Bathurst Motor Festival!

[Kyle]

http://www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/images/header_bimf_07.jpg

http://www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/home.asp


Fast approaching guys :bravo:

Who is planning to come this year?

[BOMI]

Will let you know closer to the date, should be a goer as I will be living in Sydney then.


Troy :)

[MY Racing 221]

I'm planning on coming up... probably just for the Sunday, or maybe Sat arvo. The Mrs will be away so I'm free!

[Scotty]

I am planning on being there with the ALAN EAST Motorsport Entry.....

Kyle I have tentativley booked a cabin (assuming you are still coming up).

[NickS]

:headbang: ... I'm in QLD for work that weekend.

[Hethro87]

Im up for this!

Be the second week of full time work but i recon ill have the weekend off - troy maybe u and i can share the drive up there? Remeber last time we went to bathurst together and on the way home with the A/C on we almost dozed off because we were so buggered! :yep:

Hethro :)

p.s im interested in doing a hot lap as well of bathurst in one of these, includes day entry too and some other stuff - http://www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/page.asp?navstr=60&Pagecat=60

[Kyle]

I certaily will be there Scotty! :D

Havent heard from you for a while, whats happening with the car, they doing another test day?

[PSI38L]

I reckon I will be there for work

[BOMI]

Kyle, good response so far, get a list going mate.


Troy :)

[Scotty]

Kyle, I have been a tad busy... just started a new job...

Test day is 18/1/08 at Eastern Creek. It would be good if you were available.

I will send you a PM with my new work email.

[Kyle]

Alrighty...time for teh list :D


Kyle
Tr0y
My Racing 221
Alex
John
Scotty


I'll be up there with the team shooting, but if any of you are staying sat night, i'd be op for dinner and/or a beer :yep:

[MY Racing 221]

Yep, not sure when I'll get up there... but will be there for the 'big' race for sure.

[BOMI]

Alrighty...time for teh list :D


Kyle
Tr0y
My Racing 221
Alex
John
Scotty


I'll be up there with the team shooting, but if any of you are staying sat night, i'd be op for dinner and/or a beer :yep:

Is that Tr0y me or someone else? If its me I wont be able to make it man.

Please use user names where possible followed by name or vice versa :yep:


Troy :)

[Kyle]

You're so anal Troy :headbang: :D 95% of us know who we all are by name already :)


Kyle
My Racing 221
Heathro
psi38l
Scotty

[NickS]

Is that Tr0y me or someone else? If its me I wont be able to make it man.

Please use user names where possible followed by name or vice versa :yep:


Troy :)

:lmao: ... no, it's the OTHER Troy.

:yep:

[BOMI]

:lmao: ... no, it's the OTHER Troy.

:yep:

What other Troy :rolleyes:



Troy :)

[Kyle]

:mgun:

Hi boys!

[BOMI]

:mgun:

Hi boys!


Kyle fix your list :whip:


Troy :)

[Kyle]

:flip1: etc etc :beer:

[Kyle]

You're so anal Troy :headbang: :D 95% of us know who we all are by name already :)


Kyle
My Racing 221
Heathro
psi38l
Scotty



Cheers for the infraction Troy..

As you will see here, in post #14, I had already 'fixed' the list

:yep:

[Scotty]

So who is going up when?


Kyle
My Racing 221
Heathro
psi38l
Scotty - Thursday day

[MY Racing 221]

Not sure yet... I'll either be up on Sat arvo (depending on accom options) or early Sunday morning.

[Scotty]

1 more work day till I'm off to bathurst....

Can't wait to get up there and experience it from the team perspective

[MY Racing 221]

Who are you crewing with Scotty?

[Scotty]

Alan East Motorsport Evo IX

http://www.trackchat.com.au/media/data/546/medium/signed.jpg

[Kyle]

Circlework not big enough ;)

[Westie]

Car looks good, pitty it's not covered in sponsors after the work we did Scott!

It's really really anoying that i won't be there for the team, but the things you do for family weddings.

