Of all the spots, in all of Taupo, I just had to bump into Bazz, Happy, Bold and Jetboy within 30 seconds
although standing there in the shade was very nice. Apols Jetboy for not calling on the last night, too buggered so a quick curry then bed time.Anyhoo, here's some pix.
Did some wandering around on Thursday and we figured the 3 logo wasn't big enough ! But Team NZ were still keeping a close eye on us wandering in and out of their pit bay just incase anything fell into pockets. Oh and that's my son Nicholas who was down helping me out for the weekend.
Nice 'n shiny cars before they hit the track. I did pity the poor guy whose job it was to polish everything, including washing all the carbon fibre body work and scrub the wheels.
V8 Utes did a bit of bash and dash too. Only now do I discover I took no photos of any of the muscle cars
All parked up and ready to go, they were used for the drivers parade lap. Very shiny and very expensive. Suprisingly not all the Ferrari owners were dickheads, or tanned guys with shirts open to their belly with a 16 year old hanging off their arm (only some matched this description).
Nicely parked in a very dusty paddock...
... with very lax security
why anyone could have just walked up and attempted to hot wire (well for about 2 seconds).
Getting ready for the sprint race. Everyone had high expectations....
...which didn't last long when you hit the rear tyre of another car.
One puncture repair later and NZL scream out of the pits.
Despite having loads of practise, it was interesting to watch the pit crew fumble and stumble their way for changing tyres. It's never as easy as it looks.
Our view and yes having to do some work as well.
And just like that, the feature race was over. In a short space of time, the also rans were packing everything up and getting out, while the winners were drinking it up large with sponsors and guests.
And fark it was hot !
