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:down: only 2 sessions in DT before car decided to dump an unhealthy amount of oil on the turbo side of the engine bay. Looks like benno's going to be busy this week....
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Same here Aaron.. although I did punch out a pb 1:22.7 in the first session before I got a puncture in the rear left tyre.. then I changed over to running on crappy used advan A048's on the black TE37's, but I wasn't able to improve my time throughout the day due to lack of grip. Oh and then I blew a turbo. Game over! :down:

Awesome. You did look like you were leaving a fair amount of rubber behind when I saw you hanging it out very nicely..

Awesome. You did look like you were leaving a fair amount of rubber behind when I saw you hanging it out very nicely..

Yeah those advan tyres had no grip. :blink: I was just warming up in the first practice session with the RE55s on before I got a puncture. Oh well, another day..

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results..../2008.SAN.S18.Y

Results. Looks like it must of been a slow track. Shows you as a 1.25 Matt.

Skyline

1	38  Andrew Richmond (5)	   GTR						SK	 10   S14 1:20.2941*				   1:24.8156	  0.4521
2	42  Aaron Panozza (5)		 R34 GTR					SK	  7   S11 1:20.8795  0:00.5854		 1:51.3473	  4.3525
3	32  Andrew Aumuller (5)	   GTR						SK	 12   S11 1:21.8403  0:01.5462		 1:24.9816	  0.2617
4	27  Alex Cheung (2)		   95 GTR					 SK	 22   S13 1:24.0260  0:03.7319		 1:28.0577	  0.1832
5	40  Adam Newton (5)		   Skyline R32				SK	  2   S5  1:24.6202  0:04.3261		 1:24.6202	  0.0000
6	43  John Andrew (5)		   95 skyline GTR			 SK	 16   S11 1:25.9641  0:05.6700		 1:33.7683	  0.4877
7	39  Matt Karlsen (5)		  R34 GTT					SK	  4   S5  1:25.9716  0:05.6775		 1:27.7672	  0.4489
8	46  Chris Stacey (5)		  95 GTR					 SK	 12   S11 1:26.4007  0:06.1066		 1:29.4764	  0.2563
9	47  Matthew Shepherdson 6	 90 GTR					 SK	 12   S12 1:26.6395  0:06.3454		 1:38.1166	  0.9564
10   56  Matthew Femino (6)		90 Skyline gtr			 SK	  8   S12 1:28.1105  0:07.8164		 1:32.7583	  0.5809
11  340  Mark Pether (2)		   98 Skyline				 SK	 16   S13 1:28.4098  0:08.1157		 1:36.6839	  0.5171
12   26  Russell Cunningham (2)	90 Skyline GTST			SK	 12   S8  1:28.6351  0:08.3410		 1:34.1335	  0.4582
13  121  Tim Williamson (4)		90 GTR R32				 SK	 13   S14 1:29.4492  0:09.1551		 1:34.3883	  0.3799
14   15  Serge Alexander (2)	   93 GTR					 SK	 16   S2  1:30.6432  0:10.3491		 1:35.2978	  0.2909
15   21  Michael Eichorn (6)	   90 GTR R32				 SK	 11   S16 1:33.5830  0:13.2889		 1:38.8901	  0.4824
16   53  Peter Bazzucchini (2)	 96 GTR					 SK	 15   SS1 1:33.9610  0:13.6669		 1:39.3617	  0.3600

They haven't listed the times for the first practice session on the site, but they posted it on the boards at Sandown.

The other times are on the sh!t tyres, shows how much difference in lap times good tyres can make.

What a disapointment!!! Just one problem after the next and not one clean lap with warm tyres, solid brake pedel or power steering.

Big thanks to brisby and luke for your awesome fixing efforts so prince precious didnt get his race suit dirty lol. Really appresciate it.

It does sound like benno will have a busy few weeks.

Oh and someone buy the wrx club an oil flag cos 5th gear drift just aint as fun as it sounds. Im sure snowey can confirm.

Great to see the boys keeping the rexys honest although sorry to see people had dramas. Those times do seem a little slower but congrats to those who put in a PB.....and great work Russ for your 1:28 :(

Yeah I'd like to thank Archie for reminding me I'm still alive. There's nothing quite like going through the kink backwards at 150km/hr to point it out to ones self.

Anyways - I'm stoked.

Sure the track was mega slow.

Sure I'm disappointed that my 1.18.6 objective wasn't met.

