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Nope - but that never happens until the last week anyways.

Are you serious? That's pretty piss weak IMO given the cost of the day to entrants and the cost of that Venue to hire.

No problems. If you have done other club level motorsport events the main appeal of the Dutton is the level of competition which is so much higher than usual club events. But yet at the same time it's not taken overly serious so you still have fun. If you haven't done much in the way of other club stuff like track days and motokhana's you'll be spending your $$$ better doing a good year or so of them first.

Hopefully our 297 other club members don't feel the same way as you Kim. But forum wars are ghey (funny but ghey) Having said that as far as both Christian and the committee of SAUVIC are concerned the forums and the club are 2 seperate entities. We use the forums as a medium to promote club activites until such time as www.sauvic.com.au is up and running but the open Vic section of these forums certainly aren't the club.

Technically yes you do because there are transit stages between event locations. However if you run as a Team (driver/co-driver) you may be able to get an exemption by saying the 2nd driver will cover all transit sections (as you can do a normal track day I'm pretty sure even if you have lost your license). But you will need to take that up with the guys from Dutton.

From the Dutton Website.... WHAT TYPE OF CARS CAN ENTER? Any cars can enter the event as long as it is road registered. We have had everything from a 1950’s Austin Healey to 2007 Ferrari’s “do the Dutton!” WHAT ARE THE ENTRY FEES AND WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE? 2007 Entry prices are: $2070 driver only or $2790 driver/co-driver. Entry fee includes all gourmet meals throughout the weekend, merchandise, CAMS insurance, car numbers and signage, and a souvenir 1hr DVD of the event including TV coverage with Channel 9 as well as coverage on Ch. 9’s The Car Show. Coverage also on FOXTEL and the cable networks. For the 2007, there is also an opportunity to compete in all four events and be part of the National Series. Take $200 off for two events, $300 for three, or $400 for all four. You only need to compete in three events to be eligible to win the National Series. Those who compete in all four can drop their worst round. WHERE IS ACCOMMODATION, AND IS THIS INCLUDED? Accommodation is always in nominated Hotels and Motels, and we block book rooms at each of these locations. Executive Motor Sport Travel in Melbourne handle all of our accommodation and flights, and before each event an accommodation form will be forwarded to you and available on the website that will nominate where rooms are being held. Fill this out and fax in to us, easy as that. We don’t include Accommodation in the entry price as some people are happy with budget accomodation, and others want 5-star accommodation, all which is up to you. WHAT SORT OF EVENTS ARE IN THE DUTTON RALLY? The event is made up of about 30 Circuit Sprints, Auto-Tests, Dragways and Motorkhana’s on a variety of tarmac-only surfaces. No off-road or gravel competition is involved. We use racetracks, airports, carparks, driver training centres – basically any enclosed surface where we can conduct an event. WHERE ARE THE EVENTS HELD? The National Series is made up of four state rounds. WA, NSW, QLD and VIC. In most of the rounds events are held in regional areas and conclude in the major cities- Sydney in NSW, Melbourne in VIC and the Gold Coast in QLD. In the WA round most of the events are held in and around Metropolitan Perth. IS THERE NAVIGATION INVOLVED? There is no navigation involved in Dutton Rally events, in fact – it is always the Driver-only whilst competing. You can bring a co-driver and he/she competes in every event – against you and as a team. There is even an outright team award for the fastest driver/co-driver combined. WILL MY CAR GET DAMAGED? All of the events are conducted on tarmac surfaces, so there is little chance of your car getting damaged. Obviously at any speed accidents can occur, and it is important to remember that your normal road insurance probably won’t cover you if you crash your car during an event. It’s best to check with your insurance company first. DO I NEED A SPECIAL LICENCE? You only need a normal drivers licence, plus a CAMS level 2s licence to compete in the event. You can download a form from this website or visit the CAMS website www.cams.com.au for more information. All entrants are automatic members of our car club, The Australian Performance Car Club (VIC), which you must join in order to compete. IS THE EVENT SAFE? The event is a safe as you want it to be – it is up to you and your level of ability. There is always lots of first time entrants, some get it wrong though as they push too hard, and end up damaging the car. Best thing to do is to take it easy at first then try a bit harder as you get more confident throughout the weekend. We have a full compliment of Ambulances, FIV’s (First Intervention Vehicles) and Rescue Vehicles that come on the event. They are there for your safety if anything does go wrong. HOW DO I PRACTICE FOR THE EVENT? Do as much practice as you can at club events – Supersprints and Motorkhana’s. In 2006 there will also be nominated practice days with Murcotts which will include similar events in Dutton Rally format. If you want to find out what is happening in your state, email us and ask! [email protected] WHAT DO I WEAR DURING THE EVENT? During all stages you are required to wear neck to wrist to ankle clothing, and an approved Australian Standard (AS1698) safety helmet. Race suits, gloves and boots are not mandatory but recommended. HOW DOES THE CAR NEED TO BE PREPARED? All the car needs is to be in road worthy condition and with a minimum 2kgs of Fire Extinguisher fitted. This can either be 1 x 2kg extinguisher or 2 x 1kg extinguishers. They have to be in the cabin within easy reach of the driver. Cable ties are fine, as long as it is secure. Your car does not have to have a roll cage or harnesses, it just needs to be road registered. Your car also needs to have an approved first aid kit, and also an exhaust which does not exceed 90dB(a), due to tightening venue requirements. TYRES ARE FREE? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN THE REGS? Tyres for the event are free – this is Motorsport ‘speak’ for you can use any brand of tyres as you like. As long as the tyres are road-registerable – ie: R Type tyres or “semi-slick” tyres are also fine. You must use the same set of tyres all weekend. NEED FURTHER INFORMATION? Download a copy of the National Standing Regulations, which will go into detail on classification of cars, etc. If you still need more information, please do not hesitate to email us on [email protected]

Good stuff Ryan. I'm sure you and Juz can go head to head again as I'm sure she'll be there. I've updated the post with everyone from Vic I've heard coming from here. It might actually fill up quite fast as there is a big list from the EVO guys for Vic as well.

