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[wingnut]

Hi

In recent years car clubs have displayed their cars along the main straight north
of the Dunlop footbridge. There is always a gathering of Toranas - XU-1s mainly-
about 150 meters south of the footbridge near the Wurth marquee - Its not a
Torana club as such - more a gathering of Toranaphiles who are into historic racing.
I am sure you would be welcomed by them - plenty of adjacent parking space and
a fantastic array of collectable vehicles all about to drool over.

Its a terrific event for the racing and the spectator cars.

Cheers

[to fly]

I will be there in my SS, last year the Toranas were all together in the carpark. I was going to join them but as it was a warm day I found a shady spot. (Esky in back of Hatch, not good too much sun). I recommend this meeting to anyone who has an interest in old racers, not just Torries,

[WhiteA9XS]

yellowa9x , i,ll steer you in the right direction ..... walk over the footbridge on top of the main straight , turn left , walk a 100 metres ... this is where we parked last 2 years in a row

ronald , you,ll be right we will talk soon , we are safe in packs !!!!!!

[grina05]

I went last yr. great day,will come over check out the yellow a9x

[to fly]

Had a great day again, left early ,so missed the last two Torry races, a little shower or two ,but not enough to wet the track. Good to see the A9X beat that Skyline in the 1st race, leaving early didnt help getting out at the T-intersection at the Cowes Rd. Next year Im staying till the end, Ive got some serious leg pump from pushing and holding the clutch 1000 times to get out, bloody heavy clutch in the old SS. Anyone else have a good day at the Island?

[Racehatch]

I went over and had a ball at this event, was blown away with the track layout, and the overall presentation of circuit... The weather was great on both Sat and Sun (although a little windy on sun) The racing was great, although there was a nasty startline accident on the first group c/a race on the sunday with some major damage to the ex bob jane xu1 and the HRT commodore.... Formula 5000's were great to watch, as were all the historic classes...

Here are some pics from the weekend, they arent as clear as they could be, my camera is still playing up..







I've got some more, but they are worse, if I can get them looking any better, I'll post them up...

All things going well, I'll be heading down with my torana and some other IPRASA guys, and maybe lxchev366 for the Island Magic meeting in November... should be wicked!

cheers,

Sam

Edited by 350LH, 13 March 2007 - 11:24 AM.

[LC69GTR]

Thanks for the pics Sam please post more if you have them

Edited by LC69GTR, 13 March 2007 - 11:25 AM.

[WhiteA9XS]

i also left early before the last 2 races as the thermo fan on the a9x shat itself
as didnt want to be in traffic cooking ..

what was the results in NC and group C of the last heats in these catergories
hoping the 76 hatch came home again .. ???

on a good note , a top day , also got a lap on the track , fanastic thank you ronald red sox ..

ps. yellowa9xhatch, i have some pics for you of that awesome car of yours...

[Racehatch]

The Bob Jane XU-1 rebuild has started, hoping to get it read for Tassie end of next month, Anna who was driving is OK, but sore, The Walky had a gearbox problem at the start,hence why he was sitting there.
Great day though!

Glad to hear Anna is on the mend, I'm sure it would've hurt, was a nasty impact.... :(

Stubber was pretty impressive in that Harvey A9X - sideways around most corners... Certainly is a switched on steerer....

Dropped past to see yellowa9xhatch, but the guys looked kinda busy so I decided not to bother them... Very nice car, sounds sweet on the track!

I think Robert Braune won the last NC race of the day on sunday, and a Mustang won the last Group C/A race, not too sure what happened to Stubber - I think he DNF'd

[to fly]

Good to hear the XU1 driver,(Anna) is alright, that was a nasty shunt.We all hate seeing these old Gems getting banged up, but as long as no one gets hurt, I suppose they would agree with the old saying "Thats racing!!!" All the best with your preparation for Tassie.

[wingnut]

A great wekend - fantastic cars and racing. I nearly wore out my camera.

Sad about the Bob Jane XU-1 - hope both car & steerer are on the mend.

Amazing the size of the fields - Nc ( replicars ) obviously not declining in popularity when you see who has opted out of the Biante scheme.

My heroes of the weekend - Andrew Robson Lola F5000 ( magic )
- F**d Custa steerer From Sunshine land !!!
- HQ308 - # 8 - a great entertainer & gardener

LH350 (Sam) I have some reasonable pics. which I will email to you tonight if
you care to post them on here.

Cheers JR.

[Racehatch]

Hi JR,

Yeah I agree, awesome weekend, the guy in that customline had a big lose on the approach to lukey.... straight into the gravel, kept the boot in, went around the edge and back onto the track... He was loving it, I could see the grin through the helmet......haha

The 308 HQ was a quiet achiever... look like a well sorted package on the track.

Here are your pics as requested!









cheers,

Sam

[Racehatch]

More Wingnut pics....... enjoy

[LC69GTR]

uhhhhh its like going to a art gallery only 100 times better thanks for the pics