Bathurst - FORDs win again!Author: jawapro
Date: Mon 13/10/2008 12:30 PM
Some people call the Melbourne Cup the 'race that stops the nation' - but really, that's just an excuse for Paris Hilton wannabes to wear funny hats and pretend to be interested in horses.
Bathurst is the real race.
It's the time of the year when people who aren't interested in motorsport stop and pay attention.
And for those of us who watch motorsport anyway - it's massive!
Who cares about the footy grand final, or the olypmics, or anything else like that - Bathurst tops them all.
This year was good and clean. No rain, and no massive offs. Still enough to keep it exciting, without causing too much havoc.
And as a Ford fan - it was brilliant. Craig Lowndes has now won it for the last three years running. That's a record he now shares with legends like Peter Brock and Jim Richards. No one has won it 4 times in a row.
The triple-8 car (which is painted in almost Holden colours - blame Vodafone) did a fantastic job, and Lowndes and Whincup lead the way for most of the race.
Holden heroes Mark Skaife and Garth Tander were sitting on pole at the start - but managed to jump the start, and then stall the car, so they ended up at the rear of the field, plus having a penalty. They finished about 12th.
It's true that a Holden finished second, but it was still definatly a Ford day. In fact, in the top 10, there were only 3 Holdens.
Well done Lowndes! Can we do it again next year?
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