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Supercar Series 2002 Round 3 Weekend Summary,
Eastern Creek *
Warning * Contains Humour |
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This list of events are ones on or off the track that I
saw or heard about from various sources at Round 3 based on drivers car
numbers.
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 | Number of drivers heard saying good things about
pre-qualifying. |
| Number of times Mark Skaife finished in a
position other than first. |
| Number of chances Murph and Bargs got to hit each
other on the track. |
| Percentage of people outside the team that would
have though that the Bargsmobile would have been rebuilt in time for
Eastern Creek immediately after his Phillip Island crash. |
| Films used over the weekend account of using a
digital camera. |
| Number of spectacular crashes over the
weekend. |
| Number of driver look-alike competitions held
after last year's poor effort. |
1
| Number of times I tried to unsuccessfully argue
my way into a spot above the HRT pit area on Sunday that I was able to
access with no problems on Saturday. |
| Number of V8 Supercar drivers I had a discussion
with about photography. |
| Number of errors needed by Mark Skaife to
overtake Craig Lowndes in race 3. |
2
| Number of off track excursions I saw Rodney
"Mr Spin" Forbes take. |
| Number of cars with the number 2 (Jason Bright is
2 and Rick Kelly is 02) and 21 (Brad Jones is 21, Jason Richards is
021). |
| Number of teenagers that wore Castrol coloured
shoeboxes on their heads. |
3
| Number of races throughout the weekend and
the number of races that Mark Skaife won. |
| Number of cars that can been seen in some Level 1
teams. |
| Number of CD's used to photograph action of the
weekend. |
| Amount of times I had to line for for various
parts of my planned Saturday and Sunday admit and paddock pass as the
combined all in one ticket was not available. |
| Number of toilet blocks with powerpoints that I
used to top up my digital camera battery on Saturday. |
10
| Number of EA promotional girls sighted. |
| Films used over the weekend for the same time
last year. |
12
| Dollars I paid for lunch on Sunday for
substandard food. |
| Minutes it took me to get both in and out of the
circuit on Sunday in my car. |
13
| Approximate number of times series on course
commentator Barry Oliver suggested that the leader on the track was
only leading because he had not pitted. |
35
| Number of the car whose damaged bits were for
sale (for charity) after the infamous Phillip Island crash of 2002. |
| Number of rain drops on Sunday morning that
landed on me - the day ended up fine. |
600
| An approximate number of photos taken over the
two days of the meeting. |
888
| A conservative number of laps that each shuttle
bus would have made around the circuit each day. |
Last updated 29 April 2002
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