Phillip Island

[grease]

Who is going to the island, what days and what rolls are they there for as some of the members here are working there or there for the support races among other things.

I will be there all 3 days as a scrutineer (example).

[malscar]

Be there all three days. Actually arriving Thursday. General dogsbody/recovery/anything else race control think of such as pa, flag point wheelie bins, brooms, bringing work for grease.:D

[grease]

Be there all three days. Actually arriving Thursday. General dogsbody/recovery/anything else race control think of such as pa, flag point wheelie bins, brooms, bringing work for grease.:D

That's nice of you. Smashed wheelie bins:D

[Road Runner 72]

Co driving

[malscar]

Co driving


Which days will you be there Mike?

[Road Runner 72]

None in the track mate

[MOTIV8]

Haven't heard whether I am working or not yet but more than likely will be there for the 3 days - the only thing left now is am I watching in warmth or outside battling the weather :rolleyes:

[smokey_dj]

yep vp_vixen and i will be there for sat sun at this stage got a few lil things to do while im there and hopefully can crash at a mates in cowes overnight to lessen the fuel load for the w/e

[vikings100]

I'll be there all 3 days:)

[Donny05]

I am going to the Island V8's for the first time this year. I take it I should pack for all seasons especially cold and windy down there? I was hoping to go to Motogp this year but the guy I was going with pulled out, will have to wait till next year for that now. I'm looking forward to the Aus Superbikes running with the V8's this year, should be a good weekend. :)

[wazza]

I'm taking the kids down for the practice on Friday, will be different to have the bikes running around as well.

also going down for MotoGP practice day via the Barry Sheene run.

prefer the practice days as there are less people to annoy me..

[bortall]

I'm still not sure - the supports look a little light on.

[wayno]

Will be there at some stage but have to wait for my rosters before I know exactly when.

[smokey_dj]

i wanna know soon as you know so i cant be accused of ditching you guys like at sandown hahaha :p

[spoonster05]

Not going now because of work......:(

I'm over what seems to be the annual staff exodus (either sacked or just leaving) right around the same time each year which puts my annual leave in doubt.....:mad:

[wayno]

i wanna know soon as you know so i cant be accused of ditching you guys like at sandown hahaha :p

I know I'll make sure I'm there at least one of the days as I want to give my new Canon EOS 50D it's competition debut. :)

[malscar]

I know I'll make sure I'm there at least one of the days as I want to give my new Canon EOS 50D it's competition debut. :)


So, do I wave as I go past, though it may be the last photo it can take?:p

[james]

I know I'll make sure I'm there at least one of the days as I want to give my new Canon EOS 50D it's competition debut. :)
A little bit of pre Bathurst practice.

[wayno]

A little bit of pre Bathurst practice.

Yes mate. Want to make sure I'm all up to date with it before venturing to the mountain. ;)

[Road Runner 72]

So, do I wave as I go past, though it may be the last photo it can take?:p

It's better when you flash like u did at sandown ;)

[The real OZ GP]

Might try and venture down , work willing for a look . Will try and get the Mrs and Kids along although with the age of my kids now they are not interested in doing anything with "the Old Man"

[grease]

:mad:Looks like only a few of the members are going. No comp for this round.

[spolyhronidis]

:mad:Looks like only a few of the members are going. No comp for this round.
you can run your own comp if you like. there doesn't have to be an actual prize.

[grease]

Well here goes pick the points for Djr/jb raceing for the weekend. Total points for both cars. First in first served like the other. Just like the other but this is for bragging rights only. Entries close Friday night but will not be able to do anything till monday as no internet till then. Should I do a new thread?

[grease]

Started a new thread and sorry I mean no internet from friday to monday as I will be on the Island.

[bills]

looks like it could be a wet race.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10450.shtml

[supa-roo]

alright
go van-cheesburger, he can drive well in the wet

[wazza]

looks like it could be a wet race.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10450.shtml

I'm sure you know PI is nowhere near Melbourne, in a weather sense....:rolleyes:

[bills]

I'm sure you know PI is nowhere near Melbourne, in a weather sense....

it will still rain.:rolleyes:

[Kashmir]

it will still rain.:rolleyes:

Of course bills,it's P.I we are talking about after all;)

[wayno]

Definately Friday and Saturday for me at this stage. Sunday is looking dodgy though. :(

[malscar]

Of course bills,it's P.I we are talking about after all;)

At this time it looks like patchy rain on Sunday only. Rain is normally not the problem. It is the wind out of Bass Strait.

[grease]

Last few years there has been a strong northerly so it has been nice but it has been at a different time of the year.

[malscar]

Don't worry, you have your shed.:p

[Donny05]

I'll be there after lunch Friday, then Saturday and Sunday. hope to meet some of you guys over the weekend.

Cheers, Jason

[bills]

man i cant wait.

[smokey_dj]

will be there with vp_vixen both saturday and sunday and staying at the island as well at a mates saturday night any locals wanna meet catch up etc etc :D

[grease]

Don't worry, you have your shed.:p

Its only small and we still have to go outside. At some point. :D

[grease]

Anybody from here interested in meeting up after saturdays race or even friday practise?

[Road Runner 72]

Might be there Sat, working Friday and waiting to hear back from my Bro if he's going Sunday. Jas if you around sat would be great to say hi and thx for that poster many moons ago ;)

[smokey_dj]

could all go cowes RSL after saturday race ??

[Road Runner 72]

Lol already meeting people else where so I'm out.

[wayno]

I'll split the trip with you Sunday if interested Mike.

[dobct1]

I will be around, give us a call/sms if some of you from the forum are meeting up. I will PM you my number.

Anybody from here interested in meeting up after saturdays race or even friday practise?

[grease]

pm dobct1

[Road Runner 72]

I'll split the trip with you Sunday if interested Mike.

How you getting there on Saturday Bud, and might be the go Sunday as wating on bros call, if he goes your more and welcome to tag with as you know ;)

[wayno]

Going down Friday and Saturday with Brad but he's pulled the pin Sunday.
Pffffft! Like anything is more important than a race meeting.
Just have to find some nice soul to work Sunday for me and I'm ok. Otherwise I think I'm starting to develop a bit of a fever.......

[Road Runner 72]

If I cruze up sat on my own I'll catch up with you gents if that's cool.
Come on Brad Sunday is good..... ;)

[smokey_dj]

yeah brad sif not go on the sunday :p

btw mike did you get my txt earlier today ?

[HRT-222]

G'day guys, any chance someone would be able to grab me a race program down at phillip island. Will pay for it + postage

If anyone could, be greatly appreciated

Cheers Josh

[wayno]

Well Sunday is covered for me. Just need someone to travel down and back with and all will be good. Hate going on my own. :p

[Road Runner 72]

Hey alone is fine maybe doing that sat, will crank up the metallica.
Hey Sunday you can ride with me bud, so I'll ignore that msg?

[smokey_dj]

haha was about to say you can get a ride back with us sunday but sat night we will be staying on the island so good fuel saver for us :D

[wayno]

Hey alone is fine maybe doing that sat, will crank up the metallica.
Hey Sunday you can ride with me bud, so I'll ignore that msg?

Sounds good mate. I get lonely and my other personalities aren't very good company! :freak:

[Road Runner 72]

Lol, so I'll have to open sunroof again so you can enjoy the wind in yar face's ;)

[bills]

this is very interesting according to sportsbet car 51 skaife and murphy are 4th favourites to win ahead of car 17, 7 and 33 im suprised the favs are car 888 than, 2 and 6. very interesting i dont think that murph and skaife will have a strong car hopefully they can prove me wrong.

https://www.sportsbet.com.au/sports/event/SportID/ 9/CompetitionPID/11246/RoundPID/433/EventID/101218 9

[SDK]

Be worthwhile to scatter some cash over some of the mid fielders (as far as the odds go) particularly if there is any chance of rain.

