ALEXANDRA 3HOUR ENDURO

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Press release. It seems that there's been some late negotiations at GYB head quarters last night concerning the 3 hour enduro at Alexandra. Along with pipdawg Craig jack and Timmy we now have Manners and Nob teaming up and also we have speedway legend and the latest GYB member Harley Bishop teaming up with Daniel and Greg Scott in the super wagon. So it looks like it's on for young and old. We also have the Cone gang coming down from Sydney to support the team so see yas there

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Press Release,,,,It seems GYB Stav has had a change of heart and is now running in the 3 hour enduro at Alexandra next weekend. After running second in the Nyora 50 lapper last month Stav would have to be one of the hot favorites for the big event.. Stav's other big suprise is that his Co-pilot is GYB Chief (Ledge) who has been in retirement for the last 6 years. Speaking to Ledge today he said that he was wrapped to be asked to share the car with old Silver and was looking forward to the challenge after being out of racing or over 6 years

[mannerz]

looks like it is going to be another top days racing at alex, as always i cant wait, a few very last minute decisions made by the gyb heads, in one day col went from never racing again to putting me in a submission hold at about 8:30 pm to be his partner, newcomers tim and jack looking forward to gaining about a seasons worth of experience in one day, pipdog in his streety with another first time driver in craig, also looking to gain experience, pipdog was the highest placed streety in the 100 lapper this year in finishing position 12 and tells me that he is hoping for a repeat in the 3 hour, greg scott teaming up with sprintcar and speedcar ledgend harley bishop, for those who dont know harley led this years speedcar national title against the worlds best only to blow out a right rear at lap 33 of 40 at lismore speedway, he tells me that the sheer power to weight of cortinas is something that has caught his eye ever since the days of wearing p plates and is looking forward to a new challange, the old pair in stav and ledge in the v8 sedan, stav was holding on to the one lap record around the dogleg up until the last night of the 100 lapper this year and also driving from dead last in the 50 lapper at nyora right around the whole feild bar one to finish in second, not bad for a guy that races once to twice a year and be it at 59 years of age (ledgend) , and partner ledge, its been a while between drinks, vic 1 in streetys many moons ago, more blue ribbon feature wins over the years than i can remember and life member of "off tap" racing, one thing is for certain, every one is going into this race with all of the stratigies under under the sun, but an old head is and old head, come 2 hours and 45 mins into the race, il have a hundred on the old pair
cheers and see yas all there,
manners

[Ledge]

Looking forward to it Manners,,,,nice write-up man,,,,well done

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Well the 3hr enduro has been run and won and although the GYB team were looking the goods early but mechanical failure got the best of us this weekend. The first of the GYB team cars to retire was one of the Jack/Timmys team #94 Falcons which blew a clutch in the second heat which put them back to a one car team. The usually reliable Stav/Ledge #8 Commodore was having power steering problems throwing belts off in 3 of the four heats. The Ol man Scotty/ Harley Bishop team in the #37Mudbuggy/Superwagon cars were looking real quick in the heats until a rear shock mount failed in the Superwagon which made the car look a real handful. The Pipdawg/Craig #5 Falcon was quick in their heats and Craig drove great for his first meeting. Other than some slight over heating the Manners/Nob#92 Pontiamca was the pace setter in the heats with 3 firsts and a second putting them on pole for the 3 hour enduro.
The drivers doing the first stint were Manners in the#92 Pontiamca, Pipdawg in the #5 EL Falcon, Timmy in the #94 XF Falcon, Ol Man Scotty in the #70 Mudbuggy and Stav in the #8 Commodore.
Once the event started Manners set a blistering pace and had set a 2 lap lead at the halfway mark when he pitted for fuel and to hand the car over to Nob. By the time they got back out of the pits they were back to third. Nob was making his way back towards the lead when the Pontiamca gave up the fight and threw a rod ending their night. Pipdawg was getting around nicely until he broke the Diff Hat putting him out. Timmy was going ok until he came in with distributer trouble which they fixed and he went back out but then not long after he bent a bottom control arm ending his night. The two car team of Ol Man Scotty and Harley Bishop were doing great with Ol Man Scotty doing most of the driving in the Mudbuggy.The only trouble he was having was flat tyres but with Harley to send out while he was in the pits they were looking the goods for a podium finish but the Superwagon ended up braking a rack which left all the work to Ol Man Scotty which he was handling with ease until the Mudbuggy broke a rocker putting them out. This left the #8 Commodore of Stav/Ledge the only car still running. After losing a heap of time early on Stav was getting around nicely doing constant quick laps until about the half way mark when it threw another power steering belt bringing him into the pits. The guys fixed the belt again and Ledge took over the driving duties and was circulating consistently for about an hour until he came back into the pits with a sticky throttle. The guys fixed the throttle and Stav went back out and was still running when the chequered flag fell after 3 gruelling hours. I haven’t got the official results yet but we were told that Stav/Ledge ran 9th. All in all it was a geat event and well done to all the winners (and losers) that took part in the event. Also a big congrats to the Alexandra club and their members for putting on such a fantastic meeting. Last of all a BIG BIG thanks to all the members and supporters or the GYB Motorsports team that came helped, cheered, supported, drank and lent stuff to make this a great nights racing,,,,,By the way, I had a blast,,,,See You all at the next big event
Cheers Ledge

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