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10 Oct 2002, 18:22 (Ref:400551) | #1 | ||
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Ten Tenths member makes Bathurst debut !!!
for all you Historic fans that dont venture into the Aussie V8 forum that much our own Ten tenths member David Patterson is making his Historic debut at Mount Panorama Bathurst this weekend.
Dave has been running his old Datsun for a few years now and has just upgraded to a Holden Torana GTR XU1 and had his first vivtory not that long ago at Queensland raceway. This weekend however David makes his debut at one of Australias (and possibly the worlds) greatest tracks, Mount Panorama where they hold the 1000km V8 supercar race. The Historics are running there as a support class and Im sure David is over the moon finally to get a chance to race on this amazing track. there are well over 50 cars entered for the event and I believe Dave has qualified 45th for the race, not a bad effort for first time at this track and in a car that he really hasnt sorted as yet. Lets hope he has a great weekend and kicks some historic butt GO FOR IT DAVE !!!!!!! |
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11 Oct 2002, 01:28 (Ref:400790) | #2 | ||
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in actual fact I did Dave an injustice , after looking more closely at the times it seems he is Car Number 45 and has Qualified 42ND , even better Dave
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11 Oct 2002, 07:42 (Ref:400940) | #3 | ||
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Excellent! Now, in the year when we're getting the first ever British live telecast of the great race, wouldn't it be nice if they keep the cameras rolling for the Historics too, even to see the highlights.
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11 Oct 2002, 07:42 (Ref:400941) | #4 | ||
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Good luck, Patto!
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11 Oct 2002, 08:12 (Ref:400953) | #5 | ||
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Whats the info on the British live telecast. I have heard nopthing about this and I'm totally intrigued. O'h and good luck Patto! |
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11 Oct 2002, 12:01 (Ref:401065) | #6 | ||
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Motors TV, John - Sky Digital channel 416. They've had Mark Skaife plugging it all week.
I for one will have the beers in! |
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11 Oct 2002, 13:14 (Ref:401136) | #7 | ||
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Thanks, I know what I'll be doing now. |
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11 Oct 2002, 18:36 (Ref:401339) | #8 | ||
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GOOD LUCK PATTO!!!!
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11 Oct 2002, 19:14 (Ref:401367) | #9 | ||
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Thanks for telling us about this, Marcus.
Go Patto, good luck and hope you have a great time racing at Bathurst |
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12 Oct 2002, 00:22 (Ref:401594) | #10 | ||
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Dave had race one on Friday and finished 37th , not to bad at all and from what I can gather the car is in one piece and hes ready to go for his second race today (saturday)
and great news to hear that you guys are getting a live telecast as well , hope you enjoy it, just think though when the light turns green it will be 10am here , I wonder what time it will be over there ???? |
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12 Oct 2002, 07:41 (Ref:401834) | #11 | ||
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well disaster for Dave in race 2 , starting from 37th and with national TV coverage of the race , Dave unfortunately coasted to a stop on the warm up lap, thus ending his race
but this bad luck could have actually been a blessing in disguise as at turn three there was a pile up in the midfield and the race was stopped. Bad luck Dave but at least you got your car on national TV and I could hear the collective sighs of all ten tenths members who were watching, better luck next time mate !!! |
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12 Oct 2002, 11:05 (Ref:401935) | #12 | ||
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But hey, the Green Meanie got a mention and about 15sec of TV coverage!
Mark Skaife plugging the race? That would probably be a turn off for most Aussie's |
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13 Oct 2002, 07:32 (Ref:402430) | #13 | ||
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yeah true Crash at leats Dave got a mention , but sadly not the mention he would have liked
oh well you will get em next year Dave |
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13 Oct 2002, 12:50 (Ref:402787) | #14 | ||
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Bad luck Dave, but then again he has raced a car at Bathurst, so congrats as well for getting there.
Due to the cancellation of race 2 Dave probably got as much time on TV as the race leaders, and can say he has had his name said on TV. |
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Bad luck, Dave. Better luck next time! Congrats for being there, too! |
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14 Oct 2002, 00:33 (Ref:403319) | #16 | ||
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Tough break Dave - however others were much less fortunate. The damage to some of the cars was a crying shame - and as for the treatment of the Historics (race shortened to 4 laps) - as usual disgusting. Soooooo much time was wasted on Saturday - you could have staged several more races/practices. As others have said, you can now say you've raced at Bathurst (awesome).
BTW I introduced myself before proceeding to my Flag Point when you were unloading the car from the trailer Best of luck |
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Is Bathurst that track with high elevations and drops?
If so, thats one fantastic track! Too bad i don't get to see V8 supercars here in Belgium... (not even with cable) |
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17 Oct 2002, 00:38 (Ref:406195) | #18 | ||
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Yep Bathurst is one hell of a track and it winds its way up and down a moutain.
shame you dont get to see the V8's in Belguim though but hopefully in the future you will |
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Why not buy the video?