Any more pictures, post them up!

[Scotty]

Well Practice 1 is over.

Car is running well and the boys are generally happy with the setup.

Best so far was a 2:46.497 which is around 10-15 sec of the leaders at this time.

Unfortunately the session finished 5mins early due to a Commodore going off at the top of the Mountain

Scotty

[MY Racing 221]

Great stuff, been watching the times on Natsoft. Looking forward to coming up.

[Westie]

Thanks for the update Scott!

Upload some pics of the pit bay, team, car.

Better to keep the car in one piece for Sunday, than push hard early on. Im pretty sure David is capable of running up the front!

Go AEM!!!

[Hethro87]

Hey guys.

Sorry i cant come up this weekend. I dont have any money at all and im really tired from my first week of orientation at my new job!

Hope you all have a good weekend.

When i have money later in the year id love to do bathurst 1000.

Hethro :)

[Scotty]

Practice 2 was good.

Trevor set the benchmark for the boys at 2:37.157 so now only 4secs off the pace.

I will see what I can to about a pic or two.

[NickS]

Practice 2 was good.

Trevor set the benchmark for the boys at 2:37.157 so now only 4secs off the pace.

I will see what I can to about a pic or two.

Lucky bugger ... I leave home at 4:30am tomorrow and won't be home until 9:30pm.

:cry:

Some photos would be great, hope things go well for the whole team.

[Scotty]

