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Dud Meetings, Busted Flushes and SNAFUs
Well...the A1GPs have spectacularly failed to appear in a top level international Motorsport starved captive market (Australia).
Name some other disasters lads as I'm sure this isn't the first time Marshals have spent 100s of hard earned "dollars" supporting a meeting only to be bitterly dissapointed or royally flushed by the organisers etc PS the first Aussie Marshal that comes on here and complains I have defiled the good name of V8 Supercars Australia by not including them in the top level international category (BTW where did Andy Priaux(spl) finish in the Bathurst 1000?) gets a large all day sucker. |
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17 Oct 2009, 10:41 (Ref:2563175) | #2 | ||
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17 Oct 2009, 13:31 (Ref:2563229) | #3 | ||
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Can't think of anything where the headline series has simply failed to turn up without cancelling properly in advance. Especially not at a circuit which is especially built for the purpose. Vary sad.
Mind, it's not as if many people spend much time looking at the cars at Surfers... I'm sure the marshals won't have to search far for entertainment, and can presumably have a later start in the morning as well! |
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I disagree about a late start...Tony C will want the Marshals out on point and out of sight as soon as possible to run the supports they dream up. Still, not a total loss as you say Woolen one...it is a holiday destination after all I wonder how many Marshalls WILL turn up now |
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20 Oct 2009, 03:43 (Ref:2565155) | #6 | ||
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I'm sorry, I didn't realise that VESA had a good name to defile...especially after the Phillip Island Mk II/Bahrain kerfuffle.
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And as for marshal turning up I know all of our marshals on point 9 were going to give it a miss for next year as they were sick and tired of getting royally bashed by the black wiggle..... |
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I heard 80 no shows on Thursday morning.
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I heard the same number as PVDA, I have a feeling from the same source
And any good name that VESA had before the weekend, is now gone. You know you have stuffed up when your own commentators start bagging you on air. |
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Speaking to Marty after the briefing and he said that there were approx 120 marshals down over the thursday & friday. And I know alot aren't turning back up next year.....
And I loved the wheather that we got at the F/ford race - made it interesting, when the f/ford crashed into the flag point..... |
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