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Hey ®îjñtjûh (what kinda language is that!), why not buy the video (comes out every year) and there are some great stuff recorded from the past - justa thought... |
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I hope so...
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Hey y'all, thanks for all the best wishes, I watched the tape of the telecast today and it was pretty cool seeing my name and car on TV and hearing the commentators commiserating my stoppage on the warm up lap. If you look closely you can actually see me at the wheel flicking switches and pressing buttons and pleading for the car to fire up and run cleanly. It turned out to be a blockage in the fuel system after the car picked up some rubbish from a very low tank after the Friday race. The firies pushed it behind the fence after the red flag came out, my mechanic fiddled with the fuel filter and pump for 30 seconds and it fired up perfectly, hasn't missed a beat since. I will however, give the system a thorough cleanup before the next meeting.
Mick it was nice to meet you, I'm always keen to meet 10/10 members and particularly happy to meet race officials who are historic racing buffs. It was great that our class got such a tremendous opportunity to promote ourselves and demonstrate what we have to offer the fans on both sides of the fence. Unfortunately, a number of circumstances prevented that opportunity from being everything it could have been. Finally, I was truly in awe of the circuit and will have to go back in future, it is absolutely awesome. If any of you ever have the opportunity, you must go there. |
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Bathurst Historic Race Car Fields
Also posted elsewhere, but, thought some might be interested in the type of cars that competed in the Historics at Bathurst:
1 Ford Mustang Chris Stilwell VIC 2 Austin Cooper S Charles Gruber NSW 3 Ford Mustang Coupe John Mann VIC 4 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Daniel Sugden NSW 5 Valiant E49 Charger John English QLD 9 Ford Boss 302 Mustang Steve Travica NSW 10 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Michael Terry NSW 12 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Wes Anderson NSW 16 Morris Cooper S Jim Runciman WA 19 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Ken Oberman NSW 27 Ford Falcon XYGT Richard Rogers NSW 28 Ford Falcon XYGT Cameron Tilley NSW 29 Austin Cooper S Matthew McGrath NSW 30 Jaguar MkII Paul Zazryn VIC 31 Chevrolet Camaro Paul Stubber WA (a very quick car!) 33 Ford Mustang Darren Hill VIC 43 Holden Torana XU1 Jim Hunter NSW 45 Holden Torana GTR XU1 (LJ) David Patterson QLD (our very own 10/10er) 46 Morris Cooper S Nick Stillwell VIC 47 Holden Torana XU1 Greg Smith NSW 48 Ford Falcon Rallye Sprint Harry Williscroft TAS 50 Ford Falcon Rallye Sprint Tony Parkinson SA 59 Holden Torana XU1 Chris Wilson NSW 61 Morris Cooper S David Wheatley NSW 62 Ford Falcon XYGTHO Doug Westwood NSW 64 Holden Torana XU1 John Douglas QLD 73 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Garry Kirwan NSW 75 Ford Mustang Brad Tilley NSW 78 Mini Cooper S Peter Mouser NSW 79 Holden Torana XU1 Alf Bargwanna NSW 81 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Paul Attard NSW 85 Holden Torana XU1 John Gorman 87 Holden Kingswood V8 David Clement NSW 88 Holden Kingswood V8 Greg Toepfer NSW 89 Holden Torana GTR XU1 John Harrison NSW 91 Ford Falcon XY Peter O’Brien ACT (Canberra) 95 Ford Mustang Chris Ralph VIC 98 Ford Mustang Robert Cox NSW 99 Ford Falcon XY GT John Lustri ACT 103 Ford Mustang Steve Mason NSW 108 Holden Torana XU1 Frazer Roberts NSW 114 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750 Alan Lewis NSW 115 Holden HQ Ian Stewart ACT 119 Ford Falcon XY GT Steve Bye TAS 121 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Ian Lees QLD 122 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Ian Sawtell NSW 129 Morris Cooper S Roger Howard VIC 140 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Michael Kavich NSW 168 Holden Monaro GTS 350 Trevor Hutchins NSW 173 Chrysler VH Charger Garry Treloar VIC 175 Holden Torana GTR XU1 Anthony Frost/Leon Bell TAS 187 Ford Mustang James Frolley VIC 199 Morris Cooper S Lance Stannard WA 211 Ford Falcon XY Colin Hoggins NSW 427 Ford Galaxie Marc Ducquet NSW Reserves: 51 Holden Torana XU1 Michael McDonald WA 105 Unknown Greg Lamond Unknown When you consider that the Australian land mass is roughly the size of Europe, all credit to those that travelled the huge distances – just to compete! (not to mention those that had to swim across from Tassie!) Dave, nice to meet you also. At the moment I'm hanging out for any news on a certain Firies shoulder I don't want to call and disturb Mikes peace so if you hear anything, please post it here? Cheers |
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Mike's shoulder is getting better and he is actually going to Indy after all. Obviously he can't work a point so he is doing some support work behind the scenes, I think he might be manning radios etc.
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