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Dominating Teardrops at Grafton Hillclimb 
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Sunday 14th May 2011,

For some it started out with a chilly family camp-out the night before,
around the camp fire with friends sharing race tactics. With previous
successful Bellett winner, Glenn in his teardrop sharing his knowledge,
Greg was in good company.

Others chose to set off early and enjoy the morning sunshine along the
way, 3 hour trip from QLD NSW border.As the bellett GT arrived at the
Bellett campsite, it stirred interest among the other competitors.Was this an
Isuzu force to be reckoned with? IT SURE WAS!! :D WITH DOMINATING
TEARDROPS TAKING SECONDS OFF EACH RACE. Great to see belletts
holding their own and eating others eg;TRX v8s and Turbo Nissans.
:lol:
Old virgin Hill Racer Greg traded his thongs and stubbies for regulation
race suit and boots.Really looked the part,however last minute pre-race
nerves made final pitstops tricky with all in one jumpsuit, but gave us
all a good laugh as he made for the nearest tree.I'm sure he was more
than happy with his times, ESPECIALLY THE LAST LAP.

There were 64 competitors on the day and with good marshalling each
car got 4 races with no major misshaps. Here goes with a few photo's
ENJOY, regards Gerry[ there was a rumour of a PINK GT running but there
was no truth to it] :lol:

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Mon May 16, 2011 12:29 pm
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Getting ready


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Mon May 16, 2011 12:30 pm
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On The Track


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Mon May 16, 2011 12:32 pm
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Some of The Competition


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Mon May 16, 2011 12:35 pm
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A GREAT series of photos Gerry. :o
Brings back memories of the the Hill Climbs at the old Amaroo Circuit in Sydney and fabulous days out! :) The Sydney Club had many great days at Amaroo and other circuit over many years.
Geoff could tell you all about those days!! :lol:
It seems you all had a great day and the BELLETT'S showed the way again!!
What a loss they were to the Australian car market! :evil:


Tue May 17, 2011 9:10 pm
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It was a great weekend more social with great company and a few laughs made the long trip worth it. If it wasn't for belletts we would not have a social life at the moment ;).
BTW Gerry's that keen to have a go Glenn and i are considering swapping both teardrops for his gt's ;).
Afew more picks


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Tue May 17, 2011 10:01 pm
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Great pics guys and well done sticking up the Isuzu badge to all the other Wannabee's
Can see there has been some real time preparing the cars for the day.

Thanks for sharing with the rest of the Bellett Community. enjoyed the read very much

OZ

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Wed May 18, 2011 10:14 am
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good 2 cee belletts , how long was track & time you done it in ?


Wed May 18, 2011 12:07 pm
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FAN - TASTIC!! Cars look so good fellas, & yeah, does stir some memories.
Bet there were some :shock: looks - people don't expect these little cars to devour their more modern units.
Got that flag out & flyin'!
Excellent work, & glad you had fun.
Cheers, Matt. :D

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Wed May 18, 2011 12:43 pm
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The track is 968 meters long basicly it's a road up to a gokart track and 1.5 laps of the gokart track which is reasonably tight. The results ranged from 48.86 to 87.35 Glen did a 58.12 mine was a 61.71 which i was happy with. It was my 1st time and the car drove nice but a few more modifications to be done yet that i will adopt from pr91's car the other mods were based on Glenns car and a couple of mods the car had already had. A fresh engine is on the production line also. Glen's help got me my times as we studied the track on saturday arfternoon where to be what gear ect ;)


Wed May 18, 2011 10:33 pm
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Magnificant work everybody.
It is a joy to see the cars being used in the spirit they were built for.
Keep the pictures coming, I can only dream of joining you at the moment.

Cheers
Rob

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Thu May 19, 2011 9:03 am
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:D Greg tell the up and coming photographer it's great to see the whole car in the photo on that straight,many of my photo's have half a car,or no car at all,could be the speed of the car or the camara operator ;) Gerry


Sat May 21, 2011 9:57 am
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Great effort guy's, to be out and enjoy the, WHAT IS IT ? and then the performance of these little things really make people stand up and take notice. The preparation and presentation of your cars is to be commended, as I have found that this FORUM has bought the community of BELLETT (ISUZU) owners from around the world as a family unit to share and enjoy each others passion for what we have.
Regards Geoff.


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