Ten Tenths member makes Bathurst debut !!!

[marcus]

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 !!!!!!!

[marcus]

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

[TimD]

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.

[TimD]

Good luck, Patto!

[John Reeves]

TimD

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!

[TimD]

Motors TV, John - Sky Digital channel 416. They've had Mark Skaife plugging it all week.

I for one will have the beers in!

[John Reeves]

TimD

Thanks, I know what I'll be doing now.

[Maisie]

GOOD LUCK PATTO!!!!

[Carrie]

Thanks for telling us about this, Marcus.
Go Patto, good luck and hope you have a great time racing at Bathurst

[marcus]

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 ????

[marcus]

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 !!!

[Crash Test]

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

[marcus]

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

[racer69]

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.

[mac]

Originally posted by marcus
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

So you heard me, marcus.

Bad luck, Dave. Better luck next time! Congrats for being there, too!

[275 GTB-4]

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

[ASCII Man]

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)

[marcus]

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

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
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)

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...

[ASCII Man]

I hope so...

I'll have a check at some online shops or ebay...

[DAVID PATERSON]

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.

[275 GTB-4]

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

[DAVID PATERSON]

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.

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by DAVID PATERSON
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.

Thanks DP, he must be in fairly good shape to have undertaken the trip. Good to hear, say Hi for me. enjoy the show, one day I might make it...one day...dream...dream