GTRSRULE!!!

spotted a maroon 33 yarra rd penno 7.50pm

spotted inhven black 34 waiting to turn onto old northern rd from st bernadettes. on fri. arvo asa97t white 34 in the capark of ettamogah(sp?) pub last nite

ive heard of a ramen genki?

where is this ramen kan?

oops missed the quote. thought it directed at me

not quite. permanant resident but aint aussie citizen yet

asahi on tap eh? gotta try!

spotted a black 32 gtr? red p's @ 5pm on old northern rd hesd to castlehill.

somewhere accessable by train. never been to a japanese restaurant.

spotted 2 33s in the city last night silver & maroon both s2 another 33 silver s2? on beecroft rd 11.40am

hmm maybe it wasnt u? cos it was 4.00 edward bennet park bus stop

spotted the wilch mobile 4pm. on neale avenue

white 33 s2 S.O.P 4.15 pm grey 32 Olympic boulevard S.O.P 11 pm silver 33 ruf33r strathy? maccas 12/12.30 am. all last nite

2 black 33s george st 9.50pm last night

here's an article on A1 which explains it in abit more detail. i posted it awhile ago in another thread but... Grand new series is A1 http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,...9-23770,00.html

Atkinson's explosive impact CRACK Queensland driver Chris Atkinson would be accepted by any factory team in the world rally championship if his deal with Subaru dried up tomorrow. http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,...1-23770,00.html

hmm. no. none of the above

toyota f1 vs bar honda f1 which is the better team bar honda 2005 Takuma Sato Jenson Button toyota f1 2005 Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli BAR looks to Ferrari http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,...6-23770,00.html

there is a number of aussies abroad competing in various fields of motorsports. Troy Corser Ryan Briscoe Mark Webber Chris Atkinson Troy Bayliss Casey Stoner who do you think will be the first one to bring 'home' a worldchampionship/title? * if you know of any more post them up*

Atkinnson ready for 'home' leg By Guy Hand April 4, 2005 AUSTRALIAN Chris Atkinson considers the Rally New Zealand starting on Thursday his home World Rally Championship (WRC) event. The Queenslander's third race in a promising debut WRC season is shaping as a homecoming of sorts for the Subaru driver. A posse of family and friends are travelling from Queensland to support him – Atkinson pointing to the fact that Auckland is a lot closer to home for them than Perth's Rally Australia. "It's obviously one of two key events in the world championship for myself personally," Atkinson said. "New Zealand is actually closer to home than Perth for me, so it's pretty exciting. "There's a lot more media interest and people coming over to support me. "But everyone's got to remember it's only early days. It's only my third race in a world rally car." Despite that, Atkinson – virtually unknown outside Australian rally circles prior to his surprise call-up to the WRC this year – is winning the respect of peers and pundits alike. Atkinson, 25, traded times with the best in the game in the previous round in Mexico, climbing as high as fifth before hitting a rock at 200km/h, with the damage caused eventually putting him out of the race. He also impressed in his first drive, at the Rally of Sweden in unfamiliar icy conditions. The Queenslander's Subaru bosses have given him a simple brief for this year – learn as much as possible try to finish within half a second of team-mate and WRC leader Petter Solberg. Atkinson said the instructions were likely to be similar for this weekend's rally around the North Island of New Zealand, which finishes in Auckland on Sunday. "As far as I understand it will be similar (instructions) to Mexico," Atkinson said. "It's important for me to get a good overall finish. "But the key is to adapt to the car this year." Atkinson competed in the 2004 Rally New Zealand aboard a Group N Subaru – one of the drives that impressed the works team to offer him a spot as a project driver in 2005. "It's quite fast and experience really counts there – we will go into it with the same attitude of aiming to learn and achieve specific goals," Atkinson said. AAP

Aussie tangles with Indy champ From correspondents in St Petersburg April 4, 2005 AUSTRALIAN rookie Ryan Briscoe lost a golden chance for a maiden Indycar Series victory when he came off second best in a skirmish with series champion Tony Kanaan today. Former Formula One test driver Briscoe, 23, was out front and seemingly on the way to a win in the Grand Prix of St Petersburg - the first street race in the 10-year history of the series - before a pair of late caution flags. Kanaan took advantage of the first restart, on the 84th of 100 laps, to move from fourth to second, bumping past Briscoe's team-mate Darren Manning and then moving past his own team-mate Dan Wheldon. Another collision on the 87th lap brought out the fifth and final caution flag and put Brazilian veteran Kanaan right behind Briscoe for the restart on lap 92. As the green flag waved, Kanaan began harassing the young leader, feinting first to the outside, then the inside and finally trying to move past Briscoe on the inside as they went into turn 10. The two cars came into contact and Briscoe careered into a tyre wall, crashing out for the third time in his three starts in the series. The clash didn't damage Kanaan's car, but it did slow him enough to allow Wheldon to shoot past into the lead. The 26-year-old Englishman then held off Kanaan, pulling away to a 1.45-second victory. He and Kanaan were followed across the line by Scotsman Dario Franchitti and pole winner Bryan Herta, giving the Andretti Green Racing a sweep of the top four places. The Andretti team criticised Briscoe over the contact that put him out of the running. "I think Briscoe was a little silly to turn into him like that," said Wheldon. Kanaan, who has now completed every lap of every race since the start of the 2004 season, was angry with Briscoe. "In fairness, when people are not fair, they get what they deserve," Kanaan said. "He tried to put me in the wall. You want to play hard, we'll play hard. "Dan (Wheldon) was one lucky guy. But, to win in racing, you've got to be lucky." Briscoe led a race-high 43 laps but wound up 14th in the 21-car field. The sweep of the top four spots for the team co-owned by former racing star Michael Andretti, Kim Green and Kevin Savoree made it a perfect day for AGR, which also got a victory from 18-year-old Marco Andretti - Michael's son - earlier in the day in his developmental Infiniti Pro Series debut. "The key was that drive by Tony Kanaan," Michael Andretti said. "He's the one who made it possible for us to get the sweep. It's just been an incredible day." Wheldon, who took over the series lead, earned his second victory in three starts this season and the fifth of his IRL career. AAP

