2008 National Championship at Oran Park Gran Prix - Jim driving


Race 1. Almost missed this race as there was no announcement to grid up. 23MB
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Race 2. Everything was going well until the coolant temp went from 95 to 138 celcius. That ended my racing at the nationals. 16MB
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2008 NSW Championship Round 6 at Eastern Creek - Jim driving


Race 1. No rear camera which would have been interesting. A very short race for the datto 2MB
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Race 2. Started 18th (rear of grid). Finished 7th 17MB
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Race 3. Started 7th behind Geoff Fear. Finished 7th. 22MB
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2008 Mini Racing Series Round 3 at Wakefield Park - Jim driving


Race 1. Started 2nd next to the GTR powered 200sx on pole. The sports sedan torana and turbo Triumph kept on Jim's tail as Jim tried to find a way to pass the 200sx. 10MB
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Race 2. Started 2nd again. Finished 2nd... again 10MB
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Race 3 (trophy race). Started 2nd. The torana who'd been on the tail of the datto had a problem so it was just Jim and Greg (200sx) out in front. Finished 2nd! 20MB
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Mixed race . Started 5th. The torana got pushed up the grid from 6th to 4th. Jim couldn't catch him but did manage to pass the mini just before the line to finish 4th. 10MB
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2008 NSW Championship Round 5 at Wakefield Park - Jim driving


Race 1. The video camera turned itself off after 30 seconds of warm up lap. A real shame as it's nice to see the datto passing V8 commodores... No Video.
Race 2. Started 26th (rear of grid). Finished 14th after two spins. See the results section for details 26MB
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Race 3. Started 14th behind MY Racing's Dave Youl. Finished 10th with a new PB of 1:09.2139. 28MB
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2008 NSW Championship Round 4 at Oran Park Grand Prix - Jim driving


Race 1. Recorded it then accidentally overwrote it. I need a pit crew! No Video.
Race 2. Started 13th. Finished 13th on a very greasy track and poor start. 20MB
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Race 3. After a huge downpour including hail the bottom of the grand prix circuit was under water. After a delay we had our race cut from a 10 lap race to a 5 lap race on the south circuit. Better a short race than no race at all! We had two warm up laps before starting a 5 lap "sprint" race. The video shows how challenging the race was... 10MB
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2008 Mini Racing Series at Wakefield Park - Jim driving


Race 1. Started 5th after an interrupted qualifying session. The track was very cold and the tyres didn't seem to get up to temperature before the race was over. Finished 6th. 12MB
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Race 2. Started 6th. Finished 5th but didn't break through into the 1:09s... 10MB
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Race 3. Started 5th but made a mess of the start. Chased Steve Jagger around and was trying to work into a position to have another crack at passing him when the checkered flag came out?!!? Turns out that the race was cut from 8 laps to 6. At least I finally managed a 1:09.846! A new PB for Wakefield Park :) 12MB
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2008 Day Night meeting at Oran Park South - Jim driving


Race 1. Started 12th. Finished 5th with a PB of 49.9987. 11MB
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Race 2. Started 5th. Finished 4th after Graeme Shae kindly spun on the last lap. Improved PB to 49.5539. 11MB
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Race 3. This is where it all goes wrong. The race was red flagged after the "incident". Notice that the rear view shot (bottom left of screen) shows a car with a single headlight following closely for most of the race. Checking for him in my mirrors before turning into corners meant I was looking "through" the corner as early as I would in daylight. 26MB
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2008 Mini Racing Series at Wakefield Park - Jim driving


In car footage
Race 1. Was Jim still hungover from New Years? Some ordinary driving! 31MB
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Race 2. Not hungover but maybe Jim has forgotten how to drive a manual? 32MB
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Race 3. Gearbox is getting dodgy with the heat (and the dodgy driver) 51MB
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2007 Festival of Sporting Cars at Wakefield Park - Jim driving


In car footage
Race 1. still getting used to softer front springs. Brakes faded in last lap. Damn hot! 22MB
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Race 2. Race 2 was red flagged then restarted. No rear pads during this race... 34MB
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Race 3. Sunday mid morning. Still hot.... 28MB
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Race 4. Sunday's 2nd race. 27MB
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Race 5. Finally get past Graeme's Capella and stay there! New PB as well!! 24MB
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Race X. Video from Ross Street's Evo. The datto starts right in front. I think this is race 3 44MB
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Race Y. Video from Ross Street's Evo. This is probably race 4 44MB
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2007 Round 6 at Eastern Creek - Jim driving


In car footage
Race 1. New front tyres - ordinary driving 18.0MB
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Race 2. New rear tyres - Geoff's GTR drops oil in lap 4 at turn 6-7 17.0MB
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Race 3. Massive stack in turn 1 off the start. Datto gets tagged. The race is restarted with 5 laps. 13.0MB
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2007 Do it in the Dark at Oran Park South - Pete driving

In car footage
Race 2. Day time footage 8.6MB
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Race 3. Night race 8.5MB
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Race 4. Night race 8.7MB
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Race 5. Trophy race with a crunch 13.0MB
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Track side footage
Race 3. Night time with digital still camera - a bit blurry 1.3MB
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Race 3. next lap - still a bit blurry 1.1MB
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Race 3. flame is Graeme Shae's Capella 1.4MB
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Race 3. in focus but distant 1.5MB
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Race 3. also in focus 1.2MB
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2007 Round 5 at Wakefield Park - Pete driving

In car footage
Race 1. 13MB
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Race 2. 14.7MB
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Race 3. 16.8MB
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2007 Round 4 at Oran Park Gran Prix - Jim driving

Race 1. old, nasty tyres all round 19.1MB
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Race 2. new front tyres and old rears makes for some sideways action 18.7MB
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Race 3. A little too ambitious! 18.7MB
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2007 Round 2 at Eastern Creek - Pete driving

Qualifying. Count the dying cars.... 23.8MB
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Race 1. In car video 18.6MB
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Race 2. Just keeping ahead till the last lap 22.4MB
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Race 3. Keeping ahead all the way! 26.6MB
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2007 Round 1 at Wakefield Park - Jim driving

Race 1. In car video 12.7MB
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Race 2. In car video (lost boost after lap 2) 14.9MB
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Race 3. Close racing with Pete Sayers in his SLR5000 17.5MB
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2006 Day Night at Oran Park South - Pete driving



Race 2 start. This video was taken at night using a digital still camera by Jim. 7.29MB
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Race 2 in progress. This video was taken at night using a digital still camera by Jim. 7.91MB
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Race 3 start. This video was taken at night using a digital still camera by Jim. 12.9MB
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Race 3 last lap (finishing 3rd!). This video was taken using a digital still camera by Jim. 17.9MB
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Race 4 start. Swamped! This video was taken at night using a digital still camera by Jim. 12.9MB
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2006 Round 2 at Eastern Creek - Jim driving

Race 1 footage from the camera mounted in Dave LaMaitre's corolla. The black back of the datto is often visible 4.35MB Windows Media Video