Phillip Island Classic Race Meeting
#26 _rorym_
Posted 10 March 2008 - 08:14 PM
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#27 _NVMYLH_
Posted 10 March 2008 - 08:48 PM
#28
Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:09 PM
phillip island was great,. first time for me and very impressed with the whole show.
well apart from the numerous damaged cars of course, john b is on his way home with a broken leg, a sore noggin and i suspect a fair amount of bruising...lucky !
some of the group c/a cars got damaged and around 10 or so nc historics did in one incident alone.
so i think its fair to really consider the thought of group c/a 'nc' category. these cars are getting thin on the ground and as i would think there are probably those who are thinking twice about serious racing with these vehicles due to the rarity and increasing value. this is not to suggest replica cars but to allow an 'nc' style of a groupc/a car without the signwriting of the genuine car................laz
#29
Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:21 PM
Glenn Seaton also had his V6 Capri flying and it was good to see John Mann back in the Mustang, the two having something of a coming together.
Unfortunately carnage on the start line in the under 3000cc race on Sunday saw the race cancelled with several cars very badly damaged.
John Sheppard was running his magnificent replica of Maybach II and Harry Firth was in the pit area.
#30
Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:32 PM
Some pics (Saturday) from my camera...
Edited by knoath, 10 March 2008 - 09:40 PM.
#31
Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:45 PM
The car Brock drove 2 years ago
830hp on the move
#32 _rorym_
Posted 10 March 2008 - 10:13 PM
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Edited by rorym, 10 March 2008 - 10:14 PM.
#33
Posted 10 March 2008 - 11:06 PM
Well done Shaun, improved in each session, what was she like to drive? Did you change anything much from the way Brock had it setup?
#34
Posted 10 March 2008 - 11:39 PM
I had 3 full days there drooling over the machinery.
The thunder of the F5000 rolling start was incredible.
Sam ( 350 LH ) I'll send you some pics from my wanderings around
the track to post up here - I found Siberia ( Turn 6) a good place
to get some action shots this time.
Bad luck about the carnage in the Nc under 3 litre race.
JR.
#35
Posted 11 March 2008 - 12:48 AM
Edited by 350LH, 11 March 2008 - 12:58 AM.
#36
Posted 11 March 2008 - 04:29 PM
had more drive time this weekend compared to the entire past 20 years of drag racing !!!! so if anyone wants a good 8 second drag car then yell out !!
sam , the hatch is in the same handling set up as when brock drove it so it was good however i dont have his skills or balls to go as quick as his 1.46 .. i was around the 1.56 and was happy with that for a first time out ...
great picks guys , thanks micklx and jr ..
good to catch up with a few of the boys over the past few days
i,m hooked so i put my entry in for tassie today ..
oh and yes rory i cant come to grips with cutting a hole in the floor to fit my lanky 6 foot 13 inch body in !!! but i,ll work something out ...
#37
Posted 11 March 2008 - 05:08 PM
Can you also let on any front suspension details you may have?
Thanks,
Welby
#38 _rorym_
Posted 11 March 2008 - 05:40 PM
AhhHAH!..I win again!! Thats 2 now! NOS and 830HP have converted!..oh and yes rory i cant come to grips with cutting a hole in the floor to fit my lanky 6 foot 13 inch body in !!! but i,ll work something out ...
Ditto on the pics you send to Welby to me as well Shaun..I want to compare.
Mate Great to hear you had a ball!..It is the biggest rush I have ever had..even better than bikes...its harder to fall off! Try bolting the seat to the floor for you...Stuffs up anyone else driving it but might solve the height problem.
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#39
Posted 13 March 2008 - 02:07 PM
sam , the hatch is in the same handling set up as when brock drove it so it was good however i dont have his skills or balls to go as quick as his 1.46 .. i was around the 1.56 and was happy with that for a first time out ...
She's a pretty hairy track, esp the first time out there, at least it didnt rain! Well done, just glad to hear you had some fun and kept it straight!
#40 _HatchmanSS76_
Posted 13 March 2008 - 09:57 PM
I'm wish I was there getting more pics myself to add to my growing collection. A few Torries I haven't photographed before, there and looking fantastic too. Maybe next year.
#41
Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:25 PM
#42 _rorym_
Posted 18 March 2008 - 10:56 PM
One from my collection...One day...when I have the money...I am going to buy this and bring it home to OZ.
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Here it is in 1970..at speed at Warwick Farm.Look at the load on those right hand tyres
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Frank told me a great story about the M10B..He had raced in Sth Africa..and was home waiting for the car to be unloaded off the wharf...It had Rothmans all over the container..Now you need to understand Rothmans was a Sth African company...apathied all that shit.. well he got a call from Peter Hughes to say the container was swinging out over the harbour by the wharfies who wanted $2000 to not drop it in the water...protest about apathied all that shit..we all know now it was just extortion money...Rothmans Aust arranged a very quick $2000 in cash to secure the car for Hughesy on the truck and away he went..Now in 1970 that $2000 in 1970 was a lot of money ..an MGB new was $1500.....about $70,000 today. But the wharfies were all good guys in those days...right????
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Edited by rorym, 18 March 2008 - 11:10 PM.
#43
Posted 19 March 2008 - 11:17 AM
there are a few differences in those two pics of the rothmans cars , for example the loop in the top of the roll cage , its either a different car or had some changes over the years !!!!
#44 _rorym_
Posted 19 March 2008 - 12:17 PM
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#45 _82911_
Posted 19 March 2008 - 12:39 PM
#46 _rorym_
Posted 19 March 2008 - 02:01 PM
Engine is a stressed member.
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#47
Posted 19 March 2008 - 10:55 PM
You know that McLaren M10B that your old boss won the 1970 AGP in - well you
should have been cashed up in 2003 when it featured in the Shannon's Grand Prix auction ( 10/3/02 ) - It was estimated to fetch $ 210 - 260,000 and if I remember correctly it sold for about half that !!! what a steal eh !!! - fabulous car and good to see it on display again at P I. The auction catalogue has a good page with photos and precis of its history if you would like me to scan it for you.
I believe Channel 31 will repeat the Gasolene Prog. at 6.30 PM this coming Saturday.
There are a couple of interesting pit interviews with some Group Nc drivers. Ray Challis talks a bit about the 202 blue motor in his XU-1.
Cheers JR.
#48 _rorym_
Posted 20 March 2008 - 07:08 AM
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