Tony Ricciardello fire at Mallala

[Robert Ryan]

[kingers]

Ouch.. Poor team.

[Shane001]

****. I saw Tony Riciardello and read Daniel Riciardo lol! I though, what the **** is he doing racing at Mallala?

Not good regardless. Looks like a fair bit of damage

[MalcolmC]

Driver ok?

[rich07]

Originally Posted by MalcolmC

Driver ok?

Thats what Im wondering too.

Thats the Alfa if my eyes arent decieving me. What a shame. Anyone shed any light on what caused the fire?

[peckstar]

number of mention on speed cafe

he is ok, has been lent a commodore from Bailey? and is out there again in that

car will miss the rest of the round

[Scrut]

Originally Posted by rich07

Thats what Im wondering too.

Thats the Alfa if my eyes arent decieving me. What a shame. Anyone shed any light on what caused the fire?

Broken oil line fitting to the transaxle oil cooler, just above the exhaust at the back of the car.

[DAVID PATERSON]

Originally Posted by peckstar

a number of mentions on speed cafe

he is ok, has been lent a commodore from Bailey? and is out there again in that

car will miss the rest of the round

Bob McLoughlin has lent his multiple Qld championship winning Commodore to Ricciardello for the rest of the round. Tony is uninjured.

[St00ge]

Poor ole Alfa..

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

Bob McLoughlin has lent his multiple Qld championship winning Commodore to Ricciardello for the rest of the round. Tony is uninjured.

thanks david
I rembered commodore, remembered reading the name bailey in the article,

TONY RICCIARDELLO’S LUCK TURNS AROUND IN A BUSY DAY AT MALLALA

[david5]

Bit of a worry to see a burnt Alfa, my thoughts went back to Surfers a hundred years ago, glad the pilot didn't suffer like poor Tony E.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by St00ge

Poor ole Alfa..

I wonder if this might kickstart the new car project they have been talking about for a while?

[Robert Ryan]

Appears Tonyis fast no matter what Sports Sedan he drives. Q2 at Mallala.

Qualifying Q7 25 Mins
Scheduled Start 14:15
Track Fine and Warm
Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sat Apr 14 14:17
Elapsed Time 25:00
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 38 Wall Contracting Des Wall (NSW) Chev Corvette GTS 6000 TA 3 2 1:09.0986*
2 51 Marinelli's Mechanical Tony Ricciardello (WA) Holden Commodore 6000 SS 8 7 1:09.9444 0:00.8458
3 45 Campbelltown Frames Dameon Jameson (NSW) Jaguar XKR 6000 SS 8 7 1:10.3769 0:01.2783
4 68 Aston Air Conditioning Shane Bradford (QLD) Chev Camaro 6000 TA 9 7 1:10.5947 0:01.4961
5 66 Fivestar Fencing & Gates Dean Camm (VIC) Chev Corvette 6000 TA 12 7 1:11.2717 0:02.1731
6 44 MR Automotives Colin Smith (QLD) Holden Monaro 6000 SS 9 8 1:11.8006 0:02.7020
7 56 BJ Banks Electrical Bruce Banks (TAS) Mazda RX7 6000 SS 11 7 1:12.0474 0:02.9488
8 81 Charlie Senese Charlie Senese (QLD) Chev Corvette 6000 TA 13 2 1:12.6377 0:03.5391
9 32 Bell Real Estate Michael Robinson (VIC) Holden Monaro 6000 SS 8 7 1:12.9645 0:03.8659
10 6 Barnes High Performance Jeff Barnes (QLD) Pontiac 6000 SS 2 2 1:14.8751 0:05.7

[Robert Ryan]

