It was just a normal day at Phillip Island for your correspondent from The Weekend Australian Motoring Confidential. There were millions of kamikaze and obviously deaf seagulls sunning themselves on the approach to Lukey Heights, Cape Barren geese eating themselves stupid by the side of the track, a few Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Audi RSs, Porsches, the odd Camaro GT3, Viper, classic 911, Formula Three and lots of Radicals piloted by middle-aged men indulging their fantasies to be discovered as a Formula One driver.
Oh, and Smorgon boss Peter Edwards's Bentley GT3 race car was big. Now while Pete drives a normal Bentley around Melbourne, his twin turbo V8 racing version has lost 1000kg of not so ugly fat.
He won last year's Bathurst 12 Hour in his trusty Ferrari 458 Italia, taking his tally across the past five years to two wins and 16 other podiums.