Bathurst 12 Hour Feb 2012

[R32 Stuart]

Hi

FYI - entry list for sports sedans Feb 2012

Looking forward to running and hoping to have new tyres, and if it is wet I will be running the R33

Race No. Sponsorship / Team Driver Name Car Make Car Model Engine CC STATE

7 Coulter Excavations / Pirtek Steve Coulter oztruck chevrolet silverado 6200 NSW

8 Subway David Cameron Holden Gemini 2289 NSW

11 MG Multimedia Marcus Gordon Alfa Romeo GTV 1968 VIC

12 Blatch's Quality Smash Repairs Stuart Inwood Ford Falcon 4998 NSW

14 Rosemount Smash Repairs Anthony Cox SAAB 93 Coupe 6000 QLD

18 Bendigo Specialist Brake & Clutch Darden Brown mitsubishi galant 1990T VIC

19 Johnson Motorsport Damian Johnson Holden Torana 3300 VIC

21 G&G Engineering Graeme Gilliland Mazda RX7 2289 VIC

23 Red's Racing Service Geoffory Whittaker Holden VL Commodore 6000 NSW

25 Michael Hector FORD BA 5000 NSW

26 MacGregor Mechanical Repairs Simon O'dell-Fontana mazda rx7 2210 QLD

32 Vital Stats Michael Robinson Holden Monaro 2005 6000 VIC

40 Windsors Automotive Matthew Windsor Mazda RX7 2210 NSW

43 Aston Airconditioning Chris Donnelly Ford Falcon EB 6000 QLD

44 MR Automotive Colin Smith Holden Monaro 6000 QLD

46 Interstate Finance & Leasing Mark Bowen Holden VK Commodore 6000 QLD

48 Kitome Group Dean Neville FORD AU 5000 NSW

49 Image Racing Terrance Wyhoon FORD Capri 3000 VIC

50 CSJ Engineering / Fuel 2 Race Chris Jackson Holden Calibra 5900 NSW

51 Marinellis Mechanical Bob Mc Loughlin Holden Commodore VS 6000 QLD

56 BJ Banks Electrical Bruce Banks Mazda RX7 5998 TAS

57 FM Pumps Frank Mascadri Mazda GoGear RX7 3412 QLD

59 Holton Spares Jake Williams Holden VZ Commodore 4985 NSW

66 Gary & Cheryl Ford Garry Ford Ford Escort 4950 NSW

68 Aston Airconditioning Shane Bradford GM Camaro TransAm 6000 QLD

73 Central West Driver Training Steven Shiels Camaro Z28 6000 NSW

77 Coulter Excavations / Pirtek Michael Coulter oztruck chevrolet silverado 6200 NSW

86 Tracomp Trailers David Runkel Proton Satria GTI 1834 VIC

97 Interlloi Pty Ltd Anthony Macready Nissan 300ZX 6000 NSW

98 Wildridge Fabrications Jeff Brown Ford Falcon 6000 NSW

118 Image Racing / Lubrimaxx Leigh Moran FORD EL 5000 VIC

150 Mark Shepherd FORD BA 5000 VIC

151 Jamison & Craig Consultants Stephen Craig Holden Gemini 2289 VIC__________________

1st - 2009 Aussie Supersprint & (Hillclimb Fastest Tintop) Champion Type SV - R33

1st - 2010 Fastest 6cly Open Class World Time Attack EC

1st - 2010 NSW Supersprint and (Hillclimb Fastest Tintop) Champion - Type SV - R33

1st 2011 Round 2 NSW Sports seadan Trophy race

8th,10th,10th Shannons V8s R2 + Various Irace

[R32 Stuart]

Car's preps going good - 3.25 diff is in, I have done tapets, throttle body set - all the oils changed, nut and bolt check. Finally located Tilton clutch to replace AP and Santa bought some decent Wheels, hoping to do a corner weight check prior to Bathurst as I have no data on corner weight since purchase.

AND if I win lotto between now and then I will get it Dyno'd - our first Dyno for the AU!!

Cheers Stuart

PS - Our brand new R33 ENGINE REBUILD, that has been an issue since pickup, months ago, even following several re-tunes and builder rechecks, totally un-drivable!

