|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
25 Feb 2012, 05:56 (Ref:3030747) | #1101 | ||
Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 21
|
I didn't know about this. This is pretty cool... I'll definitely be watching some live streaming. Wouldn't it be excellent if they did a World Endurance Series race at Bathurst?
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 06:11 (Ref:3030755) | #1102 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,269
|
Hmmmm.... I hate to play conspiracy theorist, but does the event have secondary sponsorship from Pedigree? I've seen a few cars with the sticker on the from numberplate region....
...Which would make an interesting contrast on any VIP / Quinn mobile. Maybe there was more to the decision than just Clipsal, and this may be why he has stated in an interview he wouldn't deal with the '******s' (I think that was the word he used...) |
||
__________________
"Racing.....it's in my blood." |
25 Feb 2012, 06:12 (Ref:3030756) | #1103 | |
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 309
|
Great pics pplater! Loving that Ferrari! Pure Pron! I thought the Merc was a beautiful race car but the Ferrari creams it imo
And how good is the ustream feed! Excellent jobs guys! Looking forward to watching the race from my garage tomorrow while I prepare my car for Easter |
|
|
25 Feb 2012, 06:15 (Ref:3030757) | #1104 | |
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 309
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 07:24 (Ref:3030761) | #1105 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
Q2
5 cars didnt go out, one couldnt, 4 chose not to... (including the Scudd Lamborghini & the Clearwater Ferrari...) No official update on the grid yet... unofficially Speedcafe Here names the #1 Phoenix Audi to the pole... Meantime Mr Baird confirms his 50kg weight penalty Here... Presumably there will be an updated grid sheet sometime soon.. |
||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 07:52 (Ref:3030765) | #1106 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,561
|
Ted is really sore, but the medic released him quite quickly as they were happy with him.
The seat is perfect and did a good job of dispersing energy. His belts were tight as per normal. If he'd been held perfectly still the crash could well have killed him. It was driver error, no car problem. The car is destroyed and will probably be re-shelled. The amount if sideways movement is a result of a loose fitting driver suit, soft flesh, and sheer physics. Data is sampled at only 100hz, and you need 1000 or more for impact analysis, we saw 11g, but it could have been 20. The gps speed was 80kmh sideways at impact. |
||
__________________
Real race cars have more camshafts than doors |
25 Feb 2012, 07:54 (Ref:3030766) | #1107 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,084
|
Top three was the black Audi (last year's winners), and the two Ferraris. Scud Lambo fourth, with the Mercs, white Audis and Tinkler GT3 taking things from there. Fastest laps from Bairdo and Simonsen were not counted though. It's a weIrd way to do qually, I'm glad the race has no restrictions on times, pit stops etc.
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 08:02 (Ref:3030767) | #1108 | |||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 08:20 (Ref:3030773) | #1109 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,561
|
|||
__________________
Real race cars have more camshafts than doors |
25 Feb 2012, 08:26 (Ref:3030775) | #1110 | |
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 309
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 08:41 (Ref:3030783) | #1111 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 432
|
pplater, being a photographer myself I am very critical of photos in general, but yours here are simply amazing. I couldn't make it there this weekend but seeing your photos excites me as though I had shot them myself.
Thanks for sharing, awesome job. |
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 09:44 (Ref:3030797) | #1112 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,561
|
So, fwiw we're now cheering for simonsen and co firstly, but we've loaned scudd our tools, fuel rig, wheels etc, and wish him and crew all the best too.
|
||
__________________
Real race cars have more camshafts than doors |
25 Feb 2012, 09:56 (Ref:3030802) | #1113 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,394
|
Quote:
Any 75 year old with the gonads to pilot a GT3 car around Bathurst gets a huge thumbs up in my book. My Pa sucumbed to cancer at 77, but at 75 he was crusing the streets of Ballarat in his FC doing no more than 30mph! Glad to hear he's ok and hopefully it's not his last time on a racetrack. |
||
__________________
What If the Hokey Pokey Really IS What It's All About??????????? |
25 Feb 2012, 10:04 (Ref:3030806) | #1114 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 10:42 (Ref:3030823) | #1115 | ||||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,084
|
Quote:
Quote:
Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback. Glad you liked the pics |
||||
|
25 Feb 2012, 10:52 (Ref:3030832) | #1116 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 572
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 11:31 (Ref:3030836) | #1117 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 8,611
|
Quote:
Great pics pplater, can we get the Clearwater pic in a bigger size please? |
|||
__________________
Somebody asked if the McLaren F1 was going to be like the Ferrari F40, Gordon Murray replied, "I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly." |
25 Feb 2012, 11:43 (Ref:3030838) | #1118 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 2,485
|
Quote:
Have to wait for the DVD package that we get. |
|||
__________________
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good, either |
25 Feb 2012, 18:17 (Ref:3030952) | #1119 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,561
|
Some around the side of his neck.
If anything, his lap and crutch belts were tighter than normal due to the slight compromise required for all the drivers, but his shoulder belts were set to his preference by himself. When he got back from medical he said the biggest problem was that he couldn't see well. His glasses were missing. A brief search found them jammed at the base of the windscreen on top of the dash, along with a vent cap from his helmet. |
||
__________________
Real race cars have more camshafts than doors |
25 Feb 2012, 18:42 (Ref:3030967) | #1120 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 169
|
I witnessed the crash 1st hand. Ted seemed to be headed down the centre of the track, not blindingly fast, but then it seemed not to want to slow enough for Hell corner....no brake lock ups (ABS I assume) & then it's turning slightly left, heading for the sand trap. I assumed it woud simply stop/bog itself in the sand, & then WHAACK...the biggest side-on impact I have heard in a long time. The sector marshall jumped the fence. looked inside the RH door & signalled for Medical help immediately. That was worrying.
|
||
|
25 Feb 2012, 19:24 (Ref:3030980) | #1121 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
Looks like the #91 Bell Heavy Haulage Falcon didnt make the 130% time cut... so 25 starters it is...
|
||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 19:32 (Ref:3030984) | #1122 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 19:36 (Ref:3030988) | #1123 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 19:39 (Ref:3030990) | #1124 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
25 Feb 2012, 19:41 (Ref:3030992) | #1125 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,172
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Bathurst 12 hour | Joyce George | Marshals Forum | 7 | 6 Dec 2011 20:43 |
2012 Bathurst 12 Hour | T-star | Australasian Touring Cars. | 18 | 20 May 2011 11:50 |
2010 Bathurst 12 hour | davo. | Australasian Touring Cars. | 913 | 16 Jun 2010 07:10 |
Bathurst 12 Hour 2009 | 6.213km | Australasian Touring Cars. | 40 | 13 Jun 2008 09:26 |