day job

[CaptainRob]

I reckon there is nothing better than being required to driving the shitter out of someones else's HSV Commodore?
I drive the Team Medical Doctors at Phillip Island yesterday. I have to drive FAST when the call 'Victor 3, scramble' is made and get to the scene as quickly as possible. When I get there the Chief Medical Officer Doctor/surgeon jumps out and runs for it. i pop the special locks on the boot (some heavy drugs are onboard) and grab two special bags the doctor will need. I then help him with the body parts etc. We wear triple layer fire suits and balaclavas (nice, on a hot day like yesterday) and carry extinguishers and other stuff. Sometimes we are the first car on the scene and get things moving before the fire fighters and rescue arrive. The doctors are unbelievable the way they hop straight in to the thick of it. They are volunteers too; no pay - but you do get lunch in a paper bag, in the car! I really get a kick out of it and the car is pretty good; race suspension, bigger brakes (bigger radiator - sitting all day with the a/c going). The cars are pretty much donated by Holden. The HSV is the only one road registered. The other 2 (Victor 1 and Victor 2) are actually prototypes and can never be registered - they will be crushed when they finish up (same as the Nissan GTR my daughter Amber was driving as the V8 safety car for the last 3 years)! Its good feeling at the end of the day when many people say thanks and give you a wave. Team Medical do all of the V8 races, and car and bikes as well - they have a transporter which takes the two unregistered cars and a container load of medical supplies to every part of OZ.

[Batfink]

damn.. now how can u stand THAT job... ;)

[bazman]

Ok....so who's legs did you have to snap to get that gig?!?

Nice work, CaptRob!!!!..... you keep that up, and you'll get to know the track inside out AND back to front AND EVEN upside down!!!

[pan]

When you're away at sea, can I fill in for ya?

[CaptainRob]

Team Medical are always looking for volunteers, including drivers, for the three chase cars and the big arse ambulance, at all car/bike events. But, I must warn you, there are some very long boring days!

[CaptainRob]

I have another 'day job' - (perhaps not everyone's gonna be sympathetic to this?)
I try and give a month a year and my time to drive the Sea Shepherd Ships - I have driven all of them all over the world, except the latest one Sam Simon (Sam Simon is a creator of The Simpsons, and donated it). The high speed trimaran is Bridgitte Bardot (she gave it to them) and there is the Bob barker and Steve Irwin. This picture is the Steve Irwin and Bridgitte Bardot which I drove while in the Faroes (in between Scotland and Iceland). Bigger one has a lot of electronics, fast boats, telescopic helicopter hangar, etc. Trimaran has two turbocharged Cummins, staggered side by side (one in front of the other) which allows them to fit into the narrow hull. All composite and carbon fibre - very fast, noisy and uncomfortable. I mainly drove the bigger one up there, in and out of the fjords, but delivered the trimaran back to Aberdeen in very bad weather and one engine shit itself. All four ships are now down in the Antarctic pissing off the Japanese who are killing whales in our (australian) Sanctuary for 'research'. Its just a coincidence that each Minke is worth about $800,000 in meat tho, back in Tokyo! (Catch 400 Minkes, work it out, serious money!) I know that not everyone will be on-side, but helping them out clears my guilty conscience for all of the evil things I do during the rest of the year!

[Batfink]

You really do get to do some seriously FUN sounding stuff dude....

Congrates on being a royal PITA for those "research" boats!