So for FIRST TIME I decided to have a serious play with Apexi and new HKS boost controller - as last tuner dumped the G-Reedy for some reason?

Played today - made a few adjustments with cam/ign timing, fuel pressures - fixed a few boost leaks, up'd Apexi injector cycle slightly.

Slowly sorting out HKS boost controller, up'd gain 50% and the car in a 750m run is the best it has been for twelve months.

The best thing - its the first time you can actually drive along at 2500rpm's in 3rd and flatten it and it runs straight to 8500rpm with no compressor surge - not bad for Dash 10's.

Considering new engine was down 50kws at all four, compared to old - things are looking up!!

Cheers

[Chris-06R]

Out of interest, what's the lap record for sports sedans around Mt. P?

[R32 Stuart]

Out of interest, what's the lap record for sports sedans around Mt. P?

Hi Chris

Keith Carling - 300zx - 2.13.83

Cheers

[Roy]

The Carling Zed was such a cool car. And no disrespect to Carling but I understand that with a pilot it would have been quicker again

[Chris-06R]

hmm i'm actually suprised they're not closer/quicker than V8SCs... given that they are quicker at most other tracks. Does it come down to talent (and balls) or are the cars just not quite there? I thought V8 supercars were pretty much eligible for the category?

[R32 Stuart]

Some history FYI

Keith set time this time in 1992, and was actually faster than race times of 1000 runners

Skaife & Richards won the Tooheys 1000 in R32 with a top ten time of 2.14.546

Johnson in the Sierra RS500 was fastest top 10 - 2.12.898

Not a bad time considering 2007 lap record still stands - Jamie Whincup 2.08.4651 and yes the chase has been in place in since 1987.

Cheers

[R32 Stuart]

Did some corner weights last couple of nights -

AU - 3 Final setup - with me in the car = 1482kgs

LF 392 RF 403

LR 338 RR 349

This gives me a perfect 50% diagonal with 3.6 degree negative camber - 2mm tow out front, 1.5 rear in - see how we go!!

Skyline R33 last weekend we had final setup weight 1571 .5kgs with driver,

LF 439 RF 465.5

LR 320 RR 347

This gives a diagonal ratio of 50.02% and car was great. (set new PB)

4 degrees neg on the front, 3 on the rear - 4mm tow out on the front - 2mm in on the rear (bit extra on the front helps in hillclimbs)

[2pee]

The Carling Zed was such a cool car. And no disrespect to Carling but I understand that with a pilot it would have been quicker again

Could have gone quicker himself, but because of the disparity in speeds, he'd be coming up on people in 3 laps. They'd generally move a few feet sideways with the air the thing was pushing, so simply from a preservation of life and limb perspective, there was only a couple of laps to do the deed, just when carrying the heaviest water and fuel load. Another small problem, the front lower wishbones were bending, not something experienced elsewhere.

[R32 Stuart]

Good to see so many keen people interested in motorsport.

For the few that are - here's a timetable we have to run to

Plans were to run the R33 that we gave a reputable engine builder all the bucks to prepare - pre xmas, but we ended up 50+ Kws down on what we had 5 years ago, off dodgy engine builder. So sorry girls and guys - I feel the Falcon will be more competitive at this event

But like it or not - here's our prized possessions. Attached below from last weekend.

