Post by admin on Jan 29, 2012 17:44:05 GMT 10
Finally back home after a massive weekend at Hamilton for the Aussie AMCA title.
We headed up there last Thursday morning and after scrutineering and practice we went back to the motel for a few bevies to get in the mood for the big Calcutta and to catch up with the rest of the GYB Heads. The drinks were cold and the bidding was red hot. Smooch and Plugdawg were up for auction early and ended up going for $70 and $80. Shaft was up for bidding late in the night and by then the bidding was going crazy and he ended up fetching a lazy $410. Last one up for the night was Manners and this one ya had to see to believe..try as we might to buy him we were no match for the bids coming in and he went for a cool thousand bucks!!! So the GYB boys fetched $1560 between them...it just shows how good the GYB heads are...
Early Friday morning Manners hits us with the news that things weren’t right with his ride and that he was heading down the Chris Atkins workshop in town to sort a few things out under the bonnet. While we were there the Shaft and his crew rocked in with his v21cougar to do some miner tweaks and they said they were more than happy with the way their ride was getting around the track. The heats on Friday night were hard and fast and the GYB heads were flying and by the end of the night they filled positions 1, 3, 5 and 7. Manners gremlins seemed to be sorted, was equal top points with Tim Ready by the end of the night, We went back to the motel and cranked up the in-car and outside videos in Stav and Whippy’s room...it was standing room only in the end and it was a great atmosphere with plenty of banter and heaps cans going down..I crawled into bed about 430am that morning and was absolutely knackered,,,(thanks to Manners, Chris& Dave Best for keeping me up)
Saturday was the big day...Manners took his ride back down to the “Atkins Automotive” workshop in the morning to do some more tweeking on his ride. The rest of the GYB gang spent the day in the pool back at the motel. Man it was hot....Finaly that afternoon we made our way back to the speedway where the guys would run their last heat and prepare for the all important 30 lap Amain Australian title. On the grid for GYB was Manners off pole, Shaft from 3, Smooch was starting from 5 and Plugger was out of 11 for the Australian title.While checking a few things just before the title Manner's gremlins under the bonnet had surfaced again and it was looking like he wouldn’t start the race but with some assurances from car owner Chris best it was decided to go ahead and start the 30 lap Australian title.
After the usual four wide salute to the crowd the drivers formed up ready for the big event.
Once the green flag dropped it was GYB Manners leading from GYB Shaft and Tim Reidy. These 3 had skipped away from the rest of the pack and it wasn’t until lap 10 that we saw the first yellow flag. At this stage GYB Manners was still leading from GYB Shaft in second. GYB Smooch was still lying in 5th place and GYB Plugdawg had moved up to about 8th. Three laps after the restart Reidy made his move on the high line passing GYB Shaft and a couple of laps later GYB Shaft followed putting GYB Manners back to third. With about 10 laps to go Reidy and Shaft had cleared out from GYB Manners whos car was getting slower and slower. A lap or so later GYB Manners pulled to the infield and was out of the race. With 5 laps to go Reidy spun the V79 Panther out in turn one bringing out the yellows and handing the lead to GYB Shaft. At this stage GYB Smooch had fought his way up to 2nd place but for what i have no idea he was relegated back two places on the grid for the restart. GYB Plugdawg was out as well with a flat tyre ending his weekend. The last five laps of the race were absolutely dominated by GYB Shaft in the V21 Cougar and he won the race with ease. After Shaft did his victory lap the cars were sent to the infield where apparently there was a protest being made.
What was a very very disappointing part of the weekend was that they did not have a presentation on the track straight after the race...This was the Biggest race on the AMCA calendar and they couldn’t do a presentation?
Even with the protest they could have presented the tropheys and let the drivers and their crews enjoy the moment and say that it was pending the protest result..
Other than that i was very proud of all the GYB drivers and their crews and i want to thank each and every one of you for all your help and support you all give to GYBMotorsports. It was great to catch up with everyone and have a few drinks
Finaly a Big congratulations to GYB Shaft (Campbell Hughes) on winning the 2012 Australian AMCA title. You said to me last week that you would be proud to put the GYB Motorsports stickers on your car and they certainly looked the part on the sides of your ride...
Great work from GYB Smooch getting 4th under trying curcumstances and i'm sure he'l continue to improve in his 410 sprintcar career.
