Bathurst - Page 2

supernova1965 (Warren) · #21 11-10-2009, 04:15 PM

Who remembers when the Mini won the Race that was great. Cant remember what year it was had to be in the 70's. I remember when I was in school when it was the on the Friday before the race weekend all the boys and some girls at our school would take our matchbox cars to school and run the cars down our schools front footpath that ran from the front gate down to the parade ground and the car that got there first were and the owner were hero's to the whole rest of the day.

Jen · #22 11-10-2009, 07:10 PM

wooohoooooo go the holdens what legends 9 in the top ten

torana68 (Roger) · #23 11-10-2009, 07:38 PM

Hi all,
Just home from Bathurst, was good fun if a little wet. Re the comment about NASCAR its sadly correct ,the photo below...

http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...t=IMG_1984.jpg

... is a Commodore and you can see that the only Holden panel is the side one, but not the bottom section of the side one. All outer panels attach to this, most by pop rivet, I think the guards are fiberglass on the front but all the other parts are steel (or were last year). Its good racing though, especially when Ford fails.... beautifull skys out that way as well, what planet is on the horizon at about 5/6am ish?

TheDecepticon · #24 11-10-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

wooohoooooo go the holdens what legends 9 in the top ten

9 Holdens and 1 wanna be Holden makes 10, doesn't it!!

They once asked Whingemug what his worst job ever was and he replied "Driving a Holden!" Cant wait to see him in a Holden next year!!

It's not silhouette racing yet, it is parody, and is still heavily tied into brand name sales. Nascar is still alot different.

Jen · #25 11-10-2009, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

9 Holdens and 1 wanna be Holden makes 10, doesn't it?

haha u gotta point there LMAO

supernova1965 (Warren) · #26 11-10-2009, 09:12 PM

I just saw the news and apparently they had the riot squad there and no wonder when I saw 2 guys wearing mankinis that's enough to cause a riot in my opinion.

Kevnool (Kev) · #27 11-10-2009, 10:13 PM

A race party i was at today mentioned about hiring a 12 seater bus to go next year, They asked if i was interested but for me the birdsville races are on 3 weeks before bathurst.
So theres no bathurst for kev.Birdsville yes.

Cheers Kev.

rat156 · #28 11-10-2009, 10:47 PM

Try getting one of the rear doors of a "Commodore" V8 supercar to fit the road going version, they are shorter. They all run Hollinger gearboxes, Ford 9" diffs, the engines are made in the US, as you can see the chassis is not factory standard, the list goes on. The one thing they aren't are Fords or Holdens.

It's good racing, though Bathurst is spoiled by the safety car interventions, but I don't buy into the red V blue BS that goes on. I actually follow a driver or team rather than the vague notion that they drive something similar to a road car. None of them drive Alfas anyway, so I really have no manufacturer alliance.

Cheers
Stuart

bartman (Bart) · #29 12-10-2009, 05:58 AM

Jen and Decepticon,
Your right ...... its pretty much a Top Ten Holden Win!
Makes up for the past few years!
Lowndes is rejoining the fold.
So it makes it a Top Ten Win!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bartman

supernova1965 (Warren) · #30 12-10-2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rat156

Try getting one of the rear doors of a "Commodore" V8 supercar to fit the road going version, they are shorter. They all run Hollinger gearboxes, Ford 9" diffs, the engines are made in the US, as you can see the chassis is not factory standard, the list goes on. The one thing they aren't are Fords or Holdens.

It's good racing, though Bathurst is spoiled by the safety car interventions, but I don't buy into the red V blue BS that goes on. I actually follow a driver or team rather than the vague notion that they drive something similar to a road car. None of them drive Alfas anyway, so I really have no manufacturer alliance.

Cheers
Stuart

The Holden Ford rivalry runs deep for this race it has since I can remember it is hard to stop seeing it in this way even if they are not really the same anymore its the romantics of it lets face we humans can ignore the obvious sometimes but you are talking about a lifetime of going for one over the other its in our blood.

AstralTraveller (David) · #31 12-10-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by supernova1965

Who remembers when the Mini won the Race that was great. Cant remember what year it was had to be in the 70's. I remember when I was in school when it was the on the Friday before the race weekend all the boys and some girls at our school would take our matchbox cars to school and run the cars down our schools front footpath that ran from the front gate down to the parade ground and the car that got there first were and the owner were hero's to the whole rest of the day.

Minis won Bathurst in 1966. In fact they had 9 of the top 10 places. The next year Ford had the GTHO Falcon - where HO stands for 'handling option' (or so I've been told). Once the big cars could also stop and turn the days of the mini were over.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6212/

supernova1965 (Warren) · #32 12-10-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Minis won Bathurst in 1966. In fact they had 9 of the top 10 places. The next year Ford had the GTHO Falcon - where HO stands for 'handling option' (or so I've been told). Once the big cars could also stop and turn the days of the mini were over.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6212/

The one I remember was when the mini came around the last bend and was able to just hold on against a bigger car it cant have been 1966 as I was born in 1965 and I remember watching it on TV. But that was interesting about the 9 of 10 top places!

rat156 · #33 12-10-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

The next year Ford had the GTHO Falcon - where HO stands for 'handling option' (or so I've been told).

Advertising hype, driving a GTHO is like trying to navigate the Queen Mary, a testament to the guys who drove them! These were the days when the drivers really had to earn a race win.

Cheers
Stuart

Spanrz (Brett) · #34 12-10-2009, 11:40 PM

Well I was there. Just got back to Melbourne at 8pm tonight.
I survived a "bloody cold" Bathurst. Up on top of the mountain. (Sulman)
The alcohol limit was 24 cans per man per day, however, the letter that was sent to campers wasn't clear enough, as I found out.
When I got checked at the security gate, out of 3 slabs and 2 casks of wine, 1 slab and 1 cask of wine was taken off me (Me and the Mrs went). Due to the fact of "per day", they made you take 1 slab each, then when you ran out, come back the next day and collect your others lab from the gate (800 metres away down the mountain).
In my eyes, it wasn't clear enough as many people got caught out.

1752km's travelled, to see 161 laps raced, partied most nights (respectfully), got caught in the middle of a cricket game with the coppers (haha), and just such an amazing event to see everyone chewing fingernails it was just that close. I am a Ford boy, but to see the Holden boys loose it too and chew fingers off, was just great...hahaha.

Now who in their right mind goes camping when it's 0 degrees overnight?
Bloody cold. And bloody good at the same time.

mithrandir (Andrew) · #35 14-10-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by torana68

what planet is on the horizon at about 5/6am ish?

The only planet that seems possible is Mars.