[Healeys] Fwd: Healeys at Mt Panorama Bathurst, Australia

[Chris Dimmock]

Quick update. Today, Sunday 4th April 2008 Peter Jackson again lowered  
the Austin Healey Bathurst lap record with a new Healey lap record of  
2:41.6554. That means the 12 year old lap record set by Peter Hopwood  
has now been bettered by over 2.6 seconds in the past 48 hours.
As Mt Panorama, Bathurst is only available to cars like ours one  
weekend a year, Peter's "Healey King of the Mountain" title could well  
stand for quite a while.....


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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>
> Date: 3 April 2010 10:33:14 PM AEDT
> To: AustinHealey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Healeys at Mt Panorama Bathurst, Australia
>

> Hi all,
>
> Earlier this evening, i was advised that Peter Hopwood's 2:44.2743  
> Bathurst Healey lap record, set on Sunday Oct 4th 1998 has been  
> broken today, Sat 3rd April 2010, by Peter Jackson with a lap of  
> 2:43.1543, in a Group Sa Healey 3000 making Peter the new "Healey  
> King of the Mountain".
>
> Many of the USA listers will know Peter from his success in the USA  
> V Australia series a few years ago in his very quick white BJ8.  
> Today, Peter was driving his 3000 MK1, and racing in a class with  
> very strict rules regarding mods. Eg no rear disc brakes, no alloy  
> heads, radial tyres, side shift box and SUs
> The only "historic" group S cars (in a field that comprised cars  
> from 1955- 1977) that were faster than Peter were mid to late 1970s  
> model Porshes. However, Peter also beat a few of those, as well as a  
> couple of Ferarris; and every entry in the field built between 1960  
> and 1970...
>
> Congrats to Peter "Action" Jackson!!
>
> Chris Dimmock
>
> Sent from my iPhone