![]() ![]() Make that cars plural, road testing two a week. Then, on gaining a fulltime motoring writing role in 2007, I finally got to drive a car around Lakeside. At one mid-80s’ Australian Motorcycle Road Racing Championship round, no fewer than 12 riders were shuttled off to hospital. Which brought a new and heightened respect for the track. On leaving the military in 1986 and moving back to Queensland, I rejoiced at covering race meetings at Lakeside (and Surfers Paradise) for RCN and REVS Motorcycle News. Not full-on racing, but what we now call a track day.Ī new career in the Air Force led me overseas and interstate from the late-70s to the mid-80s, but by then I was also writing freelance for some of those very same magazines I worshipped in my miss-spent youth. That’s two wheels, as in motorcycles, and by mid-decade I was cutting laps of Lakeside on a frantic Kawasaki Mach IV 750. With that came money (a little) which meant wheels, freedom and girls – in order. The black-and-white 60s brightened into full-colour 70s and it was so-long school, hello job. This was also the coming of age of touring cars, and my vivid imagination had me riding shotgun alongside Ian Geoghegan, Norm Beechey, John French and co. In RCN, Lakeside featured prominently by way of scribe Des White’s descriptive and witty race reports, of which I would hang off every word: the annual Tasman Cup round headlined by multi-world champions Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill and best of the locals, Frank Matich, Spencer Martin, Kevin Bartlett among them. In those days, of course, there was little if anything by way of televised motorsport and, living 160km from Lakeside, I relied on monthly magazines such as Racing Car News, Autosportsman and Australian Motor Sport to keep me – what we would now call – ‘infotained’. Thus, was set in motion a lifetime of desire and determination to drive/ride a racing circuit. It was during a lull in Saturday practice at a race meeting about 1963-64, and we snuck in a rogue lap or two.īook-ended between the shoulders by my future brother-in-law and his mate behind the wheel, I experienced for the first time the addictive rush that is speed and the sensation of body roll, as the Falcon hiked the inside front on every corner while the other three wheels howled their narrow cross-plies in protest.ĭad had never, ever driven like this in the old Prefect or Austin. My first lap around that 2.4km of awesome asphalt on a former dairy farm at Kallangur, north of Brisbane, was in the front bench seat of a Ford Falcon XK, sans seat belts. PLEASE watch for the proof to arrive and respond promptly.Lakeside Park (nee Raceway) and I go way back back to when I was a small boy in short trousers. If your proof is not approved within 7 days, we will proceed with the order at our discretion regarding colors, layout, etc - or it may be canceled by us if it is missing information. IMPORTANT: A proof will be sent to you within 72 hours, and your item will ship within 2-3 days of proof approval. Please leave the name or initials (for initials, please list them in the proper order as you would like them to appear in the monogram) in the notes section to me on the checkout page. ![]() Embroidery on blanket will be diagonal across one corner, canopies will be embroidered centered between the handle area and the Carseat Canopy™ logo on one side. The applique fabric and stitching will be in coordinating colors for each pattern. Includes custom embroidery on EITHER the baby lap blanket or the canopy itself with baby's name or Monogram - Embroidery is done on an applique shape of your choice - this ensures it shows up on the pattern of your canopy. Carseat Canopy™ Kennedy Whole Caboodle 5 piece Infant Car Seat Kit - includes the following:Ĭar Seat Canopy with Minky Interior and 100% Cotton Outer
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