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[Tom Hampton]

Wow! Awesome race. Those are some hella racecars!

[Ron Alan]

maybe a link??

[dstevens]

The series will come to Austin in 2013. They've started showing the series on Speed weekend after it happens. Bathhurst was rare because it's live. First for the US.

Speed will be replaying a couple of times this week. Here is some vid...

http://www.speedtv.c...9943001/1#_vtop

Here is a race recap. Mt Panorama requires large attachments... as Hobbo would say.

http://www.speedtv.c...7299001/1#_vtop

[Jim Boemler]

Austin? What will they race? Same as the F1 track, or an unrelated venue?

[Tom Hampton]

Yes. Circuit of Americas. The new f1 track. That should be way better than the prissy f1.

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Awesome race...awesome track...and to top it off it comes down to bumper to bumper final laps for the lead...a must watch!

[Danny Steyn]

One helluva track - no room for error. Walls on either side of the racing surface, and great elevation changes - a real drivers track. Drove around the track twice during a weekday two years ago, regular streets on the mountain side

[Tom Hampton]

One helluva track - no room for error. Walls on either side of the racing surface, and great elevation changes - a real drivers track. Drove around the track twice during a weekday two years ago, regular streets on the mountain side

Danny...first your day "job", and now you tell us you've driven bathurst? I'm trying not to hold these things against you...

[Danny Steyn]

Tom - note - driven around the track in my rental car on a regular day. (not raced). I suppose that there are some benefits to the crappy life of living out of a suitcase, being in a different hotel room every night, spending most of your life packing and unpacking. Really enjoying being back in Fort Lauderdale for a few weeks.

Told my wife after watching the Bathurst race that there are two things on my bucket list :-

1. race at Bathurst, and
2. go wingsuit flying

Not sure that I will be able to do either, but you have to have some dreams to keep you going

I really got hooked on the idea of wingsuit flying in the early days when this video surfaced

but the sport has evolved so much with the development of the foil wings, that this is what they are doing now
http://www.vimeo.com/30194013 - you gotta click through to Vimeo and watch this full screen

So much more of a thrill than my skydiving days at Lanseria way back in my youth.

[Charlie Hayes]

Bathurst is on my bucket list for sure. I am really excited SPEED is picking up the series, or it seem like it? Was so awesome to watch the race LIVE and in HD! Can not wait for the Gold Coast in a few weeks.

[Tom Hampton]

Danny-

"Only" driving around bathurst in a rent-car, is like "having to" live out of suitcase while traveling to exotic places and photgraphing mostly nekid girls.



I'm sure it "sucks", but so does working at a defense contractor.

[dstevens]

Tom - note - driven around the track in my rental car on a regular day. (not raced). I suppose that there are some benefits to the crappy life of living out of a suitcase, being in a different hotel room every night, spending most of your life packing and unpacking. Really enjoying being back in Fort Lauderdale for a few weeks.

It does get old. Try doing it in a rolling submarine with 8-12 of your closest "buddies". I did it for the better part of 30 years until I said uncle and "retired" to a house gig and got more race vehicles than I have space to store or time to work on let alone race. But it beats not being home for months at a time. Though I did get to see most of the planet. And drive a BWM rental car around the full Nordschleife. Didn't realize Mt Panorama was on public roads.

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http://m.youtube.com...h?v=O001Ai4zZPc

Hope that link works ok...

[KentCarter]

What a great race that was... very gentlemanly, even.

[Danny Steyn]

I liked the race, but I cringed a bit at our NASCAR commentators making comments about the co-drivers, and the brake tapping - he has not idea what pad knock-back is over the rumble strips. Personally I would have liked a sports car commentator to call the race, but with Speed and the Ambrose connection I am not sure that will happen. When I travel I normally get to watch the Aussie V8's on Sky and the commentary is awesome

And yes, Kent, very clean race (but not always like this), especially on the last lap. Lowndes didnt have the pass, and he knew it and let Tander get the win. Class Act

[William Bonsell]

Watched the whole race. Unbelievable and to have the race decided after over 6 hours of racing by .2 seconds was incredible!! A fantastic series and have enjoyed it every time I have seen it on TV...simply the best racing in the world IMO,

[dstevens]

Joy and DW are hosting Gold Coast live on Speed on Oct 22. Gold Coast will have Bourdais, Castroneves, Wheldon, Power, Briscoe and Kanaan are scheduled to be co-drivers.

[Elliott Skeer]

justin.tv/v8_supercars_paradise shows the races live with the Australian commentators, didn't have to listen to DW once

[Bench Racer]

Didn't realize Mt Panorama was on public roads.

First time watching these very special Aussie V8 drivers doing their thing. All I can say is, WOW...... Was doing a regional race at the Farm, at motel, flipping channels & there was Mike Joy & DW doing their thing, but the wrong cars. Shortly they were going to show a pit stop changing pads at all four corners in the same amount of time it takes to fuel the car. Very busy day at track and fell ah sleep before the pad change. Can skip the track time, I'd like to look at the cars close up. Danny, do you need a bag handler for ONE trip?

The back story on financing the Mt. Panorama TOURIST ROAD is very interesting. This dude went to the government requesting $$$ for a tourist road telling nothing of the plan for the road to be a road racing course. At completion the road serves both functions. Got-Cha

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OK link is working now: