50 Great Bathurst Quotes

[Average Punter]

With all the 50 year stuff at Bathurst fast approaching, I thought it time to start a list of great quotes from Bathurst over the years - either from competitors or commentators.

Would be great if we could get 50 before the race...

See if you can remember these?

2:06.859 "That is insane"
"These two do not like each other..."
"I've been hit up the arse like you wouldn't believe..."
"Young bloke. Cold tyres. ****d up"
"The Dipper; it's a geological oddity!"
"Is that a tent?"
"What's an Elbow doing on a racetrack anyway?...."

AP

[Woolley]

My favourite was in the early days of BBC coverage up here. First time we'd ever seen in car cameras. Anyway, Mazda hits the wall hard, taking a chunk out. The commentator is talking to the driver (Grice?) while showing the replay. "Was there anything wrong with the car at the time?"

"Yeah," came the reply, "It was totally out of control!"

[davelise]

Not sure of the year, Gary Wilkinson said...

"Now back to Mike in the central missionary position"

[Umai Naa]

"When the big c....s, ah cars come out to play".

[peckstar]

Some of my fav's

Your A Pack Of Ahole's

Skaife is in the wall, Skaifes day is Done!

also cant quite remember the wording but Marcos are you wearing a balaclava?

[E36ST]

"FIVE MINUTES!!!!!!!??"

[Trev Campbell]

KB 'After the race I'm going to punch him in the nose'

[Axeman444]

every single in-car cross to DJ in the early days was a quote to remember wasn't it?

[Mixer]

What about Alan Jones' electrical fault?

[Downoz]

I thin the best quote ever at Bathurst was Jim Richards.



"Youre a bunch of a***h***s".

[anthony81901]

Originally Posted by Trev Campbell

KB 'After the race I'm going to punch him in the nose'

That would be 3:30 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UC3d...feature=relmfu. Supposedly KB reconsidered his stance after learning the intended recipient, Ron Wanless, was a boxer more than capable of returning serve.

[one five five]

"There are no sacred sites in Australian motor racing"

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by one five five

"There are no sacred sites in Australian motor racing"

Haha that one was a classic.

Closely followed by - "we will make our own history and traditions".

Funny that we are now celebrating 50 years

[FAS33]

"Yeah ...just hurt my nuts"

Jason Richards (RIP)

[Aarrgh8]

Originally Posted by davelise

Not sure of the year, Gary Wilkinson said...

"Now back to Mike in the central missionary position"

I'm not sure of the year either, but I'm pretty sure that was Dick Johnson from in-car.

How 'bout Doug Mulray's comment while co-commentating in 1982? KB had rolled the Camaro after blowing a tyre, and after stepping out of the upturned car, pointed to the blown tyre to show the cause of his flip. Uncle Doug commented: "KB pointing out something my father told me, "Never trust rubber." "

[Reload]

'' Half of this washing smells of bourbon
''
Mrs Reload Bathurst 1996

[racer69]

Bathurst 1986, early in the race when Channel 7 cross to Dick Johnson on Racecam as he is right on the approach to the Dipper

Neil Crompton - "Good Morning Dick Johnson, how is everything going"

DJ's instant reply - "mate i'm busier than a dog trying to bury a bone in a marble floor"

[Wrighty05]

How's the car Dick?
Mate it's such a dog, we should've tied it to a fence.

Dick again, Bathurst 1983

[Marcos WTF]

"I want the whole field checked". Dirty Ambroses dummy spit after the
balaclava fiasco.

"Wayne spun me". Dick in 1993, after Gardner somehow "spun" Dick while in front of him, and without any contact.

"Welcome to Mt Constipation" a bloke 3 cubicles up in the McPhillamy Pk
toilets one year. Not a problem in our camp

" **** me, its Boris Said" Me. When he, Matt Neal & Paul Morris dropped
by our tent.

[Oldtony]

If we are going to include the early days

"Jees she's got balls" by certain D Type driver after being harried across the mountain by Mary Seed in the AC Bristol. (195something.)

"Hang down your head Sir Malcolm<
Hang down your head and cry,
Came up on the mountain, backed by all that brass,
You lost the Victa special,
Landed on your arse"
Chorus
Hang down your head Si Malcolm
Hang down your head and cry."

Park Hotel Bathust circa early 60s
after David MacKay lost the Victa backed Cooper on to of the mountain.

[dirtymacca]

Another 'Dickism' (Cannot remember the lead up to the comment)....... but I PMSL when he commented.......

"Useless as an ashtray on a motorbike!"

[Umai Naa]

Something to do with Kiwi female racer Heather Spurle, I believe.

[The Pressure !!]

Originally Posted by dirtymacca

Another 'Dickism' (Cannot remember the lead up to the comment)....... but I PMSL when he commented.......

"Useless as an ashtray on a motorbike!"

Pretty sure it was in reference to all the slots in the rear wing of the EL (?) Falcon.

[Rachel Richards]

Originally Posted by Axeman444

every single in-car cross to DJ in the early days was a quote to remember wasn't it?

I loved one back in the Group C days, when he was having a 2 lap convo with Mike Raymond, in which (amongst a number of things) lapped traffic got a mention.

Dick described a driver of a slower car as having: "Teeth like an old pub piano, some black, some white, and some missing"



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[rich07]

Originally Posted by Axeman444

every single in-car cross to DJ in the early days was a quote to remember wasn't it?

DJ really needs to do some commentary now and then, would be entertaining.