State Of Origin - Blow-by-blow

[paulr33]

1000 photos to sort out and upload

some of the were taken in the wrong mode @ wakefeield so i have to doctor them up to make them brighter

will post up when im done

[joelstrick]

Sounds like i would have been bored if i had come

glad i stayed at home

[Jamezilla]

I'm so tired.

Was a great fun week. Nice to meet everyone - Steve and Penno were great hosts

I need a shower - will then go through photos and do a final day update.

[paulr33]

So, thats NSW beating Vic 2-0 ahahahahahahah....ahahahahahahaha

L.O.S.E.R.S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they lost in all categories

number of attendee's

number of party people

number of people that actually turned up

number of cars on the track

and laps times on semi comps

so fiddlesticks to you!!!!

we won the entire week hands down

and were by far funnier

[saff_cossie]

Home and very tired. Takeaway it is tonight and an early night.

Massive massive thanks to everyone on the trip and everyone out of the group deserves a special thank you from me for sharing rooms, Snowy's tips, chats, learning about the car/track etc.

Great crowd of people and Steve from NSW is cool also. Dave, Anna, Liz and the other guy, ace people and a lot of laughs had with them.

Off for some food and bed before flying back up there tomorrow.

[paulr33]

my photos are now being uploaded

the will slowly appear but the main site is here

http://paulr33.skylinesaustralia.com/photo...uvic-vs-saunsw/

it will take a few hours for them all to appear, but enjoy!

[Jamezilla]

Daily posts on page 1 updated with a few quick photos - nothing like what Paul has, but some chuckles all the same

[acsplit]

I must say ihad a great time catching up with nsw and the vic crew for dinner and the day @ec

definatly be driving the next one and not in the work van hehe

[Roy]

Oh well, 2006 will be remembered as the year that i missed a lot of track fun:O

Hey Stig, those shocks are back up for sale

...interested to hear your thoughts on where the NSW tracks stand compared to Vc tracks?

[Al]

Congrates guys!!

Looks like you all had a great time, hope to be there for the next one.

[acsplit]

bit of a shame aaron had to stop after lunch due to a slight leak but him jack and chris were right onto it.

snowman was the flame master in nigels car (the marshalls kept asking nige if the car was ok due to its massive flames on decel. looked very tuff

[Aaron34]

What a great trip !!!. Thanks to the Stig for taking me up there and back in the truck. DVD player, fridge, panoramic views and great company. Killer road trip.

Also, big thanks to the organisers whom I suspect are Snowman, James and Bec. If I left you out, thanks to you too.

The NSW guys I met at Eastern Creek were top blokes and very helpful.

Now the track, Eastern Creek. Killer !! What a great place, awesome track, top facilities and the format was the best ever.

It's a full on challenge with just about every corner on the track being blind. At least three of them are straight after crests so without a pacenote dude in the passenger seat yelling over crest into medium left, you have to be careful.

Phillip Island takes the top spot for best track due to its hard core fast corners but Eastern Creek has to be second for its super enjoyable, challenging and still bloody fast corners which all link and are soo easy to stuff up.

Yeah!!

[Aaron34]

ps: the Stig has heaps of in car video. He needs a hand to get it off the MiniDV for conversion and hosting.. We don't have the cable for his cam.

[Snowman]

Well the first ever SAUVIC Motorsport road trip is done and dusted. And for my part it was a great success. No major drama's (sure there was a couple of minor ones but you get that) but overall a great few days away.

The #1 objective of the trip was to drive some new tracks and in both Wakefield and Eastern Creek we got 2 completely different tracks that I would have to say were extremely challenging and fun to drive. I think the Vic tracks are probably easier to find the right way around than either of these 2 tracks which IMO would take a few visits and thinking about inbetween before they were nutted out. I'm definitely keen to make another trip again in 07 - especially this time in my car.

Speaking of which I have a few people I really must thank. Firstly Nige for the lift up and back in what was possibly the worlds hottest passenger seat.

But I give a huge thanks to Nige, James, Alan, John and Scotsman for giving me the opportunity to drive their cars around the tracks. If nothing else it was a huge learning experience for me in getting into all the different cars especially at Eastern Creek where I drove all 5 - and seeing where they were good and not so good. It was a big eye opener and a whole lot of fun (except maybe the minor smoldering incedent).

Oh - and AYC and Wakefield are the best of friends.

I'd also like to thank from NSW Sunshine and John for their hospitallity to us. It was fantastic and greatly appreciated and Í'm sure we'd all like to return the favor down here one day.

Finally to all the crew that came along a big thanks for making the trip so much fun. So many funny moments to go with the great experiences at the track.

I guess all that is left to us now is to find a state we can visit where the cars drive on propper tyres rather than these talent replacing slicks.

[BBGTR]

ps: the Stig has heaps of in car video. He needs a hand to get it off the MiniDV for conversion and hosting.. We don't have the cable for his cam.

I can host it if you get desparate (I love ADSL 2+ ).

Jack, leave tape/s at ben's and I will convert it etc. when I pick my car up after some much needed clutch surgery (ps. Xtreme clutches are crap).

Cheers

Andrew

[Snowman]

(ps. Xtreme clutches are crap).

I spent a good hour saying this on our recent trip to Sydney! LOL

[JAGR33]

Awesome!!! That is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the last 3 days. The drive up and back was made much more pleasant with Aaron in the passenger seat.

EC was everything I expected, fast, technical, a real driver's track... You stuff up one corner and your gonna stuff up the next. The blind corners caught me off guard at first, but managed to get my head around them.

Even though I had a great time, I was a little disappointed with the grip levels of the car, it was understeering like it was a WRX. Main reason being that my tyres were shagged....

Big thanks to John (UAS) for the lap timers and Paul (Black R34GTR) for tips on how to takle some of the corners. The zed really does go FAST!!!

Also big thanks to James, Snowy and the crew for organising the trip and accomodation. TOP EFFORT!!!

Pity Aaron and I couldn't make it to Wakefield, then the NSW team would have copped a . ...

[BBGTR]

I was a little disappointed with the grip levels of the car, it was understeering like it was a WRX.

bbwwwhahaha 500+ horsepower will do that!!!

hahahaha

haha

ha

....what's Ben's phone number again I'm feeling somewhat inferior in the power stakes

Edited November 11, 2006 by BBGTR

[Russman]

Glad to hear you guys had such a good time!

I saw that V35 at Bathurst a month ago. Looks really cool and Gareth.... that wing is huge....

[Bunta]

they lost in all categories

number of attendee's

number of party people

number of people that actually turned up

number of cars on the track

and laps times on semi comps

so fiddlesticks to you!!!!

we won the entire week hands down

and were by far funnier

Team QLD won the wang banger drinking....a 1,2 finish i belive!

Thanks for an awesome few days guys