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[S pack]

Was eagerly watching hoping to see some of the parade lap on TV, did not see any, did it happen?

Me too! Turned the telly on around 7.15 am, forgot about daylight saving started last night, thought I must have missed it.

Agree, it's a real bummer the parade lap was cancelled.

[orangeLJ]

Yeah t he crowd got a good look over the on display outside the museum for both days. Lots of interested punters

We'll jus tt knock over some parade laps tomorrow instead

[bullitA9X]

hey guys what was the reason given for the parade lap cancellation?? or wasnt one given i thought thats why you took your cars for the display and parade lap....

Edited by bullitljv8, 07 October 2012 - 10:07 PM.

[sibhs]

That sucks, I would be pi$$ed.

Sure you had a great time watching the race but to the guys that drove thousands of km's in there XU-1 for this (some 10,000 there and back), I feel for you.
V8 Supercars should be ashamed of themselves - may they never race that class at Bathurst again. Let the curse begin.

Marty

[Ice]

I dont why the xu1 parade was cancelled and i would be licked off to but its got nothing to do with the v8 supercars or drivers its the people in charge that are to blame as for you blokes that dont like the v8s i for one am sick about hearing you bitch about it all the time you dont like them fine but dont spoil it for other people that are into them just go and play with your toranas and stfu

end of rant

[meanmachine72]

Saw the Torana's parked in front of the Museum a few times during the telecast when the cars spun out on the last corner,

yeah i saw it to...plumb dinger car...sorry to hear about the lap everyone missed out on..
race was good but far to many advert breaks during telecast..dane'o has some good news to share...well done mate!!

[brocks72xu1]

on behalf of george n he would like to thank the following
dane "hunter valley torana club"
huddo" "
adam non forum member from wa
garry from qld xu1 owners club
steve qld xu1 owners club
and the two victorian members
and my self for staying back and helping him out to get him home,if it wasnt for dane and smart thinking members from the hunter valley club we would of been stranded overnight or high tow bill back to sydney
now here are photo's of the event
im lead to believe that these where made up just minutes after we found out we where not given any parade laps


finally on the road after the oil pump having a heart attack







doesnt really show how dirty the car was but im sure everyone had fun







wouldnt you love to find these in barn






my three old daughter loved the pink torana's




this car came prepared for the rally on friday








have some great footage of the tarmac rally on my video camera aswell

[MONZA1]

Awesome event - great to meet some fellow forum members & enthusiasts. Lots of fantastic cars with colours and/or trim combos I'd not seen before. Staying at Cowra with fellow XU-1 club members meant a bit of extra travel , but well worth it for the comraderie. Shame to see this thread start with a comment about those attending being elitist - I found everyone to be very welcoming, & one club even nominated a non-genuine car as their choice for a trophy. Congratulations to forum member GTR469, well done Jason.

[torry nut]

Sounds like a great event guys

So what was the total of Xu1's that attended ?

[orangeLJ]

I think total entries stood at around 139.

BUT there were a few casualties in the week leading up to the event, so somewhere between 120-130 would be a fair estimate?

[orangeLJ]

Shame to see this thread start with a comment about those attending being elitist - I found everyone to be very welcoming, & one club even nominated a non-genuine car as their choice for a trophy. Congratulations to forum member GTR469, well done Jason.

Seriously? thats all you took out of it?

I was more reffering to the fact that no one had posted anything about the event in the last couple months (seem many of us all knew about it) implying that those who knew were somehow more connected than those who didnt. it was NOT a crack comment in regards to snooty nosed XU-1 or GTR owners (which we can all say we know a couple of....)

If you took it to be the latter, well bully for you......


I heard a rumour the WA guys had an exciting lap of the track yesterday (behind the pace car and everything...) but that was only a bit of hearsay?


Thanks again to Todd, his wife, and the rest of the team and I hear his little yellow machine is taking up a place in the Museum for all to see!