Once again thanks to everyone for such a great weekend’s racing
Cheers Ledge,,,,(Mick Lincoln)
We headed up there last Thursday morning and after scrutineering and practice we went back to the motel for a few bevies to get in the mood for the big Calcutta and to catch up with the rest of the GYB Heads. The drinks were cold and the bidding was red hot. Smooch and Plugdawg were up for auction early and ended up going for $70 and $80. Shaft was up for bidding late in the night and by then the bidding was going crazy and he ended up fetching a lazy $410. Last one up for the night was Manners and this one ya had to see to believe..try as we might to buy him we were no match for the bids coming in and he went for a cool thousand bucks!!! So the GYB boys fetched $1560 between them...it just shows how good the GYB heads are...
Early Friday morning Manners hits us with the news that things weren’t right with his ride and that he was heading down the Chris Atkins workshop in town to sort a few things out under the bonnet. While we were there the Shaft and his crew rocked in with his v21cougar to do some miner tweaks and they said they were more than happy with the way their ride was getting around the track. The heats on Friday night were hard and fast and the GYB heads were flying and by the end of the night they filled positions 1, 3, 5 and 7. Manners gremlins seemed to be sorted, was equal top points with Tim Ready by the end of the night, We went back to the motel and cranked up the in-car and outside videos in Stav and Whippy’s room...it was standing room only in the end and it was a great atmosphere with plenty of banter and heaps cans going down..I crawled into bed about 430am that morning and was absolutely knackered,,,(thanks to Manners, Chris& Dave Best for keeping me up)
Saturday was the big day...Manners took his ride back down to the “Atkins Automotive” workshop in the morning to do some more tweeking on his ride. The rest of the GYB gang spent the day in the pool back at the motel. Man it was hot....Finaly that afternoon we made our way back to the speedway where the guys would run their last heat and prepare for the all important 30 lap Amain Australian title. On the grid for GYB was Manners off pole, Shaft from 3, Smooch was starting from 5 and Plugger was out of 11 for the Australian title.While checking a few things just before the title Manner's gremlins under the bonnet had surfaced again and it was looking like he wouldn’t start the race but with some assurances from car owner Chris best it was decided to go ahead and start the 30 lap Australian title.
After the usual four wide salute to the crowd the drivers formed up ready for the big event.
Once the green flag dropped it was GYB Manners leading from GYB Shaft and Tim Reidy. These 3 had skipped away from the rest of the pack and it wasn’t until lap 10 that we saw the first yellow flag. At this stage GYB Manners was still leading from GYB Shaft in second. GYB Smooch was still lying in 5th place and GYB Plugdawg had moved up to about 8th. Three laps after the restart Reidy made his move on the high line passing GYB Shaft and a couple of laps later GYB Shaft followed putting GYB Manners back to third. With about 10 laps to go Reidy and Shaft had cleared out from GYB Manners whos car was getting slower and slower. A lap or so later GYB Manners pulled to the infield and was out of the race. With 5 laps to go Reidy spun the V79 Panther out in turn one bringing out the yellows and handing the lead to GYB Shaft. At this stage GYB Smooch had fought his way up to 2nd place but for what i have no idea he was relegated back two places on the grid for the restart. GYB Plugdawg was out as well with a flat tyre ending his weekend. The last five laps of the race were absolutely dominated by GYB Shaft in the V21 Cougar and he won the race with ease. After Shaft did his victory lap the cars were sent to the infield where apparently there was a protest being made.
What was a very very disappointing part of the weekend was that they did not have a presentation on the track straight after the race...This was the Biggest race on the AMCA calendar and they couldn’t do a presentation?
Even with the protest they could have presented the tropheys and let the drivers and their crews enjoy the moment and say that it was pending the protest result..Other than that i was very proud of all the GYB drivers and their crews and i want to thank each and every one of you for all your help and support you all give to GYBMotorsports. It was great to catch up with everyone and have a few drinks
Finaly a Big congratulations to GYB Shaft (Campbell Hughes) on winning the 2012 Australian AMCA title. You said to me last week that you would be proud to put the GYB Motorsports stickers on your car and they certainly looked the part on the sides of your ride...
Great work from GYB Smooch getting 4th under trying curcumstances and i'm sure he'l continue to improve in his 410 sprintcar career.
Once again thanks to everyone for such a great weekend’s racing
Cheers Ledge,,,,(Mick Lincoln)