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19 Feb 2012, 03:29 (Ref:3027804) | #951 | |
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Yeah I was planning on heading out from Syd on Sat for a look so I could catch the GT's, Sports Sedans and IPRA, then probably stay overnight, watch the first couple of hours from the top then head home. Spewing qualifying is 8:15! Gonna have to get out of bed real real early lol
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The cost of accommodation was way too high and camping at the bottom of the hill just doesn't appeal to me. Imagine waking up Sunday morning, a hearty cooked breakfast, a bottle of champagne and the race begins. Having said that I still think that not running it from 10am - 10pm Saturday is an act of sheer lunacy. |
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Gotta agree with previous calls about Radio Le Mans. Not having Hindy and Co on board is a massive failure, especially since they were so keen on being here. Lets hope that the stream is a good one for those here and overseas who will be watching the race via the web. There are no real excuses these days not to get it right. They could certainly follow the lead of the Dubai 24 Hr organizers, who had a faultless stream for the whole race. |
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We should do a Bathurst 12 hour Ten-tenths meeting. Ive been to one which was at the 2009 Le mans. Great to meet all the forum members.
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19 Feb 2012, 12:50 (Ref:3027940) | #960 | ||
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Though when you see the amount of radio towers and power cables there are and can hear them humming all night in the rain it kind of puts you off camping anywhere near the hill lol. I completely agree re the 10-10 race on a saturday, attendances would probably be far higher. Im not looking forward to the drive home on sunday evening and then work the next day. |
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Well it should be easy enough to see on track
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What sort of spectator numbers do we think will turn up? I bought my tickets yesterday - #2042 and 2043 ... was wondering if the first ticket sold was #1, and they rolled from there.
Gotta work Friday, so we leave Melbourne after work, stop half way there, and hit the track lunch time-ish. Looking forward to this, it'll be my first 12 hour, and first time at Bathurst since the 2 24hr races. And I'm with Brett - 10am-10pm Sat has more appeal to me. |
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I'd be in that . But I think it will be a day trip for me, much as I would like to get there for some of the supports on Saturday .
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$5,000... for the team that can get the 3 pilots to an average time closest to 2.08 Any time quicker than this will see 50kg of lead added to the car overnight Dont see why a team would even bother risking the weight penalty potential... Be funny if one of the teams, perhaps a delayed one or similar, managed to pump out some laps quicker than this bogey time during the race |
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20 Feb 2012, 11:05 (Ref:3028318) | #969 | |
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I would be fairly confident that almost every one of the outright GT3 cars will go sub 2'.08 at some point during the race....
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I expect to see a lap record from either lowndes or simonsen, bowe and agree that both audi's, both mercs and maybe both lambo's will get well down into the 7's at some point assuming some clear laps come their way.
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20 Feb 2012, 22:05 (Ref:3028598) | #973 | |
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So does anyone have any diea of the final field, there was discusion that soem cars wont make it, but we have heard nothing sence?
I also noticed a nice trick/accident in the official entry page, show one of the classes twice but in different spots. means that some media reports are saying there are 33 cars when in fact there are 30 on the entry list |
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http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/wp-...ground_faq.pdf Also no glass bottles which means I'll have to find another way to store my Wild Turkey or just buy another carton of cans |
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It doesn't help that photo provided with the press release rightly displays the Danish flag alongside Simonsen's name on the Ferrari's roof. I would have expected Dominik and Allan's first names to a mention (particularly as Peter and John were there), but they're tricky to spell so maybe those were left out. I should add that cum isn't a dirty word when used in combination, for example bedroom-cum-study. |
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