No you don't. However - if you want to go onto the track chances are you will need a CAMS license and before you can get a CAMS license you need to be a member of a car club... But last time we had about 50% of the travellers just as groupies / drinkers so if that's appealing then feel free to tag along. These people will have 0% say in where we go however. LOL

Alrighty then, Last year I organised a small but fun road trip to Wakefield and Eastern Creek and since it looks like I'm not going to do Dutton NSW anymore I might look into organising another road trip. The initial thought was to go back to NSW but I thought I'd see if there was any other interests. Pretty much looking at our current calander the best time to go in 2007 would be some time in May or at the end of the Vic season like we did last year - so late Oct / early November. Whilst that seems a LONG time away if something wants to be organised the more time I have the easier it will be to do so. As mentioned last time we went to Eastern Creek and Wakefield and I admit I have an urge to go there again but at the same time I'd love to drive some new tracks as well. So the options are: NSW: Eastern Creek Wakefield Oran Park SA: Mallala TAS: Symonds Plains QLD: Queensland Raceway I admit I'd love to go to QLD and attend one of the Time Attack days as they are apparently excelent and offer the opporuntiy to run on multiple layouts of QRW in the one day - not to mention that there are always a number of real fast cars that attend those days which would be fun to drive with. Also a trip to QLD I would look at trying to arrange a visit to either Mt Cotton, Darlington Park or the Holden Performance Centre in conjunction with it. But it is a damn long way to go.... So - who is keen on a road trip, and where to and when?

Yeah Justin as others have said your best bet is to do balance with pads. If you use Ferrodo's for example run DS3000's up front and 2500's at the rears and you should be right.

You didn't search real hard. Stickied at the top of the Vic page is a drag times thread... http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...121321&st=0

I can drive any supercars that anyone needs driving. Have plenty of past experience including Lambo's, Ferrari, Bentley, Aston Martin, Maserati, Porsche, BMW, NSX, etc.

No one from NSW is coming to this event so the field has been increased to 50. The list has conseuqently been updated.

BTW - we will be counting the times set on the Long Track for the Club Championship for this round. Pretty much everyone in the same classes were on the track at the same times so there is no issues here that I can see.

NSW is supposed to be the most suited to GT-R's. Plus QLD is next month and my car is far from Dutton ready. Having said that IF I'd had the coin I'd be doing all 4.

The 1st round of the Dutton Rally Series is approaching and I was wondering who from here (if anyone) is doing the different Dutton Rounds this year or even competing in the National series. I'll be doing 3 of the events which is enough to qualify for the National Championship although I'll only be doing 2 of them in the GT-R (if I can get it running again) and the third in one of those pesky EVO's. I'll start some lists to see who is going where. I presume Russ is doing at least the 3 eastern ones this year? QLD - 23-25 Feb gaint/Mark (R32 GTR that will be avoiding water barriers ) NSW - 25-27 May gaint/Mark (R32 GTR as defending NSW champions) WA - 27-29 July Snowman/Darkside (EVO 8MR) VIC - 31 Aug - 2 Sept Snowman/Darkside (R34 GTR) Scotsman/Adz (R33 GTR) Targa/Base Junky (R34 GTR) Bel180/R32Big Boy (180sx)

Shit - I haven't actually read the entry form yet but I had planned on entering the sprints. But I won't if it's $265. If it's just $190 I'll be there however. I also see it's only a 75dB day as well. Be doubley bad to pay $265 and then get kicked straight off for noise.

The events this time are the same as the ones from Feb last year. Which includes the one you see me doing in my avatar. I think the battles in this one are the best ones we did for the year as well. Pretty much this year we will be doing many of the events from 2006 except where I think they needed a tinker.

We went through this last time Hus. Fax me through an entry form THEN I'll add you to the list. You don't have to pay until I say your in the team however but I do need an entry form before I can put you on the list.

I'm with Shannons and I can tell you they do NOT cover you on the track for a normal track sprint. No one does. I believe they do cover you if you are on the track for a driver training course however - but not a normal track day.

Test driving sports cars FTW! Not having the $$$ to buy one afterwards FTL

Nope - that's a job for someone else. All I know is my car has gone from a 0-100 time of around 3.5s to 35s. And it won't go up hills. lol

Take down this number too. 0419 877 437 That's everyone's favorite tow trucks number (Jack aka JagR33 aka The Stig) He LOVES coming to Winton to pick people up. I'm a 50/50 chance of coming up at this stage too.

I think Jeff's is 300kw's at the wheels maybe which equals about 510HP@engine Alan