They are stupid odds for car #51. Anyone thinking of backing it, wait till Sunday morning and you will 20's

[brchi17]

Going down Friday and Saturday with Brad but he's pulled the pin Sunday.
Pffffft! Like anything is more important than a race meeting.
Just have to find some nice soul to work Sunday for me and I'm ok. Otherwise I think I'm starting to develop a bit of a fever.......

thanks for the vote of confidence mate, seeing now I'm traveling solo for Friday...will be having a good day walking around with my friends :p

[brchi17]

yeah brad sif not go on the sunday :p

btw mike did you get my txt earlier today ?

sadly I have 'other' activities which I must attend between 10:30am & 11:30am on Sunday so I will not be able to make all 3 days, so two it shall be

[smokey_dj]

well your in luck then youll get there about 12 30 1ish and the races arent till a while after that plenty of time hahaha :p

[SDK]

BOM, Windy and rainy on Sunday.. Check those odds on Giz.

[david5]

Courtney fastest so far & the old peoples home car 1.5 off the pace.

[wayno]

Beautiful day out there so wishing I was down there. :(
Ah well, with a house to set up very soon every extra shift helps.

[smokey_dj]

dont worry wayno spose to be much the same 2morro without the winds though

think about how friggen blowy it will be downt here right now if its this bad up

[HRT 1-2]

Wish they'd show accurate driver names on live timing!!!:(

Car 2??
Edit: 888 as well?? Tactics??

FRI: Practice1
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 17 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/W.Luff Ford Falcon FG 13 5 1:34.4283
2 25 Fujitsu Racing J.Bright/K.Reindler Ford Falcon FG 14 3 1:34.8097 0:00.3814
3 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 13 5 1:35.0597 0:00.6314
4 6 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/S.Richards Ford Falcon FG 13 7 1:35.2451 0:00.8168
5 10 Team Autobarn S.Owen/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 14 4 1:35.6225 0:01.1942
6 9 SP Tools Racing Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG 13 5 1:35.6989 0:01.2706
7 5 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 14 4 1:35.7323 0:01.3040
8 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE 9 3 1:35.8382 0:01.4099
9 3 Sprint Gas Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Noske Holden Commodore VE 17 5 1:35.8448 0:01.4165
10 18 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/S.Johnson/W.Luff/J.Webb Ford Falcon FG 16 6 1:35.9871 0:01.5588
11 51 Sprint Gas Racing G.Murphy/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 15 15 1:36.1296 0:01.7013
12 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 15 11 1:36.1899 0:01.7616
13 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport D.Besnard/G.Ritter Holden Commodore VE 13 4 1:36.2568 0:01.8285
14 67 Supercheap Auto Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore VE 13 11 1:36.3546 0:01.9263
15 14 WOW Racing Brad Jones Holden Commodore VE 5 5 1:36.3870 0:01.9587
16 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Team A.Priaulx/D.Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 16 3 1:36.5169 0:02.0886
17 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE 15 15 1:36.5227 0:02.0944
18 11 Dodo Racing Team Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE 15 15 1:36.5483 0:02.1200
19 88 TeamVodafone A.Simonsen/J.Thompson Ford Falcon FG 17 17 1:36.6954 0:02.2671
20 23 Greg Murphy Racing Sam Walter Holden Commodore VE 19 6 1:36.9716 0:02.5433
21 12 Triple F Racing T.Bayliss/D.Fiore Holden Commodore VE 15 7 1:37.0978 0:02.6695
22 4 Irwin Racing A.Davison/D.Gaunt/S.Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 14 13 1:37.1421 0:02.7138
23 111 Wilson Security Racing Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 12 12 1:37.7907 0:03.3624
24 16 Hi-Tec Oils Racing M.McNally/T.Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE 19 7 1:37.8875 0:03.4592
25 15 Jack Daniels Racing B.Collins/T.Kelly/N.Pretty Holden Commodore VE 16 14 1:38.3357 0:03.9074
26 8 Team BOC Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE 8 3 1:38.4287 0:04.0004
27 13 All-Trans Spares David Seiders Ford Falcon BF 17 10 1:38.6973 0:04.2690
28 333 Wilson Security Racing Leanne Tander Ford Falcon BF 19 18 1:38.7202 0:04.2919
29 21 Fujitsu Racing D.Assaillit/B.Lowe Ford Falcon BF 14 8 1:38.9375 0:04.5092
30 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE 1

[smokey_dj]

haha bairds out to prove himself on a solo mission in both cars:p

[HRT 1-2]

Again don't know who was driving??:mad:

FRI: Practice2
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 111 Wilson Security Racing F.Coulthard/M.Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 20 14 1:34.1154
2 18 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/S.Johnson/W.Luff/J.Webb Ford Falcon FG 19 13 1:34.2622 0:00.1468
3 8 Team BOC A.Jones/C.McConville/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 14 13 1:34.4989 0:00.3835
4 25 Fujitsu Racing J.Bright/K.Reindler Ford Falcon FG 16 7 1:34.5192 0:00.4038
5 10 Team Autobarn S.Owen/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 20 20 1:34.5715 0:00.4561
6 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 16 16 1:34.5964 0:00.4810
7 9 SP Tools Racing A.Davison/S.Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 19 13 1:34.6005 0:00.4851
8 17 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/S.Johnson Ford Falcon FG 18 14 1:34.6873 0:00.5719
9 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport D.Besnard/M.Caruso/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 17 17 1:34.7352 0:00.6198
10 7 Jack Daniel's Racing B.Collins/R.Kelly Holden Commodore VE 17 8 1:34.8948 0:00.7794
11 6 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/S.Richards/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 20 17 1:35.0900 0:00.9746
12 15 Jack Daniels Racing B.Collins/T.Kelly/N.Pretty Holden Commodore VE 20 7 1:35.1090 0:00.9936
13 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport D.Besnard/G.Ritter Holden Commodore VE 18 13 1:35.1199 0:01.0045
14 2 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/W.Davison Holden Commodore VE 15 14 1:35.1308 0:01.0154
15 888 TeamVodafone C.Lowndes/A.Simonsen/J.Whincup Ford Falcon FG 16 10 1:35.2193 0:01.1039
16 22 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/P.Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 16 5 1:35.2296 0:01.1142
17 51 Sprint Gas Racing J.Bargwanna/G.Murphy Holden Commodore VE 11 11 1:35.2423 0:01.1269
18 4 Irwin Racing A.Davison/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 17 13 1:35.7059 0:01.5905
19 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Team S.Owen/A.Priaulx/D.Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 20 14 1:35.7960 0:01.6806
20 11 Dodo Racing Team M.McNally/J.Perkins Holden Commodore VE 17 14 1:35.8330 0:01.7176
21 3 Sprint Gas Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Noske/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 21 7 1:35.8892 0:01.7738
22 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 18 18 1:36.0052 0:01.8898
23 88 TeamVodafone A.Simonsen/J.Thompson Ford Falcon FG 19 16 1:36.0889 0:01.9735
24 14 WOW Racing A.Jones/B.Jones Holden Commodore VE 15 10 1:36.1641 0:02.0487
25 67 Supercheap Auto Racing R.Ingall/O.Kelly Holden Commodore VE 9 8 1:36.2103 0:02.0949
26 333 Wilson Security Racing F.Coulthard/D.Wall Ford Falcon BF 19 19 1:36.2210 0:02.1056
27 16 Hi-Tec Oils Racing M.McNally/T.Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE 23 6 1:36.2886 0:02.1732
28 13 All-Trans Spares A.Fisher/D.Seiders Ford Falcon BF 20 16 1:36.3118 0:02.1964
29 12 Triple F Racing T.Bayliss/D.Fiore Holden Commodore VE 21 3 1:36.3601 0:02.2447
30 5 Ford Performance Racing Luke Youlden Ford Falcon FG 11 8 1:36.7346 0:02.6192
31 23 Greg Murphy Racing T.Douglas/S.Walter Holden Commodore VE 18 12 1:36.8120 0:02.6966
32 21 Fujitsu Racing D.Assaillit/B.Lowe Ford Falcon BF 18 18 1:37.0943 0:02.9789

