Day 3 of the 2011 Clipsal 500 …

You never know what the day will bring. It was another start in the dark but we finished with sunlight.

First thing up, I had another 10 fire marshals to distribute around the track (nearly at our maximum number). After sorting out some that went to the wrong spots, we were ready for the day.

It was a great day for the racing, it was warm and dry and the crowd numbers were large (2nd biggest Saturday Crowd).

Racing started with the Aussie Racing Cars, V8 Utes then into V8 Supercar qualifying. A quiet morning with a couple of recoveries.

Even the Fujitsu V8 Supercars and Touring Car Masters behaved themselves in their races.

How quick things change. Race 1 for the V8 Supercars was going well until a few of them decided to become intimate with the concrete barriers.

A few Safety Cars while we recovered the wrecks and it became a 5 lap sprint to the finish.

The last race of the day was the Formula Fords. They had a definite affinity for concrete. We had 11 recoveries in 3 laps which took out about half the field and we ended up using every tow truck to pick them up.

What started out a quiet morning, certainly ended in a bang.

There is talk of rain for Day 4 so it will be interesting to see what happens then ….