Sandown Historic 2009 pics. “Warning large files” - Page 3

auxr · 10-11-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xbgs351

How far is it to walk?

My bad - should have put 5 minute drive to the track - too far to contemplate walking with eskie, back pack & all the other paraphernalia required for a day, not withstanding the treck back home again with the aftermath of 35 - 40,000 people trying to run you down at the same time LOL

Go baby Go · 10-11-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CSV_LS1

Great pics.
Did you happen to see an old silver Corvette covertible racecar there?

The 1960 Corvette?
Yep, I did.
I didn't get a pic of it, but a bloke (Malscar) off the biante forums did -

gtxb67 · 10-11-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

And whats fords?
pulling out when it gets tough and using Euro cars that people cant relate too?

Good on that VL, was a happy day.

that vl only won because the sierra's were penalised for being too good. perhaps one of the reasons ford keep reassessing it motorsport option is because they, like the majority of their fans are sick of having the rules changed to allow holden to win

but seeing how you thought it was a good day, you must think that penalising the best is good for the sport. i assume you think it is correct in f1 too

BDA Escort · 10-11-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Agreed, I forgot all about PI until I saw it on the news.

Another tid bit, Jim Richards won the last race in his falcon sprint which is a 289, I walked past after the race and noticed on the board the wee Windsor pumps out 535HP. DAMN! I didn't realize how good they can be, I thought that was 351 territory. Great to see it going by the stangs.

yep, who needs a cleveland shaped boat anchor after all!
windsor for the win every time.

as outback ute said, those are the REAL group c and a cars from the day.
no replica/mock up's allowed, so they are simply irreplaceable these days, and worth ALOT of money, so any damage must be fixed.

blownba · 11-11-2009, 08:32 AM

They reckon that there was 50 to 70 million dollars worth of cars there, racing, on the weekend!!!!!

I was there with my mates Lotus Cortina. Second in 1600's. Didn't like the heat much.

The Biante cars are a fantastic class to watch. Love Tilley's GT. Damn animal that thing.
Mustangs galore!!!
grouse day.

xbgs351 · 11-11-2009, 09:36 AM

What the hell were the Biante cars doing at a historic meeting anyway, because they sure as hell aren't historic? They are 3rd category cars and they surrounded their 5th category historic status in order to run in the Biante series.

outback_ute · 11-11-2009, 12:44 PM

Last year they had sports sedans running (well the national championship cars, not the Biante ones!), so they seem to be spreading their wings a bit. Not sure why exactly, but I'd expect it is driven by entry numbers - I thought there were fewer open wheelers there this year. Seems to be a bit of a trend in historics.

**Polyal** · 11-11-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by xbgs351

What the hell were the Biante cars doing at a historic meeting anyway, because they sure as hell aren't historic? They are 3rd category cars and they surrounded their 5th category historic status in order to run in the Biante series.

Does it matter? The more the merrier I reckon, just adds to the day.

I had no idea that silver thing above was a 'vette; sounded tough as nails!

KPOJ · 11-11-2009, 02:03 PM

Meh Biante cars are still are built in the 60s and early 70s, they are todays representation of a historic car with modern components... great to watch and certainly a lot more pleasant to watch then Group N.

xbgs351 · 11-11-2009, 03:22 PM

I have nothing against the Biante cars, it is just that they don't belong at a historic meet. For instance a Falcon Sprint with fiberglass panels wouldn't get a Group N Certificate of Description, because in Australia they only ever ran fiberglass paneled Sprints in Rallies.

Spanrz · 11-11-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev28k

I can remember reading that if JR is going through a sequence of flowing corners he has the corner speed to keep the revs up and match the bigger engined cars. But if it is more of a slow right down then speed up again sequence the torque advantage of the bigger engined cars is unbeatable.

Jimmy was doing lap records in Bathurst this year.