[HRT 1-2]

FRI: Practice3
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 6 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/S.Richards/M.Winterbottom/L.Youlden Ford Falcon FG 18 15 1:33.7901
2 888 TeamVodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon FG 13 2 1:33.8128 0:00.0227
3 8 Team BOC A.Jones/C.McConville/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 24 24 1:33.9456 0:00.1555
4 25 Fujitsu Racing J.Bright/K.Reindler Ford Falcon FG 24 24 1:34.0502 0:00.2601
5 22 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/P.Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 18 10 1:34.0747 0:00.2846
6 111 Wilson Security Racing F.Coulthard/M.Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 21 13 1:34.0849 0:00.2948
7 9 SP Tools Racing A.Davison/S.Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 21 16 1:34.1021 0:00.3120
8 18 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/W.Luff/J.Webb Ford Falcon FG 24 24 1:34.2492 0:00.4591
9 7 Jack Daniel's Racing B.Collins/R.Kelly/T.Kelly Holden Commodore VE 20 3 1:34.3062 0:00.5161
10 2 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/W.Davison/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 12 8 1:34.4020 0:00.6119
11 39 Supercheap Auto Racing R.Ingall/P.Morris/T.Slade Holden Commodore VE 20 20 1:34.7064 0:00.9163
12 17 Jim Beam Racing J.Courtney/S.Johnson Ford Falcon FG 18 14 1:34.7466 0:00.9565
13 11 Dodo Racing Team M.McNally/J.Perkins/D.Wood Holden Commodore VE 19 19 1:34.8203 0:01.0302
14 4 Irwin Racing A.Davison/D.Gaunt/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 22 22 1:34.9019 0:01.1118
15 10 Team Autobarn S.Owen/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 17 16 1:34.9281 0:01.1380
16 88 TeamVodafone C.Lowndes/A.Simonsen/J.Thompson Ford Falcon FG 21 9 1:35.0100 0:01.2199
17 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport D.Besnard/M.Caruso/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 18 7 1:35.1265 0:01.3364
18 51 Sprint Gas Racing J.Bargwanna/G.Murphy/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 18 7 1:35.1780 0:01.3879
19 14 WOW Racing A.Jones/B.Jones Holden Commodore VE 23 19 1:35.1870 0:01.3969
20 3 Sprint Gas Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Noske Holden Commodore VE 23 9 1:35.1911 0:01.4010
21 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team T.D'Alberto/A.Thompson Holden Commodore VE 23 18 1:35.2102 0:01.4201
22 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport David Besnard Holden Commodore VE 15 14 1:35.3631 0:01.5730
23 16 Hi-Tec Oils Racing M.McNally/T.Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE 24 14 1:35.7736 0:01.9835
24 5 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/S.Richards/L.Youlden Ford Falcon FG 22 13 1:35.7747 0:01.9846
25 12 Triple F Racing T.Bayliss/D.Fiore Holden Commodore VE 23 6 1:35.8960 0:02.1059
26 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Team S.Owen/A.Priaulx/D.Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 22 16 1:35.9238 0:02.1337
27 23 Greg Murphy Racing T.Douglas/S.Walter Holden Commodore VE 21 20 1:36.3692 0:02.5791
28 15 Jack Daniels Racing B.Collins/T.Kelly/N.Pretty Holden Commodore VE 26 15 1:36.5537 0:02.7636
29 21 Fujitsu Racing D.Assaillit/B.Lowe Ford Falcon BF 22 4 1:36.5938 0:02.8037
30 13 All-Trans Spares Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon BF 25 25 1:37.5255 0:03.7354
31 333 Wilson Security Racing F.Coulthard/L.Tander Ford Falcon BF 7 3 1:39.2345 0:05.4444

[VXfan]

thanks for the vote of confidence mate, seeing now I'm traveling solo for Friday...will be having a good day walking around with my friends :p
Oh well.U found me and greg instead lol!:D
Nice to catch up with u again mate,How bad was that wind today?:eek: (and no,I didn't have beans for breakfast...)

[smokey_dj]

you goning to be down at all the rest of the w.e tony i might actually meet you this time if you are :p

[brchi17]

was an interesting day, I learnt many things, once being you can no longer walk a full lap of the circuit due to the yellow gods....:mad:

have heaps of pic, but as my photobucket account is full, I'll have to find somewhere else to host them.....more to come later.

[awawaw]

Courtney fastest so far & the old peoples home car 1.5 off the pace.

Oh dear LOL. shouldnt laugh but that sounded funny

[brchi17]

a couple of quick ones, better ones to come tomorrow now that I have my head around the new body...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010188.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010239.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010308.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010377.jpg

[brchi17]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010424.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010627.jpg

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010694.jpg

[brchi17]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010067.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010084.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/Brad_Child_010090.jpg

[Oh Five]

So, you cant walk from the southern loop to siberia, Brad??

[T888]

So there's no no#1 car racing this year, I guess they don't want to lose the good thing 888 has brought them...I did wonder...

[Oh Five]

So there's no no#1 car racing this year..

There is..Just not in the enduro's;)

[Road Runner 72]

Nice & crisp Brad, the new gear is serving you well I see.

Oh I should be in bed as you & that other nutter will be here in the morning!

[inter]

was an interesting day, I learnt many things, once being you can no longer walk a full lap of the circuit due to the yellow gods....:mad:

have heaps of pic, but as my photobucket account is full, I'll have to find somewhere else to host them.....more to come later.
what are the yellow gods?

[spoonster05]

What's the weather like so far ?

Thanks for the pics Brad, had to look twice at the Fiore car as didn't notice the wing at first and wondered what a proddie VE was doing at PI.....:p

[supa-roo]

what are the yellow gods?

are they the same as the "nah mates" :p

[Road Runner 72]

What's the weather like so far ?

Thanks for the pics Brad, had to look twice at the Fiore car as didn't notice the wing at first and wondered what a proddie VE was doing at PI.....:p

Wish you didn't have to work bud as you could of seen for yourself ;)
looking to be a good day today tho.

[bills]

loooks like it might rain today.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/local/local.jsp?lt=a ploc&lc=9117&cuc=86373&rc=86373&clc=86373&fc=53157

[smokey_dj]

theres a front crossing the state this afternoon and tonight that might pop up a few thunderstorms in coastal areas and or inland central vic be mostly around the ranges though so should be alright down the island alot of whats being seen on the radar atm is interferance with the high winds though it is showing up as high level cloud

not unusal the new doppler radar is still learning victorias weather patterns and thus these sorts of blemishes will keep popping up

i at this stage after watching the system develop will be suprised if we see anything from it till after 6 tonight down the island anyway

[SDK]

what are the yellow gods?

Have to assume those power hungry security dudes that are employed to enforce rules that make no sense

[Road Runner 72]

Well nice over here near the hay shed, watching Qal ;)

[Pug205]

Great shots Brad. What lens and new body you using there?

[Road Runner 72]

Kodak disposable with binoculars ;)

[barnart]

QUESTION
my son asked me the following:
what year did the Phillip Island track first open?
what year did it close?
what year did it re open?

[supa-roo]

QUESTION
my son asked me the following:
what year did the Phillip Island track first open?
what year did it close?
what year did it re open?

here ya go

http://www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au/track_histo ry.php

[bills]

looks like fpr got pole. feel srry for rick an todd because they could of got front row but they still start in the top 10. cant wait for tomos race.