:driving: :dance: :cheers:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 43 Alan East Motorsport David Wall (NSW) Mitsubishi Evo 9 GSR 1999 A 10 6 2:30.3179*
2 20 Eastern Creek Karts P/L Paul Morris (QLD) BMW 335i 5000 B 15 12 2:30.4696 0:00.1517
3 29 VIP Petfoods (Aust) PL Klark Quinn (QLD) Mitsubishi Evo 9 RS 2000 A 15 10 2:31.1157 0:00.7978
4 87 SKWIRK.com D.White/G.Alexander Mitsubishi Evo 9 1998 A 16 4 2:31.4449 0:01.1270
5 33 Pro-Duct Pty Ltd Bob Pearson (NSW) Mitsubishi Evo 8 2000 A 15 8 2:31.4862 0:01.1683
6 34 Mark King M.King/M.Brame Mitsubishi Evo 8 2000 A 20 12 2:31.8746 0:01.5567
7 11 Rondo / CIS Group S.Owen/L.Crambrook BMW 335i 5000 B 20 17 2:31.9020 0:01.5841
8 80 Coopers/Brock Harcourts M.Brock/G.Young/
J.Elsegood Mitsubishi Evo 8 1997 A 18 17 2:31.9808 0:01.6629
9 25 WBR / Gizmo / Laminex K.Kratzman/I.Tulloch/
B.Collins Subaru 03 WRX Sti 1994 A 14 6 2:33.9542 0:03.6363
10 5 Donut King Paul Freestone (VIC) Holden HSV GTS 5665 B 11 9 2:34.0264 0:03.7085
11 26 Wilson Brothers Racing D.Schulz/A.Knight/
J.Winslow Subaru 03 WRX Sti 1994 A 17 6 2:34.3469 0:04.0290
12 1 Jack Daniels S.Price/N.Pretty Holden Sportswagon 5967 D 13 12 2:35.4386 0:05.1207
13 24 Walden Motorsport / Syd Fab Garth Walden (NSW) Holden Commodore VZ 5665 D 15 10 2:35.5249 0:05.2070
14 21 Century 21 C.Delfsma/J.Bowe Ford BF XR8 5400 D 13 8 2:35.7205 0:05.4026
15 71 G & D Performance D.Mertens/L.Mertens/
T.Wyhoon Holden VY HSV GT 5667 B 18 18 2:36.4503 0:06.1324
16 91 Humes G.Deane/R.Rubis/
R.Dawson Subaru WRX Sti 2000 A 19 11 2:36.7234 0:06.4055
17 3 XEETEC L.Searle/P.Kelly BMW 130 2996 C 17 17 2:36.8027 0:06.4848
18 17 V8 Race Experience J.Spychala/L.Yelland/
A.Saliba Ford GTP Falcon 5408 B 16 6 2:37.3234 0:07.0055
19 9 The Car Stockade/Blue Oval Gar D.Heath/W.Luff Ford BF XR8 5408 D 13 4 2:40.2824 0:09.9645
20 36 Grand Prix Mazda J.Camilleri/S.Nicholas/
T.Sipp Mazda 3 MPS 3844 C 18 5 2:40.3477 0:10.0298
21 10 Lotus Cars Australia M.O'Connor/A.Fisher/
R.Buttrose Lotus Exige 1796 B 16 3 2:42.9702 0:12.6523
22 27 The Shire Conveyancer A.Shephard/D.Cribbin/
L.Cave Mazda 3 MPS 2260 C 17 4 2:44.2957 0:13.9778
23 13 Osborne Motorsport C.Osborne/N.Bates/
J.Roecken Toyota Celica 1796 E 15 15 2:44.5115 0:14.1936
24 16 Sherrin Motorsport I.Sherrin/M.Sherrin/
G.Sherrin BMW 130i 2966 C 13 11 2:44.9266 0:14.6087
25 94 Aporschapart R.Howe/D.Neville Ford Falcon XR6 T 3984 D 11 7 2:45.8799 0:15.5620
26 72 True Blue Motorsport A.Letcher/N.Callaghan/
C.Harvey Toyota Celica E 18 10 2:47.4710 0:17.1531
27 68 Queensland House and Land.com R.Thomsen/G.Willis Lotus Exige 1794 B 16 15 2:49.2649 0:18.9470
28 14 Hankook Tyres / Disc Brakes Au P.Conroy/T.Conroy/
C.Schembri Honda Integra Type S 1998 E 17 7 2:50.4768 0:20.1589
29 31 Osborne Motorsport Hadrian Morrall (NSW) Toyota Celica 1796 E 9 3 2:50.6018 0:20.2839
30 7 Aussie Stop Leak D.Turner/R.Prince Honda Integra Type R 1798 E 19 5 2:53.1419 0:22.8240
31 77 Thomson Alfa D.Filipetto/N.Gotch/
W.Vinckx Alfa Romeo 147 JTD 1910 H 13 6 2:53.5953 0:23.2774
32 88 Jim Hunters Suspension J.Hunter/W.Bossie Subaru Impreza RS 2495 F 11 4 2:55.4709 0:25.1530
33 93 Lubrimaxx D.Harris/N.Lange/
L.Kearns Proton Satrina Gti 1800 F 15 14 2:58.0050 0:27.6871
34 40 Kangan Batman TAFE/Hankook Tyr R.Buckingham/
J.Augustine/B.Youlden/
G.Sticker Hyundai Sonata 2359 F 16 3 3:00.8286 0:30.5107
8 Paul Wakeling Holden Steve Briffa (NSW) Holden Commodore 5700 D

[NickS]

How good is that ... had to be the TrackChat stickers giving it a few tenths on the field.

:bravo:

Congrats guys, that's an awesome achievment, good luck for tomorrow !!! Keep me updated Scotty ...

[Kyle]

Hell yes P1 for the win :D:D:D:D

[BOMI]

WOW thats awesome!!! :thumbs:


Troy :)

[Aeron]

P1 is fantastic!!! David Wall is a great driver.

I'd love to see the VE Sportswagon too!! :D

[Kyle]

As requested by scotty...

