Date:

26 Aug 2018

Location:

The Bend Motorsport Park

Description:

This was not a traditional club car meet and cruise as we travelled to The Bends first V8 Supercars race by private bus! Thanks to Pete for driving us all up there! Everyone was excited to experience the racing at the new Bend race track (some had even driven on the track previously themselves) with 23 people attending on the day.

We all met at the Ingle Farm carpark at 7:15am for a 7:30am departure (except for one who shall remain nameless). We arrived at “The Bend” around 9am and had a full day to watch the racing and check out the new complex. There was a lot to see and do and the day seemed to go quickly. It was a lovely day out, the weather was nice but a bit cool and windy at times. There were plenty of advantage points to watch the racing from around the track.

We all met back at the bus by 5pm (with Liam) to make our way back to the Ingle Farm carpark. As we had heard getting out of the Event was a long wait (it was reported that on Saturday, some had been waiting 2 hours to leave) but not with our trusty bus driver (we all think he has a 4 wheel drive license too now) we crossed some country and joined a much quicker exit. We arrived back safe and sound at Ingle Farm around 6:30pm.

Overall I think everyone had a good time and enjoyed the day out, even though it was a long day it was well worth the trip. Thank you to everyone involved and making the day easier for us with everything running smoothly and also being great passengers on the bus. A big thank you to Pete for organising the bus and for driving everyone up there and back safely and then dropping everyone off to their cars, refueling the bus then returning it back to the bus depot.