Found this the other day, reminding me of the times we all played cars in: https://fb.watch/8TstOuut7q/
Bloody brilliant. What was the saying of the time? "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" Or something like that. Thanks for posting.
I longed for the day that production cars and capacity classes were re-introduced to motor racing in Australia. Never to be, unfortunately!
Loved those big banger sports cars - beautiful and fast machines. The spare wheel has me a bit perplexed, I know that to qualify as a Sports car it had to have 2 seats, doors (small as they may be) and I thought head and tail lights. However, I didn't remember that a spare wheel must be carried, and why else would they be doing it?To think they ran F1 cars, Brabham in his BT23, big sports cars Matich SR4 with no safety fence and trees on the edge of the track. They were just normal racing conditions back then, very organic, not digital or enhanced, plain skill and daring.
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Fordman. You may recall the Negus Plymouth Special at Caversham. Alternating between a single seater and a sports car by the simple addition of a small cane chair ! Of course Syd Negus was a Senator.Loved those big banger sports cars - beautiful and fast machines. The spare wheel has me a bit perplexed, I know that to qualify as a Sports car it had to have 2 seats, doors (small as they may be) and I thought head and tail lights. However, I didn't remember that a spare wheel must be carried, and why else would they be doing it?
It never left..I longed for the day that production cars and capacity classes were re-introduced to motor racing in Australia. Never to be, unfortunately!
To think they ran F1 cars, Brabham in his BT23, big sports cars Matich SR4 with no safety fence and trees on the edge of the track. They were just normal racing conditions back then, very organic, not digital or enhanced, plain skill and daring.
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The Armstrong 500 and early Bathurst 500's were run for UNIMPROVED production car classes (apart from the ones Harry Firth, Howard Marsden and others cheated on) and were literally identical to those sold in the showroom. Hardly the case with improved production! Also, manufacturers brave enough to enter their products either sold a good few cars after the event or left the racecourse with their tails between their legs and a list of production modifications for next year. Racing improves the breed!It never left..
Improved Production Racing Association of Australia
Find out everything you need to know about racing in Improved Production racing motorsportipraaus.com.au
Is the national body representing the various clubs at a state level. I think even AASA run their own improv production series along side the cams one? Or maybe its the cams one that isn't run anymore?
Exhibit a)
A turbo Suzuki Swift (Jordon Cox of all people) smashing the field
Hey Bowie, most of the safety upgrades required at race circuits in Australia were in response to Rally events overseas.
The chase at Bathurst was built after Mike Burgman was killed in the Camaro on conrod, the chase was modified after my mate Don Watson lost his life when a brake rotor shattered and took out the brakes and steering on the straight just before the chase.
The fun continues however it is not quite the same ride now that the dipper has been flattened out, and I used to love getting airborne over the last hump before they built the chase to slow us down.
I don't even bother to watch Le Mans now that there are chicanes on Mulsanne straight. It is not Le Mans anymore.
That video, what a classic. Seeing the grid blow by at the start was cool.Found this the other day, reminding me of the times we all played cars in: https://fb.watch/8TstOuut7q/
It's all to do with Benoulli's Principle. Aerodynamics is a very interesting subject........Aaaaaaah gotcha. Its a completely different circuit without those, aspects we'll call them.
Having to factor wind before the jump, and with who was next to you, before then braking from full noise would have been the coolest experience ever!