Please dont re-distro to other sites until i've upoaded the usual ones with the watermarks guys :)

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3568/eos2752si3.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/78/eos3590fx8.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6120/eos3827uk4.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1253/eos4063cd3.jpg

The boys decided to do a box change just as a precautionary measure after securing pole pos.. Took just in two hours.. Awesome stuff :D

[Kyle]

It's 8am, race has been running for a little over an hour now, David Wall currently sitting in 3rd :D

[Kyle]

Live updates to the second: http://www.bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/live_results.asp

Trev currently 2nd:D

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1392/eos4230kb5.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3250/eos4781iz8.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/827/eos4883vm1.jpg

[Kyle]

We're now 1 lap behind...but that's not a problem, still 6 hours to go :)

[BOMI]

Well done! Any chance of a bigger pic? Trying to see who the spponsors are :yep:


Troy :)

[Kyle]

When i get home man... I dont have any photo software here with me... I was lucky to post any at all :)

Sponsors are:
Alan east motorsport
Easts holiday parks
Me
Wall Racing
Motographics
Trackchat

[BOMI]

Cheers Kyle :yep: :D


Troy :)

[Westie]

Well i have to say a HUGE Congratulations to Dad and the team over the weekend for producing pole position, the quickest car in the field by 1 sec :nos: , and a very respectable 5th outright for their first shot at it.

Aparantly the car was out of action for 20 minutes having the front brakes changed, which dropped them out of the lead pack in the last couple of hours. Having said that, i think should this not have happened it could have been a clean sweep for a group of guys who (apart from D.Wall) don't race very often. Pitty we didn't beat Morris:mgun:
Just goes to show how well prepared the car was, congrats to all who had a hand in it.:bow:

Im not sure what this whole exercise cost the old man (probably half his retirement funds?), but after this i think next year is more than likely!!:woohoo:

Looking forward to seeing some great pics by Kyle, in and around the pits etc.

And very interested to see how much air time the Trackchat sticker gets?

Well done to everyone involved, large or small.

[Scotty]

Well... what a weekend.:burnout:

I think we definately caught the attention of a lot of people, as we had slipped under the radar until qualifying.:hide: :driving: :dance:
Except for some brake issues, the car was awesome and the quickest on the track.

There are always 'if onlys'... but I would have loved to have seen us battle for top placing. :doh:

We have come away with a whole lot of data and items to address and I am quite confident we will be back next year.:dance: :cool:

It is worth recognising the efforts of the whole team, as it was definately a team effort.:cheers: :wave:

So Pole Position, 5th Outright and 3rd in Class isn't too bad for a brand new team and a brand new car.

We definately got some good TV coverage during the race, so it will be interesting which parts they show for the telecast on this weekend.

I will have some pics etc soon, as will Kyle.

Thanks & Congratulations again to Alan and all the Team

Scotty

[NickS]

Well done guys ... that's an awesome effort.

:bravo:

[Aeron]

5th is a fantastic result!! :smiles:
And the car looks great too!!

[DaveHAT]

Big results from a small team ... sensational work A.E.M. :thumbs: :bravo:

Hopefully so more new sponsors coming you way. :)

[Kyle]

Small my arse!

I will post a team photo tonight!

[Chowny]

Nasty crash i saw on the news.... heres a link

Another Mazda MPS with broken engine mounts (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4bu01_bathurst12h2008crash_auto)

[BOMI]

5th and 3rd, thats great :yep::woohoo: :yahoo: :bravo:

When is it on the TV?


Troy :)

[fatas]

good work to all involved :dance:
do you need a hoist :idea:

[DaveHAT]

Small my arse!

I will post a team photo tonight!

Please keep you arse out of this Kyle ... :waving:

You do that and post a photo ... that'd be awesational. :cool:

[seldo]

I don't want to take this thread off-track, but I have to say that whoever is responsible for publicity for the 12 hour needs to go back to "publicity school". I tried to find-out what was happening, had happened, what ensued, and what were final results, and found.....ZIP!
I watched the evening news on tv ....a bit of footage of the rolling Mazda 3 but I don't know what he was competing in because there was no supporting story or even a mention of the race and the results. So, I thought - at least Monday's Courier mail will have a write-up and some results....Nup - same rolling Mazda photos and nothing else....
Very poor show. How do the competitors or sponsors expect to get some value out of the event, and what chance of raising some sponsorship does it give those interested in next year's event....if it happens...
Yes - I know I could go to Natsoft for the actual results, but I thought at least there'd be some story or high-lights etc.

