On a regular basis I count myself exceedingly lucky that we decided to move from the ACT back to Wollongong. Apart from the very close proximity of my daughter and BSILW and my 3 wonderful grandsons, … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2009
The Six Hour – the last.
Some interesting sidelights from the race, too. Many teams using the '09 R1 were experiencing overheating problems compared to those using the '08 model. The Six Hour Team's bike did a head gasket on … [Read more...]
Piccies!!
Thanks to the ever-helpful Keith Muir, Australia's best motorcycle racing photographer, here's a couple of samples from his huge collection of on-track work from … [Read more...]
You probably don’t want to see this, but.
Thanks to a good mate on one of the forums I inhabit, here's a picture of me and Phil Harlum (R), hard at work while commentating the Six Hour last Sunday. … [Read more...]
Oh, what a race!!!!!!!!!!
Well, the Belray Six Hour has been run and won. On a scorching day, made only slightly more tolerable than Friday by some cloud cover, the race was a BELTER. After some memorable interviews with … [Read more...]
Hot Times at the Park.
Today was mercifully less torrid that Friday, but it was still unpleasant. A 90 minute session for the Six Hour riders in the morning and a chance for a few teams to regroup a bit. The Mick Cole … [Read more...]
Oran Park is melting in the dark (with apologies to Jim Webb and Richard Harris)
Free Practice day for the Belray Six Hour was as punishing a day as I can ever remember at the track. The only one that would even come close was the King of the Weir meeting at Hume Weir in 1977. … [Read more...]
Just another brick in the wall..
Most of us will remember with some degree of humour, the absurd situation when Valentino Rossi spat the dummy with Michelin and signed with Bridgestone mid-season in 2008. To ensure that his … [Read more...]
The Six Hour.
This weekend (21st/22nd November) marks the final motorcycle race ever at Oran Park Raceway. I am privileged to have been asked by the organisers to head up the commentary team for this most important … [Read more...]
The search for a reliable mechanic…
..is as fraught as the search for a reliable family doctor, although the consequences of failing in the search are probably not as dire. Fact is, all of us would give our eye teeth to find a … [Read more...]
