July 2016
Barry had no hesitation in
offering Andy the same
privileges as me for the
day, and after the required
paper work to allow us to
be a “Co-Drivers” for the
day had been completed it
was time for the action to
start.
The beautifully prepared Commodore
Andy in Barry’s Ute
Above Photo courtesy Tony Donoghue Photography
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Barry’s son Aaron and I
were in the Commodore
and Barry and Andy in his
Holden crew cab Ute
(Barry likes the Ute as it is
air conditioned so he can
keep the windows up and
have the Air Con. going).
The first lap was slow to
allow the drivers to check
out the conditions, I can
tell you the tracks are
pretty rough with very
sharp corners. Cars start
a one minute intervals,
definitely needed to let the
dust to settle so as to allow the next driver to see
the track. I have been in
some very fast race cars
but there is nothing that
compares with a rally car
travelling at 150Kms sideways on a rough dirt road
in a Commodore that develops over 800 BHP
wound down to 600 BHP
to suit the track conditions.
There were 45 cars entered on the day ranging
from clapped out Datsun
180 B’s, early Magna’s
and Honda Civics, especially built buggies and on
up to