Spectators view of the MLR500

[g6acb]

Starting with the practice laps... all the cars looked really good but boy did they kick up a lot of dust...

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This galant is the 'twin' of the CLUB VR4 car - virtually identical paint job , it looked very quick as well with AWD and 4WS

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After 10 mins I am covered in dust... there was a strong wind blowing it everywhere...

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Out with the water.... to damp the dust down and liven things up a bit

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There is a Colt somewhere under the carpet!!

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This Starion starts the day as it means to go on... later on in the race it managed to spin at the same spot 3 laps on the trot - it was like watching groundhog day

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Club VR4 car getting a few practice laps under its belt...

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Qualifying times.... Oh dear, near the back of the grid...

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After a rolling start Nick Mann starts picking his way through the field

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[g6acb]

As the laps tick by Nick gets higher up the field

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... and higher

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... and higher

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with 19 cars on such a small oval the racing was pretty close...

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After the first stint Nick had dragged the car up to 5th....

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awaiting the restart after the water tractor had been deployed....

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.... Turned out be be a short stint for Dave? as all the mud thrown up on the screen meant he had to make an unscheduled stop to get it cleaned...

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But the boys dragged themselves back up to 6th


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[g6acb]

The 19 car had been hitting anything that got in its way and was already looking the worse for wear....

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...and it was beginning to show...

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The Pole sitter was also out early on....

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ooops, this could be very bad.... look who's bearing down on this pile up...

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But some very skillfull driving saved the day...

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Wonder which car the white Starion has been trading paint with??

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Car 19 really struggling with (self inflicted) damage...

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Everythings looking rosy for CLUB VR4 - even the sun comes out.........

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The next action I missed with the camera as I went back to the car and was eating a sandwich through gritted teeth... not because the Mrs makes bad sandwiches... but my teeth were full of, er, grit..

But someone nerfed Dave and he ended up beached on a tyre

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... and could only sit there helpless while the laps ticked away

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[Nick VR4]

Those are great pics /GJ

[g6acb]

The support vehicle arrives to pull the car off the tyre...

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.. but its stuck... lets try if from the front then...

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... its still stuck... so they just drag the whole lot back to the pits... Bad news as CLUB VR4 loose more laps..

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Back out on track the boys bring it home to the Chequred Flag with no more drama...

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Unlike this unlucky car , with 10 mins to go it decides it doesn't want to keep its wheel nuts....

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The Final Standings... a very good effort indeed!!!

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The aftermath


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Club VR4 car back on the trailer... suprisingly good condtion, unlike most cars there it looked like it could have done it again - just pop a new front left on and its good to go??

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[Funkstar]

Brilliant pics and great commentating. Well worth some rep.

[The Vee]

Great pics and a fine effort for CVR4. Seems the car and the drivers did us proud. Congrats to all of you

[Brunty]

Brilliant pics and great commentating. Well worth some rep.

agreed :karate:

[richy rich]

well done lads looked likem great fun.

[Nutter_John]

Fantastic write up and some great pic - Heath and Jane have some compition now :)

[Kieran]

Ditto the above - Looks like everyone had a great time!

[HJM]

Fantastic write up and some great pic - Heath and Jane have some compition now :)


Heath? /haz

I couldn't agree more, they are better than those I have looked at on the MLR - great stuff, well done /Camera


J :)

[BraindG]

wow!.. Good Job GUYS!/GJ Looks like you guys had a great day, and well done for getting to the position you did! /notworthy

[Nick Mann]

Yeah, Adrian - great pics. Really sorry I wasn't more social - for some reason I seemed to be busy?!

Thanks for the picture write up - cracking!

[SJC PERFORMANCE]

Cool pics. And what a fantastic day.

Video footage for you to check out, sorry about the quality but its 21 mins worth.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-337596657394823700&q=mlr500

Hope to see you there next year.

Regards
Simon
MLR Class C winners - Galant 2.5 4x4 manual!!

[BraindG]

Nice one :) good to see other videos :guitarist