Wonthaggi 2009

[mcdok04]

yeh good race boys well done to tru blu and tri sled for a nice clean race and thanks again tim, kyle. Oh and ahh make sure Ty builds my trike too! Hahaha

[Tim]

@Ducky: http://www.phantomhpv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=313&start=150#p7793

[The Duckmeister]

[NigePresto]

Hi all,

Results are now on the Multisport Australia website, here:
http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/eventresult.aspx?ResultId=553

or if that's not working, go through their homepage:
http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au

Please note that this is simply places, fastest laps, completed laps and position in class.
If teams wish to obtain their individual lap times, they can request them by emailing the Multisport team at:
info@multisportaustralia.com.au

Wow - 12 laps clear... I wasn't there, but I didn't realise the margin was soooo great at the finish.

[Lil Foony]

Just to let everyone know I've gathered up the negative feedback about the drunks and mishaps of Wonthaggi Race and put them on hard paper, given them to the WEIF-HPV race commitee, (family involvement), so at the debrief meeting they can hopefully do something about it next year. I being a local know what goes on also and hate the fact that idiots are ruining the race for the riders/pitcrew/organisers who really work hard for it.

Nice clean racing tho, Senior Wizard - the only 4wheeler on the track- placed 34th i think and taking out design and construction for senior secondary. we were very pleased.

[dean]

Howdy all it's taken me a while to get here but better late than never.

Firstly cheers to the TruBlu guys for having me over the weekend it was great to be a part of the team, and being able to race without having to manage a team was a nice new experience too!

Well done to everyone, the pace was surprisingly even over the top six, Barossa being the surprise in my opinion. They were often doing times that were just as quick us, if not quicker(!), and held it togther pretty well throughout the race. Good job fellas. ExPats are emerging as an ever increasing threat - we were being convincingly beaten over the first 12 hours or so with them holding a steady gap which was impressive. Their consistency looked to be strong as well. Better watch out for them over the series I reckon.

So what did I think of the TruBlu vehicle? Well, what do you reckon? It's a well made and very fast vehicle, you don't just win 24hr races by fluke. One surprise for me was that it was less different to my vehicle than I had expected. I adjusted to the different seat angle pretty quickly and the handling felt similar too. I'd be interested to see how fast BlueShift is around Wonthaggi. Put TruBlu in a straight line though and it cains along,

Anyway cheers again to the TruBlu guys and congrats to the rest of the competitors on competing in another great event. It was definitely worth the trip over.

[Tim]

Wow - 12 laps clear... I wasn't there, but I didn't realise the margin was soooo great at the finish.

A picture paints lotsa words, easy enough to spot most of the 12 laps lost in there:

[dan]

what are you using to view that graph/data.. steels stints show up clearly tho

[Tim]

Just Excel, it's a bit hard to fit 3000 data points, with a large variation in scale, on a single small chart though

Photo Gallery is up:
http://www.expatsracing.com/gallery/Wonthaggi-HPV-2009/

And no, Steele & Ducky, the race reports aren't done yet. Too many computer problems to fix.

[The Duckmeister]

Well, it's a start!

[Brock]

if anyone happened to have seen and/or picked up a green shopping bag (one of those eco ones or whatever) with a helmet, riding shoes and couple pairs of riding gear could you please pm me and ill give you my number to contact me.
because in my usual after race dillusion from lack of sleep mostly left it in the pits (expats pits)

[Slugger]

That bag was picked up from the pits by a race organiser. It was going to be sent to padua college. I'm not sure if it has been sent back to your school but I will find out what has happened tomorrow and give you details.

[Brock]

ohh beautiful thanks alot for that i will be listening out.
greatly appreciated. only bad thing is gear will be nicely infused with sweat by now lol.
will be hearing from you tomorrow then i hope.

[kelham123]

Oh Slugger u r such a great lifesaver haha. coming riding on sunday????

[Khye]

Brock, they are using that sweat to make little "Super brocks" and then just going to throw them in a trike and dominate for about 30 years to come.