craig lowndes mechandise

[Ford Boy]

ok, i know this is not quite a model question.... but anyways!!
does anyone know where i can get a craig lowndes / 00 motorsport american style grid iron shirt? ive seen a couple around, and have looked everywhere but i dont know where to find them. i have looked at the local ford dealership. all the local shops and stuff, and looked thru the 00motorsport.com several times... they have to be being sold from somewhere!!! can anyone help?

[wacpt]

Try Craig's site

Craig Lowndes (http://www.craiglowndes.com)

[7Litre]

Don't ask for a plastic bag, for it may over heat.

[SWRT]

Love the new teddy Craig,
Does it have real race suit material?feels like that to me.
Interesting the plastic bag issue.
Lowndes only had a bag on his car for 2 laps and Skaife had a couple for 15 laps.
HRT/TWR have clearly got an advantage by doing some devolopment by having extra cooling systems behind the front bumper.That could explain thier good form in the hot races like Adalaide and Hidden Valley.
No wonder they always try hide that area of thier car on race weekends.
Lets hope the BA's have a bit of that in 2003.
I'II try bring some nice big plastic bags to chuk at the red barons in Adelaide 2003.

[wacpt]

Sorry SWRT, but 00 had the bag in their intake for more than 2 laps, they actually had it for nearly 6 laps, 4 before the cameras picked it up, and it covered the entire intake where HRT had only a partial blockage.

But you are also right in that the Holden's intake is better as they are not reliant on one single intake area, (bumber area etc)

[7Litre]

I dont know about plastic bags but Southwark cartons do a good job. It nearly got Moffat's 65E in trouble. But on a more sensible note the commentaters on Channel TEN mentioned that race officials should consider banning Plakky Bags at race meets.

[Glen Alexander]

It's hard enough to stop people bringing in glass bottles to the top of the mountain. Where will you put merchandise when you buy it? It won't happen, they plastic bag will be with Bathurst forever i'm afraid.

[ausdiver]

i read somewhere, will try and find the article, that HRT regarded MOBIL 1 as the main difference, the oil temp was 150 degrees but the sender only reads up to 150 based on coolant temp the oil temp was closer to 155, coolant temp was very interesting in that it got up to 117degrees, critical when you consider that the radiator cap blows off and dumps its guts at 118degrees, but doesnt 00 also use MOBIL 1, just some useless trivia

[Ford Boy]

ok, just a thought... im prolly wrong... craig lowndes had something 20 to 30 laps to go when he got plastic bagged... if he had of pitted he would have lost 1st place, and prolly gone a lap down.... mark skaife finished the race with several plastic bags, but then he didnt have the 20 to 30 laps to do... he did 10 laps, which from what i heard cooked the engine anyway..... maybe if lowndes only had of had 10 laps to go he woulda pressed on and cooked the engine anyway............. just a thought....

[Graeme]

I think there's a reasonably distinct difference between elevated water temperature and likewise oil temperature, but I do agree that the invention of the plastic bag has had some negative effects other than the obvious environmental one.

I once had a 351 which had done around 200,000kms when the oil pump drive seized about one kilometre from my brother's workshop - I didn't realise it at the time as all I heard was a clicking sound reminiscent of a sticky valve lifter. Nevertheless, I drove it to the workshop and was stunned to eventually discover the pump jackshaft twisted like a stick of licorice. But, as the engine was old and well freed-up, even with no oil circulating it thankfully hadn't run a bearing.

With race engine stresses, high oil temp will likely lead to bearing failure. With high water temp, you're looking at likely head gasket failure. Either way, if you try to keep going, something else is going to break or seize. Synthetic oils are a better bet for stressed or turbocharged engines as they are less inclined to lose their lubricating qualities in extreme conditions.