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16 Jan 2002, 10:13 (Ref:199411)
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Watched the Bathurst 1000 yesterday !!
Appolgies if that's the wrong name !! Anyways Speedvision finally showed the race , and what a race !! Unfortunately it was only a one hour show . Bathurst looks like a very interesting track . lots of elevation changes on a mountain with changing weather . Very nice !
The race certainly brightened up a cold , snowy day in Calgary , Canada for me  Now I find myself racing the Tickford Falcon in Gran Turismo 3 a lot !! Alan |
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16 Jan 2002, 11:32 (Ref:199437)
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Glad you liked it. Our V8's aren't bad, are they
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16 Jan 2002, 13:58 (Ref:199500)
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its always amazed me how Tv stations can jam 6 hours into a one hour highlight package ???
must have made great viewing thats for sure , people must really think all the V8's do is crash well at Bathurst they did didnt they  Fast pony , Bathurst is the best track in Australia and arguablly the world and what makes it more exciting is that it is public road and you can drive around it at any hour of the day (except race day of course )definately worth the 5 or 6 hour drive from my home just to do 5 or 6 laps. |
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16 Jan 2002, 19:36 (Ref:199699)
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Pity you didn't get to see the full telelcast of last years race - it was an absolute ball tearer right to the very end. I think about the only weather condition they didn't drive through that day was a volcanic erruption and resulting lava flows.
It truly is an awesome track. Was up there a few weeks ago myself, it's only 2 hours away from where I live. The view from the top truly is breathtaking. I cannot beleive how fast these guy charge up and down this mountain. You could not pick a better track in the whole world for such an event. Last edited by Buckshot; 16 Jan 2002 at 19:37. |
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17 Jan 2002, 06:29 (Ref:199984)
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<cough cough> Like the seatbelt
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17 Jan 2002, 08:00 (Ref:199998)
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Yeah Bucky, some boofhead parked their ugly looking Commodore in your lovely pic of Bathurst. They have editing software that can erase that sort of thing you know
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17 Jan 2002, 08:05 (Ref:199999)
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There- that's better
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17 Jan 2002, 08:07 (Ref:200000)
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He may be a boofhead, but that's a DAMN fine motor car!!!
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17 Jan 2002, 08:26 (Ref:200002)
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No, this was damn fine motor vehicle- have you sold it yet?
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17 Jan 2002, 09:29 (Ref:200016)
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Oh Crash Test ..thats just plain nasty ..shame on you.
Dont worry Buckshot Mr Paterson and myself are with ya ll the way BTW , kids please always wear your seatbelts !!!!!! |
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17 Jan 2002, 11:08 (Ref:200040)
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Thankyou for the safety pointers guys but please, do not fear. The car was in fact stationary whilst that picture was taken.
If I had've been moving I would have run over my girlfriend with her digital camera ! |
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17 Jan 2002, 11:40 (Ref:200052)
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Yeah yeah yeah - sure officer - I was stationary when you clocked me at 163 km/h - honest injun I was
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17 Jan 2002, 12:16 (Ref:200075)
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Poor bloke in Calgary trying to be serious and all he gets is this banter :cheese: |
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17 Jan 2002, 12:23 (Ref:200078)
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Ok then, getting back on topic, I wonder if the hour of Speedvision highlights featured regulation Channel 10 ad breaks for Bathurst? So really you only saw 3 minutes of action, and that was simply Bill Woods introducing the race in the morning...
Out of interest, what time of the day was it on?? |
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17 Jan 2002, 12:38 (Ref:200084)
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17 Jan 2002, 13:23 (Ref:200103)
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Which lap would they show? What a stupid question - the warm up lap of course!
'Ooooohh look at that....we'll be back right after this important message...........And now down to Barry whi is in pit lane with the winner...' 
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17 Jan 2002, 15:29 (Ref:200158)
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fast pony have a look at this
it is the ten tenths weekly news;etter and something thast I wrote after a visit to the mountain just over one year ago. there is something about the place thats gets the blood boiling, and im the first to admit that even the mention of the place makes the hairs on my neck satnd up. im not sure if its just an Aussie thing or not but this place is something that should not be missed |
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17 Jan 2002, 15:31 (Ref:200162)
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oops forgot to add...the story is called "the air up there"
roughly half way through the newsletter
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