Good reading/reporting on the event for us datto fans. Certainly does wet
the appetite for a trip over there for next years event.
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From: "Brad HALLETT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 30 October 2000 16:52 PM
Subject: RE: Classic Adelaide - Datto 1600 wins! (lonnnggg..)
> John Spencer comes from up here, lives near me actually. He won the Qld
> Rally Championship in a V8 Commodore a coupla years agp. The Datto is an
L18
> with 90mm bore and Z18 crank, and was built as a copy of Dave Feron's
> machine I believe (don't quote me though that may be wrong)
>
> John can drive, and can set up a car. he has proven himself many times
and
> hurt many an ego.
>
> Regards
> Brad HALLETT
> http://www.powerup.com.au/~bhallett
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pete & Kath
> Liebig
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Classic Adelaide - Datto 1600 wins! (lonnnggg..)
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I guess it doesn't attract much attention interstate, but the Classic
> Adelaide Rally has been on for the last 4 days here. It's been held each
> year for 4 years now, but I've never gone and checked it out. Silly me! It
> takes in some of the best (sealed) hills roads as closed competition
stages,
> linked by transport stages. They do around 200 - 300k's each day.
>
> This year I took Thursday off work and climbed up the Collingrove
Hillclimb
> with a couple other guys from the Adelaide 1600 Club to watch them go for
> it. There were some 1600's and 240Z's competing (quite a few Z's). I
didn't
> think they stood a chance against the likes of Porsches, Ferraris and
Andrew
> Cavalli's all conquering Escort Twin Cam ('98 winner) - minimal mods are
> allowed. Goes to show how wrong you can be...
>
> It brought a big idiot grin to my face when John Spencer's (QLD) blue 1600
> (H510) blasted over the first crest - trusty L series at full noise! What
a
> driver! Pardon my ignorance, but I'd never heard of him before. He was
> absolutely driving the wheels off the thing! I've never seen a 1600 (or
any
> car come to think of it..) driven this hard before. Man those L series
> babies can take a hammering!!! I have renewed respect for them.
>
> We then scurried around to Gorge Rd. to watch them come through the next
> competition stage. These guys are mad! Once again Cavalli's Escort and the
> blue Datto looked to be well and truly on the pace. There was also a guy
> with huge balls pedalling a GTHO Falcon VERY hard (crashed next day...).
>
> On Saturday I noticed they were doing Gorge Rd. again and just couldn't
help
> myself. I found a good spot at the top carpark and waited for the fun.
Time
> well spent too. They run slowest-to-fastest at 1 minute intervals. The
last
> 25% of cars were truly amazing. When Cavalli came through in the Escort
(you
> could hear the induction roar echoing through the hills for ages before he
> actually appeared) we thought "My God! How is anyone gonna top that!".
Well
> it wasn't long before the Datto blasted around the corner. SHEEEEEEEIT!!!
> How can a car be so out of shape and stay on the road??? I am truly not
> worthy. This guy is not one of us mere mortals! All the assembled
onlookers
> just looked at each other dumbfounded with jaws on the ground!
>
> Needless to say he went on to win the event by 13 seconds (out of 4 days -
> that Escort doesn't mess around either!). I am really looking forward to
> next year. I might take leave for the whole event.
>
> Craig is considering timing the next Annual 1600 Club day so that
interstate
> guys could come over for that, and then check out some of the Classic
> Adelaide events later that week. I reckon this is a great idea, and I'd
> highly recommend it to anyone interested. Well worth the effort. Top fun
> guaranteed. Especially if you are a bit of a nostalgia freak (I'm not -
just
> an incurable revhead). And they generally have some classic drivers too -
> the ever-so-popular Sir Jack B of course and this year I spotted Win
Percy,
> Allan Grice and Norm Beechy among the drivers.
>
> Sorry I got a bit carried away... Oh, and sorry about all the exclamation
> marks! (ooops..)
> Pete Liebig
>
>
>
>
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