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Well..... you want the good news or teh bad news........

Bad news:

Phillip Island forecast:

Saturday: Afternoon Clouds. Cool. 13C - 16C

Good news:

Foreceast says no rain :)

Make sure you guys bring some warm clothes, it could be a little chilly.

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need to be there by like 8.30am

am pretty sure its a 1.5 hr drive - so i plan on leaving home about 7ish

*fingers crossed* it gets me there in time :D

there is also a group of officials leaving the Village Green at 7am

Damn, that was seriously cold and wet!

Didn't get to take many pics due to being reasonably busy with flagging. Here's the pics I did take. Apologies to the drivers that my camera auto flashed :):banana:

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this was a test to see how long the cam took to take a pic... at least there isn't a blurry car in it

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Note to self: Get a new camera... that's not crap

Good day though, especially the free lunch :) Noting too exciting near my corner which is a good thing for the cars, just a couple of geese that got too close to the track :O

Aaron did a 1:44.8.. :worship:

That is all....

Aaron is BACK!!! Yeahhhh damn that's impressive.

I wanted to be there, but had last minute f*ck up with my car.... I'm going to get down there for the PIARC weekend

Was a great day, Just glad my car kept on keeping on without too many hiccups... It was dissapointing some of the other datsuns didn't get through scrutineering considering they had both raced before with the same setup, but what can you do..

I don't suppose anyone has any pics of the datsuns?

I think i saw someone with a camera on turn 2 in the wet, and i'd love to see the photos :worship:

Yeah i had a good day as well, only got in the practice and one session before the rain though. While i'm on that... what the hell happened with the day? gates opened around eight and drivers briefing still going at 10:30? plenty more session could have come before the rain if things were running on time!

That aside i benefitted from some bigger wheels/ tyres and some new front suspension and brakes. it was great to be able to pull up with ease, one extra vote for the QFM A1RM pads :worship:

How would i go about joining the PIARC day in about a month?

It was a good weekend. as good as it can be when you arent driving. not a very big skyline crowd down there for some reason.

As for the track day itself, unless there is some unknow hiccups behind the scene, it was average... Cars were not on track until 11ish!!! the porsche club were there today and they were on track at about 9am....

I don't suppose anyone has any pics of the datsuns?

I think i saw someone with a camera on turn 2 in the wet, and i'd love to see the photos :worship:

couple at the end on the wrx thread

http://www.wrx.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=48550




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