From todays Courier Mail (Jnr's Colum)

[vortexo]

Jnr reporting from todays paper:-

1.DJR have tested at QR prior to packing for Bathurst(Tuesday I think)

2.FPR tested for 2 days (last Thu and Fri) and reporting testing went well.

3.Jnr has a new helmet design (A/Ber please note) from Craig at Headcase Designs.

4.Not sure about this one but Jnr is reporting a trip to China on Oct 12 to Nov 30.

5. DJR have hired a trackside house for the weekend (call in for drinks anytime)

6. They have an extra truck with enough parts to build a complete car.

[RaceTime]

Point 3 should help him go fasteer

Points 5 and 6 - really this would apply to just about all the top teams

As for point 4 - he's going to be away for the Indy Round? Somehow I think those dates are way out..

[GTRMagic]

Brabs has to get more miles before he takes over next season

[RaceTime]

Pit knicker

[vortexo]

Did FPR test a Prodrive motor at a 2 day test - would be the right time to do it.

The dates for the China thing are out of the paper- unless he is in the parallel universe??

[RaceTime]

7 weeks is a hell of a long time - especially with Indy from OCt 24-26 being in the middle of those dates..

[sevi]

Not to mention he would miss the rest of the series also, NZ and EC.

[RaceTime]

Hmmmm - do you think we should all chip in to ensure he goes - and stays?

[jetsetter]

Having read the column you've misunterstood what he said about the trip to China. The article stated that in the next couple of months they'll have Bathurst, Indy, N.Z., Eastern Creek & a trip to China all between October 12th & November 30th, so it appears he'll still be contesting the rest of the championship & won't be spending 7 weeks in China.

[vatuloa]

Re point 5 if all the other drivers called in it might give Jnr a better chance.

[Lyris]

Vatuloa, now that's just mean

Jr. could possibly win even if all the other drivers don't have massive hangovers (I did say possibly, and anything is possible)

[aj_308]

would be a good crash..

[Lyris]

doubtful the minders would allow a beer up the night before the race but

[GTRMagic]

A certain larger than life bon vivant refused a breathtest before the start of the 1988 race, where he eventually finished 4th in a BMW M3....

... and this guy had personal sponsorship from a champagne company

[Lyris]

Yeah but that was way back when...... this is now, the minders are a little more strict don't you thinx????

[GTRMagic]

Um, depends... there are many stories but wouldnt want the guilty to be shown as naughty boys

[Lyris]

Now I might have understood this response if we were talking 'bout the Indy. But GTR you're talking 'bout the Holy Grail of motorsport in this country.

I know the drivers rarely sleep, but getting ****ed enough to be either still drunk or hung over, at Bathurst???? :confused:

[GTRMagic]

Well I didnt necessarily mean Bathurst specifically, Alcoholic beverages were consumed I believe..... during fun and frolicking....

[Lyris]

Pftt..... what else is new? A good old fashion beer up is good for the soul.

It's not like V8's are ever likely to make the headline news for bad behaviour during said recreation, we're not football remember

[Evomike]

I have enough trouble walking to get bread & milk the morning after a night on the tiles. Let alone drive!

[RaceTime]

You really think that?

Let's work through the consequences...a driver goes out, gets drunk.

The following day gets tested at a race meeting and 'discovered'.

You honestly think that isn't going to be news?

Maybe you should ask what newspaper articles appeared in Darwin3/4 years ago when a key Official got breathtested on the way to the track Sunday morning and failed! (IMHO the guy should never have been allowed back on the race track but CAMS events being CAMS events - he was....so much for zero alcohol for officials...)

[Lyris]

But the boys are top athletes though aren't they Mike????

Their bodies are tougher than ours, they can handle it

[Evomike]

But they are soooo skinny, I have all that extra body mass for the alcohol to spread out in.

[Lyris]

Originally posted by RaceTime
You really think that?

Let's work through the consequences...a driver goes out, gets drunk.

The following day gets tested at a race meeting and 'discovered'.

You honestly think that isn't going to be news?

Maybe you should ask what newspaper articles appeared in Darwin3/4 years ago when a key Official got breathtested on the way to the track Sunday morning and failed! (IMHO the guy should never have been allowed back on the race track but CAMS events being CAMS events - he was....so much for zero alcohol for officials...)

RT - I was referring to the non race beerup antics, not the pre-race/effecting driving abilities type.

You know the sort, the ones where if Shane Warne or well any football player goes out and makes a fool of himself while drunk, it hits the front page or headline TV news; same situtation V8 driver or team, um maybe a mention somewhere if we're lucky

[Lyris]

Originally posted by Evomike
But they are soooo skinny, I have all that extra body mass for the alcohol to spread out in.

Well I'm a tiny little thing Mike, and I'm not so sure of my abilities of late (I've been sober for a few months ), but I used to be able to drink most guys twice the size of me under the table and not have a hangover ever.