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Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑6 years ago Now Newcastle plans to demolish its 30 metre high 'Phallic erection' in the city centre......
Its been there for 30 years and some residents want it kept. mounting a campaign to 'Save our Schlong'

http://www.news.com.au/travel/australia ... 12e0fc3506

The Matt Stone Racing driver and his family have notably grafted together funding to supplement his racing budget through sausage sizzles, with the outcome a reward for persistence from all concerned.

“I think it’s just taking a lifetime of punches along the way,” Hazelwood responded when asked how he bounced back from his Sandown disappointment, a weekend which also including a horrifying rollover in a Sandown 500 qualifying race.

“You soon learn to build a thick skin over the years and motorsport certainly teaches that at a young age so after Sandown I was pretty fired up and to come to this weekend knowing we had a mathematical chance at winning the title.

“We put every single bit of resource into it that was possible to achieve that. That really comes down to the team at Matt Stone Racing and the amount of work that they’ve done behind the scenes.

“I suppose that’s the ultimate reward,” he added when asked about his family’s support.

“I said to them back in 2014 that we’d achieve this, and you always say you will but until you’ve actually done it, it’s hard to take in.

“Obviously it’s well-documented how incredible my family have been to get to this point, it’s certainly not the most financially well-off family but we were probably the hardest-working team family out there.

“We stuck together as a group and we haven’t looked back.

“There have been a lot of opportunities where we could have just put our hand up and taken a year off or take the easy route and miss a couple of rounds but we’ve done every round since 2014 even though we’ve effectively been up s**t creek sometimes.

“Without them I wouldn’t be here today, that’s for sure.”

from here: https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/11/30/ha ... 2-journey/

theracer120 wrote: ↑6 years ago

It's good to see Todd's hard work paying off, and it's nice to see the Stone family back in the main series.

The third Triple Eight Holden will feature title sponsorship from car accessories giant Autobarn for the next two Supercars seasons — the same length as Lowndes’ extended contract with the team.

Currently running under the TeamVortex moniker, Lowndes’ entry will be run under the Autobarn Lowndes Racing banner.

The company has been a personal sponsor of Lowndes for many years, with Autobarn an associate sponsor of both his No. 888 car as well as the team’s other cars in recent seasons.

“It’s fantastic to extend the team’s very successful partnership with Autobarn, as well as my own personal relationship with them, which began over 15 years ago,” Lowndes said.

“I am grateful of Autobarn’s support over these many years and that they’ve now chosen to take an even stronger position going forward. It has always been a relationship that I have valued highly.

“I’m pretty excited to roll out a totally new look and I’m looking forward to sharing it with fans early next year.”

Peter Tilley, executive general manager — retail of Autobarn owners Bapcor, added: “We’re delighted to be expanding our partnership with Triple Eight and Craig Lowndes. Autobarn and Triple Eight have enjoyed an excellent relationship since its inception almost five years ago and we’re extremely proud to see it go from strength to strength,” he said.

“Craig is a fantastic ambassador of both the sport and Autobarn, so for us this is a natural progression of an already highly successful combination.”

Caltex, the naming-rights sponsor of Lowndes car for the past two seasons, will remain on the No. 888 Holden until at least the end of 2019.

Lowndes new livery, set to be worn on Holden’s new ZB Commodore Supercar, will be revealed ahead of the 2018 season.