2008 Bathurst 1000: Holden vs Ford for the 48th time in the Great Race *Video Stream*

[EJ25RUN]

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Holden Vs. FORD
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I made this thread for the true motor racings fans on this site. We all appreciate great race tracks around the world like Spa, Nurburgring, Laguna Seca, and Suzuka. But there is one race track that almost never gets mentioned but those that know about it, will instantly recognize it as one of the greatest in the world. Located in Victoria Australia, it is home to the greatest touring car race in the world; The Bathurst 1000. Now in its 48th year, it continues the traditional war known as Holden Vs. Ford.

Here are the most promising video streams
http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3
http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/UCS-wh_V8supe0live6

And here is the schedule for events. Australia is 15 hours ahead of EST.
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/telecast/broadband_broadcast/

The 2008 Race

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News: As of 3:37 PM Oct 11 2008

Massive crash from Friday's practice. Both Paul Weel nor Team Kiwi's Chris Pither were seriously injured.'

Here is the Video of the crash. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PmW9UBIvQY)

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Bathurst 2008: Mark Noske's steering wheel falls off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxYsaUF1jCw&feature=related)
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Qualifing results.

Garth Tander got his first pole at Bathurst with this lap. He races with Mark Skaife
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Top 10 Shootout results

Garth Tander Commodore 2 min 7.2963
Mark Winterbottom Falcon 2 min 7.4206
James Courtney Falcon 2 min 7.7025
Paul Dumbrell Commodore 2 min 7.8022
Jamie Whincup Falcon 2 min 7.9513
Jason Richards Commodore 2 min 7.9876
Will Davison Falcon 2 min 8.2511
Russell Ingall Commodore 2 min 8.7800
Fabian Coulthard Falcon 2 min 8.8051
Max Wilson Commodore 2min 9.1940

Morning Practice news.


Paul Radisich has crashed his HSV Dealer Team Commodore during this morning’s practice for the Bathurst 1000.
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Click here to see impact. The car will not be able to take the green. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hyw_4UFV0A)

History of the 1000

The King Of the Mountain
PETER BROCK 1945-2006 http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq16/EJ25RUN/800px-Flag_of_Victoriasvg.png?t=1223666910
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Peter Brock's Greatest Bathurst winners

1978 & 1979 Holden LX Torana A9X SS
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1984 Holden VK (The last ever Australian Group C winner)
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1987 Holden VH (Group A spec)
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Videos from past races.

Peter Brock and Jim Richards with the Holden LX Torana A9X SS in 1979 and lead every single lap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBL06He4AKI)

1987: Glen Seton drives slides the turbo Nissan up the mountain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqszux7F1JA&feature=related)


1992: Ford RS500 Vs. Nissan R32 GTR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMhj22QLH1Y&feature=related)

Greg Murphy with the greatest ever lap around the mountain. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sDDsMIyDiw)

Larry Perkins 1995 drive of anger from 29th to first. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL62wWr9zPo)

The Cars and Drivers that became legends at Mount Panorama

1977: Ford XC Falcon Allan Moffat / Jacky Ickx
1981:Ford Falcon XD Dick Johnson / John French
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1985: TWR Jaguar XJS John Goss / Armin Hahne
1989: Ford Sierra RS500 Dick Johnson / JohnBowe

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1991 & 1992: Nissan R32 GTR Jim Richards/Mark Skaife
It was dubbed Godzilla after utter domination of Bathurst. After 1992, it was forever banned and this lead to the birth of the modern V8 Supercar formula.

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Pictures from the track. Notice how close the walls are. Remember that this is typically public road.
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[OneSlow5pt0]

awesome track

[JITB]

I FUCKIN LOVE BATHURST! it seems like such a scary track to be driving such powerful cars..
My money is on the Ford teams... hopefully il be able to watch.

[EJ25RUN]

*Race start is 10:15 Australia time which is about 7:30 PM for us*

Race start is on this link.

http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3

I use VLC

1. Open VLC
2. Click File
3. Click open network stream
4. goto the 3rd one down that say HTTP
5. http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3
6. ENJOY :goodjob:

[Thighs]

damn i missed the race. im a BIG fan of v8SC though. i wish they would transform nascar into something more like this, drop a few oval races and pick up some road courses.

thanks for the PM btw. :goodjob:

[EJ25RUN]

damn i missed the race. im a BIG fan of v8SC though. i wish they would transform nascar into something more like this, drop a few oval races and pick up some road courses.

thanks for the PM btw. :goodjob:

The race is tomorrow. 24 hours from now. That link i posted should cover flag to flag.


I just had F1 on the tv and V8s on the laptop watching qualifying on both.

[yogi08]

badass, man you know everything about every type of racing haha.

[blacknightteg]

awesome thread man. keep updated, was the F1 race at 12 this morning?

