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Well I'm back home and pretty tired after an early morning and long day.

I had a great time. My tyres are very worn though. :lol:

Thanks to the organisers for putting it together. Great day!

Good day, im glad i did the midnight run up to drop off the Lada ;)

Watching other ppl have fun comes close to having the fun yourself. The guy in the Forrester is a GUN. Ferni's thing has some real stomp now, Big Boy is in love with semis, Geoff made a beautiful choice in rubber for the day...and im sunburnt and after an all nighter Friday, i just got 13hrs sleep :D

...and sorry Greg, ill post up a pic in a minute, it seems i may have misled you with the posting pics thing :)

as usual was a great day, well organised considering the trying conditions... big thankyou to all those who helped put it on! also thanks on behalf of my other half Kalli who was helping with the timing on the skid pan... she had a fun time being so close to the action... we put on heaps of sunscreen but still got burnt... happens every freaken time!

hey Russell I think we may need to organise a group buy on tires lol!

I got these, but that was it.

Again, my compliments to all involved in organising and running. I had a great day and look forward to seeing if I was competetive.

BTW to all considering Semi's...get a second set of wheels for them and do your driving on normal street rubber. The drive home in the rain was terrifying as they hunted every high spot and kept planing on deeper puddles (RE55S TT compound). The noise is like being in a rock crusher as well and massive vibrations through the car from the grooves. Good on the track and pan though.

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Another great day at DECA ............. Well done to organizers. Weather sucked a$$, but it did make it more entertaining. Back track was interesting going backwards, skidpan was fun, but not having a handbrake sucked. I will have to put in a hydraulic handbrake for the next one.

P.S. Thanks to all people who let me go for spin with them :)

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Thanks for coming along guys.

Was a hoot as always, i think the officials doing instruction laps worked well for those not-so-sure about where they were going :D

Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves.

Apologies for the BBQ supply running out at one stage... ill have that sorted for next time.

And surprisingly after drinking the sheer amount i did last night, right now i feel 100% tip top ;)

Dunno if Snowy is gonna be in as good of a condition as me though... he cant handle the booze these days :lol:

:)

Just got home from Shep and I'm feeling very seedy and tired.

Thanks for a great weekend everyone.

Well done to the organisers and all the volunteers for helping out.

The weather was sooo unpredictable but at least that storm came in at the end of the day and not earlier.

Taco Bills was great, usual shinnanigans. Its all about the hats.

The award for the strongest drinking team during dinner would have to go to Snowy and James for having two 1.4 litre mageritas EACH. Thats a total of 2.8 litres of alcoholic drinks each before we even hit the nightclubs!

Outstanding Performance...

On that note I'm off to bed for an afternoon nap. My head hurts.

Post pics someone!!

The award for the strongest drinking team during dinner would have to go to Snowy and James for having two 1.4 litre mageritas EACH. Thats a total of 2.8 litres of alcoholic drinks each before we even hit the nightclubs!

Outstanding Performance...

You know the only reason they got another one dont ya? ;)

Cause i was 1/2 way through my 2nd and they couldnt be out done by a bloke thats a good 15kg's lighter than each of em :)

Geez - it's always about you isn't it ash? ;)

We both know you drink like a little girl ;)

matt

You know the only reason they got another one dont ya? :D

Cause i was 1/2 way through my 2nd and they couldnt be out done by a bloke thats a good 15kg's lighter than each of em :)

We were given 2 hats? Surly thats something... better than one hat :)

LOL - Nice call from the guy who goes home there funyboy.

Next time dont go home and we'll see. You got size on me aswell and i can still match ya

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