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Its great to see the car finally done after months of blood, sweat and tears and a string of disasters. Pity I couldn't get there in person to see it complete (we just ran out of time to get it all done last week), and I can't justify the cost of going up to Bathurst, even with free tickets. So pics will have to do till its back from the race.
Yeah, its not the main event, but its still Bathurst, right? And 250km is nothing to sneeze at.
Jack LeBrocq will be driving the #DogeV8 at 1pm on Saturday. We're also supporting Beyond Blue and mental health awareness, after the suicide of a prominent member of our own community.
"Gentlemen, Start your Video Recorders!"
Congratulations Fulvio, you must feel very pleased after all the effort you've put in!!!
Good luck with it all at Bathurst Fulvio, and hope they show your event on the telly, will be watching. I went there just the once, 1970. Colin Bond was the big GMH hope in the XU1, but Alan Moffat had the longer legs in the Ford. The Valiant Pacer also made an appearance that year, we were at the top of the Mountain, and you could hear their tyre squeal long before they came into sight on the big left hand sweeper before the dipper. I was driving a slightly modified FJ Holden in those days, removed the front grill and fitted three horizontal chrome curtain rods across the cowling. Absolutely thought it was the ants pants, but when I think about it now it must have looked bloody awful, but wish I had it now. Fun times :yahoo:
Quote from: 'autocoupler' pid='60651' dateline='1412759175'Fun times :yahoo:
They were indeed fun times. I remember driving the circuit back before speed cameras and taxation by stealth... it was a blast, though I was totally unprepared for just how steep it was.
Those were the days, when the cars on the track were the same ones in the showroom, and anyone could pretty much play. Nothing like that now... they showed me two identical Fords, the SB one Jack's driving, and an FPR, and they are completely different... the only interchangeable parts, with each other or with street machines, are the lights and badges. Everything else is built from scratch by the teams, and a car could be a holden or a ford right up until the panels go on. Its more F1 with doors than old school Bathurst!
Yes, its televised live, 1pm Saturday. We're getting tons of media exposure now, and finally support from the Dogecoin community, many of whom actively tried to kill it in its cot, just because it wasn't Josh Wise.
I'm very pleased, but I'm not happy yet. I want to see us do more, and I want to see others be able to get projects off the ground with less grief. This is a community which literally dropped half a million dollars into a deep-sea trench from which it will never be recovered, in 3 days, on a whim, just because everyone else was doing it:
http://bitinfocharts.com/dogecoin/address/DDogepartyxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxw1dfzr
Yet I had to fight tooth and nail for every penny of a measly $5,000 to grab significant exposure in a market where we love new technology, and lead the world in adoption of just about everything. That needs to change, and I hope this experience will help change attitudes so it does.
Already I've got a guy with a Holden ute looking for us to sponsor him next year, and there are future outings for Jack, and the 500km/h Jet Luge, and the F3 car, and... you get the picture. :angel:
Now if only I could stop Bitcoin imploding, or decouple us so they don't take us down with them, all would be well. :)
Used to be an every year regular at Bathurst years ago. Part of a car club officiating effort. We camped behind the pits and our tags (no lanyards then) allowed us virtually unlimited access to the pits.
One member of our club lived next door to Colin Bond and he was going out with my sister. That got me an introduction and, later, a chance to try a rally prepared XU1 at sunny corner (a forest near Bathurst). I couldn't believe how different it was to my Mini -smallish car with heaps of power and a locked diff -steering wheel was almost redundant; corner steer was throttle only once you got the tail out.
The eve of the race we would always walk the circuit half-inching sponsors promotional signs as souvenirs.
I live only 2 hours drive from Bathurst and have been only twice in the last twelve years. A two make competition does not have the same allure -OK a few more recently but they all have the same suspension, diffs and gearboxes and are heavily handicapped to try and stifle genuine competition. Now that Commode and Foulcan production will soon cease it may segue to a more interesting competition.
PS. Babysitting the grandsons and they just started watching RastaMouse on ABC2. He is very cool even if I am about 55 to 60 years older than his demographic.
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='60707' dateline='1412839506'Now that Commode and Foulcan production will soon cease it may segue to a more interesting competition.
To me, its always been about two distinctly different aspects. The people, first and foremost, and the cars less so. Brock would still have been awesome no matter what he was driving, and I never got the partisanship and hostility from some quarters.
At the end of the day, machines are just inanimate objects until a human brings them to life. And yes, these machines are all pretty much identical... until the right person gets behind the wheel.
I'd love to see a return to the old days of actual production cars, but realistically, that's never going to happen. Even with more marques, we're never really going to see real diversity.
Anyway, here's a bunch of piccies from today:
http://imgur.com/a/ZSoJa#0
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I think the Brock hostility came from the "wins" when he switched cars mid-race after his own drive expired. Was within the rules at the time but the practice was considered to be very dubious.
Pedro
Heck of a day.
After hitting the wall late yesterday, the car got rebuilt and Jack ended up 10th, pretty respectable all things considered.
As you would have seen on the news, the main event was full of dramas as well, all down to the new surface on the track.
Tomorrow should be fun.