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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 7:03 am    Post subject: Motor Sport

Tommorow morning (9.30am local) time, Australias "Great Race" will be run at Bathurst, New South Wales.

This is Australias premier domestic race. It consists of 161 laps of the trecherous 6.213 km (3.86 mile) Mt Panorama course.

If you get the opportunity to watch a bit (or all) of it, you will be impressed! The television coverage is second to none, and the racing is spectacular!

ost of the worlds racing camera techniques are pioneered in Australia, and each year they get better & better. Some of the top cars have up to 6 cameras in & around them. Sometimes they even get a driver to commentate whilst burning off a 2 minute 10 lap.

So load the esky & drop it next to your armchair & sit back for 6 1/2 hours of Ford verses Holden (GM) V8 adreniline pumping action!

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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: Motor Sport

UK viewers: Motors TV from 21.00 BST tonight

US viewers, I can't find anything, other than it is available there........
This page may be of use???

www.v8supercars.com.au...tional_tv/

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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: Motor Sport

Here's some footage of Jack Brabham racing at Bathurst in 1960:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Oi8hd1WF8

Peter "Perfect" Brock takes you on a hot lap, 1986 (the year I smuggled in 20 cartons of beer to a dry racetrack):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T7uZpIRfk8

The first lap of last years race:

www.youtube.com/watch?...re=related

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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 12:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Motor Sport

While I was checking utube, I found this classic.
In 1978, Juan Fangio was invited to the Australian Grand Prix at Sandown Park to demonstrate his 1954 Mercedes Benz W196, a desmo valve straight 8. Jack Brabham was there in his 1966 Repco Brabham BT 19 (I think it's a 19 anyway), Bob Jane in his Masserati & Bill Patterson in his Cooper.

Fangio responded that he would not "demonstrate" his machine, he would attend & he would race it.........This is it:

www.youtube.com/watch?...re=related

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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Motor Sport

Oh that looks like lots of fun to watch.
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PostPosted: October 10, 2009, 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Motor Sport

Some good footage here, check the racing kangaroo:

www.youtube.com/watch?...re=related

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