I also got this email and was not happy, i was my dream to goto bathurst and drive MY car around the circuit, with my mate whom we do lots of racing togeather, i had to face the harsh reality in early feb that my car was not going to be ready in time, i was shattered but resoved myself to the fact that i would go next year and continued preperations on my car, i went to bathurst in April with my mate to give him support as it was my idea to go in the first place, it was a trip and a half in more ways than one, we drove a coaster bus which was our base for 4 days with a race car on the trailer behind, i got 5 laps in one of the masters classes with some old guy that scared the poop out of me, i can only hope that when im his age i can still throw a car around like that, we had deciced that we were going next year before this years event so that i could get run, so full forged engine rebuild, rebuilt gearbox, larger turbo and all associated parts, bigger brakes, tein coilover suspension and so on, car made 225kw at all four wheels still needs to tuned, and now my dream has been taken away, i have no real desire to drive eastern creek not like bathurst, its a long haul from melbourne especially when phillip island is my home track only 45 mins away, we did a video diary of our trip to the mountain like Ewan and Charlie (long way down/round), when and if the chance comes up again i will be first in the que.