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Fosc Bathurst Pictures Of Toranas

Started by _robert_lc_ , Mar 24 2008 09:44 AM

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#1 _robert_lc_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 09:44 AM

Hi All,

I have posted up some pics of the 2008 FOSC at Bathurst.

You'd be forgiven for thinking only Toranas raced

Cheers

Robert

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#2 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 11:38 AM

Great pics. I was at Flag Point 5.2, just out of the cutting. Will get some pics up later. Sooo tired. Was a great event.

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#3 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 12:43 PM

View from the office. If only somebody could have cut down that tree, we would have also been able to see the chase.

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Friday was fine half the day, rained the other half. Rest of the days, weather was fine.

Random pics:
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#4 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 01:04 PM

Forgot to add. The event added another 30 CAMS officials. I had a trainee with me all weekend. He was great, and took over the afternoon shift on the radio.

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#5 _Rob 5000_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 03:16 PM

top pics, loved them. Thanks for posting and looking forward to seeing flag marshal pats posts too.

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#6 piquet

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 06:02 PM

hi Pat
Nice chatting at bathurst over the weekend.

Was a bit of a fluke actually
Apart from the torana pics you wouldnt have happened to get any of justin in the BMW 2002 Race # 225
If you did could you please emaila copy to me at [email protected]

I will also email you with all the info that I have wrt to brake setup for your project.
cheers
peter sneddon

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#7 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 07:37 PM

Hi Peter, yes how damn flukey was that meet up, all because I didn't have anybody to eat dinner with!!!!

Yeah, I didn't get any pics of BMW's sorry, but I do have a pic of the purple Charger.

I only got pics on the first day, as things got busy the second and third days. The road didn't get swept overnight, so we got showered with rocks on Sunday till we commandeered a broom off the fireys.

I went looking for others, but there is generally nobody around when we go up the Mountain, nor when we come down. At this track we don't come down for lunch, it is just too big, lunch got bought to us.

Cheers,

Pat.

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#8 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 07:56 PM

Robert, nice pics mate. Wish I had the equipment to do a job like that.

The pic of my location doesn't do it justice. We could see the pits, Mountain Straight, Hell Corner, and Murray's Corner from our vantage, and into and out of the chase, but not the chase itself.

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#9 _robert_lc_

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Posted 24 March 2008 - 09:52 PM

Hi Pat,

I've been into photography for a while, next time I'm going to go for a proper press pass so I can get in a bit closer to the action...actually stuff it, next year I plan to race at this event !!

Did you meet my mate Bob (stocky bearded guy) he was flag marshal on the last corner before the straight.

I did meet David, he's the driver of the only Hatch that was there, number 76, I must thank him for supplying me with tools after my cars fuel pump asked for a "belting" before it worked again !!

Cheers

Robert

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#10 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 12:25 AM

Nice Pics Robert and Pat. Thanks for sharing.

Robert did you happen to get any pics of Sam 350LH in action?
This is Sam's car if your not sure which one it was.
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#11 piquet

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 11:53 AM

Hey Pat
Get it right the colour of the Charger is Magenta!!!!! We all know it is purple but Michael Hibbert states and gets upset if it is called anything except Magenta so I suppose that we had better go along with his warped ideas!

A copy of the charger one would be great and I could then print it off and give it to him at the HTCAV meeting tomorrow night
cheers and many thanks
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#12 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 10:14 PM

Okies, I'll mail it now.

Mmm, weekend was fantastic. Still recovering from it all.

Other flaggies??? There are 30 flag points at Bathurst, minimum of two per point, making over 60 flaggies all up, and came in all sizes, shapes, and degrees of hairiness. While we were all friendly to each other, didn't get to meet them all, although seemed to know half of them. Half of Canberra seemed to be either driving, flagging or officialling.

Robert, do it. There were requests all weekend of photographers requesting permission to cross the track, etc. We even had one alongside us at the flag point for a race.

We were at the flag point that kept getting stoned (from rocks off the course). Track wasn't road swept Saturday night, so we were wearing debris Sunday morning. You'd feel the rocks before you saw them. We stole a broom off the firey's. Have to commend the Bathurst Council, they sent up a road sweeper at the lunch break, which started out our point, but did two complete circuits of the track. Now that is responsive.

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#13 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 10:22 PM

Damnit Hatchman, I saw that car Friday and Saturday, I remember the sponsors.

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#14 _Herne_

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 10:52 PM

This is Sam's car if your not sure which one it was.

I love the clean look of that one #11 the more I look at it the more I wish, but no, I cant afford to race :(( Maybe some local hillclimbs this year if I am lucky.

Cheers
Herne

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#15 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 25 March 2008 - 10:54 PM

Mmm, car 76 ran in regularity and Mountain Marques all weekend.

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#16 _LXChev366_

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:39 PM

What the hell is regularity anyway.. I have never bothered to ask ????
and Red 4 door Race Torana's are shit... :tease:

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#17 _LXChev366_

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:45 PM

and this photo is close to my heart... 2 of my favorite cars...and I own both as road cars. :spoton:

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#18 _rorym_

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:57 PM

Thats the ONLY Ford I would own Pete...Mongrel!! :furious:

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#19 _LXChev366_

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 09:42 PM

Here ya go Rory... this is my beastie :tease:

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#20 _rorym_

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 10:03 PM

Lose the gold stripe...drop on some 15 x 10 minilites...and I am yours you smooth talker!!
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#21 _pallbag_

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 06:38 AM

Get a room you guys !!!

Looks similar to a mates old car from Toowoomba that I drove in his wedding about 20 years ago, especially with the 12 slotters on it. How long have you had it LXChev366 ?