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Had an awesome day. The drive up was wicked, road kill central though, I don't think that Porsche liked us.

The GTR crashing sucked big time but the rest of the race was great, the top of the mountain had the best view. Got sprayed with rocks when the purple merc decided to take it wide.

Couple of pics and vids of the day

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Top of the Mountain following the safety car

Pack opening up after the safety car

R35 GTR crash

Wow that was an excellent race to watch, and top work from the strategy guys in the top teams to have 4 cars finish within 30 seconds after 12 hours.

I'm really surprised the Ferrari held on because those mercs were perfect for that track.

It was a shame to see the GTR's bad luck, but these things are very common in long races. We got to have a reasonable look at the car and I don't think the damage will buff out.

Okay, time for some crappy phone pictures

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Mmmm fat slicks

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The Michelins came pre-stretched

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Nismo team were going well

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What a great day, perfect weather to test the endurance of the cars

Then it happened

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This Datto was pretty cool

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Running R32 brakes

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Respects to the King

Some rad as hell cars. Not everyday you get to see one McLaren, let alone 5!

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I do love engineering a lot

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Some fine BMWs

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These would make cool little dailies

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The two R35s rocked but a bit later in the morning. Great stuff to see. A bunch of spectators had a good perv.

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Sun was blazing, was approaching 40°C in the afternoon.

Some casualties

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Driver of the white Lambo

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He skipped a few too many leg days :P

A Lotus garage drew a crowd while changing a gearbox I think

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Team Nismo packing up way too early :(

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Ooo a pit stop. Pretty cool watching it from the other side.

It was quite remarkable how close you can get to these awesome machines

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A Porsche rocking an esky haha

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Ferrari engine, yum

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300mm wide slicks stretched on. I saw 325 wide in a Porsche pit. Makes my 265 wide tyres seem like snow tyres :(

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Came out of a Porsche, They got the car back out I believe.

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The deceased R35 and the Ferrari that caused the demise. A tad awkward being garaged next to each other haha. At least it was a racing accident and not from dodgy driving. Some Kelly bloke walked into my photo, sheesh

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This Ginetta sounded pretty rad and looked like a small Corvette from the back. Shame it retired.

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The well deserved winners.

nice pics guys. I think i saw you guys not far out of Bathurst. There was a convoy of skylines and i was in the 32 heading the other way, flashing them.

Was up there since Friday but had to leave early yesterday.

i say next year its an SAU 3 day camping adventure.

I do it every year and its one of the better events you can attend.

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Was a fantastic day, and great to meet some new people. Excellent run up the mountain despite the early start, that 10 degree air does wonders for our turbo motors! :)

Obviously a massive shame about the R35, but what a brilliant finish to the race. Hope this means even bigger attendances next year and well into the future.

Great pics Ravi. I've got a few more to come (and some that snapper Dave took too) :)

Didn't head up there with the rest of you guys (too soft to start that early on a sunday :P) but did see some of your cars parked up there.

Here are a few pics of mine

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About a hundred more pics in my album on fb too

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.286877008128009.1073741828.286875378128172&type=1&l=8b9dc5cb13




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