But for the 1st time in 3 years I've gone to a track day and done all the sessions - including all the flying laps in each session (except for said backwards spin session where I needed to come off to thank god) - and I've not encountered any signs of temp issues or other mechanical problems of any description. And the happiness I'm feeling about that far outways any disappointment in lap times (plus I beat Aaron for the 1st time in years which makes up for him beating my Nurburgring time!)

Great to see the boys keeping the rexys honest although sorry to see people had dramas. Those times do seem a little slower but congrats to those who put in a PB.....and great work Russ for your 1:28 :(

Mate. I just loved it. Give me more!

Few little things. cracked windscreen that seemed to get longer every time I was on the straights, O2 sensor rubbed through the air con line so need a new pipe and regas and gotta reconnect my exhaust after it tryed to fall off. Only minor things but I got a lot out of the day. I just can't wait to get out there again.

im loving that first pic (of me :( )

i was stoked with my 1:26.6 considering it was my first track day in the GTR, my first time at sandown and i was on my every day street tyres!

the was handling like a dream!

Good to see all you blokes finally entered, at one stage I thought I was going to be there by myself.

Ditto on the health of the car, after P.I. I was a shattered man - but now.... :)

Track was diabolical down the back, I looped coming out of VB corner and saw Matt come down mega crossed up and just prayed he missed me, which he did :D

After locking up my rear sub frame the car feels as if it has too much rear bar or not enough front - very taily, but it could have been the track too.

Was looking to match Snowmans times given what are pretty equal cars (from what I know) but alas, in the last session he bent me over. It's good to have a carrot though. :(

Yes it was an awesome day.

Shepo and Russ you did awesome!

The first sprint day for me since DT last year, and although I had shite tyres and I blew the insides out of my exhaust (damn flames) I had an awesome day. Cheers Ben for the awesome engine and tuning, car held up perfect!

Bit pissed that the scrutineer canned my car just as I was about to jump into the SS with Russ, due to an apparent unsatisfactory tyre...

oh well...cant wait until the next one!

Sure the track was mega slow.

Sure I'm disappointed that my 1.18.6 objective wasn't met.

But for the 1st time in 3 years I've gone to a track day and done all the sessions - including all the flying laps in each session (except for said backwards spin session where I needed to come off to thank god) - and I've not encountered any signs of temp issues or other mechanical problems of any description. And the happiness I'm feeling about that far outways any disappointment in lap times (plus I beat Aaron for the 1st time in years which makes up for him beating my Nurburgring time!)

well said Snowy

That's all I was hoping for, a day of having fun lapping and sliding around but no... blew the turbo on lap 3 of the practice session... slowly drove it home in the left hand lane, with my hazards on and it making the most horrible sounds known to man... you would be amazed how many people would sit behind me or pull up next to me and tell me I had my hazards on, like I didn't know!

Congrats to those guys who got PBs... to do it on a track with little grip is an impressive effort... did the track get better later in the day, heat up at all?

The sun broke out at about 1:30. though it looked like it was making things worse along the back with glare.

Does this mean your going to put the 2530 on now nick?

Oh and i have to thank archie to, he almost killed at turn 3. I didnt get any photos, sorry mate, was too busy running away.

times aside i had a blast all day. the car held up great and did just about every session possible. i even joined the driver trainer group in the end just to get out for one more run which came very close to being a bad decision... there is nothing like turning up at a track day and going slower than your pb to make you try some crazy shit..

speaking of crazy, the datsuns.. i want to see your times when you have a good track! by the looks most people were off by a second or two...

Yes it was an awesome day.

Shepo and Russ you did awesome!

The first sprint day for me since DT last year, and although I had shite tyres and I blew the insides out of my exhaust (damn flames) I had an awesome day. Cheers Ben for the awesome engine and tuning, car held up perfect!

Bit pissed that the scrutineer canned my car just as I was about to jump into the SS with Russ, due to an apparent unsatisfactory tyre...

oh well...cant wait until the next one!

Thats anoying how they canned you.

thanks for lending a hand with those tools during the day, oh and that bacon sandwich was awesome!

sorry to the guys who were having problems, i noticed in the first sessions a few of the skyline were miss firing a bit.

but hopefully there is nothing too expensive to have to fix.

but i think all in all, a good day was had by all.

Hey all...

had a great day... corona held up pretty well for its first outing after a fairly hefty rebuild....

few things to concertrate on but over all really good fun...

Thanks to all the officials etc... and was good to see a track day running so smoothly...

Any one have any ideas what that show is goin to be shown on channel 31....

Will have to have a PG rating for showing my ugly mug in an interview :D:D

L8rs

MaT

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