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

[Flash68]

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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[Track Junky]

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

[GregWeld]

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!

[Track Junky]

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

[coolwelder62]

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

[intocarss]

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

[sik68]

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!

[FETorino]

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

It really fit me better :thumbsup:

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[Flash68]

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!

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

It really fit me better :thumbsup:

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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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[Flash68]

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[FETorino]

A couple more shots

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[GregWeld]

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[GregWeld]

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[GregWeld]

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




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[GregWeld]

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[GregWeld]

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ROWS AND ROWS OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS






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[GregWeld]

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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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[GregWeld]

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





http://s919.photobucket.com/user/gregweld/library/V8%20SuperCars?sort=4&page=1

[GregWeld]

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).






faCVWSaaUVk

[Sieg]

GW - Video is set as private.

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

[carbuff]

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).

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.

[GregWeld]

GW - Video is set as private.

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

Fixxedededed it....



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

[gerno]

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.

[Sieg]

Fixxedededed it....

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

[GregWeld]

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.


:D

[GregWeld]

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









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[GregWeld]

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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[GregWeld]

There's just something wrong with racing a "more door" car to me personally....







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[Beach Cruiser]

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


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

[intocarss]

Hidden message

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:disgusted: :confused59:

[intocarss]

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

[Sieg]

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


Absolutely riveting images!

[Flash68]

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

[Flash68]

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.

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.

[ironworks]

Hidden message

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:disgusted: :confused59:

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

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[intocarss]

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

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WOW the resemblance is uncanny :thumbsup:

[carbuff]

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

:confused59:

:disgusted:

[GregWeld]

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.



+++++++++++++++++++


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!

[FETorino]

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


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



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.

:popcorn2:

[Sieg]

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

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

[Ron in SoCal]

It was nice hanging with Rodger all weekend. Nobody called me Sasquatch or Yeti all weekend.

:popcorn2:

We'll get all caught up this week :D

[carbuff]

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

I wish we'd had time to take Rodger to this place:

http://www.ironworksbbq.com/

http://shopping.ironworksbbq.com/Assets/2011-chili-seasoning.jpg

[ironworks]

I wish we'd had time to take Rodger to this place:

http://www.ironworksbbq.com/

http://shopping.ironworksbbq.com/Assets/2011-chili-seasoning.jpg

Some guy Greg was talking to said that place is off the hook. Not surprised with a killer name like that though. HAHA

Rodger

[Flash68]

Stole this from another forum. Says they are SBC and NOT LS. :sieg:


Here are a couple of muffler photos that I took in the garages at the V8 Supercars race at COTA last weekend. Note that these cars are relatively quiet for anything that you will hear on a race track. The World Challenge Cadillacs and the GT3 Cup cars were, by far, the loudest cars on property all weekend.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff245/flash68/TeknoMuffler01a_zpsb33cdfc5.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/flash68/media/TeknoMuffler01a_zpsb33cdfc5.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff245/flash68/TeknoMuffler02a_zps60904a6e.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/flash68/media/TeknoMuffler02a_zps60904a6e.jpg.html)

Mufflers and exhaust are apparently not a spec item with this group. While one of the Erebus cars appeared to use a pair of Borla-looking mufflers (with no crossover, H, X, or whatever until after the mufflers, which was basically the tip as well), one of the Tekno cars used a pair of these fabricated mufflers.

Each muffler appeared to be fabricated from 3 parallel perforated tubes that were welded together, and contained on each end by a 3-into-1 collector. This assembly was contained inside the larger outer tube with a pair of end caps. According to the team, there was no packing inside the mufflers; they were just hollow inside. All of this did a pretty good job at quieting the 7500 rpm E85-powered EFI 305-inch SBC (not LSx) under the hood.

[Ron in SoCal]

Very cool Dave. I've been using this in my boat for 10 years. Same concept. Got pulled over for over 91 Db, though :doh:

http://www.imcomarine.com/cal_store/exhaust-systems/exhaust-mufflers/gatlin-slip-in-mufflers.html

[Flash68]

$792 for a muffler?! Good God...

[FETorino]

$792 for a muffler?! Good God...

What"s the matter DG you get two for that price :relax:

[FETorino]

Some guy Greg was talking to said that place is off the hook. Not surprised with a killer name like that though. HAHA

Rodger

But is it as good as those spicy Wheat thins you love?

P0GAJ_zh6Sc

[89 RS]

Now that would be a cool weekend, thanks for sharing! I like to see all of the engineering that goes into those cars.

[intocarss]

$792 for a muffler?! Good God... What's a muffler??

[Flash68]

Have a friend in town from Austin (he's lived there 10 years or so) and he said the Salt Lick woulda been a great place to go for our group. Go figure. :snapout:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-salt-lick-bbq-driftwood

[FETorino]

Have a friend in town from Austin (he's lived there 10 years or so) and he said the Salt Lick woulda been a great place to go for our group. Go figure. :snapout:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-salt-lick-bbq-driftwood

I remember telling you guys that was the word from a few TX natives I had spoken to. :headscratch: Oh well, next time, we get to TX all the time.... :sarcasm_smiley: Isn't that right DG?

[GregWeld]

I went....



Too bad the rest of ya have to "get back to work"..... SUCKS to be you guys!




EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA

[FETorino]

I went....



Too bad the rest of ya have to "get back to work"..... SUCKS to be you guys!




EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA

It certainly did that Monday..........

Stop rubbing it in :bitchslap:

[GregWeld]

I could use some really good barbecue... anyone know a decent place??

[FETorino]

I could use some really good barbecue... anyone know a decent place??

Can't think of anywhere in TX worth a cra:censored: nothing that I've been to anyway.:underchair:

[68LS1]

I could use some really good barbecue... anyone know a decent place??

Australia :cheers:

40099

http://www.australiablog.com/culture/first-timers-guide-aussie-barbie.html

When you coming down :weld: ?

[GregWeld]

Australia :cheers:When you coming down :weld: ?



Seriously Roger --- My wife would MOVE there if I even mentioned I'd like to go!!

WE will schedule a trip down --- and then we're going to test your "local knowledge" on that BBQ question. Cheers mate!

[68LS1]

Seriously Roger --- My wife would MOVE there if I even mentioned I'd like to go!!

WE will schedule a trip down --- and then we're going to test your "local knowledge" on that BBQ question. Cheers mate!

Look forward to it.

Let me know if you have any questions on where to go.

Sooner the better, I've got some racing shirts I have to get back to some of the boys