Australian V8 Supercars @ Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, TX
 

Wow, what a facility and event. A small group of us headed to Austin to check the inaugural event out and I'd say we were impressed.

We wanted to share our photos and videos from the event. Weld had his big daddy camera and took hundreds of great photos. There was a killer 23 story observation tower too. The big man Rodger of Ironworks would not join us up there. :D

We met up with several Lateral-G members who were local and also traveling to see the event. Nice meeting up with the likes of Bryan (Carbuff), Eric (?), Steve (gerno) and his dad, SW (needs no introduction), and Roger (68LS1) all the way from down under. Aussie Aussie Aussie.

I'll start with a few pics Greg sent me.

First 2 from the observation tower.

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The short time a Ford was in the lead. Holden dominated the weekend.

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The GT/GTS races were killer as well.

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A Pirella GT3 Cup driver was dehydrated and they asked me to fill in, but I did not have my equipment with me so had to pass unfortunately.

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Those are great pics Dave. Keep them coming if you have them. :thumbsup:

I'm on the plane home as I write this --- The connection speed at the hotel in Bimbo (or wherever we were) was too slow to upload to Photobucket... and of course the plane connection is 802.11 A (for antique!)... so will get them up when I get home.


Those pixs from the tower are not out of focus --- that IS how hazy it was! The weekend set record heat for the area.... and you could cut the air Friday and Saturday with a dull knife.

Needless to say -- we had a good time!

Thanks Greg. What a beautiful looking facility and track. Must have been a hell of a time. :thumbsup:

I wanted to come down.But things didnt work out to make the trip.Sounds like an awesome time.Maybe next year.

Totaly bitchen, keep it coming and THANKS!!! HEY DG that car fits you..BMF #2?

Thanks for sharing! Very cool you got to sit in the cup car. I'd do anything to drive a full sequential box.

Just think, you are gonna have more hp and less weight than the super cars...all you gotta do is run their spring and shock package, throw on some slicks, and you are gonna hang right there with 'em!

It really fit me better :thumbsup:

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Ha. I wish buddy. These cars up close make all of our cars look like such POS's. :lol:

Yeah I don't think so pal. Check out the side view with your limbs hanging out all over the place and knees up over the steering wheel. :D

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This is a series -- with a little pushin' and shovin' goin' on....




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ROWS AND ROWS OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS






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These Volvos are to be watched.... They were coming on very strong and the Ekols team said that everyone (the other teams) were all talking about them.









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Link to my Photobucket page with more pics. I took some 1400.... but boiled it down to just a few representative shots for Photobucket.





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GT cars at the race in the staging area pulling out....


For you FORD (FE?) guys.... note the sound of that bad ass LS motor in the Caddy....


Personally -- I liked the GT cars better (or as much) as the V8 cars... I could tell one from the other... and they were just as fast (lap times).

GW - Video is set as private.

Nice crop work, that Ford camera of your's delivers great color! :thumbsup:

Those Caddy's were the most distinctive sound of the weekend to me, closely followed by the E63-based Mercedes running in the V8 class. The sounds from the GT/GTS cars were all over the place, while most of the V8 cars sounded almost 'tame' by comparison.

Fixxedededed it....



That shot is not cropped that's raw as taken - no enhancements.

It was great to meet you guys out there. Fun weekend for sure.

I agree those Caddy's definitely had the best sound. I was a little surprised the Camaro's and the Vette sounded so much different than the Caddy. I wish I would have taken a look under the bonnet of the Caddy.

I wasn't talking about one, you cropped some of the shots in posts 12-17 didn't you? :sieg:

PS - Did Rob actually take the photos he posted? :confused59:

There are a couple two or three in there that are cropped --- I thought you meant the close up shot of the FORD front end.... The cropped versions are all of cars on the track.

One guy kept leaning forward and putting his fuzzy little gay hat in the bottom of the shots. With 6fps it takes a lot of pix in a short time!

I too, was surprised at the quality of Rob's posts. I ASSumed someone mailed them to him.


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Does anyone else see the irony in this wrap???









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With full carbon fiber doors -- it's easier to just lift them off and get 'em out of your way... LOL







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I think I got the Irony, don't want to spoil it for the others. Nice pic work, wish I could have been there!

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Me too

Absolutely riveting images!

Rob actually owns a little digi cam. Looks like it works pretty good. Now if we can just get him to use it on the Torino..... maybe he doesn't want us to see the Torino too clearly.... hmmmm

Steve, you too man. Great time.

I liked that throaty Caddy sound as well but I think that lone Vette had an amazing pipey F1 kinda sound... was surprised too why it sounded so much different than the Caddy. The MB sounded great as well.

Those 5th gen Camaros sounded just terrible for some reason.

I swear the chicks were all over my new friend Borat.

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WOW the resemblance is uncanny :thumbsup:

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I do remember seeing those little letter halos over Robs head! He had a certain glow....


The Borat resemblance is nauseating... I may never be able to look at him again.



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Want to really thank Bryan for all his effort on our little groups behalf! We won't hold it against him that he has a phobia for "The Salt Lick"...


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Eric -- Was fun to meet you! You have some serious talent there buddy! Glad you were able to come out and enjoy all the stuff with us.



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Steve -- Was nice to meet you and your Dad!

If you didn't know better you'd think I do stuff like post grainy pictures just to F with you Bowtie loving Sallys. :innocent:

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Didn't we have a talk about respecting your elders? It was nice hanging with Rodger all weekend. Nobody called me Sasquatch or Yeti all weekend.

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Your new friend needs an Ironworks tanktop to complete the package.