V8s at Symmons PlainsAuthor: jawapro
Date: Mon 01/06/2009 08:57 PM
On Saturday Dad, Klutz, and I headed down to Symmons Plains Raceway to watch the V8s. It’s the first time I’ve been to see them actually competing.
I might have been wearing a red jacket (it was cold) but I was supporting Ford. Unfortunately it wasn’t a good day for Ford - and Holden came first and second. Ford got back on top on Sunday (when we werent there) which is good news.
As well as the V8 race we were all there to see - the supporting acts were pretty good too.
As always - the V8 utes were worth a watch.
The Targa Invitational class was pretty impressive too. Especially the dual between a Ford Falcon and Jason White’s Lambo. They were way in front of the field, and for a while the Ford managed to take the lead - but the Lambo caught him eventually.
The Mini’s weren’t too bad either. Grant Denyer has returned to the competition, but is now competing again Steven Bradbury (yes - the guy the Bradbury Principle is named after).
Unfortunately Denyer and Bradbury came together and Bradbury came off second best (so much for letting everyone else take each other out).
Not everything was on the track either....
After missing them when they buzzed Devonport on Friday - I was really happy that I managed to catch the RAAF Roulettes in action. Those guys are insane!
Not wanting to be shown up by the RAAF, the Army was there too. They had a 6-wheel vehicle called Armygeddon which was a rather pointless truck built to waste tyres.
Suppose it’s exciting if you like tyre smoke.
Of course, Klutz’s first port of call after arriving was to go and check out the XXXX Angels. He said he was disappointed though - as there are more attractive chicks at Uni.
As we had access to the ‘paddock’ we were able to take a stroll around some of the garages - but sadly, the V8 garages are out of bounds.
The Symmon’s Hairpin - the slowest corner in Australian Motorsport.
You’d think everyone knows about that one by now - but we still had a few people go off there - including both Vodaphone 888 cars in qualifying (not at the same time).
It may have been very cold, and not such a good day for a Ford fan - but I still really enjoyed it. The only down side of actually being at the trackside is that it’s rather difficult to work out who’s in the lead and who’s lap traffic. I got lost after about 6 laps. When you throw in mandatory pits stops - it just gets far too hard to keep track of things. Even though we were right next to a loudspeaker - we couldn’t hear a thing while the race was going - those cars are massively loud.
Still - it was a brilliant way to spend a Saturday.
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