winton historics may

[Roscos]

Well its 10.30 at night and it pissing rain in Ballarat, l hpoe its gone by tomorrow morning.


Roscos

[ian]

no rain yet

[wirysage]

Plenty ofgrrgergregregreg

[JT252]

was bucketing down last night hope its dry for you guys.

[Big Trev]

Been raining in Shepparton all day so far - not good for Winton, a real shame.

[Slim]

I was in Castlemaine yesterday and it was raining. I am not going to be able to make it to Winton today either. I hope the weather improves for you guys.

[wirysage]

I went yesterday only 3 of us were there! Weather was shit but least the chargers were loosing grip on every corner was pretty fun to watch. 1st time at a race event for me and I loved it. Here are some pics of Roscos's RA65 and my RA60 http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/sho...10#post1173310

I will be at the fun day on July 4th

[shornesheep]

wet was an understatement I was at the end of the sweeper for some of the afternoon Saturday standing in 50mm (2inches) of water taking photos
these guys do not hold back in these things a few near misses and 2 toranas got intimate
hope to have pics and video up soon
had a flat on the van and stuffed my back changing it so sadly no sunday pics where the weather seemes to improve

[Silly Rabbit]

...yeah weather was better today.........a BMW 2002 rolled about 6 times coming out of the sweeper so that was impressive......driver walked away ok......everything else was good as always........just a damn shame about the weather!

[stormbird]

...yeah weather was better today.........a BMW 2002 rolled about 6 times coming out of the sweeper so that was impressive......driver walked away ok......everything else was good as always........just a damn shame about the weather!

Yeah that happened right in front of me, got a few photos of the aftermarth, that alone was worth the price of entry. All in all it was a good days racing.

[ian]

the racing sunday was great
although i noticed that they didnt have the mini,s mixing it with the big boys like last year
grahams brother phill did well , his mini was at the pointy end of the field
another highlight was the little lotus clubman chasing the pantera and at times there was only a half a car length between them , rod hadfield bought up his monster , i havnt got any good piccys of this , but it has to be seen to be believed it has a rolls v12 tank engine


as said by others the weather was shit on the saturday
thyis was the first time that i can remember it being that wet for the historic meeting

[ian]

the little BMW didnt look as good after rolling about 6 times


this caught my eye
it was a beautifully built trailer that was prepared as good as the Bugatti that was on it
it had a lot of old yacht fittings ,the winch is a yacht one with the winch rope going through a porthole
all the timber is polished , a lot of time has been spent on it



this old motor bike was interesting
it has a four cylinder in line motor from an austin 7
the ingenious thing is that it retains the austin gearbox and has a right angle drive from the gear box to the drive chain , it sits neatly just under the seat , although you voice could change if the chain came of the sprocket
it would have been the gnats nuts in its day

[Big Trev]

Those old bits of gear are great aren't they.

The Austin 7 Club put on a fantastic show

[ian]

they are a great bunch of guys
they can spin a funny yarn as well

[Slim]

Hey sillyrabbit... Do i spy your bro making some minor contact with another mini in this vid (at 1:42)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBxVhRZ9ns
The minis are great to watch for close racing.

I've been trying to find a vid of the BMW crash. I can't find anything though.