Champion of Winton 15th Feb 2015

A Small event to kick off Winton's Racing year. Headed up to Winton from home Saturday about a three hour drive to meet up with fellow Team mates at the Bunkhouse that's provided for officials working at the track. Off loaded my gear and claimed my bunk for the night and we headed down to the Benalla Golf Club for some Tea,Drinks and a good laugh.
The Categories were Super TTs, Excels and Pulsar challenge due to the small size of the event it was decided that after every two events we would all move one flag point forward to make things interesting we had about a 10min Gap so i started at 1.0 for practice moved to 2.0 for Qualifying 3.0 for R1 4.0 R2 and 5.0 for Race 3 this was a good way for everyone to warm up and blow off the cobwebs for the race season ahead.
We came off track for lunch which is the norm for Winton and had a nice Chicken Wrap with a piece of fruit can of drink and bag of potato chips all went down well. To my surprise Chief flag came up to me just when I started eating and said I am second to go for some hot laps in Pedders Toyota 86 WOW!......... perhaps I shouldn't have eaten that Chicken Wrap. With Grant Phillips Driving we headed off maybe not as fast as a V8 But still 170km into turn 2.0 and 145 into turn 11 the way it Brakes and goes into the cnr you know you are in a race car that's for sure.
Getting out and readjusting the man jewels with a slightly higher pitched voice I could go and finish lunch thinking I just love doing this stuff so much no matter what else comes along this race season this has made it all worth while. Thanks to all those who organized this for us Officials and Thanks to Grant Phillips and his Team for their time and car really was appreciated by all.
.Well that's all Phillip Island Classic next on March 7th & 8th.

Flag Post 1.0

Anyone know this guy? He keeps following me

PEDDERS TOYOTA 86

GRANT PHILLIPS AND ME READY FOR HOT LAPS

Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour 2015

Well Hello Everyone and welcome to 2015 for the first Motorsport Event and one I think is the Best in Australia at the Moment. The LIQUI MOLY 12 HOUR at Bathurst.
This Year for some unforeseen circumstances I had to pull out of being a Flag Marshal at this event but still I was able to attend to get some photos and support my Marshal friends.
Held over three days with support categories having Practice and Qualifying and 12 hour cars having Practice on Friday.
Support categories were Formula Ford, Improved Production and Radical Sportcars all with great racing and Large Fields. Saturday we had two races for each support Group with Practice and Qualifying for 12 hour cars. Sunday the 12 hour race started at 5.50am and finished at 5.50pm and with Channel 7 having Live Broadcast and Live Stream from Bathurst 12 hour site I am sure many of you had an opportunity to watch it. But nothing like being there track-side with 37000 other people to really appreciate those mean machines the sounds of the Bentley and Merc's and not forgetting the old Daytona Coupe which sounds great going around the track. The atmosphere is electric and seeing the cars close up is a must do.
Hope you enjoy the few photos I put up if you would like to see more follow my facebook page "A Flag Marshalls Journey" where I also have some short video clips.

