AUSSIEPICS

A day at the races, 2011.


I had an unexpected opportunity to visit the V8SC / L&H 500 using borrowed passes from Sitech , thanks Simmo.

Phillip Island Race Curcuit is a great place for taking pics, we walked most of the outside (There's a free bus that took us some of the way). Saturday was also good to us as there were enough people to keep the atmoshpere, but few enough that we could usually find a space to shoot from without any problems. Great to catch up with a Justin, and Polly, who I only ever see trackside these days. If the on-track activity wanes temporarily, there is always the stunning setting (and thousands of seagulls) to divert the lens.

PS .. While linking stuff up I found the the original JB, "John Bowe" is on the Westrac site, bonus points for Westrac then.



v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Frosty's car. Mark (Frosty) Winterbottom, with Rich (Steve Richards) as co-driver for the enduro event.

Frosty's car. Mark (Frosty) Winterbottom, with Rich (Steve Richards) as co-driver for the enduro event.
For various reasons, not the least is the order the photo's came off the card, I'm starting with a few shots of FPR cars.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Pole sitter for the Sunday race is Will Davison and his car 'Kate', Here his co-drive Luke Youlden goes past

Pole sitter for the Sunday race is Will Davison and his car 'Kate', Here his co-drive Luke Youlden goes past.
Pole sitter for the Sunday race is Will Davison and his car 'Kate', Here his co-drive Luke Youlden goes past.

(Update.. Will and Luke stood on the Podium in 3rd after a pretty fiercely contested event.)







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Number 5, Mark Winterbottom / S Richards

Number 5, Mark Winterbottom / S Richards







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Car 6, Will Davison and Luke Youlden

Car 6, Will Davison and Luke Youlden







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Car 47, Slade and Guant.

Car 47, Slade and Guant.
You'd have to rate Tim Slade as a chance at the steps (as I write this, Sundays race hasn't started.) The longer he's on track the more cars he passes and enduro's are the long races of course.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Car 8, Bright / Jones.

Car 8, Bright / Jones.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Car 14, Bargs' car, Price and Bargwanna

Car 14, Bargs' car, Price and Bargwanna







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Murph, Moff, and Russ

Murph, Moff, and Russ
I just pulled back for a different shot, but mentioning "the Enforcer", I've been totally eclipsed by the photo's H' took of Russell Ingall out behind the pits. I hope she puts them up somewhere so I can link you to them.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Will Davison out in the scenery at Phillip Island circuit.

Will Davison out in the scenery at Phillip Island circuit.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Car 12, Dean Fiori and Michael Patrizi

Car 12, Dean Fiori and Michael Patrizi
Given Deans commitment to online comments about coffee I'm suprised this car isn't sponsored by something to do with coffee, maybe Delonghi can up their sponsorship from the Aussiecars series.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Will Davison in Car 6

Will Davison in Car 6







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : one of the vodaphone cars

one of the vodaphone cars.
The Vodaphone team eventually ran the race out with a one-two finish, Whincup coming in (well) after Lowndes this time.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Dean's Westrac / Sitech car

Dean's Westrac / Sitech car
Dean's Westrac and Sitech sponsored car, and that's the bus in the background that lets you get around the track for free.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island

Steven Richards in his Laser Electrical and Plumbing Porsche.
Slight change of style for a moment, Richo in the Porsche.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Paul Dumbrell's Car 55

Paul Dumbrell's Car 55.
Paul Dumbrell's Car 55. I can never see that without thinking of the Blues Brothers movie, "this is car 55, we're in a truck"..if you don't know what I'm on about, don't worry, I may be certifiable anyway.







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island : Russell Ingall

Russell Ingall
"ECPA : The Enforcers Car Protection Agency"







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v8 Supercar shots from Phillip Island

I'll let the final shot for now be this Westrac and Sitech sponsored car of Dean Fiore since I used their tickets to get all this.







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Out There 4x4 Warragul Mark A. Biggs, Author