Dunpy is going to Bathurst, not quite #40 Options

[wonkipop]

@Maltese Falcon kindly set me one of the Dunpy stickers he had made up for #40 a couple of years ago.

i've faffed around since trying to work out where to place him.

had to wait until i retrieved the audi urban battle wagon from its entrapment in tasmania resulting from the vid lockdown era.

Dunpy will be going to Bathurst for the 12 hr in Feb.
the audi is white. f piech had something to do with #40 and these audis.
its a long bow to draw. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) .
the sticker backing is in the glovebox for good luck.





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[krazykonrad]

I enjoyed watching parts of Bathurst this weekend. For some reason, I thought Bathurst was an V8 Supercars race. Is the sanctioning body like IMSA in the US?

[wonkipop]

I enjoyed watching parts of Bathurst this weekend. For some reason, I thought Bathurst was an V8 Supercars race. Is the sanctioning body like IMSA in the US?

supercars is on the traditional date. used to be first weekend in oct.
always around my birthday. oct 5th-ish. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

funnily enough the 12 hour is closer to the original race in spirit.
ie an enduro.
only these days you have to punish a car a lot more than 500miles (very original race in the 60s or 1000kms as it became after metrication in the 70s.). the original race descended into a kind of meaningless purpose built race car thing (holden v ford basis) sometime in the late 80s/early 90s. and now that ford and holden (ie GM and ford) are over in australia - ceased to exist - dead - rip etc its even more meaningless.

this 12 hour held in feb kicks off the racing season in australia and is really much closer to the original vibe back in the 60s and 70s.
but.......and its a big but.......the cars are a long way from production cars. a long way.
though oddly enough the porsches are by far the closest thing to a production car out of the lot of them.

i'm not sure i will go again. its being commercialised the vibe was not as peaceful, easy going and laid back as it was in 2018 on the top of the mountain. i guess that is what happens to things that get successful. it felt better in 2018. but i am glad i went.
the rain at the end really arced it all up to another level - and of course 2/3 of the weak as p$ss spectators left. it kind of turned into 2018 for the last 2 -3 hours of the race.

it was worth it to see a merc take a tank slapper at skyline and disappear over the edge of the world backwards and then hear the ..........thud. aquaplaning at its finest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
the porsches just sailed through the running water across the track. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)