Boris Said running Bathurst Australia

[Todd McCreary]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23770,00.html

it's a crazy looking mountain course which has already put two drivers in the hospital just in practice this weekend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst_1000
that's 1,000 kilometers or ~620 miles. on a road course. from hell. with cars that you have to shift with your left hand. go Boris!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Panorama_Circuit



http://www.justin.tv/sportzone4

http://www.myp2pforum.eu/motorsports...3-october.html

if i've got the time differences down correctly they should start livefeed broadcasting this thing around 8pm tonight. they're likely to run for 6 1/2+ hours so if you're an early riser you might could catch the end of it.

[Todd McCreary]

dang, i'm wrong. the race has just rolled off, the pole sitter had a problem with his clutch and couldn't get his car moving. first to worst before he even crosses the start line.

http://www.justin.tv/sportzone4

[AJ14]

Bathurst is without a doubt one of the best shows in all of racing . In fact the Holdens ( GM ) and Falcons ( Ford ) always put on a great show . The series used to be televised regularly on SPEED , don't always see it now . SPEED probably needed more room for infomercials .

[Bosco]

LOOKS LIKE BORIS IS BEING HUMBLED A BIT DOWN UNDER.

Supercheap Auto 1000 - 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Practice 3

Practice P10 30 Mins
Scheduled Start 10:00
PROVISIONAL RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB15B
Start Fri Oct 10 10:28
Elapsed Time 30:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 888 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 5000 10 9 2:07.1371*
2 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 7 2:07.4391 0:00.3020
3 3 Sprint Gas Racing Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 9 2:07.5643 0:00.4272
4 17 Jim Beam Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 8 2:07.6607 0:00.5236
5 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 5 2:07.6667 0:00.5296
6 6 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 7 2:08.0418 0:00.9047
7 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 11 2:08.0491 0:00.9120
8 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 11 2:08.1232 0:00.9861
9 9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 9 2:08.2900 0:01.1529
10 12 Team BOC Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 9 2:08.3325 0:01.1954
11 16 Autobarn Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 9 2:08.3428 0:01.2057
12 111 Glenfords Racing Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 8 2:08.4368 0:01.2997
13 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 9 2:08.5251 0:01.3880
14 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 5000 10 8 2:08.5675 0:01.4304
15 5 Ford Performance Racing Luke Youlden Ford Falcon BF 5000 10 7 2:08.5813 0:01.4442
16 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 5000 7 6 2:08.7414 0:01.6043
17 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 7 2 2:08.8418 0:01.7047
18 14 WOW Racing Max Wilson Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 7 2:08.9038 0:01.7667
19 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 6 2:08.9242 0:01.7871
20 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 10 2:08.9597 0:01.8226
21 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 10 2:09.2190 0:02.0819
22 55 Rod Nash Racing Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 2 2:09.2615 0:02.1244
23 777 Ausdrill Ford Rising Stars Karl Reindler Ford Falcon BF 5000 11 10 2:09.3154 0:02.1783
24 51 Sprint Gas Racing Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE 5000 10 5 2:10.0776 0:02.9405
25 26 IRWIN Racing Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 5 2:10.2436 0:03.1065
26 88 Team Vodafone Fabrizio Giovanardi Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 1 2:10.8069 0:03.6698
27 67 Supercheap Auto Racing***** BORIS SAID**** Holden Commodore VE 5000 12 12 2:11.0650 0:03.9279

[Todd McCreary]

Race Results

1 888 Team Vodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BF 161
...

20 16 Autobarn Racing Team P.Dumbrell/R.Kelly Holden Commodore VE 127
DNF 55 Rod Nash Racing J.Bargwanna/T.D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 159
DNF 2 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/G.Seton Holden Commodore VE 146
DNF 67 Supercheap Auto Racing M.Neal/B.Said Holden Commodore VE 140

weirdly, they count someone with fewer laps ahead of you if you aren't actually rolling around the track on the checker lap. so, you could park your car at the end of the first lap and then roll out again when the leader takes the white flag and you'd be credited with 21st place.




LOOKS LIKE BORIS IS BEING HUMBLED A BIT DOWN UNDER.

some points to consider:

• Boris's driving partner, Matt Neal, qualified the team car dead last. slower even than that time from Boris that you posted. this implies both that the car is fairly slow and that Boris's partner is no great shakes.
• this is only Boris's second race in a car which he has to shift with his left hand.
• this is Boris's first right on a tight road course on top of a mountain. a little caution might be in order.

for reference, a flying lap at Bathurst:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juayGkTKYEo


anybody have any news about what took Boris's car out? and which driver was at the wheel at the time?

[Bosco]

Todd, shifting with the left hand may be the biggest adjustment, I know I would probably grab the wrong gear, spin, and sail off the mountain.

Here is what Boris did say about racing with the Aussie's.



Boris Said: "Today was really humbling. I'm glad more of these Aussie drivers don't come to the US and steal our jobs because they're the best of the best - they're a lot faster than I thought. I'm a little disappointed with where I'm at, but I was making progress each lap and tomorrow we'll get quicker and be more respectable. Phillip Island's a great, great circuit, we don't have anything like this in the US, so long and fast. The great thing about today is the fenders are still on the car and we didn't need to go to Supercheap Auto to buy any parts!"

[Todd McCreary]

shifting with the left hand may be the biggest adjustment

10-4 on that, good buddy.

my whole life i've driven manual transmission cars. the first time i got in an race car it had an auto transmission. i was picking my right hand up off of the steering wheel in the corners. during the race, i wondered what the heck i was doing but it felt kind of comfortable so i didn't worry about it.

after i came off the track and had time to think about it i realized that it was my hardwired reflexes going for the gear shift lever ( which wasn't there ) because things were getting "hairy".

even today when i run something like the Probe i usually leave my right hand resting on the stick almost the whole race.

trying to shift left handed would just monkey wrench me all up.

i wonder if it would be possible under V8 Supercar regs to bring a LH drive car to Bathurst?