Sydney 500

[DBourne]

Anyone going out to this?

Gotta say, I'm loving it so far, and needless to say little work has been done today

(work in the middle of the track)

[Fev]

Is there driving on around the track at the moment? Pretty fun to drive around on it.

Are there any car show n' shines on or anything?

[DBourne]

It's practice today.

v8's fujitsu, utes, GT series, minis

yeah there are static car shows too, lots going on

[DJL351]

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Anyone going out to this?

Gotta say, I'm loving it so far, and needless to say little work has been done today

(work in the middle of the track)

Turning green....... envious much.

[DBourne]

Taken over 2GB of photos so far

[Whitey Ford]

I'm going, my better half got box tickets through her work!

[SNB05T]

yeah bourney, im out there all weekend.

just got back from track. (you probably saw me walking around with engine cover : )

tell you what, they damn loud out of turn 8 ( saw a few fujitsu cars stack it there too)

can't wait for tommorrow and sunday. : :

[DBourne]

nice ones dan,

I've been based @ turn 10 as that is where my office is.

Getting some good shots, 3GB so far

[fordOwner]

I hope the Western Australian Government is taking notice of this event.

[kypez]

I did a drive through on Wednesday night and it looked a good track but boy is it bumpy!! I know its supposed to be a street circuit and all, but its gonna be interesting with the little dips in the roads as well...

Should be a good race!!

[Fev]

Yeah the roads here are freakin rubbish.

[DBourne]

coming into turn 9 has been very interesting.

They had been doing quite a bit of work to level out a dip in the road, but even after all that, you hear the cars unload under brakes quite severley. could make for some interesting moments late in the race

[phillyc]

Yeah, i'm going with my brother tomorrow. Looking forward to the action, noise and atmosphere. The concerts after the racing will be good too.

PS I would still rather the money spent on permanent facilities, but the racing is getting plenty of coverage on all of the TV channels which is a rare thing.

[DBourne]

Here are some of my photos from pratice (Friday)

Nothing great, but certainly a lot of fun!

Now time to get Eric Bana's signature (hopefully) - Notice the blue Porsche

































Proof there was at least 1 pass this weekend haha







The man himself!









mmm engine bay

[DBourne]

[mickyyyy]

I was there working yesturday and man it was good, its a quick track and some nice turns.

Vodaphone, Jim beam cars sounded sick and the porches sounded awsome as well.

[The G6ET Spot]

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

mmm engine bay

I love this shot Dave, pics look great.

[ltd]

Brilliant photos. Nice work and many thanks.

[DBourne]

Got to meet Eric Bana, great bloke!

[fordOwner]

Again, I speak on behalf of the people of Perth...

JEALOUS!

Im just watching the mini's - Noticed there are plenty of repaired pot holes and the cars seem to be bouncing a lot, if it was 10 years in the planning like they said you would have thought they'd at least repair whole sections of the roads not just do patch which is terrible for international standard racing.
But I guess the Track Engineers must have given it the tick of approval.

[DBourne]

the pot holes are things such as massive light poles etc and man covers, plus also temporary bollards for other events.

There are a few "different" types of surfaces which I'm sure the drivers would rather not have.

Then again, makes it good viewing for us

[HLC]

Just got home today. Was at corporate function with my old man at the novotel. Also got in above the pits for a bit and got back into the stone bros. Area in the big shed having an up close look at the cars and a chat with the blokes! Great guys!

Back again tomorrow with tix from my work! Shoot me a MSG bourney n I'll come say gidday

[galaxy xr8]

Great pic's mate, thank's for that.

[phillyc]

My brother and I went down from Newcastle yesterday. What a great day. Hard to see too much action.

At one stage we were within 2.5 metres of the edge of the track. This was between a building and the rail station on the opposite side of the track. The noise was phenomenal. You could see the non usual patrons, some were just about ducking for cover from the noise

Plenty to see and do other than just cars. Pit complex area, driver signings, car displays, historic racing Mustangs etc, BMX/Skateboard park demonstrations, kids play areas and entertainers, Harley Davidson tent had a real bike dyno drag racing shootout, plus the concerts.

Lastly, crowd figures were 51,000 Friday, 72,000 Saturday. Telecast on TV said today a 3 day crowd of 183,850 people!

[Giant Cranium]

why wont they show jamies winning burnouts on the tv?

[Feathers]

I worked there the 3 days, plus the concerts.

Phillyc, I know the place you're talking about. Even I was scrambling for the earplugs there, and I've been about a metre from the racing line for the whole 3 days.

Had a visit from some of the drivers at the official afterparty in Acer Arena. Got a hug from Jason Bright too

[Tokyo Geoff]

I though the viewing was crap and won't be back. Racing was okay but too much damage for anyone a few mm offline ie corner 8.

BTW, why do the utes sound like compared to the Fujistus? And yes I understand different engine and headers of the Fujitsus but some of the utes sound bloody awefull and really disappointing

[DBourne]

Feathers, the place he is talking about is my office haha. I was loving it!

Maybe I don't have enough sympathy for my ears?

[Feathers]

If you spent any decent amount of time at ground level there, I feel sorry for your ears!
Up higher might have been a bit better though.

Saw the FPV-Tickford club display there too. Looked good guys!

[phillyc]

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Feathers, the place he is talking about is my office haha. I was loving it!

Maybe I don't have enough sympathy for my ears?

Well, that short straight with the hard acceleration, then deceleration was fantastic for noise. Lots of noise pops on upshift and bangs on downshifts with the snarling angry big-camshaft exhaust note in between.

By far the loudest noise was at that part of the track. I lasted about 20 laps.