Winton 6hr - Participant and volunteer call out.

[SilverRA23]

Loaded up and ready to roll. Just have to wait until the co-pilot arrives with lunch

See you guys up there

0413 001 666 if any one needs me.

[ian]

i am off finally
i got the f****n hire van bogged in the back yard
1 hr lost and i have to go to albury first
cya up there

[Slim]

I'm at home twiddling my thumbs waiting to be picked up. See ya there ian.

[ian]

see ya i should be back in benalla about 7 pm

[shepo]

for those of you who havent left yet, just letting you know that it looks like im in the clear!

brand new genuine nissan water is on and all looks good!

will see you all in the morning, im leaving home at about 4 am... yay!!!

[Slim]

Just walked in the door. Am so tired. Going to bed. Work in 8 hours time... argh!

[Rallystanza]

I feel your pain slim, had to change the whole ute over again for work last night and get stuff sorted. So wrecked, but shit it was fun driving out there, just gotta remember that!

Thanks to EVERYONE that made it all happen and thanks to foreign matter that like tasting timing belts

[ian]

it was a great weekend
and congratulations to the celica team picking up 20 places over last years effort , and well done alison and girls . in the way you kept the boys in control
my team didnt do so well with darrylls anglia getting a wack up the bum by a female driver in a triumph ,it took about 10 min for race control to organize a replacement sash
i am looking forward to the piccys

[twentyEight]

A big congrats to both teams, epsically to Team Classic Celica for coming in at 19th place.

Also a big congrats for winning Best Dressed Team!

[TurboRA28]

Hey all, thanks for an awesome weekend! Was very impressive all the effort yous put into the event and making it run smoothly. Alison did amazing job keeping everything running.

We got home at 3.30am, not a lot worse than you guys!

Mike got some photos from various spots around the track which i'll post up later.

Was good to meet you all and put faces to names. Thanks for having me along!

Cheers
Joel

[timbosaurus]

Good to hear you made it home Joel!

Thanks to the other celica guys (especially Shamo and Ed) for tackling all the final laps after the rest of our celica's expired, and doing this so consistantly. I probably contributed zippo to the lap count in the end

It was a shame to see Darryl's car end up like it did, but it is certainly repairable.

Comiserations to all those with mechanical gremlins, but a problem with a car, means another problem fixed

[Slim]

Thanks for having me along!

Cheers
Joel

Thanks for making the effort to come.


Race results.
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...10/2009.WIN.S1
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re.../2009.WIN.S1.I

[SilverRA23]

Thanks all, especially John who spent all day in the sun doing timing for the Rising Sun boys. Massive commitment and most appreciated.

I had a great time and the little Corolla didn't miss a beat again! Made of tough stuff it is

I am completely knackered and have sore muscles where I don't ever remember having muscles!!

Congrats to Slim and Eddie for all the work on getting the Best Presented Award. Goes to show that you don't need $4000 worth of shirts to win eh Big Trev

[Big Trev]

You got that right, the Pedders bloke keeps trying and I keep saying we need cars the same, sign written the same AND the same shirts to win, but he doesn't seem to get it, but by shit, our shirts were pretty damn good just the same.

[Slim]

You got that right, the Pedders bloke keeps trying and I keep saying we need cars the same, sign written the same AND the same shirts to win, but he doesn't seem to get it, but by shit, our shirts were pretty damn good just the same.

They did look alright... it's just bad luck that the trophies say ours were better.


I'll write something more substantial this evening when i am not at work. It was a great weekend alround though. So many people put in a lot of effort and it wasn't just the normal crowd which i thought was particularly good.
For the Celica team the big helpers were obviously Alison for managing the team, Emma for the massive stint on the pit wall doing timing, Lauren for timing also, Trang and Georgia for keeping the crew fuelled up working the BBQ also Trang for volunteering as an official, Joey helped out in the pits throughout the day also. I'm sure i've forgotten someone because as usual it was such a hectic day with a thousand things happening at once.

The drivers did a great job as well... Andrew, Eddie, Joel, Oscar, Shamo and Tim. Particularly a great effort by Shamo for keeping the club car in one piece and doing some serious time out on the track in it.