Bathurst 12hr 2014

It is 6 months till the Bathurst 12hr, entries are open with more and more internationals coming out for a drive. Really do hope Mark Webber slots into a Porsche GT3RS  and Casey Stoner grabbing a seat somewhere too for the 12hr but there are a few top international drivers coming out for the race.
I have been staying at the Bathurst Goldfields Hotel for the last four years with the fortunate option of being pre-booked for every year until the end of time. This year I have reserved a third room for MR2 owners interested in coming to the event. It will sleep 4-5 people, is a 100mtr walk to the kink at Forest Elbow where you can stand on the huge concrete fence to watch the car's fly down conrod straight. You can also walk up the hill to Forest Elbow then over the top of the mountain.
There is a access road at the rear of the complex to the town. Once the track is closed for the day, you can catch a cab down conrod straight to the town for dinner or drive yourself there.
If there is enough interest, a slot in the club parade can be achieved where we all do a lap of the track on the Saturday then display the cars behind the grandstand on pit straight.At least six cars are required. It was great to {breifly) say hello to the Victorians who made the journey last year and hope to see you guys back in 2014.
 
 
 

It would be really great to see a few MR2 owners from NSW attending this next year.
 
There will probably be a small contingent from Vic MR2 club attending again including myself. Not sure of the numbers at this stage because we are preoccupied with the Nationals in TAS.
But I suspect that we may be camping in the middle of the circuit like the last few years.
 
 

I just returned from 4 days and 4 nights at Bathurst for the 12 hour race. Easily the best race I have ever seen at the circuit. The B1000 is a great race but the 12hour is basically two 1000's with 6 classes, varied speeds of cars with the top class of cars being massively quick.
The sun was cooking everyone and everything like eggs but the on track action made up for any concerns the sun gave everyone.
The clubs are slowly joining in with BMW Club having been there since I cannot remember. The Supercar club was on display with 5 MaClaren's , Rolls Royce Phantoms and some other exotics. The Nissans were peppered all over the track to the return of the GTR and the Holden and Ford owners were there to support the event as well. There were also a bunch of MR2's who managed to get their numbers up to 11 for the Saturday cruise session around the track in front of the crowds. Great to see they managed to get the numbers this time round. Hopefully they will be back in 2015 with many more of the marque.
If there is only one race you would put time aside to experience, aside from F1 in Melbourne this is the only choice. 2015 will be bigger and better with Mark Webber a strong possibility to make it out for the drive. We can only hope.