Welcome to the highlights of the
inaugural Koolrasta Grand Prix held on the 26th February
2000 at Milthorpe. Well,
as I have said many times before, "What a day it
was!" The official weather report from central race
control read: "Weather fine, Track fast, grassy and
slippery with a few big ruts in the corners!" Dry,
hot and extra grassy conditions were the order of the
day. There was an occaisional cloud passing by offering
brief periods of shade from the hot summer sun.
On approach to Koolrasta
we came to a nice new country house. Tony Graham and his
wife Kelly were our hosts. The track is situated 50 M
from the house.
The race track is a
beauty. You start off up the hill heading south away from
the house. You need to get every ounce of power out of
the CT110 engine to get up fast. Just as you reach the
top of the hill and start to pick up speed, you come a
sharp left hander with a couple of deep ruts. If you
don't turn here you run straight into a barbed wire fence
about 3 metres from the edge of the track. This is the
only dangerous part of the circuit. (This is where Gail
bit it) From there it's down the hill approx 100 metres
then back to 2nd or 3rd for a sweeping left hand turn
into a short straight then a sweeping right around the
water tank then a quick sharp left hander with opposite
camber. This one is tricky. After that you lead on to an
easy right and onto the home straight before a hair pin
bend to lead you back up the hill.
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