Nsw Supersprint Club Championships

[Neil]

Last Sunday saw the first round of the NSW supersprint championships held at Oran Park. Much to everbodies disgust the track was ill-prepared by the track admin and so we were forced to run on the short circuit. BASTARDS,,,please do ever have a go at the ARDC again EC is always clean and tidy.

SAU NSW had a great weekend coming home 5th outright especially considering we only had 3 cars entered.

Jason won SVD,,,well done mate and nice to meet you.

John got a 3rd in SVD,,,well done as well,,,sorry mate I should have introduced myself.

and i got a 2nd in my sports sedan class (beaten by 2 one-hundreths).

Now the real worrying thing about all this is NOT one of us were driving a bloody Skyline. 2 300zx's and a Capri.

You all call Z's boats but I don't see any of you GTR owners and GTS-T owners registered or even out there having a go. Would that be because 75% of GTR's are having engines rebuilt and GTS-T owners think there cars are to precious.

Come on all you slack bums get your cars out there and help us move up the ladder.

Neil.

[JAGR33]

Come to Vic Neil, you will definetly see a GTR or five....

Congrats on those who competed.....

[evil_weevil]

heheheh

Neil - Id be there however I work every sunday and the sundays I do manage to get off work will be for the motokharna series!!!!

Hopefully next year I'll be out there though in my "precious GTSt"

[PORTS]

Go the cardigan wearing, pipe smoking, tea drinking ZED drivers.

I'm hoping to make the next round, so chalk up another zed.

[Race & Rally Repairs]

Hi Neil

Didn’t know you’re from Skyline Australia

I was out there, my old man was running the maroon PRB clubman got down to

A 46.52 (car for sale if anyone interested)

Here the link to Natsoft for all the times.

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results....03/2007.ORGP.S1

Hope to see you at the next round…

Cheers Brian

[JAGR33]

Just checking those results looks like there's some very competitive cars..

Were the zeds heavily modified?? Surely the one that came first must have some serious mods....

[Beer Baron]

good work guys. sorry I couldn't be out there, but I'm not a big fan of OP short circuit anyway. it's painful driving around there and not being able to use the whole straight, and the kink, and the over the bridge is awesome too. I will try and make a few rounds this year.

ps. they've got you down as 3rd in 4C neil

[JAGR33]

good work guys. sorry I couldn't be out there, but I'm not a big fan of OP short circuit anyway. it's painful driving around there and not being able to use the whole straight, and the kink, and the over the bridge is awesome too. I will try and make a few rounds this year.

ps. they've got you down as 3rd in 4C neil

Also noticed the fastest time of the 300zx compared to the capri, the 300zx must have some SERIOUS mods...

[Beer Baron]

yeah, i think the times overall keep coming down. it means but munchers like me are going to be left well behind soon unless I pull a finger out.

[evil_weevil]

if its ZX2NV - that 300 - it does have some serious mods and mumbo!

where is Jase when you need him!?!

[benm]

What safety mods are required to race? ie could I turn up in a totally standard VE Commodore?

[Beer Baron]

you need:

an approved fire extinguisher mounted in reach of driver, on a metal bracket

a battery triangle

competition number displayed on both doors

cams L2S licence

cams affiliated club membership

approved helmet

full length non-flamable clothing and shoes

a track worthy car (no loose bodywork, no leaks etc)

that's it as far as I can remember

[88silhouette]

excellent work neil!!

[Neil]

Also noticed the fastest time of the 300zx compared to the capri, the 300zx must have some SERIOUS mods...

Yea Jack stupid me thought having 50 odd more killowatts this year would see me well into the top ten.

I forgot one very important thing,,,my 2 1/2 year old tyres. Talk about an understeering pig. All will be fixed though as I have approval from the finance minister.

Neil.

[evil_weevil]

Stupid question, and please dont shoot me down for asking...

But how do the supersprints work?

Is it a flying lap or laps?

how many other cars onthe track?

I did the bathurst supersprint down conrod - is it similar to that?

[Duncan]

not stupid at all.

I have been to 2 different formats fo sprints. Normally they are 2 cars starting together for 3 flying laps....out of the pits for a warm up lap, start when you cross the start line, finish on the 3rd lap, do a cooldown lap and back into the pits. Generally 6-8 cars on the track at one time depending on track size.

While there are cars on the track you generally will have plenty of space to yourself (very unusual for 2 cars together to be at exactly the same place at the same time). But it is not a track day, you (or they) can overtake anywhere they like including in corners.

I have also done 2 with standing starts, one at oran park and the bathurst one. But they are much less common.

[benm]

Here I was thinking it was just ~10 lap sprint races not time trial type driving.

Generally how many cars attend?

What classes are their?

Costs to compete etc?

(I cant any websites with info? which is prob why i've never attended these events)

Edited March 8, 2007 by benm

[Duncan]

nah super sprints are designed as the entry point for motorsport so they just keep it nice and simple.

most of the time there are far less cars on the track than at your average track day.

they just time individual laps, fastest lap over the day is taken for the results. Generally you would get 5-8 3 laps sessions.

And of course they are v cheap compared to a track day too.

Downside is you can't carry a passenger (not that many track days allow this any more either). Upside is they are on pretty regularly and you only need L2S license and basic saftey gear.

Next step up from supersprints are full races with 20-40 cars on a grid, tarts from lights and 8-12 laps. you need a PC or NC license and full prepped race car for these.

I have all the regs for ths state supersprint champs from Neil, will post it up tomorrow in the calendar thread for you to have a look at. But basically all skylines end up in SV (special) over 4000cc (2.5 or 2.6 x 1.7)

[benm]

Sounds like its time to pull my finger out and get my car back on the road (and track) because these sound like some good serious fun.

[evil_weevil]

Duncan,

Great replies mate, appreciate it

Time to pull my finger out and get out of these bloody sunday shifts...