This weekend gone has been an incredible weekend to tick something off the bucket list. My best mate and i decided that we were going to head to Winton Raceway in country Victoria to watch some classic car racing in what was advertised as "a festival of speed"
To me, the road trip was going to be just as much fun !!!
Friday - I drove down to My mates house (he lives in Canberra 3 hours south of Sydney) It was great to get the old girl out on the open road, crank up some tunes, and rumble down the highway.
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| The view from the drivers seat on the Hume |
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| Stopping for a quick Photo at Lake George |
So i arrived at my mates house, grabbed some pizza and an early night.
Saturday - Freezing cold morning Ice was all over the car when we stopped and Gundagai for some breakfast we got some cool photos. On the way through to Winton we stopped at Albury, as Brad Jones Racing are based there. We didn't know what to expect, hopeful they had a shop front to buy some merchandise..........but no, it was a shed with a white sign.
For a while when we arrived at Winton Raceway we had to pinch ourselves. We were at a classic Australian circuit that we had been watching on TV for over 20 years. The vendor stalls were great, the Marshalling was not so tough as we managed to not only get into pit lane, but lean over the side of pit wall and take photos of V8 supercars at over 180kph.
After spending a few hours at the track we moved on to Kyabram to spend the night catching up with my old school friend and sinking the booze.
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| Ice on the grill after a few hours driving |
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| Brad Jones Racing - I hoped for more :( |
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| WE ARE AT WINTON !!! |
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| The original winton start finish line |
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| Same model as my car - In V8 supercar spec - My favorite racecar growing up |
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| Nascar driver Marcos Ambrose's old AU V8 Supercar |
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| Yep - No catch fencing, no waiver forms, get on the wall and get some photos !!! |
We decided to pick a spot, set up our chairs, kick back and enjoy the sights and sounds of all the cars, talk about our own cars and the changes in motorsport since we started going to the race tracks when we started driving some 16 years ago
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| DJR - EL Falcon V8 Supercar........YUMM |
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| Ford Tickford Racing V8 supercar |
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| Me (left) and my mate trev taking a selfie. Great mate. |
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| Old Skool Ford Falcon off the track (i think he knew we wanted a photo) |
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| Driving back to Canberra after the racing. The sky and moon were great colors and company |
Monday - Up early, left canberra to get back home. easy drive back home. I stopped at Goulburn for Maccas it was nice and cold, but the sun and view was great
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| Sad to be on the way home |
So at the end of the weekend the Falcon had done 1800kms, 3 and a half tanks, 10 litres per 100km, We had a great time seeing classic cars of all shapes and capacities fighting eachother. Incredible to see that a powerful motor is not always going to give you a win. We plan to do a trip to another classic circut, hopefully soon.
A few things to come from the weekend that i want to look at
- Thermostat/thermometer, the engine never properly warmed up (even in the middle of the day)
- Oil pressure went up a few times when we on cruise control, the Revs did not change, wonder why that would happen
- accessories, moving the additional cigarette plugs into the centre consol to keep the interior clear of wires when plugging in Ipods and phone charges
I will upload a link to all the racing photos soon
Cheers
Mike
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