Superlap Timeattack Is Ago!

[Duncan]

What an awesome event

Thankyou so much JP for letting me drive the ZED. I thought we did pretty well considering the level of competition. It has been a long time since I have driven the ZED, and quickly realised it needed a miner change to make it faster for the day.

sure, a front difff. We've all been telling John that for ages!

[ido09s]

Was upsetting to see Johns GTR with the panel damage..It was a gorgeous car I hope they get it fixed up and will see Craig and John out on the track again

its only 8.45 and already John is here with the black GTR to sort out whats happening. I am sure by end of day that it will pretty much be reduced to a rolling shell ready for the transplant of all the good gear into Craigs car

[Sinful]

its only 8.45 and already John is here with the black GTR to sort out whats happening. I am sure by end of day that it will pretty much be reduced to a rolling shell ready for the transplant of all the good gear into Craigs car

That's the spirit!!!

Will it be on the cards to fix Johns shell?? It didnt look like a write off

[dazmo]

Was a great event and went super smooth for the first time. Will definatly be back again for the next one in my own car (will try and spend more time on the track rather than off track at the next event had a bit of a shocker saturday first time at OP takes a bit to get your head around the track layout ) Was a good fun day. Congratulations to all the competitors and winners. And sympathyies to all tht suffered from any drama especially the guy in the R34 that suffered that unfortunate (racing incident )

[Roy]

Craig and John are two fo the nicest bloks you are going to meet who really give that car hell ! It is the best sound GTR out there, closely followed by Mark and Russ's car. The main thing is the amount of noise comign out the tail pipe on gear changes, you hear the bassy boom resonate accross the whole race track

[Primordial]

Craig and John are two fo the nicest bloks you are going to meet who really give that car hell ! It is the best sound GTR out there, closely followed by Mark and Russ's car. The main thing is the amount of noise comign out the tail pipe on gear changes, you hear the bassy boom resonate accross the whole race track

Yeah that was amazing! I couldnt believe the volume of sound coming out of that car on gear changes, kind of reminded me of the sound of a sonic boom from a jet.

[Roy]

And, im curious. If a car hits a car at a sprint, its a sad thing to happen that nobody is happy about. So noone should be lynched, sometimes these things happen.

But, am i alone in thinking that it cant be allowed to happen?If a driver hits another car from the rear under brakes then they should be asked to park the car and not considered in the results?

Again, its not a good thing to happen for anyone, and accidents happen, but its very serious and happened at a dangerous part of the track. Personally i think that even though its a tough call and hard decision, if you hit another car under brakes at a sprint event, then they should be made to sit out the rest of the day.

Especially since the officials didnt have that many flag points and were not using blue flags, the following driver has to give the competitor ahead on the road enough space that they can avoid them should they have a moment.

Anyway, i hope that is taken as a constructive comment, as it was a good event. Only i feel rather strongly about this sort of thing happening, and as unfortunate as it is, it cant be tolerated. There was no oil down etc, it was just a matter of a competitor following another far too closely

[MaTBoY]

So... to save me trawling through 74 pages, can someone give me a round up of any members from here who ran on the day and how they went?

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[evil_weevil]

MAtt - I came 4th last Doesnt matter because I enjoyed it

heheh

[Sinful]

MAtt - I came 4th last Doesnt matter because I enjoyed it

heheh

you looked good out there Chris!!! Atleast you gave it a go.....well done

[Roy]

MAtt - I came 4th last Doesnt matter because I enjoyed it

heheh

Cant see how you came 4th last? You were miles ahead of all of us walking around wishing we were out there Where is Barons little S13 when we needed it. It would have done real well around there. LOL, just needs 3k worth of rubber and pads

[NISMO]

MAtt - I came 4th last Doesnt matter because I enjoyed it

heheh

Awesome event guys.

From a spectators point of view, loved the fact that you could go most places and walk around the back of the pits seeing whats going on.

The one thing i couldn't believe was the amount of people on pit wall. There were people with coffee on the wall, drink bottles, leaning back having a chat etc etc.

Towrads lunch time they started cracking down on it, but really imagine a water bottle being blown off the wall into the window of someone doing a flying lap? Way to dangerous and there was no need for it.

The best part of the event for me was deciding that it's time to get a track car and make sure i enter the next one

Congrats to the SAU boys as well, and Chris, I've got a few good photos of you RX7 hunting.

[Beer Baron]

well I will add my comments to this thing (not that anyone cares I know!).

Firstly, WOW. what a great event, Ian and Nathan and anyone else involved should be very proud. It's the kind of thing we have been needing for years. A really big event that brings together workshops and others in the trade, together with motorsport enthusiasts.

Stretch, mate your thing looked great and you did amazingly well amongst all those pesky AWD cars which always are goign to go well on the GP circuit. your car was a credit to you mate.

