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Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:19:03 +1300

Discussion from blog post.

Hadyn Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:19:03 +1300

Oh and I should mention that the Dropkicks are giving away another copy of the New Zealand Book of Rugby Lists and some Epic beer.

Currently the odds of winning are pretty high

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:37:25 +1300

Although the V8s turn both ways, they're still governed by some wierd rule that ensures that the makers of Proper Fast Cars (like various large German and Japanese companies, or indeed dedicated racing car makers like McLaren) don't join in. (Though I assume that Ford and General Motors contract the?

Richard Irvine

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:58:36 +1300

didn't screw up Hamilton anymore than years of just being Hamilton already had.

I'm making a note in my book with 'Revenge' on the cover. It says 'Green, H'.

Emma Hart

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:07:47 +1300

would gather together for an annual barbeque and fruit-cricket match every October to watch The Great Race. And because this was Tauranga it meant that the TV was dragged to the window so we could watch from outside in the sun.

Bathurst was a ritual in our house when I?

DeepRed

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:23:16 +1300

Although the V8s turn both ways, they're still governed by some wierd rule that ensures that the makers of Proper Fast Cars (like various large German and Japanese companies, or indeed dedicated racing car makers like McLaren) don't join in. (Though I assume that Ford and General Motors contract the?

Kyle Matthews

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:47:57 +1300

If GM does go bankrupt, they might as well make things more exciting by rotating half the cars 180 degrees on the starting grid.

Actually, I suspect it's more exciting for the crowd if the drivers do that themselves part way into the race by crashing into the walls/each other.

Hadyn Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:09:55 +1300

Although the V8s turn both ways, they're still governed by some wierd rule that ensures that the makers of Proper Fast Cars (like various large German and Japanese companies, or indeed dedicated racing car makers like McLaren) don't join in. (Though I assume that Ford and General Motors contract the?

Naly D

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:34:26 +1300

Thank you Hadyn. Fully agree with you on the part about V8 fans, it is a constant source of disappointment to me. Like the idiot who was carting around a tv playing porn on top of the mountain this year.

*Shameless self-promotion moment*
http://nalydscene.blogspot.com/2008/10/live-blogging-bathurst.html

Hadyn Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:05:27 +1300

I'm making a note in my book with 'Revenge' on the cover. It says 'Green, H'.

Dude, I was born in the Hamilton, and spent roughly three years there before my family scarpered over the Kaimais

Like the idiot who was carting around a tv playing porn on top of?

Angus Robertson

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:57 +1300

And at least the V8 drivers are required to do more than just turn left.

Nascar is boring, even the author of NZ's biggest Nascar fan blog has drifted way off topic...

Stuart Coats

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:33:29 +1300

I've never been to an actual race, although like everyone else here it seems I used to quite like watching them on the telly.
I've always wanted to know – at the track is there a "ground announcer" who tells you things like "Radisich has just crashed" or "Murphy has?

Hadyn Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:43:31 +1300

I've been to a couple of races at the old (now a bunch of ugly houses) Baypark raceway. My friend was a flag marshal and got us free tickets occasionally.

I still remember watching truck racing with him one day. a truck came screaming around the corner and careened off?

James Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:45:24 +1300

Formula One was certainly a great distraction as I was trying to read the papers for my 3 hour 4th year 8 student + 1/2 lecturer discussion group on Monday morning.

I remember the year the Volvo won. That must have been the only year I saw Bathurst I suspect.?

Evan Yates

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:46:20 +1300

The Hamilton 400 had on-course commentary and jumbo-vision screens visible from the grandstands so you got more than just a stream of cars whizzing by every minute-and-a-bit and then disappearing...

Stuart Coats

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:52:16 +1300

That's why I always had a soft spot for speedway – you can see the whole track and on demolition derby nights there were lots of crashes to watch.

Naly D

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:07:03 +1300

OOOO, you're too good Angus. I fell for that hook, line and sinker.

Stewart

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:07:50 +1300

The sight of the fast cars & bikes has never really done it for me, but I got hooked on the intoxicating aroma of high-octane fuel, hot motors and hot-dogs attending the Te Marua stock-car racing in my youth*.

* Meaning 'in my younger days' rather than some sort of homosexual?

Bob Munro

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:19:08 +1300

A mate and I worked long days for five months each winter in the ski industry many years ago. By mid October it was finally all over. We would celebrate by closing the curtains and sit in two armchairs in front of the telly at the start of the ?Great?

Don Christie

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:43:18 +1300

I still remember watching truck racing with him one day

Slow truck, fast friend.

Sam F

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:05 +1300

Nascar is boring, even the author of NZ's biggest Nascar fan blog has drifted way off topic...

Ok, that was good.

Hadyn Green

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:42:38 +1300

Nascar is boring, even the author of NZ's biggest Nascar fan blog has drifted way off topic...

When i wrote this i couldn't figure a way to make that joke work... Angus, you're a genius.