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McLaren M8F Can-Am car is ex Vic Elford.
Great day at Phillip Island, Drove down in Frank Borgs beautifully kept Sunbeam Alpine..Part of the Shannons Convoy of Classic Cars..In front of us was a Ferrari Daytona, behind us a GT40, no need for the stereo!!. The Alpine is going to be used next week at the Grand Prix in the parade lap for the drivers.
What a fantastic selection of cars at the island, both on and off the track, I nearly spent as much time in the spectator car park as in the pits. The F5000 brigade put on a great show, it was a pleasure to hunt down Rod G and have a long chat.. Roaring Season is also a social networking site it seems.
Keep those pics coming Angria!.
PPS... there were several nasty accidents,From Rod's description of the F5000 crash on Saturday, the driver was lucky to escape serious injury or worse! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EthycqBDm5I
This one happened right in front of us...Carrera was muntedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLDQm1V1Yo
no 25 Stan Redmond. I heard he was thrown from car ,had chipped ankle
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No, Stan was in his car, he has seat belts and plenty of them. The unfortunate guy who got exited from his car was the driver of the Cooper Bristol which hit the pit wall very hard and he had no belts ? not a nice site when you are working on car and hear a almighty thump and sprapping noise, look up and see a wreck (it was a mess) sitting in the middle of track and then notice no one in it, walk out as an official sprints past and a women is screaming her head off up the pits a bit, look out pit fence and about 50 metres up the the track is somebody laying spead eagle like a starfish on his back on the track. It was pretty upsetting for every one.
A couple more of McLaren Can Am. It was a beast. New to team and they slowly got into it as week end progressed. As mentioned the car was beautiful. The sound is awesome, makes things happen when it pass's at speed.
Will put some more photos up when time permits to resize.
Hey guys, thanks for the great photos, and covering descriptions. Shows that Goodwood doesn't have a stranglehold on great classics any more. Those F5000s must have been great around that beautiful flowing circuit.
Cooper Bristol pre prang
Hey Murray Philip Island is an amazing event, very well run , thrilling, inclusive, and the variety every year I allways se a dozen or more things ive never seen, Goodwood would be a trip but PI is up there and 1hr from home fantastic
Any Requests got a lot of pics
Seeing as we have just been talking about crowds, or lack of them on the HD thread, could I ask what sort of a crowd attended this weekend. I know we can't compare with NZ, as there is potentially a much larger base to draw from there, but would like a comment from someone who was there. A request for pictures......yes. Some action shots of the Nb/Nc saloons would be appreciated.
Hi Amco ,the growd was good main straight was full on Sat with cars spread right around track at other good spots [you can drive right around the outside at PI and prettywell park were you like] sorry my action shots are all very distant had lens problem [i dont know how to use it]
in the Pits
This was my highlight, the Camaro. Meeting the man who ressurected it, being shown over it, and then chatting and meeting the man himself who raced it and then one of his mates who he did many a battle with in days of old. A magic time and will never be forgotten. So easy to chat to and full of beans. Mr Bob Jane has given alot to motorsport and still is by presenting prizes to the F5000 boy's. Mr Beechy, what a jovial person and great to chat with along with his wonderful lady.
PS. If you go to the World Speedway at Western Springs look out and you may just see Mr Beechy and his lady there.
More Action ..both drivers uninjuredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUodZnQxWlw
Hell Drifty, you haven't aged at all. Looking like you are enjoying yourself.
Some amazing machinery around the pit area as well. Did not have enough time to get much but the magic Vanguard Ute is a genuine article, he has 2 of them. This is his toy one with Commodore running gear allround and is well done. It has air conditioning and all the gear.
The F1 speaks for itself, a darling.
What is age ?
Some more of the beautiful machinery on display and giving the wheels a good old spin. So many different and beautiful sounds.
A mixture, the 32 was a hoot, and it did the job as well. The old Corvette sounded nice and heavy. The Camaro is the car of Oliver, another beautifully built car and it also did the job.
The A9X's are still a favourite and Setons old Sierra was trick. Noticed he does not look like a "baby face assassin" anymore. The years roll on.
These explain themself. So neat to see.
Sorry no action shots as I never got out of the pits.
We had a great start on Thursday when we arrived and were informed by MAF "there are a couple of damaged cars in there" (container) Some how the straps on the Lola (Bretts Car) which was at the front of the top row with 3 cars were undone (all 4) and she had been rolling forward when the truck slowed/stopped and back when it moved forward. With the front nose and frame removed for storage it was hitting the end of the container with the front of the tub, and the slave cylinders are mounted there, (were there). And the rear wing strut and back of gearbox was working its way through the nose of the McLaren behind. So we had a bit of work to do and no laps on Thursday for familarisation. Mrs Crawford went back to Melbourne on a mercy trip and when the replacement cylinder arrived of coarse it was different (after John had made numerous calls to confirm it was the right one). Well modifications and some kiwi engineering on the wing strut and she was as good as it would be. A lot of sweering helped the fitting of new steering rack, and modifications to cylinder and fit. The nose cone for McLaren was taken to local surf shop in Cowes and was finished in time for second practice Friday (at a cost).
Thought is that Mr Customs had been in container at Melbourne and not re-done up the straps. The padlock was cut and they were very quite and did paper work very quick at track on Thursday and dissapeared when damage was noticed and discussions started.
In all the damage was costly and caused alot of extra work and also limited time to run cars.
But in all a great place, nice people, and we finished the meeting all in one peice.
nice things parked around the place
Hi rod who had the Ferrari and did it run the old one 500?
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Yes Jim both cars ran, the older one in demo and the new one in races (pretty quick). Sorry do not have names but some one will
They both had a distinctive sound, and look just great.
Thanks Rod looks very much like the Sp. I sent to the states a few yrs. back love to know what happend to it last I heard an ex kiwi was selling it Bonhams as a real one Doug Nye? was quite suprised when told what was under the skin!!! Poms??
Funny you should mention that Jim, it came up in discussion over the weekend.
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Loving the pics Angria..did you get any of the old Flathead V8 Specials?
Geee's, sounds like PI was a bit of a "Demolishion Derby" this year? and i thought we were bad enough!!!
Dale Mathers