Bathurst 12hr Australia

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I know it aint bike racing but it is racing.
Well im running in the Bathurst 12hr in 2 weeks in a BMW130i.
Its in the production class so im hoping to do well.
Im sharing the drive with 3 other guys over the day & the team have finished on the podium in the last 2 yrs ..... ( thats a good thing ) they run 3 cars #'s 26 27 28.
So lets see how we go hey. :D


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Post by hoofarted »

Pretty :cool: !

BMW 4-door hatch? Kinda like the Audi A3 over here. Do they have a 2 door version? Like the old 318ti? - but with a proper motor?
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Its a production race, so it mostly cars you can get of the show room floor.
I know in the states you guys mostly race coupé's but 4 door sedans are the general public's prefered car Down under

Have a look in the link below

http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/
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I crashed into the wall in the 1st Qualifying session ...... fuck that hurt my walet!
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My mates car
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My car... look closely
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Nice so bobs pitching for repairs :lol:
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No, but boB said it was cool to use the logo.
We ended up 3rd in class (E) & 14th over all, with our sister car 2nd in class & 12th overall.
The bigger BMW (class D) came 3rd in class 13th over all.

It rained the whole day, scary shit at the mountain i can tell ya. lots of water equalled lots of electrical gremlins.

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Post by redrocket190 »

No worries here about it being car racing. Big boys circuit. I think you are one lucky guy and well done too. Definitely bucket list item.
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Post by asteroid500 »

Is the mount panorama circuit (Bathurst) know state side .... there was a US/Europe team in this race, they crashed out early in the day, but were well'n'truley up front at the time.

I was stoked as they had the 130% rule applied, i made it into an international elite drivers group albeit in a small capasity E class car. :lol:
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nice on the podium at the mountain good goin mate did you see the ghost of brocky the ledgend
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Fkc me Greg,
It was raining so hard & foggy you couldnt even see the blue rain lights mandatory on all night race vehicles.
I was going threw the chase at 240km, blind & if an A grade car (lambo, audi, ferrari) went threw it was worst.
I still went threw at high speed so i could keep the gap tight, we were well above some of the D class cars for a while, but they lost our car for 9 laps :shock:
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