12H Bathurst 2013

And a Daytona coupe? Wow, talk about evolution

Should be a good comp

 

Maranello have just completed the lineup for their f458 entry, and it will be Mika Salo, Allan Simonsen, John Bowe, and Peter Edwards.

www.maranellomotorsport.com.au , and Facebook/maranellomotorsport

 

I think this is a highly underrated endurance race. I'd love to see it live (or better yet, drive in it! )

the Competiton Motorsports guys are friends/clients here in LA, their car shipped last week. they're stoked about the race.

 

I think a lot of it is due to its spot on the calendar...tough to do Daytona 24, Sebring 12 hours, and this race in the same year. the logistics involved make it almost impossible to get cars/equipment/people from Daytona (race ends 1/27) to BFE Australia for practice that starts 2/8.

Competition Motorsports is missing the Daytona race to do Bathurst, for example.

 

I agree, it's one of the very few 'bucket list' races I'd like to see anymore.
F1 is so messed up I have little desire to attend them anymore, nascar anyone can see, about the only events in motorsports I'd really enjoy would be a BIG nostalgia drag race, the challenge at Elkhart Lake, and the Bathhurst 1000.

I'm not even stocked on any european endurance races anymore, Monaco doesn't thrill me, the Indy 500 is crap....

 

this year's Indy 500 was great, but yeah I get your point. racing ain't what it used to be.

 

I have no idea what 'stocked' meant, maybe I meant 'sold', I dunno....

 

It's not even the racing, I mean, racing is racing, it's all the other stuff surrounding an event. You used to be able to jaw with the drivers and crew, get into places that are now fenced off, get into places for free that now cost major $$$ - *IF* you can even get into them at all.

If you get a chance, find stories on the Tasman Series from back in the 60's and early 70's, about how most of the drivers and crews used to hang together, travel together, race different series without a worry, do everything together, and today you don't see that - haven't seen it in 20-30 years.
(When the F1 season in Yurrup was over, almost all the drivers headed to the Tasman Series in New Zealand and Australia).

I know these are different times, and those under 50 have no idea what I'm talking about, but it's just sadly different. And not just in motorsports. And the beat goes on...

 

Guys the updated entry list shows AF Corsa as entered for the Bathurst 12h.

 

I think the spelling is wrong,I think he means stoked,as in,happy with....