It has been a big week but here we are at the final day of the Clipsal 500 Race Meeting.
Another early start, even getting Jenny out of bed early to bring the car home so that I didn’t have to drive home at the end following the Thankyou BBQ.
The weather for today started out with relatively clear skies with occasional cloud and mid 20’s.
The first race for the day was Aussie Racing Cars and they certainly put on a show with a rollover in the first lap and the car shedding its shell in the process.
After a couple more incidents it was time for the Formula 3 and another couple of racing incidents leading to race cars circulating on the back of tow trucks.
The Touring Car Masters were relatively well behaved compared to the previous races, although we did one have a engine failure leaving a trail of oil along Pit Straight before catching fire on the start line, ending up in the gravel of the chicane.
Next up were the GT Championship where we only had 1 car having a off in the chicane.
A crowd favourite was the Qualifying for the V8 Supercars when Greg Murphy drove hard up the rear of a slow moving Jonathon Webb that was heading back to Pits.
The V8 Utes had their final race then it was time for the circus leading up to Race 2 of the Clipsal 500. The drivers Harley parade seemed to go for ever – there must have been at least 200 bikes.
V8 Drivers photo completed and one more race of the Carrera Cup before the main event and all were well behaved.
A bit more circus on the grid and then it was time for Race 2 of the Clipsal 500.
For the first time for a long time, we managed to get through a race without a safety car. Unfortunately it was a Ford win though ….