2012 B12HR RACE PROGRAM -­ FRI

Start Time Finish Duration Session Remarks

8:00 8:15 0:15 Commence Circuit Closure

8:15 8:15 Circuit Closed

8:15 8:50 0:35 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Practice#1

8:50 9:00 0:10

9:00 9:20 0:20 Formula Ford Practice

9:20 9:30 0:10

9:30 9:50 0:20 Saloon Cars Practice

9:50 10:00 0:10

10:00 10:20 0:20 Sports Sedans Practice

10:20 10:30 0:10

10:30 10:50 0:20 Improved Production Practice

10:50 11:00 0:10

11:00 11:35 0:35 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Practice#2

11:35 11:45 0:10

11:45 12:05 0:20 Formula Ford Qualifying

12:05 12:15 0:10

12:15 12:25 0:10 Commence Opening Circuit

12:25 13:05 0:40 Resident Access Time Certain

13:05 13:15 0:10 Commence Circuit Closure

13:15 13:15 Circuit Closed

13:15 13:20 0:05

13:20 13:40 0:20 Saloon Cars Qualifying

13:40 13:50 0:10

13:50 14:10 0:20 Sports Sedans Qualifying

14:10 14:20 0:10

14:20 14:40 0:20 Improved Production Qualifying

14:40 14:50 0:10

14:50 15:25 0:35 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Practice#3

15:25 15:35 0:10

15:35 15:55 0:20 Formula Ford Race #1

15:55 16:10 0:15

16:10 16:30 0:20 Saloon Cars Race #1

16:30 16:45 0:15

16:45 17:05 0:20 Sports Sedans Race #1

17:05 17:20 0:15

17:20 17:40 0:20 Improved Production Race #1

17:40 17:50 0:10

17:50 18:00 0:10 Commence Opening Circuit

18:00 Circuit Opens

2012 B12HR RACE PROGRAM -­ SAT

Start Time Finish Duration Session Remarks

8:00 8:15 0:15 Commence Circuit Closure

8:15 8:15 Circuit Closed

8:15 9:45 1:30 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Qualifying #1

9:45 9:55 0:10

9:55 10:15 0:20 Formula Ford Race#2

10:15 10:30 0:15

10:30 10:50 0:20 Saloon Cars Race#2

10:50 11:05 0:15

11:05 11:25 0:20 Sports Sedans Race#2

11:25 11:40 0:15

11:40 12:00 0:20 Improved Production Race#2

12:00 12:15 0:15

12:15 12:25 0:10 Commence Opening Circuit

12:25 13:05 0:40 Resident Access Time Certain

12:40 13:00 0:20 Parade Lap

13:05 13:15 0:10 Commence Circuit Closure

13:15 13:15 Circuit Closed

13:15 13:20 0:05

13:20 13:50 0:30 Ride Session

13:50 14:05 0:15

14:05 14:25 0:20 Formula Ford Race#3

14:25 14:40 0:15

14:40 15:00 0:20 Saloon Cars Race#3

15:00 15:15 0:15

15:15 15:35 0:20 Sports Sedans Race#3

15:35 15:50 0:15

15:50 16:15 0:25 Improved Production Race#3

16:15 16:30 0:15

16:30 17:00 0:30 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Qualifying #2

17:00 17:10 0:10

17:10 17:20 0:10 Commence Circuit Opening

17:20 Circuit Open

R32 & R33 Pic.wmv

[syfon]

Does anyone know if this is being broadcast on Free To Air TV?

I've checked the broadcast schedule for all the channels in Perth over the weekend and can't find anything....

[Whiplash]

Does anyone know if this is being broadcast on Free To Air TV?

I've checked the broadcast schedule for all the channels in Perth over the weekend and can't find anything....

12Hr is getting coverage on Speed, and Live stream on line (bathurst 12 hour site)

not sure about the support categories for the weekend.

12 Hour class qualifying results

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/02/2012.MOUN.Q5

[Snowman]

Good job on the win today Stu!

Shame you had to spend so much time behind the safety car though.

(And shame the live stream quality is so crap!)

[boxheadmr]

nice work stuart, loved watching it on the net in air conditioned comfort.

[Chris-06R]

Well done with another win in race 3 Stu, looked like you were having fun out there

[GTR32G]

Congratulations Stuart on the race wins. Great effort

[Global_Warmer]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bathurst-12-hour

[R32 Stuart]

Thanks Brian

Won overall, but had protest lodged - lap 1 race 3 for passing under safety card board F4 in cutting no yellow visable board only.

Copped 18 second penalty delegated to 2nd place.

Congratulations Stuart on the race wins. Great effort

[tweety bird]

the speed channels coverage doesn't start till 5pm.

why?

[Whiplash]

the speed channels coverage doesn't start till 5pm.

why?

only live internet feed until 5pm

Speed showing the world super bike series as per their contract with the super bikes