[barnart]

here ya go

http://www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au/track_histo ry.php


Why didn't I think of that Thanks

[ratster70]

Why didn't I think of that Thanks

Im more surprised the supa:p thought of it to begin with mate his full of surprises LOL

[Holdennumber1]

Wait, what the, so Alex Davison didn't even get a penalty for running into Tander coming out of the pits? :confused:
Anyway, good work by the FPR boys, I thought Richards would bugger their chances at pole up. Pity about JDR though, would have been awesome to see them on pole.:(
Cheers,
Thomas

[ratster70]

Dont be surprised if that comes overnight Thomas the pit penalty tough luck for JDR but what a good result for Jim Beam after juniors shocking start to the A qualifier to end up pos 5 for race but will be interesting to see if the ever present weather rears its ugly head tomorrow looking forward to doing what i did today absolutely nuthing but sit in front of the telly to watch the racing:D

[El Cheapo]

Wait, what the, so Alex Davison didn't even get a penalty for running into Tander coming out of the pits? :confused:
Anyway, good work by the FPR boys, I thought Richards would bugger their chances at pole up. Pity about JDR though, would have been awesome to see them on pole.:(
Cheers,
Thomas

Hope he doesn't get one. Partially because I wanna see the Gis get a result, but mostly because it'll just highlight how farcical the category is. Tander didn't lose any time on the track, and even rounded up Alex on the outlap (I think Alex let him through).

Bad luck for JDR. At least they're still in a good spot for tomorrow and have a quick car. Refreshing to see FPR on pole. Looking forward to the race :D

[supa-roo]

Im more surprised the supa:p thought of it to begin with mate his full of surprises LOL

problem is I only have one good thought a week and now I've blown the whole of next week on this one :D

surprised! can't wait to see the surpise on ya face when you find out that I've found your hidi spot for stored collection and just happen across a certain westy :p

[GOBBO]

i see morris didnt take long to get back into his fender bending ways

[skaifeyfan2]

Hope he doesn't get one. Partially because I wanna see the Gis get a result, but mostly because it'll just highlight how farcical the category is. Tander didn't lose any time on the track, and even rounded up Alex on the outlap (I think Alex let him through).

Its a safety issue. Dont want cars colliding with crew members standing in pitlane.

[Road Runner 72]

Was a good day out there Today! Drove Wayno & Brado down, Meet Donny 05 (Jason) great to catch up & a chat, Smokey bj & his partner Irene & Grease who was working hard also dropped by for a chat, tho they had to drop grease back off to his spot!

Also here a couple of teaser pics I got.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-172.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-202.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-287.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-061.jpg

Cheers

Mike

[Leigh]

Was a good day out there Today! Drove Wayno & Brado down, Meet Donny 05 (Jason) great to catch up & a chat, Smokey bj & his partner Irene & Grease who was working hard also dropped by for a chat, tho they had to drop grease back off to his spot!

Also here a couple of teaser pics I got.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-172.jpg


Awesome pics Mike. I think I just found my new screen saver (if I can get it in hi-res;)).

Will look awesome in my Bathurst Winners Collection!

[Road Runner 72]

Leigh thanks for the kind comment as always, but beleive me when I say wait for Brads & Waynos photos (I had a sneak peak on my PS3 before they left), you'll have a pick of the bunch with in them mate ;) but as always your always welcome to my hi res shots, I'll get some sorted over the next few days for you bud.

P.S. you were missed greatly today mate!

K heres another just for you ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-001.jpg

[domme]

Love the shot of the FPR/SBR car just shows how much blue is on the car...

[Leigh]

Much prefer the panning shot Mike. Colours are great, looks to be damn crisp focus and love the background blur. Also got a lot of character in the car with what looks to be full power down with the bum squating down and a bit of lift on the nose. Add to that the dropping away road, yet you have the car framed square in the shot. The only bad point to the pic is that bloody blue sign on the wall that keeps drawing the eye:(

[Road Runner 72]

Leigh thanks, mate, K will do mate, also I can try make that blue dissapear if you like aswell mate ;)

Anyway time for drink then bed......or mabye two drinks then bed we will see.

So true Domme, the blue is sure blue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-181.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-156.jpg

Night all!

[k1w1taxi]

Much prefer the panning shot Mike. Colours are great, looks to be damn crisp focus and love the background blur. Also got a lot of character in the car with what looks to be full power down with the bum squating down and a bit of lift on the nose. Add to that the dropping away road, yet you have the car framed square in the shot. The only bad point to the pic is that bloody blue sign on the wall that keeps drawing the eye:(

ditto :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

Cheers
Lee

[bills]

anyone knows who was fastest in this mornings warm up?

[Pug205]

Car 6 was I believe.

Great shots RR32, nice work.

[Kashmir]

anyone knows who was fastest in this mornings warm up?

Here ya go
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/09/2009.PHIL.W1

[david5]

Driver introductions....cringe, whats next ? The Star Spangled Banner ??

[Pug205]

Awwww I missed it? damn I love that part :rolleyes:

I was up the road getting lunch :D

[Kashmir]

Man you gotta love that bumper camera in the HRT car!

[VE II]

Driver introductions....cringe, whats next ? The Star Spangled Banner ??

missed it. i hope the graphics were better the fuso starting grid!

[Kashmir]

Oh well there goes Alex Davidson.

[minh427]

HOLY MOTHER!!, that was bloody close.

[sad]

VERRRRY Close!!!

[Kashmir]

Man that was bad!!!!!

[bills]

man that was fast and close!!!!!!!!!!

[barnart]

Team BOC have never looked back since moving to Holden, because everybody else is front of them.

[minh427]

Oh Yeah!! Back To Back!!

[bills]

dam lowndes has done an ambrose! woohhooooo!!! i cannot believe that!

[kts350]

What a finish... Go Holden

[pitcrew]

Oh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Top job Will and GT

[Kashmir]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA suck on that T888,lost the race on the last lap:D:D:D

And HRT won woot!!

[wazza002]

What a Great last lap that was, And well done HRT on a great win :D:D

And bad luck to lowndes great try mate.:(

[HQGTS74]

Damn i missed 888 losing it on the last lap! What i've always wanted to see:p Go Holden!:)

Chris

[ratster70]

Oh Yeah!! Back To Back!!

No minh back to back to back 3 in a row for GT awesome result HRT man i was settling for second just goes to show never over till its over hard luck to lowndsey terd of a way to lose it but it was only ever between 2 teams today and the better team won BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Go you good things :D

[HRT-222]

That was awsome...Back to back wins, well done GT & Will

Bring on Bathurst

[supa-roo]

CwiJ_OCocEo

[ratster70]

That was one hairy ride and i bet the poor bugger that looks after the driving suits is still trying to get the crap stains out of besnards suit:D

[Holdennumber1]

Woooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooo!:D:D That was the wierdest win ever. From 1 second down on the last lap to 2 seconds up, thats just awesome!!!!!:) Bad luck to Whincup and Lowndes though, but who am I to care. Hahahahahahahahaha.:D

[bills]

steve owen is just weird!

[ratster70]

Woooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooo!:D:D That was the wierdest win ever. From 1 second down on the last lap to 2 seconds up, thats just awesome!!!!!:) Bad luck to Whincup and Lowndes though, but who am I to care. Hahahahahahahahaha.


Only their number 1 member i thought :pBWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[cobra1978]

come on 888 do we get to see this tyre that lost them the race :rolleyes:

[Holdennumber1]

Only their number 1 member i thought BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Lol, no way! I cracked up laughing and started jumping up and down when Tander got Lowndes on the last lap. Simply awesome!:D
Also, I found it funny how Todd Kelly lost all that time and was all over the place all because of the harness around his groin. Odd thing to lose time over.:confused:
And geez, Besnard was quick for a part timer, he was faster than Alex Davison who's driver for SBR all year.
Overall, a great race though!:):D
Cheers,
Thomas

[El Cheapo]

Great race :D Congrats to HRT. Closes up the the championship.