[Elbow]

WOW nice writeup!! Always been a fan of this race it has some great racing, and a crazy track!! THANKS for the video links I will for sure check in on it!!!

[Oz10]

Awesome thread! Bathurst is amazing. Mount Panorama is probably the coolest venue for a race in the world. The cars are so fast and the track is so tight. Going to Australia and watching a V8 supercar race is something I would love to do. Thanks for the link! :cheers:

[BKgen®]

great stuff as usual, EJ25. will definitely be watching :goodjob:

[EJ25RUN]

awesome track

In this pic, you can see the track on the bottom of the mountain to give you an idea of the elevation change.
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I FUCKIN LOVE BATHURST! it seems like such a scary track to be driving such powerful cars..
My money is on the Ford teams... hopefully il be able to watch.

2 more serious crashes have occurred since OP. It is so bad that this year might have the fewest ever starters.

I do think that the Holden Racing Team is determined to win more than anyone this year.


badass, man you know everything about every type of racing haha.

I try. You should watch it. The people watching from on top of the mountain make Road Atlanta campers look boring.


WOW nice writeup!! Always been a fan of this race it has some great racing, and a crazy track!! THANKS for the video links I will for sure check in on it!!!

Thanx. This should be a good one.



awesome thread man. keep updated, was the F1 race at 12 this morning?

Update the op and vid link. As of 3:30 PM Georgia time......4 hours to go since we are 15 hours behind New South Wales

No the F1 race is tonight at midnight. Qualifing was last night. Hamilton ahead of Kimi. Massa strats 5th.

WOW nice writeup!! Always been a fan of this race it has some great racing, and a crazy track!! THANKS for the video links I will for sure check in on it!!![/QUOTE]

TU. Check it.


great stuff as usual, EJ25. will definitely be watching :goodjob:

Cool. So that is atleast 6 people that might check it out.

[Thighs]

The race is tomorrow. 24 hours from now. That link i posted should cover flag to flag.


I just had F1 on the tv and V8s on the laptop watching qualifying on both.

lol youre a racing crackhead. i didnt read carefully enough. was yesterday just practice then?

i really really wish my pc's sound card wasnt blown, then i could hear AND watch. :(

[EJ25RUN]

lol youre a racing crackhead. i didnt read carefully enough. was yesterday just practice then?

i really really wish my pc's sound card wasnt blown, then i could hear AND watch. :(

Go get one at Fry's for $20. Im sure they have something cheap.

Bathurst is 15 hours ahead of Georgia time. I have calculated that the race begins at around 7:30 PM Georgia time and the link i posted....


*Race start is 10:15AM Australia time which is about 7:30 PM for us*

Race start is on this link.

http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3

I use VLC

1. Open VLC
2. Click File
3. Click open network stream
4. goto the 3rd one down that say HTTP
5. http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3
6. ENJOY :goodjob:

Works very well.

[EJ25RUN]

Race should be starting shortly. Here is the stream update.

check these links.

Bigpond sports channel having prerace show right now.
http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/UCS-wh_V8supe0live6

http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3
http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live2

[EJ25RUN]

Green FLAG FOR 2008

[EJ25RUN]

http://www.justin.tv/sportzone4

most reliable link

[v-empire]

WOW nice writeup!! Always been a fan of this race it has some great racing, and a crazy track!! THANKS for the video links I will for sure check in on it!!!

i m a fan of your mom.

i actually rode in a commodore at a track, during the years of mr. Perkins.
this is nostalgic.

[JITB]

im just in what happened?

[dazn]

Awesome racetrack awesome cars, cant go wrong with this one. will definitely try to catch some of it.
One of our West drivers did some V8 supercar races.

[JITB]

the holdens are tearing it up..

[EJ25RUN]

6 hours of Bathurst and the F1 race. Whats amazing is both finished less than two minutes apart.

I'll do a writeup later, i need sleep. Who watched?

[JITB]

i watched a hour of it, but i had to run out... i enjoyed it alot! Im so jealous we dont get that channel in the US.

[StraightSix]

Great write-up!

I missed this because I'm not logging to IA as much as I used to, so I didn't find out about it until now.

Bathurst is really fun race to watch. The lack of runoff room make all the dicing for position more "interesting."

[DunDunSkeert]

Well i missed it... Thanks for the link though.

[josh green]

Damn, I missed all of it. This past weekend I was in E-town NJ watching the 1st ever Outlaw FWD shoot out and it was incredible. My pick would have been ford and appears that they have won it. I dont get shit for racing on TV, I dont even get speed. :(

Great post for me though, that is some carnage there on the track! That track is for the fearless.

[EJ25RUN]

For those that missed it, here is a highlight vid.

Watch in HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndoL0BUn3jI