ALL AUSTRALIAN BATHURST 1000

[ramblingboy42]

Hey, wasnt it good to see one of our own homegrown products and past Australian of the Year, entertain and sing our National Anthem , Lee Kernaghan, instead of sad yankee products.
UP AUSTRALIA......
come on the fords and holdens, theyre going to win.....

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Hey, wasnt it good to see one of our own homegrown products and past Australian of the Year, entertain and sing our National Anthem , Lee Kernaghan, instead of sad yankee products.
UP AUSTRALIA......
come on the fords and holdens, theyre going to win.....If we overlook the minor fact that both Ford and Holden are US Owned, it's an All Australian event! :angel:

[Jeff]

And forgetting that pole position was a Kiwi and a Dane.

Jeff

:rocket:

[85 county]

well at least they would have removed the Made In Thailand seats, and fitted the made in Malaysia Ricardo's LOL

[F4Phantom]

no indian taxi drivers ?

[85 county]

no indian taxi drivers ?
give it a couple of years, they are spending heaps on Motorsport at the moment. may even see an Indian in F1 soon

[Jeff]

give it a couple of years, they are spending heaps on Motorsport at the moment. may even see an Indian in F1 soon

Soon? They have been in it for a while. Narain Karthikayan and Karun Chandok as drivers and Force India as a constructor.

Jeff

:rocket:

[BMKal]

Soon? They have been in it for a while. Narain Karthikayan and Karun Chandok as drivers and Force India as a constructor.

Jeff

:rocket:

What's that - a souped up Mahindra ............. :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[Redback]

Kernaghan sings like a girl with a lisp:p

['76swb]

And a yank accent!

What about a cheers for the fire marshells on turn two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jedimastermat]

still prefer the 48 starting cars from 16 different manufacturers personally

[BMKal]

Kernaghan sings like a girl with a lisp:p


And a yank accent!

But you have to admit - he did a better job than Meat Loaf.

Come to think of it - I reckon I could do a better job than Meat Loaf (and that's scary). :o

[Redback]

But you have to admit - he did a better job than Meat Loaf.

Come to think of it - I reckon I could do a better job than Meat Loaf (and that's scary). :o

Meatloaf did our anthem:confused:

[SuperMono]

If we overlook the minor fact that both Ford and Holden are US Owned, it's an All Australian event! :angel:

Also ignoring the minor fact that the 1st and 2nd placed teams (HRT & 888) are UK owned.

[Yorkie]

good race and a cracking finish. :cool:

[BMKal]

Meatloaf did our anthem:confused:

I'm not sure what it was that he was trying to sing.

He was the "star" act at the AFL Grand Final. Sounded like he had drunk a couple of flagons of woobala before he went on stage.

And to think that I used to like his music ...........................

[rockyroad]

Leave Meatloaf alone, his performance in Brisbane Thursday night was fine be me. It was only the AFL anyway.

Being between night shifts I only saw the last ten laps and what a finish.

[robbotd5]

Gee... it's either a Ford or a Holden thats going to win.........Wow.
Go back to the mid '8o's for a bit of variety. Production class is the way to go.
Regards
Robbo

[Landy110]

Bathurst 1000, sorry but bah humbug
We were talking about it at work the other day, when I was a kid phase 3 gtho's and those holden things were DRIVEN to Bathurst to compete. They used to race real Fords and real Holdens and real small fury, sorry, other makes and models.

I remember when Moffats GT was stolen a few days before Bathurst and with no chance of getting another car ready Murray Carter said here mate use mine. That was motorSPORT. Later when Dick Johson wrote off Greenstuff (I was there and got a pic of him on Hell Corner on that lap, left front in the air, he was really pushing it) they had no hope of getting another car ready so bought a Falcon off a privateer to rebuild to race the next day and so the privateer didn't miss his big day out they bought him a Commodore race car that was there on sale and it went around all day with every FORD sticker he could find plastered all over it. That was MOTORSPORT

What we see today is a sub-branch of the multi billion dollar entertainment industry. It is rubbish and there is no soul in it any more, sadly the same goes for all big sporting events.

[Jedimastermat]

Bathurst 1000, sorry but bah humbug
We were talking about it at work the other day, when I was a kid phase 3 gtho's and those holden things were DRIVEN to Bathurst to compete. They used to race real Fords and real Holdens and real small fury, sorry, other makes and models.

I remember when Moffats GT was stolen a few days before Bathurst and with no chance of getting another car ready Murray Carter said here mate use mine. That was motorSPORT. Later when Dick Johson wrote off Greenstuff (I was there and got a pic of him on Hell Corner on that lap, left front in the air, he was really pushing it) they had no hope of getting another car ready so bought a Falcon off a privateer to rebuild to race the next day and so the privateer didn't miss his big day out they bought him a Commodore race car that was there on sale and it went around all day with every FORD sticker he could find plastered all over it. That was MOTORSPORT

What we see today is a sub-branch of the multi billion dollar entertainment industry. It is rubbish and there is no soul in it any more, sadly the same goes for all big sporting events.

My Dad used to race in those days, minis, the odd LM50 Ferrari, Sterling Moss, some old Scottish lady, Mrs Stewart. Dad trailered the cars up, slept in them to stop people pinching the fuel. He tells a story of a race they won and how they were leading, came in for a pit stop, worked their butts off changing tyres and plugs and fuel and thought they had nailed the fastest pit stop of the day. 4 laps he reckons. The still won. He even got engineer of the race one year.

[Sleepy]

Yes great race, and relatively uneventful - I agree those Fire Marshalls were very effective , not to mention brave.:D

Glad to see I am not the only one who enjoyed Meatloaf last week - now there are 2 of us:p.

It's a 70's thinghttps://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/10/1070.jpg

[cjc_td5]

And a yank accent!

What about a cheers for the fire marshells on turn two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I concur re the marshals!
What I found unbelievable is that the marshals were in amongst the smoke quelling the fire and cars were still passing through at speed on the RHS, often unsighted due to the smoke! The drivers these days seem to have no concept of what a yellow flag means and the only thing they will slow for is a safety car itself.

CC

[Zute]

Wait a minute, thats a Union Jack in the corner of our flag.:o
Next you'll be telling me My Disco was built by USA owned Ford.

[SuperMono]

I remember when Moffats GT was stolen a few days before Bathurst

Sorry to correct your memory....... but it was before the ATC race at AIR in Adelaide, not Bathurst. Still a great story though.

On the Johnson item, the other car was part of the deal from Andrew (?) Harris, owner of the Falcon. 'If you want my car, you have to replace it with something for tomorrow'. Also still a good story.

As were the various driver swaps during the weekend or even during the race.

These days these cases would be impossible for so many reasons.