Had a thought mid-race. Wonder if they'll investigate the tyres. There were a number of blow-outs all day, plus Lowndesies tyre. Hmmm.

Few really good showings. Was hugely impressed with Besnard. Slades 60 lap stint was good too. Also impressed with John McIntyre, since he's hardly raced a Supercar (Bathurst 02, 04, Sandown 08 and a couple of Fujitsu showings from memory), and outshone his Fujitsu teammate.

Good to see Skaife do reasonably well too.

[domstrama]

its called team orders from the red brigade. already!

[GRPIII]

its called team orders from the red brigade. already!
gez theres some silly comments

[domstrama]

only having a laugh!

[kts350]

Didn't crompo say something about there's a chance you can damage tyres coming back onto the track over the ripple strip when lowndes ran wide when he was behind tander..

[Holdennumber1]

Didn't crompo say something about there's a chance you can damage tyres coming back onto the track over the ripple strip when lowndes ran wide when he was behind tander.. He sure did. Crompton said it cuts the inside tyre wall when you go back on over the ripple strip.
So what tyre let go then? If it were any of the right hand side tyres, it definately could have been that.

[Designer]

Also, I found it funny how Todd Kelly lost all that time and was all over the place all because of the harness around his groin. Odd thing to lose time over.:confused:


You must be an hermaphrodite Thomas...:confused:
I can totally understand losing time if you're nads are being crushed ;)

[Kashmir]

He sure did. Crompton said it cuts the inside tyre wall when you go back on over the ripple strip.
So what tyre let go then?

Front right iirc.

[VXfan]

HOLY MOTHER!!, that was bloody close.
Ur telling me,I was at LUkey Heights and he came right at me!Thought he was going to belt the tyre wall right in front of me.
Great result today,just like last year.:D
Cheers,
Tony.

[Holdennumber1]

You must be an hermaphrodite Thomas...
I can totally understand losing time if you're nads are being crushed ;) You raise a good point Pete.:D:p It was just funny that the commentators all thought he had electrical problems and that he rebooted the computer and all this techinical crap when he was basically err... getting squashed in the groin.:D Must've been painfull over the bumps though.

[TAG05]

Good to see Skaife do reasonably well too.[/quote]

I thought Skaifey's job was a 10/10.... a little bit harsh from Baretta and Larkham 9.5 and 9 out of 10.

For not driving for the last 9/10 months, he certainly still has it, and I even think he out drove Murph.....If only 'Uncle Tom' had not intervened........

(OK, ready for the barrage of S%*# slinging) :D

[TAG05]

But what a finish!!!! That is the stuff Mr. Cochrane can only dream of... lead change on the last lap due to tyre failure..... Only in V8 Supercars.....
Imagine the feeling in T8... gutted....

[DJS75]

Great race :D Congrats to HRT. Closes up the the championship.

Had a thought mid-race. Wonder if they'll investigate the tyres. There were a number of blow-outs all day, plus Lowndesies tyre. Hmmm.

Few really good showings. Was hugely impressed with Besnard. Slades 60 lap stint was good too. Also impressed with John McIntyre, since he's hardly raced a Supercar (Bathurst 02, 04, Sandown 08 and a couple of Fujitsu showings from memory), and outshone his Fujitsu teammate.

Good to see Skaife do reasonably well too.


Skaifey did a top job today and probably outdid murph. Slade was good for 1st half of stint, then as per usual went walkabout for the 2nd half with times 1 to 2 1/2 seconds slower than the leaders-Russell must have been p****ed

[spiderken17]

That finish blew my mind. which ever gods HRT worchip clearly live at Phillip Island.:D
I think what todays race showed, even more so than the last couple of years, is that there are waaaay too many part time drivers that are better than some of their full time counterparts.
Besnard and Luff are the first two that come to mind. I talked to Luffy at QLD raceway and he said besides the practice sessions he hasn't raced a thing all year (not even a go kart)!
Besnards times were as good as the front runners during his stint. Shows that its not what you know but how much money you have (did somebody say Dumbrell? wasn't me).

[wazza]

its called team orders from the red brigade. already!

could you just imagine it,

Mr Holden - now roland if any of your drivers are in X circumstance we would appreciate that you allow our flagship team to pass, now don't make it obvious, but you know ;)

Roland - :confused:

Mr Holden - well it's that or no more money

Roldand - :(

Mr Holden - now Tom, don't be a smarty bum, pull ya pants up and stop waving that at roland, he's here to help you look good

Tom - :p

[firemansam]

That was seriously scary when McConville went off, crazy speed as he just skimmed straight over the top of the gravel trap. You gotta love Besnards comment about messing his jocks though. When Lowndes slowed I thought it was a fuel issue. I'm still not entirely convinced it was a tyre and I doubt we'll ever see the actual tyre either, it all seemed strange to me. It did seem that there were a fair few tyre issues though. Didn't they say during the broadcast that the tyres were a little different for the 500 and 1000 in the way that they were constructed? Might have something to do with it, you never know.

[edy]

The other finish that had similar tragic outcomes was last year's F1 finale at Brazil.

Everyone thought Massa wrapped up the title, but he overtook Glock.

Today seemed like a repeat from Lowndes of that moment.

Perhaps PI is starting to become a heart breaker for Lowndes? eg 2006 grand finale, JW's off last year and today's result. Bad luck comes in 3's so he should be fine for the future?

But hey, some teams would dream to have T8's performance at the enduros!

[stephenhrt]

Watching the broadcast today, McConville's crack at Owen was more than justified, owen's crack back (basically telling mcconville to get stuffed) shows he wont be racing anytime soon at BJR.

Stand outs of the day were Besnard, luff and baird. Throught they all drove extremely well.

[firemansam]

After giving it a chance I've decided I don't like having the 500 at Phillip Island. I would much prefer the 500 to go back to Sandown and have sprint races held at The Island. I found myself wishing it would rain just to throw a bit of a spanner in the works. Also during the driver intros where was Bayliss? The other drivers around his entry seemed to shrug their sholders as if to say where the hell is he, as Fiore stood out there by himself. Did nature call or what?

[ratster70]

I think bayliss was under the bonnet sabotagin the car so he wouldnt get embarrassed lol

[minh427]

Where did Skaife and Murph finish? I missed the end bit.

[group C]

I pretty sure 11th could be wrong though.


Where did Skaife and Murph finish? I missed the end bit.

[ratster70]

yep 11th for the skaife n kiwi dunny door

[Kashmir]

Perhaps PI is starting to become a heart breaker for Lowndes? eg 2006 grand finale, JW's off last year and today's result.

But you gotta admit that it's become a good place for us Holden fans cause of those and GT's 07 Championship was won there,but you probably didn't wanna here that so I'll just blame ratster70 for making me say it:p

[ratster70]

But you gotta admit that it's become a good place for us Holden fans cause of those and GT's 07 Championship was won there,but you probably didn't wanna here that so I'll just blame ratster70 for making me say it:p


Uh huh puts revolver back into its holster noice job your free to go:p

[Kashmir]

Uh huh puts revolver back into its holster noice job your free to go:p

*runs off scared*

lmao

[brchi17]

Leigh thanks for the kind comment as always, but beleive me when I say wait for Brads & Waynos photos (I had a sneak peak on my PS3 before they left), you'll have a pick of the bunch with in them mate....

you shouldn't sell yourself short, as from what I saw on the screen you took some wonderful shots mate

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010803.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010779.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010371.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010911.jpg

[brchi17]

Murphy / Skaife

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010561.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010238.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010995.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010742.jpg

[brchi17]

Dick Johnson Racing

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010750.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010629.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010975.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010781.jpg

[brchi17]

and the race winner.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010749.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010844.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010965.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010999.jpg

[brchi17]

Kelly Racing

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010276.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010836.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010968.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010820.jpg

that might do for now, the rest can be viewed here (http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phil lip%20Island%20500%2009/?start=all)

[Road Runner 72]

Thanks Brad, but can say yours are stunning!

