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Wow Ryan that's too bad. Unfortunately the heavier the car the harder they are on your brakes. But I can confirm that you'll get at least 1/2 dozen track days on a set of proper racing pads, but of course it will wear rotors more than normal street use. Glad that the pads didn't glaze on you cause brake fade is a weird experience the first time it happens. Oh, and don't believe the marketing ratings on pads. There's a lot of hype about 600 or 800c rated pads that won't really hold up. Just check in here with the experienced guys and they'll steer you right. Although there aren't many that have done hard track work in a Stag - Duncan looking your way.

If I only had the space!

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My only off of the day was there too, but I had forgotten to turn on the GoPro for that session I seem to recall you "liked" that section too when you ran at the last track day Dave.

I've "Borrowed" some video off the Club GoPro rentals to put together a little compilation. Didn't have much time for a production quality but I did add a stabilisation filter to make the video a little smoother to watch.

It is a real shame that we don't have the numbers coming to the events. It makes it really hard cause those that are keen want them, but the financials cannot be ignored. I limited this year to this track day and the up-coming SAU Nationals for SAU:NSW involvement to limit our financial exposure. Even with the agressive pricing at an overall loss we still fell short on the numbers. We will be discussing this and our approach as an executive team. We'll look into alternatives and approaches.

I usually don't wander in here but this thread is pretty relevant to my interests. Pat, you asked what gear and rigs are needed. First is a decent DSLR for shooting the video with decent lens. Most of that could have been done with a kit lens but shallow depth of field requires a lens that can really open up. A cheap 50mm "pancake" will work fine there. I saw a bit of dolly & boom work done in that first video. These can be quite expensive but I'm working on some DIY versions. Another effect is using a slider. I did a little DIY version in this video but I'm refining it to make it smoother as the jerkyness is too visible. The rest is up to your creativity and lots, and I mean LOTS of editing room time. There are a lot of subtle things that you do in post production to really bring up the viewing pleasure on a video. This was just a proof of concept video I put together to test several different effects including time lapse, on car rig, slider, shallow depth of field and generally managing the settings on my panasonic GH2. I'm glad to see that people are really interested in video beyond just the action shots. I'm always trying to figure out how to capture not only the action, but the love we have for our cars and what we do with them. Capturing the passion and deep connection we have with our cars is actually really hard. The general public wouldn't understand our obsession.

Awesome! So bummed I'm going to miss it due to the date change.

Actually check the events section. We're doing "buying a car" tech night with the help of Top Secret Imports in Blacktown. April 14.

I highly recommend just to come and have a gander at their showroom. Lots of eye candy in there.

True there Duncan. Way more time to be cut with better tyres than with better brakes. This is also a reason we run 10 minute sessions. It allows "standard" equipment to last longer. The extra few laps of longer sessions will really be that much harder on the brakes.

Yup, I had EBC Reds on my first track day and the last session they glazed. If anyone wants them they can have them - after they glazed they never stopped the same again. Basically have 90% of the meat left on em, but are scrap.

Darn that Easter Bunny - He's a sneakie bastard!

Putty Road cruise is now up folks - April 22. Lots on. We're a busy club.

+1 for bleeding the brakes. Mine were going soft after two sessions. I need to do a full flush and I have the RBF660! I think Neil mentioned that most of the racer guys run something else.. Don't remember what though. I run Hawk Blue Race pads. Great pad for running all day without fade, but they will eat rotors. But then again, I think any really agressive pad will. Changing pads on Skylines is so easy I really recommend getting a set just for track and different set for the street. I run A1RM's on the street. Will probably step up to the Hawk HT-10's soon.

Should be good as always!

Here's on of my laps. If the guys that used the club's GoPro's don't mind, I can edit some footage together.

Glad to hear that your changes worked a treat Ben! Unforunately it too me too long to figure out how to work the new lap timer. After I figured it out, I had already gotten the bad batch of fuel that ended my day prematurely. GGRRRRRRRRR! But just checked the video (when I did remember to turn it on) and from the video timing I managed a mid 1:12. I'll be happy with that for now cause it's 1 second off personal best on street tyres. I'm uploading that video on Vimeo now but going to take a little while cause it still has to re-encode it.

Wow, what an epic track day. There were four sessions with 7-8 cars. So much free track space to play in! Super big thanks to Steve-O and Dave for doing the course marshalling duties and big thanks to Jez for lending a hand a scruitineering.

Just checked in to Goulburn

One thing I'll add for those out there that have only done a few track days. Get into a car as a passenger with one of the experienced guys. It takes a few laps to get over the sensation of not being in control, but you learn heaps! You learn a lot by doing but if you are a keen observer, you can learn a lot that way too.

I will open a thread for SMS subscription on events notification. I've started sending out SMS to people about events. So we have: Forums Facebook SMS email All of these are currently in use for promoting our events. The fact is taht people are just not entering. I do not think it is an awareness problem.

Duncan, after the newbs have had a go with ya, I'd like to have you give me some go fast tips too

Spotted Michael in his silver R32 GTR this morn on Commenara Pkwy got a wave & gave a wave!

Juz this is great! I'll try to get someone from the exec team to start working with you on it. But we are flat out right now getting ready for the track day and then we have Putty Rd and then AGM elections and Sutton. God we're a busy club! So will need to see who I can round up to get this going with ya.