Bathurst 1000 this coming weekend (Oct 4th-7th)
Discussion
308mate said:
Whynot said:
They have imposed a limit that only one case of beer per spectator can be taken to Bathurst this year. There will be uproar
You think England is a nanny state?
Oz makes England look like feeding time at the zoo in comparison.
Rifgt again 308, I worry about the people who whinge about England and think if they move to Oz they leave all that behind... a rude awakaning awaits. (And if they stay here too long they will find it financially impossible to move back to England You think England is a nanny state?
Oz makes England look like feeding time at the zoo in comparison.
)madazrx7 said:
Don't know if you guys are getting today's telecast? Just had another kangarigine jumping along the track between cars during a race 
Trying to watch the 
ing news updates on that ingt useless pile of shit bigpond site and the ing video keeps stopping every 3 seconds (literally) to buffer again!!Anyone know how I can sort this? Never had good experience with this site, no matter what machine I try and view it from.
Not tried to stream anything from the Bigknob site, don't expect too much (it is Telstra after all 
)
Hoping GT can win tommorow, would love to see him take the championship this year. We swapped a gearbox in my race car in Garth's parents' driveway many years ago, Garth & his brother Leon were racing karts in those days.
)Hoping GT can win tommorow, would love to see him take the championship this year. We swapped a gearbox in my race car in Garth's parents' driveway many years ago, Garth & his brother Leon were racing karts in those days.
madazrx7 said:
Not tried to stream anything from the Bigknob site, don't expect too much (it is Telstra after all )
Hoping GT can win tommorow, would love to see him take the championship this year. We swapped a gearbox in my race car in Garth's parents' driveway many years ago, Garth & his brother Leon were racing karts in those days.
I ought to go for GT but I cant help seeing Skaifey as spiritual successor to PB (whilst obviously not being fit to tie PB's posthumous shoe laces) so its a tough one. )Hoping GT can win tommorow, would love to see him take the championship this year. We swapped a gearbox in my race car in Garth's parents' driveway many years ago, Garth & his brother Leon were racing karts in those days.
5 'roos eh? They should nip down to South Perth 4WD rentals and race those instead. (Thats what we did up at Lawlers Gold Mine - and we never had a problem with roos
) Slightly O/T (not much) we drove across to Bathurst for the 83 race, had to stop on the Nullabor in the middle of the night as there were literally hundreds of the bloody things, we were crawling along at about 50kph trying to avoid them. Did the trip in my Dad's HQ V8, including an unscheduled pit stop at Ceduna to replace a bent valve
madazrx7 said:
Slightly O/T (not much) we drove across to Bathurst for the 83 race, had to stop on the Nullabor in the middle of the night as there were literally hundreds of the bloody things, we were crawling along at about 50kph trying to avoid them. Did the trip in my Dad's HQ V8, including an unscheduled pit stop at Ceduna to replace a bent valve
On that note, there was a guy rode round the world on a Yamaha R1 in about 5minutes or some bloody thing a while back. When he got to Oz, he slept all day and opted to drive down through the territiory at night to avoid the heat and any traffic(!). There were so many roos out on the road (roos spell absolute disaster on a bike obviously) he was down to 50kmh too. One of the slowest parts of his journey in the end!madazrx7 said:
And now at 4pm instead of showing the GP they are showing the usual Sunday crap, we get to see the GP at 1AM tomorow morning (Perth time) only about 12 hours late 
When are they showing the GP there Ben?
Its only on sky, we don't get it on free TV and as I don't have sky (what student does?) I don't know when its on. We don't even get WRC on normal TV anymore, its pretty crap really.When are they showing the GP there Ben?
Got it on MotorsTV atm - so different to the F1! (For the better)
Friendly people, drivers sitting in the cars tapping the steering wheels to the music which two people are singing on the main straight, a presenter calling the president (i think) 'mate'.
Love it.
Sounds like it's live too?
Friendly people, drivers sitting in the cars tapping the steering wheels to the music which two people are singing on the main straight, a presenter calling the president (i think) 'mate'.
Love it.
Sounds like it's live too?
Towie said:
Big Bathurst fan from an early age. Just been watching loads of stuff on You-tube and I saw Brocky racing an old A30 in the 60s/70s.
All I can find is that it had a "179 Holden" engine which means nothing to me. Anyone able to enlighten me?
" 179 " was a reference to to the engine capacity in cubic inches . It was a straight 6 . The motor was introduced in around 1964 ?All I can find is that it had a "179 Holden" engine which means nothing to me. Anyone able to enlighten me?
George 54 said:
Towie said:
Big Bathurst fan from an early age. Just been watching loads of stuff on You-tube and I saw Brocky racing an old A30 in the 60s/70s.
All I can find is that it had a "179 Holden" engine which means nothing to me. Anyone able to enlighten me?
" 179 " was a reference to to the engine capacity in cubic inches . It was a straight 6 . The motor was introduced in around 1964 ?All I can find is that it had a "179 Holden" engine which means nothing to me. Anyone able to enlighten me?
IIRC the 179 was one of the original Holden "Grey" series 6 cyl engines. I think there was also a 138, 149, and the 179 "pusuit" or similar, IIRC from a Canadian market(?) with a steel crank. I might be a bit confused though, many years ago.
These were replaced by the "Red" series 6 cylinders, 161, 186 then 173 and 202CI. My first car was a 1971 GTR Torana with the 161"S" engine.
Edited by madazrx7 on Monday 8th October 02:05
boycieboy said:
Tonight at 11pm on Motors TV is the highlights of the whole V8 supercar series.
Hopefully there will be some on the Bathurst 1000 as I missed it yesterday
BTW, was it a good race?
According to MotorsTV website, tonights program is:Hopefully there will be some on the Bathurst 1000 as I missed it yesterday
BTW, was it a good race?
"V8 SUPERCARS HIGHLIGHTS RD 10 : BATHURST
It's THE race. 1000 Kilometers on the gruelling Mount Panorama, and always an action-packed event till the flag !"
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