2009 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour - The Race Thread - Page 22

speedraced04 · 4 Mar 2009, 02:38 (Ref:2408599)

oh yeh, bring that on!

Green Hornet · 4 Mar 2009, 02:58 (Ref:2408607)

So where are all the officials coming from that will have to back up with limit sleep? Especially as many Saturday racers this year became flaggies on Sunday.

Belly13 · 7 Mar 2009, 01:07 (Ref:2410722)

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Originally Posted by Alan52

Craig Denyer said in AA today that next year they are looking at running the race from 12 noon to midnight on Saturday.Night racing! Yay! The support races will be run mostly on Sunday.

Awesome!!! So you could get trashed on Friday night, sober up a bit, watch the race, get trashed again after the race and wake up on the hill with your mates in time for the support categories!!!

Belly13 · 7 Mar 2009, 01:11 (Ref:2410725)

In a non-gay way...

racer69 · 7 Mar 2009, 02:29 (Ref:2410746)

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Originally Posted by Belly13

Awesome!!! So you could get trashed on Friday night, sober up a bit, watch the race, get trashed again after the race and wake up on the hill with your mates in time for the support categories!!!

Do they let you camp on the hill at the 1000?

I reckon they should go the other way, start the race at midnight on saturday and run it through to midday on sunday. On the saturday night you could try to get a 'party' atmosphere going leading up to the start of the race, and it would even allow some twilight support races

TCR · 7 Mar 2009, 03:17 (Ref:2410757)

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Originally Posted by racer69

Do they let you camp on the hill at the 1000?

I reckon they should go the other way, start the race at midnight on saturday and run it through to midday on sunday. On the saturday night you could try to get a 'party' atmosphere going leading up to the start of the race, and it would even allow some twilight support races

That'd be awesome from a spectators point of view but what about the officials. You'd almost need 3 full shifts, Saturday 7am-5pm, 5pm-3am and 3am-1pm on Sunday.

racer69 · 7 Mar 2009, 03:43 (Ref:2410764)

You would just have to adjust the program abit. ie.. not have a full day of racing on the Saturday, or use the system they had in place for the 24hr perhaps when it came to officiating?

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Originally Posted by racer69

Do they let you camp on the hill at the 1000?

typo, instead of '1000' insert '12hr'

paydirt · 7 Mar 2009, 10:11 (Ref:2410890)

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Originally Posted by racer69

typo, instead of '1000' insert '12hr'

No campers were allowed on top of The Hill for the recent B12hr, Racer69.
Camping behind/in the Pits were the only options, apparently.

B24 · 8 Mar 2009, 00:24 (Ref:2411286)

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Originally Posted by paydirt

Will WPS support the event next year?
If not, who will?

Can't answer that one either.

2lt SuperTourer · 8 Mar 2009, 01:46 (Ref:2411305)

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Originally Posted by racer69

You would just have to adjust the program abit. ie.. not have a full day of racing on the Saturday, or use the system they had in place for the 24hr perhaps when it came to officiating?

Hi.
When they had the B24hr what were the on track activities that they had before the race?.and waht was the system that they had for officiating?

Thanks...

racer69 · 8 Mar 2009, 01:58 (Ref:2411311)

In the lead up to the 24hr start on the Saturday they ran the 2hr Showroom showdown, as well as V8Brute races

I can't speak for the officiating system used, but there was obviously some setup to cater for almost constant on track action for 30-odd hours

mtpanorama · 8 Mar 2009, 04:39 (Ref:2411349)

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Originally Posted by Alan52

Craig Denyer said in AA today that next year they are looking at running the race from 12 noon to midnight on Saturday.Night racing! Yay! The support races will be run mostly on Sunday.

A few competitors and crew that I have spoken to would like to see 10am to 10pm. It still gives the night racing but doesnt make it as late when you have to pack everything up and get cars back from parc ferme. Then you could also have a bit of a party after the finish.

nafe! · 8 Mar 2009, 05:15 (Ref:2411360)

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Originally Posted by mtpanorama

A few competitors and crew that I have spoken to would like to see 10am to 10pm. It still gives the night racing but doesnt make it as late when you have to pack everything up and get cars back from parc ferme. Then you could also have a bit of a party after the finish.

Agreed, a midnight finish is too late. A 10 pm finish will at least give them some genuine night running but allow the race to finish at a reasonable hour.

alfacors · 8 Mar 2009, 08:35 (Ref:2411412)

I wonder if they would do the podium that late? Would be interesting to see how many people turn up for it.

TCR · 8 Mar 2009, 22:42 (Ref:2411692)

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Originally Posted by alfacors

I wonder if they would do the podium that late? Would be interesting to see how many people turn up for it.

I went to the Race of a Thousand Years in Adelaide which finished at midnight and they did the podium presentation straight after the race. Mind you, that was a bit different as it was New Years Eve. They then held a couple of concerts after the race.

I'd have to say though I think a midnight finish for the 12 hour is too late, a 10pm finish would be better. Then a concert and party after

AussieV8 · 13 Mar 2009, 09:47 (Ref:2414790)

Just bumping this on and reminding everyone that a 3hr programme is on tomorrow:

Saturday 14 March 14:00-17:00

paydirt · 13 Mar 2009, 17:48 (Ref:2415046)

Thanks Aussie, Love your work....

peckstar · 15 Mar 2009, 05:11 (Ref:2415817)

oh you meant saturday not sunday, seems i missed out, on a postive side a i did manage to catch up with the coverage of the Southern 80, Todd was a skiier and Rick was driving

D.R.T. · 15 Mar 2009, 05:53 (Ref:2415820)

Judging by the original post, why would it have been Sunday?

Great to see the footage from the event.

peckstar · 15 Mar 2009, 05:56 (Ref:2415821)

well because i was going from memory as i wasnt near the computer and that is typically when motorsport is on.

D.R.T. · 15 Mar 2009, 06:02 (Ref:2415823)

Fair enough. I just took this

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Originally Posted by peckstar

oh you meant saturday

as referring to Aussie V8's post not your memory

peckstar · 15 Mar 2009, 06:05 (Ref:2415824)

it was referring to his post.

oh never mind, your reading way to much into it

AussieV8 · 15 Mar 2009, 12:18 (Ref:2415943)

I thought the coverage wasn't bad but only if and that's huge in motor sport the Mazda 3 MPS had a healthy day it would have finished in the top ten...oh well next year....that's motor racing.

and did I do something wrong as I think I spelt it out quite clearly.

Alan52 · 15 Mar 2009, 23:04 (Ref:2416294)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

oh you meant saturday not sunday, seems i missed out, on a postive side a i did manage to catch up with the coverage of the Southern 80, Todd was a skiier and Rick was driving

The telecast is going to be repeated on Fox Sports several times next month.Also it is going to be released as a DVD shortly after that.The Saturday support races are going to be shown on 7 on 4 and 11 April(both Saturdays!).

T-star · 17 Mar 2009, 04:42 (Ref:2417130)

Any word on a price ceiling increase for next year?

Seems the Evo's are pretty dominant at the moment.

Also, with Mazda building an RX-8SP for targa, what would they have to do to get that car on the eligibility list? Back in the early days they just had to buld 25 cars I think............................

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