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Old 16 Mar 2009, 10:04 (Ref:2416512)   #1
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iRace Round 1 Morgan Park 20-22 March

The first round of a new season is upon us. You can find all the news here and find all the info on the categories that will be racing here. I will be attending this round, so look out for the big giant (I will be the tallest person there) with a beard and come over and say G'day.
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Old 18 Mar 2009, 03:42 (Ref:2417979)   #2
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An entry list would be good...............
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Old 19 Mar 2009, 15:04 (Ref:2419366)   #3
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I forgot to ask, where is the best placed to spectate from and are you allowed to park your car next to the track?
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Old 19 Mar 2009, 17:27 (Ref:2419480)   #4
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Hi Richie17.
A realy good spot to spectate from is infield up near the walkover bridge, also its good for taking photos of the cars coming round the bend at the top of the crest,also you can see more of the track from up that way, you cant stand on the crossover walkway when racings on though,there is a grand stand down along the main straight but you dont see as much ,but its still good ,and yes you can park your car near the track up top near the walkover bridge(outside of the circuit).

Hope this helps..
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Old 19 Mar 2009, 18:12 (Ref:2419523)   #5
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Yes it does, thank you very much 2lt.
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Hi all - a small photo gallery from the weekend (well Saturday anyway...)

It was a good weekend for me at least - Morgan Park is a great track...hopefully competitor numbers can climb though...
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Hi all - a small photo gallery from the weekend (well Saturday anyway...)

It was a good weekend for me at least - Morgan Park is a great track...hopefully competitor numbers can climb though...
Hi cptkablamo.

How many competitors where there? and what was the crowd like?
and yes morgan park is a nice looking track.

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Old 23 Mar 2009, 04:53 (Ref:2422428)   #8
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Yeah it wasn't big - probably about 25 cars all up I think - going off memory...could have been a few more

The Biddlecombe Saker was there so I was kept happy...but I don't think there were many interstate people...
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Old 23 Mar 2009, 12:28 (Ref:2422676)   #9
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http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...2/03/2009.MGPK

Looking at that, there was only a handful of locals in the 25 starters.

Will it be on TV?
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I will cede to you on that one - you would know more than me, was talking to one guy who said none of his interstate friends came in...

Had a feeling that it was to be televised but not sure if that ever happened...
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Hi Guys,

Wow, what a great circuit. Really enjoyed the challenging layout, and looking forward to going back later in the year!

Yes, it was a fairly intimate meeting, with not as many competitors as we would have liked, but it was a great atmosphere, and hopefully we can retain that vibe, just with much bigger fields at the coming rounds.

There are some more photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/irace/s...7615149661145/

Yes, the round will be televised on Fox. Grant Boyden was at the circuit doing interviews throughout Sunday.

Richie, I must have missed you - Dad said he met you. Hope to catch up at a future round.
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Old 23 Mar 2009, 22:22 (Ref:2423119)   #12
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Congrats to the promoters for getting it off the ground.Even more so for getting off the deck after getting kicked in the teeth . It will take time to build the series and competitors will take time to get confidence in it all. There are cars here that have not been catered for--or at least adequetly- elsewhere and these promoters have the competitors interests at heart.
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Old 23 Mar 2009, 23:15 (Ref:2423172)   #13
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Small update:

TV will be SBS Speedweek 12 April and Fox 29 April.
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Look, I really don't want to start a **** fight here and I'm not doing any tooth kicking but who is paying for all this? TV coverage and track hire with 21 entrants, entry fees must be high?

How are they going to telecast a 1 car 'race'?
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Formula Tasman / LeMans Sports Races must have been fantastic with the huge 1 car field......
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Old 25 Mar 2009, 06:39 (Ref:2424190)   #16
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I wonder what Morgan Park would be like with big grids. Is overtaking difficult in cars?

I found there weren't many passing places in a sidecar, partly because I was down on power to the people I was dicing with but I can't imagine it would be easy.

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I wonder what Morgan Park would be like with big grids. Is overtaking difficult in cars?
Try the first video here: http://www.irace.net.au/news/index.p...77102336976470
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Where there is a will, there is a way!

It's really all about setting up the pass at the previous corner, get a good run onto the straight and you're a chance at turns one and two. Have a good clean run out of 2 and you're a big chance at 4, ditto 4 for 5. The T-junction is a funny one, because if you can hold it on the outside of Siberia, you've got the inside running up the hill. Inside and outside can work through there!

It'll be very interesting when the extensions get put in, because the tighter, but my favourite part, through the flip flop and onto the straight will be replaced with some sweepers.
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