Is this real life? Brock’s Skyline with a view all the way down Conrod Straight.
Faith and Ved at work.
Hey Simmy! :)
Duffy and Anton.
Popped my Bathurst Cherry yesterday. I’ve seen Bathurst on TV every year for so many years, and raced in on so many racing games too, but to see it in real life… it was emotional!
PS: Falling asleep on top of the mountain under the shade of the Zen Stand, with the sounds of screaming exhausts and mates chatting and laughing in the background, pure bliss.
A mate of mine Thomas Chung dropped in to Zen today to give me a gift, this lovely 2014 Roadster Days Calendar which I’ll be proudly displaying in my office.
Better yet, he gave me the keys to his Lotus Elise which I promptly took for a blat around the block!
Yesterday Jess woke me up with an SMS; she was keen to get out of the city and felt like taking her mint 50,000km DC2R out for a blat as (sadly) she’s about to sell it soon.
We hit the Royal National Park and the plan was to visit Berry, a lovely small town in the Shoalhaven region located about 90 minutes outside of Sydney.
There’s always a slow Camry driver out at the RNP!
Just the sign we were looking for.
Jess’ DC2R. So clean, perhaps the cleanest and lowest km’s in the country.
Hey Dennis! Great day, great company!
Cuckoo Corner. Visiting small towns always feels like going back in time.
Driver looked like a dog.
New Yorker sandwich from The Emporium Food Co. Pastrami, artichoke, capsicum mayo and lettuce, delish!
Britannia sandwich; rare roast beef, horseradish. cucumber and tomato.
Affogato!
Nyaw puppy!
Spotted on route to The Treat Factory.
We spent up in here. Jams, pasta sauces, chocolates and sweets!
Hot fresh finger burning made to order donuts on the main strip.
Spotted this life sized wicker Harley in a shop window.
She’ll be mine one day. With an RB26 powerplant of-course!
On route home, gliders and god rays at Stanwell Park. It’s always freaky watching them take off.
I’ll take the white one.
Grant from Autohaus Hamilton running me through some controls.
So happy!
Yesterday I was invited by Autohaus Hamilton to check out their brand new 2014 Porsche Cup car which was having it’s first shakedown session at Sydney Motorsport Park. I’m still pinching myself this morning. It was such an epic day, and I feel so privileged to have been invited.
View all my photos from the day on Zen: http://zengarage.com.au/2014/01/behind-the-scenes-2014-gt3-porsche-cup-shakedown/
Adventure Time! Earlier this week we hit the road to discover Catalina Park, a disused motor racing venue located at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains.
So special, so emotional. Check out the entire feature here: http://zengarage.com.au/2014/01/catalinaraceway
A snippet of a video that Anastasios Velliss took last Friday at Wakefield Park. Watch the Polo lose it in front of me (pretty scary shit!).
The tiniest puff of smoke ;) hehehehe so cute!
Love this shot of me sliding turn 2 in the MX-5 at Wakefield last Friday. Love Sam’s shots, always. Check out his facebook page for more: https://www.facebook.com/streetfans.net
Same time as last time.
I signed up for the House of Stance track day late last year, it was held last Friday and to be honest it crept up so fast I was nowhere near ready, and had myself wondering why the fuck I even agreed to be on the track so early in the year (I feel like I’m still recovering from New Years!).
In typical fashion I rocked up late (stuff being at Wakefield at 8am!!!). I drove in to Zen to get my MX-5 and got to Wakefield by about 10.30/11AM.
Garages were completely full and there were no House of Stance guys to be seen, turns out it was a John Boston Track School Day, not a House of Stance track day. LAME! I was hoping for hilariousness! I saw a couple of the JDMST Forum guys who thankfully lent me a garage for the day (thanks Sam!). And it turns out all of us sharing a garage had similar speeds so a lot of fun was had out on the track each session.
The day was hot, lots of people were struggling with the heat and general consensus was cars were slower due to the heat (with lots of cars overheating on the day). I did shorter sessions so the MX-5’s clutch held in there (was slipping badly last time), car is still shit; understeer on the way in, oversteer only if provoked with braking whilst cornering. Front suspension is making knocking noises on hard turns now. I expect it’s the extremely worn bushings in the arms, or something.
A few good things:
– Got sideways and nailed a couple of corners drifting before the apex, always worth it!
– Harness + bucket seat were great, not so tired on the drive home, no body aches next day either.
– Going through turn 2 in 3rd gear much faster than ever.
Bad:
– Car is still shit. Not neutral, steering feels way too light. Needs new bushings and alignment.
– Came off at the fish hook and damaged front guard (easy fix with a guard roller).
– Need harness strap pads as they’re so sharp they’re cutting into my shoulder.
Walking around my old hood, Surry Hills.
What a spot!
And what the hell is that?!
I like it!
Reuben Hills. Whoo hoo! Yet another hipster style cafe serving up American comfort food!
How could we not order the chicken? Was so tender, juicy and tasty. Yum yum.
The blackbean and portk stew was hearty, really yummy.
Dropped past Outré Gallery and couldn’t resist buying myself this signed Shepard Fairey print. Cheap, and reminds me of a Japan trip many years ago where I saw it splattered all over the place.
Three Williams in Redfern.
Housemade flat bread with glazed beef brisket with slaw, gherkins and chipotle mayonnaise.
Grilled prawns and smashed avocado. Flavours? Mexican Tacos basically. Can’t say I was blown away.
Jess’ amazing DC2R has only 50,000kms on the clock. It looks as goes as new. It’s for sale too, if keen, drop me a message.