Is it too early to talk about Bathurst? (possible spoilers in the future)

[mikeamerica84]

Thinking outside of the box..... The Indianapolis 500 has been rolled back a week, or so, once in a while due to weather and a huge opening lap crash in 1973.  Why not just roll the 1000 back a week?  It might be the segway to have the race go the full distance.

On a different note, the International Space Station just flew over our house - way up in the nighttime air, of course.  Now THAT was cool!   

[mikeamerica84]

saw a weather map today predicting that the 100mm we were expecting has now risen to 150mm!! :O

(that is 6 inches for Mike)

Thanks, Sonic.

You actually got me to measure that out with a metric/english ruler.   

[Joe5619]

WOW, so much rain coming!!

Sunday might be half ok as it's saying 50% chance of 1-5mm, which usually means a mostly dry free day.

[Yamarocket630]

Thinking outside of the box..... The Indianapolis 500 has been rolled back a week, or so, once in a while due to weather and a huge opening lap crash in 1973.  Why not just roll the 1000 back a week?  It might be the segway to have the race go the full distance.

On a different note, the International Space Station just flew over our house - way up in the nighttime air, of course.  Now THAT was cool!   

Well I for one want it to go on as planned since im here and wont be for any rescheduled race.

[Alan59]

WOW, so much rain coming!!

Sunday might be half ok as it's saying 50% chance of 1-5mm, which usually means a mostly dry free day.

Admire your optimism but I've just checked the forecasts and they range between 15 and 35 mm's of rain for Bathurst on Sunday.

[Joe5619]

WOW, so much rain coming!!

Sunday might be half ok as it's saying 50% chance of 1-5mm, which usually means a mostly dry free day.

Admire your optimism but I've just checked the forecasts and they range between 15 and 35 mm's of rain for Bathurst on Sunday.

I've checked a few sites... Most are saying it should get pretty reasonable from 12pm-ish onwards.. Given the race does't start until 11am(?), I think we'll be fine.

[Yamarocket630]

Adding rain to Bathurst is like adding vodka to the punch bowl. The results may vary, but they're guarenteed to be entertaining.

[stevo qld]

What concerns me is runoff water across the track. I seem to recall a virtual river when progressing down the mountain.

But never fear, the track inspectors and local council will have installed extra drains to obviate the problem, I hope.

Also, Dunlop have announced a new superb wet tyre for next year. This usually means that all races will be dry.

https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/dunlop-develops-mind-blowing-new-supercars-wet-tyre/

[Brazen]

We should take bets for which 100km window everyone thinks the race will be called off at... I'll go 600-700km

[mikeamerica84]

We should take bets for which 100km window everyone thinks the race will be called off at... I'll go 600-700km

In the event the race gets shortened, is there a minimum distance required before it can be called "official".  75%?  Two laps behind the safety car like F1 at Spa last year?   

And, once again, the minimum drive time for the drivers.  Can it be waved?

[djr18fan]

We have been given (for free) a campsite up the top as the owner is not going as it is going to be too wet.  I reckon quite a few will pull out from attending and opt to watch it at home on TV - there is no atmosphere in that 

Nice bonus!!

Keep an eye out for the dreads Trev. I have creds for this one so will likely be inside the fence somewhere. Thinking prob up the top Thu morning at Skyline is likely at this point.

I only caught a quick glimpse,  but the dreaded cameraman was just shown on the broadcast.

[Kytabu]

Great close-up of Sonic on the coverage just after Lowndes went straight ahead at Murray's in Practice 1!

[Trevor]

Sitting under big screen and opposite Makita XGT fence signs Phil

[Sonic]

thanks for the videos/screenshots guys... I was just doing my thing and checked my phone to find a stack of messages

[skaifeman]

No rain since we arrived around 10am this morning. Looking like tomorrow will be a similar day weather wise.
Storm in a teacup at the moment!