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The Sierra was a roughie. Built out of a crashed roadcar IIRC. Replaced the windscreen daily at Bathurst in 1990.
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11 Jan 2014, 03:50 (Ref:3352704) | #4077 | ||
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It'll be shame if we don't get to see them at Lakeside, always enjoyed seeing them on a track with real Group A&C history. Guess I'll be making the trip out to Morgan Park instead.
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A friend of mine races agroup N cortina, which goes a lot faster than the original production date of circa 1960's. As much as lakeside is historical. It was great in the sixties , and is great today for field of 12, but 20-30 cars, producing xxxx horsepower, oops , kilonewtons or some metric ****, would be a punters dream of carnage on the track. Tony longhurst proved that in an falcon by going of and not up the hill and came back on(straight across the infield) Whislt it would be good racing, and seeing if the drivers could go easy on the loud pedal, they are racers and probably wouldnt back off, thus carnage. Still a great little circuit for the right cars. |
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11 Jan 2014, 10:52 (Ref:3352761) | #4079 | ||
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It's certainly a track that demands respect, and I've seen plenty of carnage as a competitor and spectator since he 80's. I could understand if the Group A&C guys didn't want to risk their irreplaceable vehicles there.
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11 Jan 2014, 21:18 (Ref:3352907) | #4080 | ||
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Heritage Touring Cars - Lakeside
Its not a safety or car related thing - we raced there last year with only one car damaged which could happen anywhere. Its more that we have a set of core race meetings each year, and then vary the circuits the remainder are held at. It is Wintons' turn this year and something has to give. Unfortunately you can only support so many meetings per year without diluting the number of cars available.
I would note that despite the statements above, the Lakeside promoters were more generous to us as competitors last year than is generally the case. It was a very well run meeting by a group of staff who clearly had their focus on the racing, and having fun safely. I would go back there anytime. John |
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12 Jan 2014, 00:05 (Ref:3352945) | #4081 | ||
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Fomoco, you should have a read of this in regards to the above comment:
http://performanceforums.com/forums/...s-again/page17 Changed my opinion on what I had previously understood the situation was with Management up there. Thread also echo's the dangers of Lakeside. |
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Glad to hear you enjoyed the meeting at Lakeside, it always brings back good memories seeing the cars on this track. As long as there's always a meeting somewhere in QLD on the calendar I'll be a happy man. |
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13 Jan 2014, 06:27 (Ref:3353298) | #4084 | ||
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Just checked the Morgan Park calendar, and it has the Autumn Historics listed as April 5th & 6th. I assume this is the meeting that HTC will be attending?
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15 Jan 2014, 07:51 (Ref:3354152) | #4085 | |
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Jaguar XJS Group C?
Was reading Jaguar Magazine edition 74 page55. year late 1998. Photo of a white XJS racing at Winton ,has the group C front spoiler,author claims its the ex John Goss car being raced by a Gilbert Smale....so did Goss sell the car then buy it back or is it another car perhaps the John Clinton Group A car with a different front spoiler? |
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28 Jan 2014, 08:01 (Ref:3360926) | #4086 | |||
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I am building a Vitesse for Improved Production but would much prefer to have a Grp A car to race in Historics. I have read elsewhere in Ten-Tenths that the Donnelly Rover is basically a shell and in Sydney somewhere. But the Robinson/Jeffery car seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. Any info would be great Ant |
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29 Jan 2014, 03:03 (Ref:3361381) | #4087 | ||
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The Heritage Touring Car (Group C & A) website now has the 2014 Calendar up
Round 1 Phillip Island March 7-9 Round 2 Sydney Motor Park May 3-4 Round 3 Morgan Park (Warwick) July 12-13 Round 4 Muscle Car Masters September 6-7 Round 5 Sandown November 8-9 |
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10 Feb 2014, 22:46 (Ref:3366674) | #4090 | ||
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Dick's True Blu falcon will be at Lakside today
http://www.bowdensown.com.au/DJR-Lak...TruBlu-Awesome |
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Chris did bring out one of the RX7's but biffed it at Morgan Park a few years ago. When are we going to see you out there again? Are you coming to PI? If so it would be good to see you.... |
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12 Feb 2014, 05:35 (Ref:3367204) | #4098 | ||
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for me its a shame that there not raced as is say Big Pete's old car or the TWR Jaguar. With the NC rules regarding say the Moffat 'Stang and the freedoms to period race cars,with a good pilot on board that car would never get passed,ie 10 inch rims,tyres and the 4 wheel dis'c brakes. me ...no interest in racing,they burn't me with the little Carrera in SC ,i don't even go to watch....no interest,I've got some nice road cars and i enjoy them,having said that,with the current laws in VIC...An ocean going trawler is where I'm heading...the pacific awaits....me. |
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