Formula Ford Van Diemen RF86

Formula Ford Elwyn 003/1

Holden Torana SS Hatchback

VP Commodore

Display only didn't race Mazda RX8

Merc's SLS AMG GT3 above and below

Audi R8-LMS Ultra above and below

McLaren MP4-12c

Bentley Continental GT3

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

Ginetta G50 GT4 and Porsche 997 GT3 CUP

Our Marshal's Hard at Work

End of race for Ginetta at Post 22.2

HQ 4 Hour Winton Raceway Dec 6th & 7th

Well last event of the year and it may not be V8 Supercars but we had it all HQ's or (V8 Supercars) 2 x 2 hour races Super TT or (Touring Car Masters) and Super Mini's or ( Aussie Race Cars) may have been only three categories but did they put it on the Minis were awesome great racing all w/end and we had the storms and rain just like Sydney with marshals being pulled off track Saturday afternoon for over an hour while a large storm passed through put us behind for the day but still finished on track by 530pm.
I was on Post 7 and also looking after the lights at Post 8 from 7. Post 7 is on a big RH turn good spot for action even though Saturday I only had some wides and no reports Sunday plenty of spins hits and some into the wall between posts 6 and 7 so ended up with 5 reports with post 6 also writing some. The Super TTs were a mix of some old V8s and TCM cars and others so was great to watch Mini's also ranged from some old classic to the newer models dont know what some of those older ones were running but they sure gave the new models a run for their money. HQ's we had about 27 on the Grid so once again they put on a great show in both wet and dry conditions.
Winton Raceway looked after us Marshals well like always with a nice packed Lunch Saturday and a beer or two at end of sessions. Sunday they pulled us off track for an hour no storm this time but instead they put on a nice xmas lunch with plenty of food for all, well what can I say but a great way to finish the year. No photos of cars this time but instead of Happy Team members enjoying the last round of the year.
The Bunkhouse to is such a great asset for anyone who travels up to stay.
Thanks everyone for reading my post look forward to next year when it starts all over again Stay Safe enjoy the Break with family and friends sort out your kit bags ready for next year. Look forward to meeting some of you track side in 2015 till then BYE.
Paul Kelly

Post 7.0

Nice and cosy

Light controls

Me relaxing between events

Looking Back to 6.0

Saturday lunch

Inside Bunkhouse

Bunkhouse

looking over to 8.0

Island Magic November 29th & 30th 2014

Well drawing to the end of another motor-racing year and Phillip Island put on its best weather for this event Island Magic previously know as (The Victorian Championship meeting) which has been running for 24 years. With around 250 cars entered for the w/end we were in for some great racing I was posted on Start/Finish doing Coms With Rebecca and we had a Different driver each day to help out on Flags who were doing their 8 hours for Lic.
   Car categories were Improved Production, Porsche 944, Formula Fords & 1600, Sports Sedans, Formula Vee, Historic Touring Cars and Sports Cars.
   The w/end provided some great racing with plenty of spin offs and cars finding walls with the Sports Cars just not getting it right on Saturday with Red flags for both driver Qualifying and Co Driver Qualifying sessions and bringing out Safety car a number of times for their 1 hour race on Sunday.
Formula Vee finished off the weekend with a 10 lap race with 52 cars entered was great to see these lined up on pit lane before the race.
  All races got off to a good start so we did not have to much work to do at our point though got to see some good action with cars going wide at 12.5 coming flat out along the grass before re-entering on the main straight. Flag points 9.0 to 9.6 seemed to be getting all the action with plenty of radio calls coming from them also 6.0 and 2.0 got their fair share all in all a fantastic way to finish off the year only have one other event to go and that is the HQ 4 hour at Winton raceway.
Look forward to starting off the new year at Bathurst 12 Hour. Stay safe until next time Paul.

Start/Finish and flag point

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Formula Vee lined up for last race

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Phillip Island 400 Nov 14 - 16 2014

Well another V8 round done and dusted the last one for me but still have two smaller events to go before the year finishes. Was placed at Flag Point 9.0 for the W/end this is the last point before they go up and over lukey Heights. The Team consisted of Judy on Coms, Gary Sector Marshal, Ian, Paul F and myself on Flags.
Other categories included Aussie Race Cars, Touring Car Masters TCM and Longford Revival Festival Sports GT which was made up of a mixture of cars from Evos, Skyline GT-Rs, BMW E36 and E30, Porsche 928 & 944, Mazda RX 7 has well as some Aussie Muscle SS Commodore, Torana, Falcons and HQ Monaro.
Over all a good racing w/end with very little incidents to mention I think the best was the Aussie Car roll over near turn Two. Red Bull Driver Jamie Whincup Secured his Championship over the W/end with Mark Winterbottom FPR Managing two 3rd places to hold off Craig lowndes Red Bull for second in the championship so the battle will continue in Sydney for those two.
Scott McLaughlin Volvo secured two wins over the w/end with an unexpected Win on Sunday when race leader Garth Tander Ran out of fuel 100m from finish line to roll across for second allowing Scott to pass for the win.
Results were Race 33 1. Scott McLaughlin 2.Craig Lowndes 3. Jamie Whincup
Race 34 1. Jamie Whincup 2. Craig lowndes 3. Mark Winterbottom
Race 35 1. Scott McLaughlin 2. Garth Tander 3. Mark Winterbottom

Flag Point 9.0

Looking back to 8.0

Looking up to Lukey Heights

Muster

Thanks to VIP and Darrell Lea for Gifts to the Officials

Next event for me is Island Magic at Phillip island in two weeks time Stay Safe and enjoy your motor sports where ever you are