[onfire]

anyone have pics of cams cars going sides/backwards/left/right?

[smokey_dj]

just got home from the races friggen fantastic

ill save my take on the w.e for 2morro including some strange goings on in pitlane just after the race with a certain largey contending team
might answer a few questions or arouse more suspitions

[Road Runner 72]

anyone have pics of cams cars going sides/backwards/left/right?

Just distance shots, nothing woth posting, but shot these.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-142.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-145.jpg

[TAG05]

just got home from the races friggen fantastic

ill save my take on the w.e for 2morro including some strange goings on in pitlane just after the race with a certain largey contending team
might answer a few questions or arouse more suspitions


Do tell.... ;)

[smokey_dj]

ill leave ya hanging till 2morro i honestly couldnt give it my full thoughts right now

promise 2morro

[TAG05]

OK, I wait with baited breath!! :D

Work will drag on 2morrow...

[Road Runner 72]

As I was uploading my photos, I just had to share this one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-197.jpg

[BILLFORD1]

I'm with A Moffat, who refused to ever run again at PI after barrel rolling the XA back in 1973. The joint is still bloody dangerous....Heaps of grass areas hiding ditches, drains, holes,
humps etc. Only a couple of 'Sand Traps' constructed with what appears to be Blue Metal or similar, so anything that enters at speed skims across the top like a dog on Lino....I bet they don't release the 'in car speed data' from McConville & the velocipede who nearly collected him but for a few thousandths of a second !! I recon the BJR car would probably have still been hitting 150 Kph+ as it slithered over the track bass ackwards, & the oncoming vehicle would've been doing at least the same speed so would have had a closing speed of 300+....Imagine the mess if the had collected each other !!! I'm with Garry Rogers too...More money should be spent on Grid Girls & Shiny Tyres, & less on Computers !!! :D Roll on the "Stoush on the Mount" it should be an interesting few days.....

[malscar]

Looking at the vision posted above, Cam needs to put his brain into gear before shooting off his mouth.

Steve Owen does not change direction at all. Check the front wheels. Cam is trying a highly optimistic move just where the track narrows going into 1. Not knowing what happened down the straight, I will not comment on the blocking as I have not seen a recording of it.

Must admit it was interesting watching him go through the gravel at unabated speed.

Bill, contact would have been about 220kph if the Valvoline car had got him. Would have been a nearly 90 degree hit.

[smokey_dj]

looked pretty awesome from where we were standing to haha

least 1 thing with the car being turned around if they had of made contact at 90 degrees

both drivers would of been as far away from the impact areas as possible

[smokey_dj]

my take on the w.e

as i said about the weather for saturday held out till about 5 30 so i was only about 1/2 hour off :D

as for sunday what a brilliant race very disheartening for most of it being a holden supporter but i was suprised cause as far as i could workout apart from a couple of seperate pit choices for 888 and 2 they didnt seem to get anymore than about 3 seconds apart the entire 113 laps

another good thing i found with yesterdays race as well was they never seemed to fall into a rythme for the race either there was always someone trying to pass someone else which in a long race like that can be quite rare

BIGGG BIGGGG thanks to grease (wayne) for getting us in yet again for the cost of nothimg more than fresh air :D and also getting myself and my mate onto the action side of pitlane :D

(havent had a good look at the pic yet but Rob might have a nice pitting action shot of your kitten car as i ran into the garage during race B yesterday on there pit)

now as PROMISED what happend with 888 on the final lap of yesterday we couldnt hear the radios or anything where we were near fuso corner and everyone was assuming it was fuel but as soon as garth passed on his victory lap we jumped in the car and flew across to the pits

got on pit lane and bee lined striaght to 888's garage

not sure exactly how it works but the cars have to be lined up on pit lane on a firm stop or something after the race has finished well every car was on the lane apart from 888 who as we arrived were just rattling off the last wheel they were promptly put straight onto a tyre hand trolley covered over and what looked like hidden into the transporter and if you ever saw a more guilty face you just had to look at any of the pit crew in there garage hmmmm

walking down pit lane seeing all the cars after a long race like that was brilliant never had that experience b4

all in all had a fantastic w.e caught up with a few of the guys on here which is always good and met another member for the first time to good to meet you jas

had some fun in pitlane got a few key signatures that i needed to chase up and spoke to will davo and one of his pr guys who after making a fone call shortly i might of lined up a lil something special for myself at next w.e's HRT open day :D

[david5]

I'm with A Moffat, who refused to ever run again at PI after barrel rolling the XA back in 1973. .....

I noted that Moff made this statement about PI and that he never raced there again....except he ran the Brut 33 car there in the 74 ManChamp race.....strange, but he sure said the above comment.

[hwp224]

I am glad Holden won, but did they ever show the 888 tyre. This is only a thought but is it possible that team orders played a part here, 888 going red next year, Holden 40th year in motorsport. Lowndes wasn't impressed, normally he is all smiles even after an incident like that. Would love to hear people thoughts on the matter.

[smokey_dj]

(havent had a good look at the pic yet but Rob might have a nice pitting action shot of your kitten car as i ran into the garage during race B yesterday on there pit)

just relised i was still half asleep when posting this i meant armageddon

[k1w1taxi]

I am glad Holden won, but did they ever show the 888 tyre. This is only a thought but is it possible that team orders played a part here, 888 going red next year, Holden 40th year in motorsport. Lowndes wasn't impressed, normally he is all smiles even after an incident like that. Would love to hear people thoughts on the matter.

Yeah and it wasn't really Lee Harvey Oswald, and no plane hit the Pentagon on 9/11 - which was all a CIA plot anyway and if you keep wearing the tin foil hat the aliens won't be able to read your thoughts. ;)

Can any of you happy Holden fans tell me what happened at the mountain after your great victories at the island the last two years :D

Cheers
Lee

[k1w1taxi]

Looking at the vision posted above, Cam needs to put his brain into gear before shooting off his mouth.
Agree

Steve Owen does not change direction at all. Check the front wheels. Cam is trying a highly optimistic move just where the track narrows going into 1. Not knowing what happened down the straight, I will not comment on the blocking as I have not seen a recording of it.

Note Cam's comments about Owen having blocked down the inside all the time - yet still the regular thinks he can go down there. Yeah Right Cam.

Must admit it was interesting watching him go through the gravel at unabated speed.
Interesting? More like bloody scary. That sort of incident should see PI licence to hold V8SC level races revoked until they can seriously improve their safety standards.

Cheers
Lee

[Leigh]

Without making turn 1 at PI into a dangerous corner like turn 8 at Adelaide, I'm not sure what more they can do...

I think the outside of turn 1 caught cars better when it was freshly ploughed dirt than with the kitty litter that's there now.

Many cars have gone straight there before, but I can only recall one other spearing across the exit of Southern Loop.

Cameron McConville can do no wrong in his eyes. He has ALWAYS blamed everybody else for his mental lapses...car, drivers etc

[T888]

Good work HRT, not the fastest car - but somehow managed to take it. Can't wait for Bathurst.

Cam was blocked on lap 15 (i think), you do not block down the inside of the front straight in lap 15/113. He was the faster car and Owen should respect that he has more experience, and in this case much more speed. The racing line is to the left, how can anyone say that wasn't blocking? On lap 15! What a joke!