Corser beats the lot By James Stanford April 4, 2005 AUSTRALIAN Troy Corser beat the wind, rain and every other rider at Phillip Island yesterday. The Suzuki star dominated both of yesterday's World Superbike Championship races and survived conditions that left many other riders bruised and battered at the side of the track. Corser defied wind gusts of up to 74km/h in the opening shootout to control the race and come home first with a massive lead of 8.2 seconds in front of Suzuki teammate Yukio Kagayama, while Australian Chris Vermeulen was third. Rain threatened to ruin Corser's plan to win the second race from the front when it hit the track on the 13th lap. Corser had built up a lead of close to four seconds before the riders returned to the pits to fit wet tyres and line up for the restart. He slipped back into the pack after the restart and was nearly knocked off when Garry McCoy fell from his Foggy Petronas bike. "McCoy crashed right in front of me at that fast turn near the hay shed and I must have missed his head by about an inch," Corser said. Several other riders lost control and crashed off the slippery track, but Corser rode sensibly. He finished the second race behind Kagayama on the track, but took the win with 5.8sec to spare thanks to the lead he built up before the race was restarted. Kagayama was second in the rain-affected race, while talented German rookie Max Neukirchner came home third on his Honda. Corser, who won a race at the first round of the championship in Qatar last month, dedicated his victory at Phillip Island to Australian rider Kirk McCarthy, who was killed in a racing accident at Queensland Raceway in August. "That win was for Kirk McCarthy, who we lost last year and who was a good friend," said an emotional Corser, who rode much of his victory lap looking up and pointing to the sky. He had to master the difficult conditions to win the first race, with severe gusts of wind blowing many riders off line and toppling two TV camera towers. "The wind would just pick your front wheel up," Corser said. "It was never the same twice. You would come down the straight and it would hit you from the side, the next lap it wouldn't when you were allowing for it to hit you," he said. Corser enjoyed his first win of the season at Qatar, but said this victory was more special because it was in front of a home crowd. "I see all the flags waving and I was trying not to look, but it was pretty hard not to with all the waving and the cheering that was going on," Corser said. Kagayama was happy to finish second in both races given his limited experience at Phillip Island. He said he was actually pleased that he suffered a high-speed crash in yesterday's morning warm-up at the same corner that claimed McCoy in the race. "The crash was good experience, in the race when it rained (in race two) I was very careful at that corner," he said. The Japanese racer, who speaks little English, summed up his weekend with the line: "The bike is good, rider is good, that is all." Former World Supersport champion Andrew Pitt finished the weekend with one fifth place and severe bruising. The Queenslander suffered several nasty spills in practice and qualifying and two in the final race yesterday. Pitt crashed when the rain hit the track, but was allowed to join the restart even though he nursed a black eye you would expect to see on a boxer. Minutes later Pitt was back in the garage after crashing again on the same fast corner as McCoy. "It was unbelievable," Pitt said. "I was careful because I knew it was the first lap and the tyres were new and cold. Really careful, just touched the throttle and next second I was over the handlebars." Vermeulen finished fourth in the second race, but it was his exciting third place in race one that thrilled the crowd. The Queenslander came together with Neukirchner on the final lap and even sported a rub mark on his leathers after the contact. "Max was pushing me really hard, he was riding really well," Vermeulen said. "I just had to try and hold him off and that's what I did." Teammate Karl Muggeridge finished race one in eighth place, but was knocked out of race two when he and Ducati racer James Toseland came together in a braking duel at Honda corner. Herald Sun