[Westie]

Seldo,

I agree with you, it was difficult to understand what was going on unless you went to the Natsoft page. They did however have an hourly update of only the front runners on the news page (probably in the archive section now), which gave a jist of what happened.

There was no pictures bigger than a thumbnail uploaded, or even of the winners on the podium...very poor. Lets hope the C7 coverage on Saturday 2-5pm will be better.

[Kyle]

I tried to give coverage as best I could from the media office, when I wasn't our in the field!!! :)

I throughly agree guys.. BAM media is respolsible for the promotion of the event, and they've done an average job unfortunately..

Which is odd considering they do events like indy etc... but I guess they're on a different budget for that...

[NickS]

Yes - I know I could go to Natsoft for the actual results, but I thought at least there'd be some story or high-lights etc.

I spent a fair bit of time trying to find some info too mate ... Natsoft was all I could come up with, so it sat on the PC for the day and I just hit refresh when I wanted an update.

Scotty left a message on my phone on Saturday afternoon telling me they had poll, I was in QLD and didn't get home until almost 10pm. I opened up the BMF website to read about qualifying and there was nothing there !!!

Hopefully they lift their game or the race will disappear like the 24 hour did.

:(

[seldo]

I thought at least the evening news would have some quick story about it. But after labouring through their reports of the Brewarinna under 9's girls' softball match, the Rottnest Residents' Tiddlywinks Championship, the Darwin Abstinence Society's Cross-stitch display, the Launceston Line-dancing Championships, and other less stimulating stories I found there was nothing....apart of course from the footage of the spectacular Mazda roll - but he may have even been at a private practise day for all the background info given...

[Scotty]

I believe there is a definate need for some better advertising, promotion etc.

Too many people asked me what I was or did on the weekend, when I told them the common response was.. 'it was on this weekend?' and this is from people who would generally be interested.

I found some adds in Motorsport News and another magazine. There did not seem to be any radio advertising.

Even worse was when I went into town on Sat to by a TV and the guys at The Good Guys didn't even know something was on.

It will be interesting to see what the coverage is like this weekend on Channel 7. I believe it will also be run on Fox Sports at some time.

Can someone record to DVD the Channel 7 broadcast for me?

[Scotty]

There is a write up in this months AutoAction

[Scotty]

so did anyone watch the coverage? and did anyone record it?

[Westie]

Yeah, watched the coverage. The team got a fair amount of air time, not much though in comparison to the top three (maybe half), but definately worth some sponsors to jump onboard next year!!

Those EVO's have awsome punch out of the corners, very impressive to see, and must be a thrill to drive around that circut.

No recording however Scott, im sure someone will have got it?

It was easy to see what logo's did and didn't make an impact on the car on TV...i need to do some work on my end to fix this. The yellow paintwork though was by far the best moving billboard, the car looked great.

[NickS]

I watched it but didn't record it ... we can only record to IQ so there isn't much point recording for someone else.

I thought the team got some pretty good coverage, not as much as the top 3 finishers but certainly enough to get noticed. Hopefully this will lead to some more sponsors ... if that's the aim ?

[Westie]

Scott,
I've got a copy on disk coming of the race. I can then burn it and send it on.

[Angelo_XLR8]

Hey kyle,
did ya get any pics of the show and shine just off the race track?

my car was on display!!!!! Woooo

http://a147.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/80/l_ef11173a1909c174a48647d3b897b97a.jpg

http://a505.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/30/l_bc6ac2ac49e49757437d6f914b2e6768.jpg


http://a660.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/111/l_c3fe0328dc148d06254c54163ddf6abb.jpg

http://a492.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/10/l_19d3cfaa5a2a5e8df5c00d9a71f78843.jpg

http://a396.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/85/l_7abaaa2687b322d6815f7dfa97e1c853.jpg

http://a343.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/m_c80734b8a558b7041193118b8e72e366.jpg

oh and btw im back lol

its been ages since ive been online