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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 12:45 AM
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Bathurst 12 hour 2014 - best race ever!

Did you guys see it?? It was incredible! Right up to the last second.. Im never missi g this race again. Hoping McLaren can win next year


Btw, those SLS's are beasts!!!
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 12:56 AM
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I missed every second (
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:05 AM
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Im sure itll show up on youtube soon. Its soo worth watching at least the last 2 hours. I was watching the olympics but got bored. Started surfing jalopnik and saw the updates and someone posted a live stream.. Started watching about 2 hours in, i got hooked!!!


It was awesome!!!! They showed some replays of earlier parts, and apparently the GTR got knocked out early in a horrible crash with a ferrari.. That sucked, wouldve been cool to see godIlla take on the other 2. But man it was good, im never missing this race again

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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:15 AM
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Yea i remember watching the gt3 series and those SLS were absolute monsters on straighter portions of the tracks. The Audi R8 LMS though is only a little slower on the straights but hits curves like Charlie Sheen hits the nerves of every respectable woman in America
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:15 AM
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I really wish Ford would bring back a new GT to compete with the new GTS Viper and C7.R. Im looking forward to those two battling it out
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:28 AM
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This race made the superbowl look like bingo at an old folks home in florida. Im sure soon ford and all others will start using there secret machines in the works.. Its gonna get reeeally interesting when those insane hybrid GT cars start racing.. P1 v 918 v laferrari v whatever the hell the bmw i8 evolves into


Btw, the mclaren in this race was setting lap times almost the same as the f1 cars.. Also if you got to the homepage i think the have a replay of the whole thing

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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:31 AM
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This race made the superbowl look like bingo at an old folks home in florida. Im sure soon ford and all others will start using there secret machines in the works.. Its gonna get reeeally interesting when those insane hybrid GT cars start racing.. P1 v 918 v laferrari v whatever the hell the bmw i8 evolves into
The Superbiwl was a major disappointment this year, on paper it shouldve been much better. But anyway yea im lookin forward to the big three going at it as well. Porsche is coming back to Le Mans though so ermahgerd lol
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 08:58 AM
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The portion I watched was great! I just couldn't bring myself to say up till 230 to watch the end.
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 11:07 AM
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Nice that a couple of Coyote powered Focuses finished in the top 20 (and 1st in class) . . .

Per Ford Racing & motorsport.com
MARC Ford Focus GTC racecar ran in last weekends Bathurst 12 Hour race. Its powered by a Ford 5.0L V8 Coyote Engine that makes around 500hp.



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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 11:25 AM
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i know this is a super long video, but try to watch starting at about the 13 minute mark, or the 40 minute mark, but definitely try to see the last two hours... it will help you understand why the final 15 min of the race were so intense

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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 11:41 AM
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The difference between the classes was amazing. You've got 458's and SLS's flying past Fiat 500's. Hilarious
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by StangMahn
The difference between the classes was amazing. You've got 458's and SLS's flying past Fiat 500's. Hilarious
I showed my dad the ending of the race, he doesnt know much about the race, so when he saw them pass the fiats he said "hey what are those toys doing on the track, get them off!"

His reactions were hilarious

that 458 and the SLS even made that Lotus look like it wasnt moving.. on the last lap at the bottom of the mountain. that menacing grin on that ferrari must have made any car in front of it poop itself
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:03 PM
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Focus GTC qualifying:
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