ALIKATNZ.COM » V8 http://blog.alikatnz.com that girl behind the lens Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:50:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 my bathurst picks at the tab http://blog.alikatnz.com/2009/10/my-bathurst-picks-at-the-tab/ http://blog.alikatnz.com/2009/10/my-bathurst-picks-at-the-tab/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:11 +0000 alikatnz http://blog.alikatnz.com/?p=628 I dont have a large budget and like to spread the bets around, so this is what I picked this morning at the TAB:

$5 on Tander/Davison on Pole
$5 on Muprh/Skaife on Pole

$5 on Lowndes/Whincup for the win
$5 on Murph/Skaife for the win
$5 on J Richards/McConville for the win

$5 on Johnson/Courtney to Place
$5 on Tander/Davison to Place
$5 on VanGiz/Davison to Place

Heres hoping for a payday, and a Kiwi win. I also realise that I picked more Holdens than Fords, but I believe this year, Holden have more hunger for the win and also picked cars that have speed or drivers that have talent and drivers that have a legacy.

]]> http://blog.alikatnz.com/2009/10/my-bathurst-picks-at-the-tab/feed/ 0 a wee trip to boganville http://blog.alikatnz.com/2009/04/a-wee-trip-to-boganville/ http://blog.alikatnz.com/2009/04/a-wee-trip-to-boganville/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:16 +0000 alikatnz http://whiskeygeek.wordpress.com/?p=192 Over the last weekend, I had the “pleasure” of working at the Hamilton 400. This is a weekend of hard work and hard play, so I thought I would share a few anecdotes as to what monkey business we get up to.

Winding up my husband that he was going to be random breath tested by event staff.

Grumpy Old Little Man taking the top off a burn digging in his pocket for change to buy a pie because I’d gone to the loo with his $50, and then getting medical attention for him because he was bleeding on his white overalls.

The Channel 7 Cameraman souveniring my ‘WHINCUP PARKING ONLY’ sign, only to have him display it in Race Control via his Camera. Nice one mate.

Wog Boy and Myself talking our way in to the VIP Drivers Party at The Bank on Victoria Street where we saw Lowndes, Murphy, The Giz, Coulthard, D’Alberto, Holdsworth, Caruso, Whincup, Courtney, and a few B-Grade celebs like Johnny Mac and his Daddy Mac and also Shane Drake, who for a while was worried he wasn’t going to be recognised by anyone. Awww. We still love you Drakey.

We renamed our station from “Point 13” to “Stallag 13”

Wog Boy doing the whole Nascar “boogerty boogerty lets go racing” thing down the radio to Race Control.

Kudos to Lowndes, Winterbottom, The Giz, Coulthard and Tander for signing my shirt and posing for photos, also posing for photos, Radisich and Steve Richards.

FAIL at the 6am sign on and then waiting three hours for action on the track.

Radisich in posing for a photo commented on my height and said “I was made for him”

Ford Dominance was the key undertone of the weekend. Amazing racing and some awesome memories.

You can see a selection of pics on my flickr page

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