[Leigh]

Likewise Cam should have enough experience to realise that he doesn't need to "force" his way through on lap 2...watching the footage posted above, not only does Steve keep the wheels straight, but Cam has at least a foot of tar down the inside of him...begs the question of why was there contact?

Racing line is the one that gets you around the corner, this is not necessarily the same for every driver...

[jager]

my take on the w.e

not sure exactly how it works but the cars have to be lined up on pit lane on a firm stop or something after the race has finished well every car was on the lane apart from 888 who as we arrived were just rattling off the last wheel they were promptly put straight onto a tyre hand trolley covered over and what looked like hidden into the transporter and if you ever saw a more guilty face you just had to look at any of the pit crew in there garage hmmmm



In most forms of motorsport, the top finishing cars (1-2-3) have to go into a parc ferme situation after the race until released by the stewards and I would have thought it was illegal for T8 to change the tyres at that point ? Is this the case in the V8's ?

[HRT1]

i thought the top 3 places had to be scrutinised by how the cars finished? Untouched? As mentioned above

[Leigh]

From the V8SA handbook:

D 14 PARC FERME
[snip]
D 14.4 Cars Must Go To
14.4.1 At the conclusion of the final race of each Meeting, unless otherwise directed by the
CTD, all Cars must proceed directly to the Parc Ferme without interference, except
by the marshals if required.
14.4.2 At the conclusion of all other races at any Round or Event of either the DVS or the
VCS, or other Meetings as may be specified, selected Cars may be detained for the
minimum time required by the CTD, IPO or the Stewards.
14.4.3 Any classified Cars, which cannot reach Parc Ferme under their own power, will be
placed under the exclusive control of the marshals who will take them to Parc Ferme.
14.4.4 All Cars will remain in Parc Ferme until at least thirty (30) minutes after the posting of
the Preliminary results or until the Stewards order their release.
14.4.5 At the discretion of the Stewards, Cars which have not been placed in Parc Ferme,
may not be classified.

D 14.5 Restricted Activities
14.5.1 No intervention of any kind with a Car is allowed unless authorised by the CTD.
14.5.2 No operation, checking, tuning or repair of any Car is permitted in the Parc Ferme
unless authorised by the CTD, and then only as provided in these Rules or in the
Supplementary or Further Supplementary Regulations or Bulletins.

[smokey_dj]

parc ferme thats the term i was looking for

im not quite up with all the rules regs and lingo but the 888 car was in its garage and being taken apart

[HRT1]

my take on the w.e



now as PROMISED what happend with 888 on the final lap of yesterday we couldnt hear the radios or anything where we were near fuso corner and everyone was assuming it was fuel but as soon as garth passed on his victory lap we jumped in the car and flew across to the pits

got on pit lane and bee lined striaght to 888's garage

not sure exactly how it works but the cars have to be lined up on pit lane on a firm stop or something after the race has finished well every car was on the lane apart from 888 who as we arrived were just rattling off the last wheel they were promptly put straight onto a tyre hand trolley covered over and what looked like hidden into the transporter and if you ever saw a more guilty face you just had to look at any of the pit crew in there garage hmmmm






As mentioned above does this mean 888 may have broken any rules or anything? unless officials cleared them to do whatever they did to the car? just seems a strange situation though.... why would they do that for?

[Road Runner 72]

parc ferme thats the term i was looking for

im not quite up with all the rules regs and lingo but the 888 car was in its garage and being taken apart

After perc ferme then it went to its garage to be taken aprt is my guess.

[ratster70]

As mentioned above does this mean 888 may have broken any rules or anything? unless officials cleared them to do whatever they did to the car? just seems a strange situation though.... why would they do that for?


Oh cmon thats easy because uncle roland and uncle tom dont want ford to win a championship without ford support and V8 supercars dont want jamie to leave and their car isnt blue and because pigs dont fly. Not directed at you HRT just all the conspiracy stories as if craig n jamie n roland would throw a race win and potentially a championship away to stick it up ford and to make the new boss smile please biggest crock of **** ive read on here since being a member but then what would i know as im not a true fan or collector just another forum member with an opinion :rolleyes:

[HRT1]

no not saying they've thrown a race at all. i think lowndes was having a massive battle just to complete that last lap his car was going everywhere. i was referring to the scrutineering etc and having to leave the car alone etc till its cleared.

[ratster70]

Well nothin has been said in media, no other teams are having sooks about it, no penalties handed out yet for not being where their supposed to be thinx we have another moon landing on our hands sorry top level team wouldnt jeopardise the year on somethin like that i cant explain it but the officials must have cleared it so well done HRT and bad luck ford ooops i mean Team Vodafone:p

[commanderwhite]

I have to agree with a lot of the comments re-Cam/Steve incident.

I replayed it a couple of times & Steve's front wheels don't move - so I can't see how Cam can say what he did.

It seems to me Cam clipped Steve's rear right wheel all on his own.

[HRT1]

Well nothin has been said in media, no other teams are having sooks about it, no penalties handed out yet for not being where their supposed to be thinx we have another moon landing on our hands sorry top level team wouldnt jeopardise the year on somethin like that i cant explain it but the officials must have cleared it so well done HRT and bad luck ford ooops i mean Team Vodafone:p

yeh im thinking the car would of done its time in scrutineering and been cleared. wasnt in my wildest thoughts that team vodafone would throw a race.... mr roland dane could never do that he is the most competitive bloke in v8 supercars.... stoked that HRT won and was so excited when GT overtook lowndes. cant wait for bathurst now. would be great if HRT could do well at the mountain this year and not have any more mishaps. i've had enough from the past few years.....

[ratster70]

yeh im thinking the car would of done its time in scrutineering and been cleared. wasnt in my wildest thoughts that team vodafone would throw a race.... mr roland dane could never do that he is the most competitive bloke in v8 supercars.... stoked that HRT won and was so excited when GT overtook lowndes. cant wait for bathurst now. would be great if HRT could do well at the mountain this year and not have any more mishaps. i've had enough from the past few years.....


Here here not taking anything away from lowndesy and jamie's bathurst wins very much deserved but jesus itd be nice if hrt could get the car off the line this year without incident and be where they should be at the end of the race been bit of a drought although keepin it real not as long as it took ford to win with holdens 7 in a row ahhhh they were the days :D

[smokey_dj]

agree about not throwing the race ive only repeated what myself and my mate jaque saw the goings on of never did i mention about throwing a race theres no way possible with that just it seemed quite strange what was happening in that garage

more so im curious as well if anyone can shed some light on it as im not really sure as i said about all the rules regs etc etc prehaps grease can shed some more light on things he was only about 50m away on pit lane

[HRT1]

Here here not taking anything away from lowndesy and jamie's bathurst wins very much deserved but jesus itd be nice if hrt could get the car off the line this year without incident and be where they should be at the end of the race been bit of a drought although keepin it real not as long as it took ford to win with holdens 7 in a row ahhhh they were the days :D
P1 tander/w.davo...... P2 kelly/kelly.......P3 reynolds/priaulx

one can only dream......

[brchi17]

RE Oven vs McConville, here is my take!

Was it avoidable - yes!
Is the track at fault - no!
Does the track need changing - no!
Do the drivers need to remember to respect the track - yes!
Was one driver solely at fault - no!

My opinion was that Steve O didn't need to be that aggressive considering that stage of the race however, knowing this, Cam didn't need to stick his nose in there either. IF Cam was so much faster then his long distance experience would of told him to bide his time as a pass would come. Considering the positioning of Steve's car Cam was rather naive placing his car in that vulnerable position as we all know that side of the track narrows as the corner approaches.

