Well the 2012 Clipsal 500 was upon us and we thought that it was going to be washed away. All day yesterday being the last day of summer, it rained constantly with temperatures in the low 20’s. Apart from doing the setup and pulling out bogged trucks, it was all ready to go.
Move forward 12 hours and it was a different day. The rain had stopped but was still overcast and the ground was starting to dry up.
An early start and briefing for the 100 fire marshals, many of which we had not seen since last years race meeting. Even though we were down a little in numbers, we still had enough to maintain a safe presence on the track.
The obligatory hit of caffeine before heading up to Race Control and it was time to bring on the cars.
It was a relatively quiet day on the track with only 24 recoveries and 1 fire.
After a senior officials briefing at the end of the day, I managed to make it home before dark but only just (lucky we still have daylight saving).
