Thread: Bathurst 2025

I took dad to Philip Island in 2012 to watch Stoner race. Doohan did some display laps on his Honda during the weekend too. Bloody good race and a good way for him to retire.

I used to marshal for the State rounds and also the Historics at Wanneroo years ago. Pulled back on that a bit after having to pour one of my mates into the back of an Ambulance. They did a good job putting him back together though.

I did a lot of track work on my bikes and even managed to get my race license. Then I sold the bikes and left the country. Bought a bike up in Dubai and used to track that also but stopped riding when I had kids. I lost a couple of good mates. One was his own fault, and the other was "Captain Sensible" and wouldn't have seen it coming. Too many idiots on the roads over here.

Still have the bikes out the back, but both need $$ and TLC. I'll get back to it one day.

Probably best Bathurst ever... even at the finish we didnt know who made the podium..

Great result for Penrite,, on their hundred year anniversary.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I haven't watched MotoGP in many years, umm, when the Australian bloke was world champ (not Wayne Gardner). (Off to Google...)

Ahh, Mick Doohan. When I did a search I found out about Casey Stoner.

I used to marshal at the bike races at Wakefield Park but I preferred the starting grid. After the race started, that was it for me so i could do photography. I never actually watched the reaces as they didn't interest me (even though I'm a bike rider).

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Ron, if you can stay up to mid-night, MotoGP is still worth a look at.

Originally Posted by BradC

If I want to watch a restricted formula I'll watch F1 (and I do). I gave up on local racing when they binned Touring Cars and turned it into a formula with no relationship to the manufacturer outside of the supply of parts nobody can buy.

F1 and MotoGP for me.

I can't be bothered even with F1 anymore. They have legislated the innovation and daring out of it. Goodwood is my fix these days.

Bathurst ended for me the day the mob booed Jim Richards. He didn't make the rules, and I hated Group A. Everything after that is just bloody silhouette racing. Grumpy Old Bugger hat on, but give me the days when a privateer could potter down to his showroom, by a GTHO or A9X and go racing. It's just a snooze fest these days. I don't even turn it on.

During Bathurst, I noticed one of the cars had "PERENTIE" across the top of the windscreen. Why?

Perentie or Penrite? Car 100?

Initially I thought PENRITE but maybe my brain said PERENTIE.

The race was recorded in the hope something exciting might happen and I could view it, so I’ll check.

no, it had Perentie...