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OZ GTR35 Veteran

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Well, this time tomorrow I will have done approx 100-200km of drift and grip at the creek and looking forward to the additional 100-300 in the arvo!

See everyone there at around 8am. Try and get in a group along the open sheds at the back of the main pit garages.

Lets go use a skyline like is meant to be used!

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What a great day.

It was great meeting new people and catching up with the regulars.

I had a great time.

Fatz, you need to sort out your priorities as the ONLY wedding that has priority over a great day of drifting is you own. You missed a excellent day, I hope your brother made it home on the steel belts ok.

If anyone got any pics of the Black Typhoon, I would love to get a copy.

Thanks

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I totally agree - what a great day!

The day was really well run, thumbs up Initial Drift!

The 45 minute sessions actually worked well, I thought they may have been to long first up but it actually gives you time to get your eye in, string a few quick(?) laps together, take it easy and let every thing cool down for a few then hit it again and look for improvement.

My fastest time was actually in the first session (1:55.55) and i couldn't improve on it all day - might have had something to do with not having brakes. We heard a scraping noise on the way to the pub for lunch and found no rear pads left. The 45 minute sessions were good here as well cos' I was able to change both front and rear pads during the 'drift' session.

Unfortunately I reckon that opportunities like today will soon become a thing of the past because of lack of support. It seems everyone asks for a Saturday track day however on the day it was the same crew that support the weekday ones that turned out.

All of us had a great time sharing a passion with like minded enthusiasts.

Once again, a great day - thanks to all that contributed.

evil_weevil Grand Master

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photos of the day anyone?

glad it was good - i wish i could have made it - the paintball welts all over mybody whish i went to this day - dam brother and his stupid bucks pary

hahaha

was fun tohugh

so post up pics if u got them of the grip n drift!

Kero Mentor

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Unfortunately I reckon that opportunities like today will soon become a thing of the past because of lack of support. It seems everyone asks for a Saturday track day however on the day it was the same crew that support the weekday ones that turned out.

Initial Drift will not be running a ec day for a while. This is the second time they have lost money big time trying to run a ec day. Where the hell was everyone?? Think there was about 25 cars and most of them were drifters. It was good doing thousands of laps with nobody in sight (although it cost a shit load in fuel) but its tough seeing the initial drift club loosing money running these awesome days.

OZ GTR35 Veteran

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Yeah it was a big day, there was no reason for not having heaps of people, it was a Sat, plenty of notice and fine weather. Must have something to do with the volume of other track day at the moment.

I had a good day, had 3 laps on slicks pushed out a 1.50 and then popped a slick on turn 2, lucky I had almost stopped.

Somethings wrong with the trkbtch, will find out more later.

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I had a good day, had 3 laps on slicks pushed out a 1.50 and then popped a slick on turn 2, lucky I had almost stopped.

And I thought the R34 was exhausted from the effort of getting past 89kw of raw Lotus power. :D

For those of us doing Grip sessions it certainly was a great day with lots of track time. This certainly was great for participants but a shame for IDA and their bank balance.

OZ GTR35 Veteran

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And I thought the R34 was exhausted from the effort of getting past 89kw of raw Lotus power. :)

Kero,

The lotus was doing 1.52-3 laps he missed the power down the straight, but loved the back part of the course.

I was only running 11psi so I hardly had big HP.

fatz Grand Master

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Kero,

The lotus was doing 1.52-3 laps he missed the power down the straight, but loved the back part of the course.

I was only running 11psi so I hardly had big HP.

i think kero is trying to say you drive like a nancy boy oz!!!!

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The lotus was doing 1.52-3 laps he missed the power down the straight, but loved the back part of the course.

I wish I was doing those times. According to my lap timer my FTD was 1.55.34 which was also a personal Best at EC. The car pretty much hits terminal velocity of 200km/h. If I'd improved the aerodynamics by putting the roof on I might have gotten an extra 5km/h or so out of it and broken into the 1.54s.

I was impressed seeing the R34 going into turn 1 at about 200km/h without using the brakes (just before the tyre shat itself). The only other car I noticed not using the brakes there was the Ralliart Colt.

OZ GTR35 Veteran

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1.55 is a good time, I thought you were going a little quicker then that.

If Im going full pace I have to use the brakes at the 100 meter mark, one quick stab, get some balance and back on the juice. If I p!ssed the STD suspension off then I might be able to get it quicker round there.

I only had 4 laps on the slicks. 2 warm up and then 2 lap's at full noise. I got a 1.55 then a 1.50.45 and was hoping to break that elusive 1.49's once I got into it, I guess I will have to wait until the SAU drive day on the 7th Oct before giving it another go!

N1GTR Grand Master

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Looked like you guys were having a blast out there

Good to catch up with Mal aswel - havnt seen him for ages

I was a bit suprised they were charging spectators to watch though

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