Alonso rules in Bahrain By Will Gray April 4, 2005 FERNANDO Alonso stamped Renault's authority on the Formula One world championship yesterday Sunday when he cruised to a dominant victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Spaniard Alonso outclassed the field in the baking dry heat of 42C to notch up his second victory of the season as the challenge of world champion Ferrari's new car came to nothing. Italian Jarno Trulli finished second to make the top two the same as the last race in Malaysia and Finn Raikkonen claimed his and McLaren's first podium of the season with third. German Ralf Schumacher finished fourth in the second Toyota and Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa matched his best ever finish with fifth for McLaren after filling in for the injured Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. Australian Mark Webber finished sixth for Williams, Felipe Massa seventh for Sauber while Scot David Coulthard bumped Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello out the points in the dying laps to claim eighth. Michael Schumacher went off track at turn 10 as he locked his brakes going while hounding Alonso for the lead on lap 12 and he posted his second retirement of what has become a disastrous season. With the German world champion out of the race Alonso turned his attention to keeping ahead of Trulli, who by the 15th lap of the race was three seconds behind. With 40 of the 57 laps completed Alonso had a 13.6second advantage over second-placed Trulli with Raikkonen a massive 40.4s down in third and Ralf Schumacher just off the podium in fourth. Button and Barrichello stopped on lap 46 and Button was left in the pits for more than a minute after he stalled his car and his team struggled to get it going again. They eventually push-started it back into the race but the Briton retired after just a matter of metres when his car ground to a halt at the end of the pitlane. Barrichello's demise continued on lap 44 when he was passed by Button for fifth place. Webber pushed Ralf Schumacher hard for seventh but failed to get past when the Toyota driver went wide on lap 45. Results 1. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1hr 29min 18.531sec, 2. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 13.409, 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 32.063, 4. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 53.272, 5. Pedro de la Rosa (Spa) McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.988, 6. Mark Webber (Aus) Williams-BMW 1:14.701, 7. Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber-Petronas 1 lap, 8. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull 1 lap, 9. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 1 lap, 10. Tiago Monteiro (Por) Jordan 2 laps, 11. Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Sauber-Petronas 3 laps, 12. Patrick Friesacher (Aut) Minardi 3 laps, 13. Christijan Albers (Ned) Minardi 4 laps. Overall standings Drivers 1. Alonso 26.0pts, 2. Trulli 16.0, 3. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) 10.0, 4. R Schumacher 9.0, 5. Coulthard 9.0, 6. Barrichello 8.0, 7. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) 8.0, 8. Raikkonen 7.0, 9. Webber 7.0, 10. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) 6.0, 11. de la Rosa 4.0, 12. Christian Klien (Aut) 3.0, 13. Felipe Massa (Bra) 2.0, 14. Michael Schumacher (Ger) 2.0 Constructors 1. Renault 36.0pts, 2. Toyota 25.0, 3. McLaren 19.0, 4. Williams 13.0, 5. Red Bull 12.0, 6. Ferrari 10.0, 7. Sauber 2.0. The Daily Telegraph

Ferrari's black nose for Pope From correspondents in Manama April 4, 2005 FORMULA One champion Ferrari raced its cars at the Bahrain Grand Prix with black nose cones as a mark of mourning for Pope John Paul II. The Polish-born Pope, who visited Ferrari's Maranello factory in 1988 and was presented with a scale model of a Formula One car by team members at the Vatican in January this year, died on Saturday. Italy postponed the usual Sunday soccer programme and called off other sporting events in the Catholic country as well as cancelling the live broadcast of the third Formula One race of the season in Bahrain. Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher said the Pontiff's death had affected the team. "The atmosphere is sort of very strange to all of us," said the German, who had met the Pope at the Vatican. "Obviously Germans, Italians feel very connected to the Pope as many other countries do. "You cannot really explain the words in terms of emotion and feelings that are going on around the team, particularly as we had the visit with the Pope early this year. It's very sad for us," said Schumacher. Italy's Jarno Trulli raced for Toyota with the message "Thank You Pope" on his helmet. The race was won by Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso of Spain with Trulli in second and Kimi Raikkonen of Finland third. Reuters Karthikeyan's Bahrain blow up From correspondents in Manama April 4, 2005 INDIAN Narain Karthikeyan suffered the first major disappointment in his Formula One race career when he retired from the Bahrain Grand Prix after just two laps. Karthikeyan, who finished his first two races for Jordan in 15th and 11th positions in Australia and Malaysia, had hoped to secure a hat-trick of finishes and maybe even break into the top ten here this weekend. But in gruelling conditions of 42 degrees Celsius his car ground to a halt on his third lap with an electrical problem that the team said would be investigated after the race. Karthikeyan said: "It is really a pity I had to retire in the race as I made a really good start and I managed to overtake a few cars. I was keeping up the pace but suddenly the car just stopped on the track." Karthikeyan had qualified 18th after a disappointing session on Sunday morning dropped him behind his team-mate Tiago Montiero, who went on to claim the tenth-placed finish that the Indian had been searching for. But team boss Trevor Carlin was encouraged by the performance of the team in such tough temperatures and is looking forward to the next race when the championship moves to Europe for the San Marino Grand Prix in three weeks. "We are slightly disappointed that Narain had a problem on the third lap and could not finish the race as he had made up some good positions at the start and things were looking quite good," said Carlin. "But Tiago has done a fantastic job to bring the car home in very difficult conditions and we are very pleased with our first top ten finish. We are improving at every race a little bit at a time." Agence France-Presse