Kerry Bailys Aston is fast straight out of the Box, Q1

1 58 Signstations/Baily Marine Kerry Bailey (QLD) Aston Martin DBR9 6000 SS 11 9 1:07.3393*
2 38 Wall Contracting Des Wall (NSW) Chev Corvette GTS 6000 TA 6 6 1:11.1851 0:03.8458
3 51 Marinelli's Mechanical Tony Ricciardello (WA) Holden Commodore 6000 SS 11 5 1:11.5500 0:04.2107
4 44 MR Automotives Colin Smith (QLD) Holden Monaro 6000 SS 13 7 1:12.0312 0:04.6919
5 81 Charlie Senese Charlie Senese (QLD) Chev Corvette 6000 TA 10 7 1:12.5581 0:05.2188
6 45 Campbelltown Frames Dameon Jameson (NSW) Jaguar XKR 6000 SS 8 7 1:12.8331 0:05.4938
7 6 Barnes High Performance Jeff Barnes (QLD) Pontiac 6000 SS 7 6 1:13.9139 0:06.5746
8 66 Fivestar Fencing & Gates Dean Camm (VIC) Chev Corvette 6000 TA 15 6 1:14.0332 0:06.6939
9 56 BJ Banks Electrical Bruce Banks (TAS) Mazda RX7 6000 SS 12 8 1:14.3554 0:07.0161
10 32 Bell Real Estate Michael Robinson (VIC) Holden Monaro 6000 SS 9 9 1:14.7469 0:07.4076
11 68 Aston Air Conditioning Shane Bradford (QLD) Chev Camaro 6000 TA 9 8 1:15.1741 0:07.8348

[St00ge]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I wonder if this might kickstart the new car project they have been talking about for a while?

Would be a good reason to start on it, but Basil is never one rush into spending money haha hopefully they have Jamie Gard still heading up their engineering as he is what turned the Alfa around into the monster it is.. Wonder how much damage has been done to the Alfa tho with all that alloy panelling in the rear which doesn't like heat that much..


Re Tony pace, he is a quick driver alright, I don't think his chariot which he drove in the v8s for kellys was that great a machine so made him look pretty average (comes back to Basils wallet I think )

[jd yort]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I wonder if this might kickstart the new car project they have been talking about for a while?

Tony recently posted the below on the Sports Sedan forum in discussions about a possible new car:

http://www.sportssedans.com.au/forum...min=300&num=15

Our issue at the moment is that we have put in a lot of time into rebuilding and developing the Alfa.
( like many others in the pre season, plus to build one and to prep another is a bit difficult
seeing that it is all done in-house)
Plus also working full time and having a young family.
The other issues are
- that we have been looking at how we can improve the Alfas design and look at putting those ideas into the new car.
-look at being able to get ahold of the new car body panels ( we all haven't got the patience and expertise to copy a model car like Bailys crew which is amazing).
- the design work that happens on paper or on computer is probably the most important part to really set the heart of the beast in the right direction. It's easy to change or press delete then to cut apart and re- weld or scrap like others have done. In the past.
-We are always finding new speed out of the Alfa
- looking at a lot of designs, whether want to carry them from the Alfa
- all parts will be new so no carry on's from the Alfa.

[Robert Ryan]

Tony's cars demise at Mallala

[St00ge]

From the article in AA, it seems it should be back at the next round. Good to hear the Alfa isn't in too bad a shape.

[GTRMagic]

That's a big fire!

[St00ge]

they spoke of wiring loom damage which they didn't have a spare of with them that meant they couldn't just bolt on the spare body in AA, so seems to be more superficial damage than structural. I have loved that Alfa since the days Brian Smith use to punt it around in anger so glad the ole girl is still alright..

[GTRMagic]

[Amaroo Park]

Saw that car in the flesh many years ago at a Sports Sedan function at Sandown in 2000. A young kid who was there was looking throught the window of the thing in the function room when told by one of the crew to "**** off". Me thinks it's a bit of karma

[Reload]

Originally Posted by Amaroo Park

Saw that car in the flesh many years ago at a Sports Sedan function at Sandown in 2000. A young kid who was there was looking throught the window of the thing in the function room when told by one of the crew to "**** off". Me thinks it's a bit of karma

I can't see how an unacceptable choice of words from a crew member ( who is probably no longer there ) some 12 years ago equates to '' karma '' ?

[Robert Ryan]

He drove the wheels off Bob Mcloughlin's Commodore when he used it as a back up car. Was 2nd fastest in Q2 qualifying at Mallala.
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...4/2012.MALL.Q7

[Trev Campbell]

Originally Posted by Amaroo Park

Saw that car in the flesh many years ago at a Sports Sedan function at Sandown in 2000. A young kid who was there was looking throught the window of the thing in the function room when told by one of the crew to "**** off". Me thinks it's a bit of karma

Funny, Me and one of my lads went to the Mallala round and were just having a look at Kerry Baily's Aston. When he just pointed at my son and said 'Do you want to sit in it ??' So they got out a petrol tin and helped him slide in Dukes of Hazzard style. Then spoke with Kerry for 4-5 minutes about the build while my kid poked around inside the beast, they let me take heaps of Photos from within the garage. Fantastic experience and greatly appreciated.