Now watching Steve O last year and this year he is driving a little too aggressive, however that is his prerogative and being one of those cusp drivers it's understandable as to why he's going to make life hard for the regulars, just ask Russell about Winton ;)

Sure some might that Steve is replacing the Dude as the latest dangerous driver, however the main guys need to remember that just because they're a regular it doesn't mean that everyone else is going to wave them through either....

I wait the sport news with baited breath of what Cam's latest opinion might be.

[bills]

was watchin the sports report cam says that his weighing up his future.

[fordmad17]

pretty scary stuff though

[Road Runner 72]

Ok some more photos.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-306.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-191.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-080.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-213.jpg

[Road Runner 72]

Another four, was happy how some of these turned out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-207.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI2009Sat-136.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/road_runnne r_72/V8%20Supercars/PI%202009/PI09Sun-089.jpg

Cheers

Mike

[commanderwhite]

Mate - you take great photos - pity I can't!

[Road Runner 72]

Thanks mate, just trying to keep up with others here.

[stone15]

just watch the video of Cam's crash on sunday a bit frecky if u ask me!

[Road Runner 72]

no braking?

[smokey_dj]

on v8 news it said the brakes totaly failed when he left the track so yes no brakes

[ratster70]

no braking?


Brakes are for non top series regulars:p:rolleyes: for the amatuers :p just ask Cam he knows what he means BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[Pug205]

Great pics again mate. Seems that island weather really helps make some great photography with no harsh shadows or glare.The lighting is very even and brings out the detail of the cars nicely. The cars are sharp and focused, hope I can get my shots looking this good on the mountain in a few weeks time.

Are any of those cropped and what size lens you using btw?

[brchi17]

.....Are any of those cropped and what size lens you using btw?

I can't talk for Mike, but none of my photo's are cropped (& I'm 99% sure Mike's are not either), just rezised so that they don't take forever to load as most as 5mb+ ;)

[Pug205]

Thanks Brchi, they look sharp enough not to be cropped. You guys did are a great job with all your shots this weekend.

[Road Runner 72]

Cheers Pug!

[brchi17]

all good pug, glad someone enjoys them, as I love taking them :D

lens wise for my shots I was using a mix of 70-200m, 300mm and both with and without a 1.4x converter at times

[malscar]

Interesting? More like bloody scary. That sort of incident should see PI licence to hold V8SC level races revoked until they can seriously improve their safety standards.

Cheers
Lee

Lee, I was standing on the outside of 1 (inside the track) so to me, very interesting watching him go from right to left past me.

I think the outside of turn 1 caught cars better when it was freshly ploughed dirt than with the kitty litter that's there now.

Many cars have gone straight there before, but I can only recall one other spearing across the exit of Southern Loop.



Helps when the driver actually puts his foot on the brake. Otherwise at that speed the car will go through. Then you get the driver who at slower speeds jumps on the brakes when they should have hit the go pedal and got out under their own power.

[malscar]

on v8 news it said the brakes totaly failed when he left the track so yes no brakes


The left front was adrift as soon as he hit Owen. How did he stop in his pit bay without brakes?

[Road Runner 72]

The left front was adrift as soon as he hit Owen. How did he stop in his pit bay without brakes?

Hand brake ;) there was no sign of brake lights.

[Designer]

and the race winner.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010749.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010844.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010965.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010999.jpg


Thankyou !
Great shots...

[grease]

Hand brake, just like the Kitten car of Fiore/Bayless, before each sesion they had to chock the wheels so it did not roll, why, was there a hand brake? How many of the cars have hand brakes?

[Leigh]

Hand brake ;) there was no sign of brake lights.

So why didn't he use that when he was a spinnin?

I just can't seem to get 1+1 to equal 2 here!

[AmonFan]

I have seen many race cars over the years come into the pits/paddock area without brakes and pull into garage/marquee area ;)... I think they call it experience ;)

[Leigh]

So was this "experience" a little lacking when he pulled into the gravel trap?

Still get 1+1 to equal something other than 2...

[malscar]

I have seen many race cars over the years come into the pits/paddock area without brakes and pull into garage/marquee area ;)... I think they call it experience ;)

I thought he was that good that he was not as experienced in the art of driving a three wheel car back to the pits as others:p

[smokey_dj]

ahh just remembered something i forgot to add which i thought5 was a nice touch to the BOC car dont know if it got a mention on here already or on the tv coverage for the w/e but the BOC car had a small tribute on the back pillar to frank gardners passing

[grease]

I managed to see it friday and thought nothing of it as I thought all cars would have something like when possum bourne died.

[ratster70]

ahh just remembered something i forgot to add which i thought5 was a nice touch to the BOC car dont know if it got a mention on here already or on the tv coverage for the w/e but the BOC car had a small tribute on the back pillar to frank gardners passing


Yeah mate it made the coverage just before the start of the race on sunday crompton was doing a story in pit lane and was using BOC garage to display it and he went to pit wall and made special mention of BOC's tribute to frank:D

[smokey_dj]

ahh good im glad it did i ws n the far side of the track from pitlane down near siberia so had no idea

[wayno]

Very interesting this digital photography business. Volume of shots I took went up but man, what a job to sort them! :(
Gotta say I'm in love with the EOS 50D. :cool:

[Road Runner 72]

You sure got some rippers mate! bout time you made the step! Bathurst is to far away for you right ;)

[brchi17]

Very interesting this digital photography business. Volume of shots I took went up but man, what a job to sort them! :(
Gotta say I'm in love with the EOS 50D. :cool:

well time to share mate, I want to see these side on shots you're talking about as I know I'm not happy with mine....

[wayno]

Just a preview;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/wayno.racen ut/IMG_0511.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/wayno.racen ut/IMG_0536.jpg

Well I'm pretty happy with them anyway.

[brchi17]

so you should be mate, top stuff :cool:

[Road Runner 72]

Nice mate! glad you had a good weekend mate!

[Leigh]

You owe me a new keyboard Wayne! That first shot is great!

[cooper1117]

Wayno, to achieve that pan shot what settings did you have the 50D on?

[Donny05]

It was great to put some faces to the names Wayno, Brad, Mike, Grease and Smokey DJ also if I remember correctly?? :o

Cheers, Jase

[ratster70]

It was great to put some faces to the names Wayno, Brad, Mike, Grease and Smokey DJ also if I remember correctly?? :o

Cheers, Jase

I believe it is Smokey BJ but you was close;):D

[Road Runner 72]

It was great to put some faces to the names Wayno, Brad, Mike, Grease and Smokey DJ also if I remember correctly?? :o

Cheers, Jase

Yep that's all the boys mate, thx for dropping by, as yes was great putting another face to a name, hope you had a daft trip home and a good weekend in whole.

Cheers

Mike

[brchi17]

time to clog up your bandwidth again....

WP
a bit too close, but you get the idea...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010786.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/Brad_Child_010315.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010515.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/Brad_Child_010322.jpg

[brchi17]

Kelly Racing

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010235.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_010287.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/Brad_Child_010921.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/brchi17/Phill ip%20Island%20500%2009/sm_Brad_Child_011010.jpg

[malscar]

Hey Brad, I believe you got a photo of a dead cat being dragged home.

[Road Runner 72]

I know Wayne did of a kitten ;)

[grease]

Hey Donny I am surprised you remember our names let alone anything else!:D

[wazza002]

Great pic's guy's, keep them coming ok and hope you all had fun down there.

wazza

[smokey_dj]

good to meet you to jase it was also my missus vp_vixen (Irene)

and john keep that up and sambo is looking further and further away from your C.O.A :p

[VP_VIXEN]

I believe it is Smokey BJ but you was close;):D

And all this time I thought his name was Chris...hehe

[VP_VIXEN]

Hey Brad, I believe you got a photo of a dead cat being dragged home.

Awww...poor cat