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 10:10 AM |
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That brings back memories
Remember the M1's and the big M6 ? The JPS M635
I've had a love affair with them ever since.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 11:16 AM |
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Excuse my ignorance, but how much if any of the track is public road when there's no racing. For years I just assumed it was a race track, but I get
the feeling that at least part of it is a normal (if windy and scenic) road for the rest of the year. I'm from Adelaide you know 
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 11:33 AM |
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It is a public road - two-way with a 60 kph speed limit all the way around.
The local Council is buying up all the enclosed properties as they become available - using money provided by Little Johnnie a few years back. Last I
heard (a couple of years back) they had about half the properties. They plan to turn it into a dedicated track at some stage - on the same basis as
the Nurburgring. Front up with your road car and some dolleroos and buy some laps - un-restricted.
Don't expect that miserable car-hating Labor party mob to help though.
There was a closed session a while back - I think it ran for about three days, but it was big bucks (IIRC about $4k) to do it. I'm hoping its a bit
more like the Nurburgring model - where its about $15 a lap (might be Euros over there)
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 01:43 PM |
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Thanks for the info. So even the main straight/start/finish line bit is a public road? And I bet the track is a lot steeper than it appears on TV.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 02:11 PM |
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spare a thought for the "Rat" coming down with a jammed throttle
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 04:29 PM |
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Yep - the whole road is a public two-way road.
Oh yeah - the track is STEEP. That first shot of me is at The Dipper - which is definitely less scary at speed than if you are tootling down the hill
- the road just drops away from under you. I well remember the first time I went down there - on a Honda 750/4 - it was much nicer on the second lap,
pegs scraping away (which didn't take much).
Btw - the Rat crashed up top - on the flat.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 06:12 PM |
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This is racing, we where four abreast in the first corner and we had a better start than Garth Tander 
No one was going to give up on the first corner but I had the inside line.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 07:23 PM |
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good one Rose the inside running is always king. I can remenber back in the 70's a kangaroo or two hopped across the track,caused a bit of a
kerfuffle for a bit,the people who owned the the farms had access roads.
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| posted on October 13th, 2008 at 08:16 PM |
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nice pics all! ....memories with my chev with a supra box broke the
gearbox at top of mountainalong roll back down the mountain
tooooooo
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| posted on October 14th, 2008 at 04:48 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by rose
This is racing, we where four abreast in the first corner and we had a better start than Garth Tander
No one was going to give up on the first corner but I had the inside line.
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| posted on October 14th, 2008 at 07:57 PM |
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The ghost of gearbox #1 (of 2) that ended my racing career haunts the top of conrod too.
Its an awesome place. I recommend walking the track. I did it one night in the rain and it was hard thing to do. Dont stand on a wet ripple strip!
I can guarantee you that if BCC gets hold of it to do a Nurburgring style jobbie you wont see $15 laps. More likely to be 10 times that. The liability
insurance costs will be unbelievable. Your car insurance wont cover you. They'll have to set up a new hospital to keep up with demand. Last time I
camped at the top of the mountain they wanted $15/head for a campsite with no showers and the BLCC had to provide rubbish bins. I think they also
wanted $90 or something equally stupid to use a pit bay for a day. A council worker had to come and undo the padlock you see.
I think the council would be more likely to be buying up to allow greater use of it for major race meetings. At the moment residents would be a big
hinderance for staging events and are therefore costing the council a mint. Also, if they own it, they can close it when not in use to minimise the
hoons and vandalism.
 
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