Phillip Island Dreaming
I got an invitation to head down to the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit in mid December to join in with some testing and customer / sponsor laps with Maranello Motorsport and Jocaro Racing, who incidentally look after my car. Unfortunately, the principal of Jocaro, Calvin Pusterla couldn't attend due to other business commitments. He had kindly offered to 'show me the fast way' around the Island and check my times and help my development. Heaven knows I need it.
The Aston Martin GTR looked awesome! - 2009
So with no driving /
learning to do, I could freely wander around
'perving' on the exotica in the pits and on the
track. Every major motorsport brand was represented
even though there was only a dozen or so vehicles
present including Aston Martin, Porsche, Maserati,
Ferrari, Lamborghini, and a Dodge Viper. It didn't
get any worse in the car park, as 'supporting' the
dozen or so track vehicles were a couple of Ferraris,
a Porsche GT3 (mine!), several Mercedes AMGs, one
Lambo Gallardo, the odd Rangie and a new Nissan GTR
just to name a few. Sheesh...
This Maserati Trofeo was the
LOUDEST on track! - 2009
'Arty' shot of a cool Ferrari 360CS - 2009
This Ferrari 360 has been around Le Mans a few times
- 2009
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The Dodge Viper was easily the BEST sounding car on
the day - 2009
Although the temperature
was in the mid 30s, the cars all ran well and a great
time was had by all.
Bye for now, BomberBoy