Mark and Russ both did amazingly well. Mark has only been to Oran Park once before and the total number of laps he's done could be most likely counted on your fingers and toes. So to be able to steer that car to the 12s is very impressive and it's a credit to Mark and Russ who built that car themselves. Russ's go in the 35 was just awesome too. We only managed to get the speed limit remover done the day before superlap and he was running it pretty much as it came from the factory right down to the (now worn) factory street tyres. So impressive that it runs 17s on streeties and Russ was driving it hard, though if he'd turned down the stereo and switched off the dvd player there may have been a few more seconds in it.

johnny, stop looking so sad! your car ran 6th outright mate. no small achievement that one. and next time drive your own bloody car. you know that car as well as anyone and without any disrespect to bozzo I don't really think it would be any slower with you manning the tiller on the poop deck. I will dis-own you if you don't drive in the next one.

The Vic guys, Jack, Aaron and Adz you guys did really well. Hats off to you all for making the trip up here and having a red-hot go at it. Aaron, I agree, it's absolute bullshit that middleton ran up the back of you, and had the nerve to suggest it was anyones fault other than his own. The fact that he is supposedly a professional driver makes it even worse. To my mind that 'incident' should have seen him excluded from the days results.

Well done to Jeff and Lofty. It must have been some serious fun dave to be able to wind some power into the thing after all these years running in IP the restrictors on. I knew you guys would be near the front as you boys never go into anything half arsed.

Now some feedback on the event:

Positives:

-Great format, I think the classes were good and just minimal tweaking of rules can make it even better

- lots of trophies: very important to have lots of trophies for lots of different classes etc. it gives a wide group of people a chance for some recognition

- trade involvement: you guys did well to get lots of motorsport and automotive related businesses involved. the more trade stands etc you can get the better. and any type of sponsorship is a winner. it's good for them too as they get to interact with their target market

- commentating. I think it's important to have a commentator. I think we also need a big screen (can be just a scree with laptop and projector) somewhere to show current standings to help keep people up to date.

negatives:

- need more flaggies. For a track like oran park where only small parts are visible from any one vantage point you need at least 4 flaggies. 6 would be preferable. I know they cost money, but it really does need them.

- some more pit lane control. I know you guys did try your best and did sweep through moving people on who were not meant to be on the pit wall, but it needs to be enforced more.

- competitor control: that bloke in the Queen Street RX7 must be insane. I couldn't believe it when I saw him driving the wrong way up pit lane, even as other cars were coming down the lane off the track. he should have been kicked out then and there. He then tried to deafen everyone in pit lane, then he went out and blew up his car on the straight and proceeded to drive all the way through turns 1-6, then his car stalled coming off the bridge, so what does he do? kicks it back to life and continues putting along puting out the biggest oil cloud I have ever seen. what a muppet. how he could possibly fail to notice that is beyond me. He should have been sent out there with a broom to try and clean up all the bloody oil he left everywhere. or at least fined. I didn't have to guess where he finished in the standings. lol, he got absolutely smashed by a land cruiser...middleton was another case, he should have been excluded for that. contact in a supersprint style event is un-excuseable.

I know it was a tough call with the superlap result at the end but hey, someone is always going to feel hard done by so I wouldn't worry about it.

Also, perhaps next time run it on a sunday with the saturday as free practice, and scrutineering. that will give the interstate guys a chance to practice and get scrutineering done nice and early.

[Beer Baron]

Cant see how you came 4th last? You were miles ahead of all of us walking around wishing we were out there Where is Barons little S13 when we needed it. It would have done real well around there. LOL, just needs 3k worth of rubber and pads

yeah we should have team entered it. next time brisso.

[evil_weevil]

Sorry, 5th last hehehe

Nah placings for doesnt matter, I gave it a good shot and I enjoyed the little track time I had out there!

Bobby - nice mate! look forward to seeing them!!

[Z1LLA]

I'm glad I made the trip up, the event was awesome, so many tough cars, now I've just added a heap of extra things I want/need to do to my car, also great to see the SAU Vic guys doing well!

[MaTBoY]

Chris you entered! Thats awesome man!!! What was your best lap?

I think not coming last in an event that looked so serious and competitive is a credit to yourself. Just actually entering is a good effort!

Team SAU(+evo) should enter something like this in the future!

Anyone else from here enter?

[Bec]

Im glad I got to come along and spectate. There were so many quick cars - it was insane. Congrats to all who competed.

+1 on Middleton being a complete moron.

Commiserations to those who had 'incidents' on the day. Hopefully Bright and Burgess get the car fixed in time for WA Dutton.

We passed the S2000 on the road on teh way home on Saturday night and it was crazy to think about the times it had just been doing - one crazy car - congrats to driver and owner.

Oh yeah... and a huge thanks to SAU NSW for the corporate box - was much better viewing than the pit wall

Couple of happy snaps of Team SAU Vic:

& the landcruise was gold!!!

[JAS-25T]

BTW

SAUVIC Jackets > SAUNSW Jackets

[Roy]

BTW

SAUVIC Jackets > SAUNSW Jackets

BUT, NSW > Victoria