Autosalon Circuit Battle

[r171]

boosted zed - that came from a conversation we had with the autosalon ppl themselves.. namely charles. update: they have just booked the track, so date is now set at 30 march.

Edited March 5, 2006 by r171

[PORTS]

Good news at last.

[nfi]

Thats in 3.5 weeks! I would hate to be in charge of coordinating 30 cars from all over australia to be at wakefield on a set date....I guess everyone invited will find out very soon.

[Snowman]

Especially when its the weekend of the Australian GP!

My car has already been committed to attending a damn autosalon display at the GP for the 4 days.

Man these guys are the biggest muppets ever.

[Roy]

...and John, your Wakefield day is on teh F1 GP weekend, so that means this will be the 3rd UAS Wakefield day i will be missing in a row

Was so keen on trying to get that 10, possibly 9 as well:)

[funkymonkey]

so autosmellon has 2 national events at the same time in two different states?

[Roy]

so autosmellon has 2 national events at the same time in two different states?

[600hp]

Just let you all know that the sort of cars that will be at the track for this day will be around the 1.05 mark.

i believe a ff that does 1.09 will be there also.

Cheers

[nfi]

I think that will make boring reading having all cars that are stupidly fast. I don't think they have thought this through. Many people don't have any reference point to know how fast a 'normal' car round wakefield is!

They have to get the fastest cars there for sure but to have all of them unroadworthy, unregistered >$100,000 cars I think is a mistake.

Time will tell...

[600hp]

My brothes car will be entered it's wrx it didn't cost 100,000+ it should be around the 1.05.

[Roy]

Be interesting to see how it goes...there have been plenty of cars that shoud/could do good times but have usually been several seconds off what they thought...its always hard to get the car to do everything you want it to on the day

Be good to see some road cars driven by their owners getting into the 1:05s

[scathing]

Just let you all know that the sort of cars that will be at the track for this day will be around the 1.05 mark.

i believe a ff that does 1.09 will be there also.

That's pretty impressive. A 1:05 is frontrunning Formula Ford times.

I'd love to see what kind of street car can run those times.....

[Roy]

That's pretty impressive. A 1:05 is frontrunning Formula Ford times.

I'd love to see what kind of street car can run those times.....

I doubt many will be able to get into the 1:05s myslef...not to say it cant and wont be done. But it will be a great effort to get a street car driven by a non-proefssional driver into the 1:05s

[LTSJayce]

I agree;most people can nonchalantly say "oh,yeah,I can see myself doing a 1.05 around Wakefield..."without realising just what it takes to do so. I've seen some of Australia's best steerers around this track in a myriad of different car,but I can't see very many non-pro's without well developed and balanced trackday/race cars going near that. It's like the magazine-featured cars that have a huge turbo,some expensive coilovers and a massive "GT Spec" wing,amongst other mod's,having the fulsik owner saying "yeah,mate;she'll run an easy 9 second or high 8 second pass,first time 'round FOR SURE...". Morons:prove it before you talk yourself up! Confidence is one thing,ignorance AND arrogance is most upsetting...

So;end of rant. Is the 30th of March,as infered earlier,a definite CONFIRMED date?

[Duncan]

I will eat my hat if they most cars doing 1.05s. for comparison, nations cup lap record is 1.01 on slicks. John's 450kw z does 1.06s. Russell's 350+kw gtr does 1.06s Asif there are a bunch of fully sik workshop cars sitting around waiting for an invitation from autosalon to show how hectic they are.

Big power is of no use at wakefield you need a well tuned suspension and weight package.

[Roy]

Ditto...dont doubt a few may be able to hussle into the 1:05s...but most wont be able to...as not beign criticla but i doubt most car owners will be able to punt a modified car that well....guys who have been doign srpints and events for a few years are a good chance...but the drag boys and folk that havent done a lot of track work will struggle to do thise times...Its not a criticism or a statement that they are bad drivers...its just that it seems to take apretty switched on driver to do those times....same old saying, its easier to drive a slow car quick then a quick car quicker

[Duncan]

absolutely, and even if they put a competant race driver in the (as opposed to a drag racer) it stil won't replace years of circuit car development. If the BSM motorsport production car is at 1.09 and improved prod at 1.07 there will not be a bunch of cars at 1.05

[Roy]

absolutely, and even if they put a competant race driver in the (as opposed to a drag racer) it stil won't replace years of circuit car development. If the BSM motorsport production car is at 1.09 and improved prod at 1.07 there will not be a bunch of cars at 1.05

But Mr El Hassen can do 1:05s in his WRX ? At a place like Sandown, give your car 250hp more and i dont dounbt it will beseconds quicker...but at a place liek Wakefield i just can see that being the case.

Anyway,tiem will tell, and i may be proven wrong...and i will be had im happy to be proven wrong

[PORTS]

I was under the impression that this event was for street tuned cars?

I know that JP in slot car has managed a 1.06,

but that is a works race car with years of developement behind it and an experienced steerer.

How are street cars meant to better this?

I guess I should have put in my entry " fuli sik, 600rwkw, nitro burner, dyno queen, etc, etc."

Then I may have been a chance. :

[fatz]

where is my invite

oh well fark it