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Wakefield Park Track Day 16/9/03- all welcome (organised by OZ GTI-R Owners Club)


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Im about a 80% chance of starting, will have to see how tyres and brakes stand up at Eastern Creek at the Motoconcepts day earlier in the month.

Will be good fun punting around with a bunch of GTI-Rs. My best is 1:13.4 so looks like i might be handing out drinks as the Pulsars overtake me.

Oh and wrxkilla, does your car have white Enkei wheels, i suspect you may now be driving a friends old car.

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Hi Roy,

Certainly, Do you Know Kris?

Pics are at www.pbase.com/wrxkilla

And Franks, the Pulsar weighs 1240kg.

Yeah I'm a Skyline lover too, hope some of you fellas can get down there. i saw some of you at the Bel trackday on Anzac day...

That is a nice car michael. saw it for the first time the other night when we were out 'cruisin' the highway. GTR's are my first love but If I had the chance I would take an Evo. paticularly the EVO IV. its my fav :)

are you the guy with the crazy sounding M spec that had a race with Avenge white R33 GTR?????

But yeah thanks.

Hope to see more of you guys at the Track.

I'll check with the organiser for when he wants the cut-off date for.

But spots are filling. I think we have filled 25 spots of of a self imposed 35 limit.

:)

Thought you had all the good gear with ur brakes Roy ?

The brakes are good lap after lap and really only improve consistancy over the day, not outright lap times.

Hey im happy with those lap times... stock boost with cat back exhaust. Nothing really special in the tyres either

Plus the tool behind the wheel makes all the difference and 1:13s is all i can muster.

Im hopoing in the near future to be giving 1:10s a scare:D

oh and Kris wasnt the guy im thinking off, perhaps i know the owner before Kris???? Would it be you i see driving down the cumberland highway from time to time?

nah Kris bough it in this Febuary from Japan.

But I understand tehre is another Silver 4 getting around sydney with the same enkei's :)

Yeah I've owned it for bout 3 months. Have been knows to cruise out there on a Sat night or whatever. :)

I'm also in Dire need of brakes, getting some new pads & rotors before the track...

Hey Guys,

IMFLYN - PM sent

FRANKS - 1220 (I think that's Dakar spec though) as quoted by Nissan but with air-con and stuff call it 1280

Roy - I think you'll find 1:13 will be more than a match for most of out crew (many first timers), possibly me included :)

Craved - We have about 10 places left

Duncan (can't wait to whip some of those little gtirs ) - we'll see... :)

MR R32 MSPEC - end of the comming week, but the sooner you pay the better as when 35 people have paid, that's it ;)

Good to see some more interest, if you need any more info let me know. It will be a great day and a chance (according to Duncan anyway) to show some crappy little pulsars a thing or two...

Richard

Hey MR R32,

I have tried to send you an email but it got bounced back to me :)

You can send me one if you like at [email protected]

Richard

Guys,

I have just received some news on the track day. Unfortunately the guy at Wakefield failed to mention that we need a $800 track permit, on top of the $1750 hire and we want an ambulance which is $440. This makes the cost of the day now $85.50 per car ($2990/35 cars). There is no profit margin in this day, it is purely being organised for our members (and you guys) benefit. I hope that you guys will still want to come as it's still a LOT cheaper than the $200 odd which seems to be the norm to attend a private day.

Richard

Still sounds alright, which I think everybody will be dissapointed about the price. but I am still in. didn't waste any money going to the creek wednesday night so I will come down. My GF said she is coming to watch me (hassle me about being safe ;) )

well thats pretty much what I paid last time plus $30 for the license. Is it only 35 cars for the whole day richard? what time would we be leaving sydney to down there, we left really early last time something like5:30am to get there with time to get ready to get on the track

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Is it only 35 cars for the whole day richard? what time would we be leaving sydney to down there, we left really early last time something like5:30am to get there with time to get ready to get on the track

Yep, that's 35 cars on the track. full stop. Some people are considering (me included) going down after work monday, staying the night (maybe the loaded dog?) to ensure that we are the early and not buggered from a three hour drive.

Also there is some debate at the moment about whether or not to drop the ambo, as this would reduce the cost by $13. Personally I would rather pay the extra peanuts to know that if my tyre explodes whilst going down the straight, and I hit the wall, there will be ambos working on me within seconds, not 5-20 minutes later. As I said to the GTI-R guys, despite people being carefull the whole point of a trackday is to explore the limits of your car (and ability) and you may exceed them (either one) in which case you will want the best care $13 can buy ;)

Richard

I would have to make the trip to meet you guys down there. My GF would not be allowed to stay overnight and I don't finish till 5pm on monday, get home at 6pm.

I will probably head down in the morning unless my gf's mum has a miraculous turnaround and lets her stay in the same room overnight somewhere with me, but it will never happen! ;)

so if anyone plans to drive down on the morning. post up so we can meet and go together

Yeah thats cool, closer to the time we can arrange a group to drive down in the morning...

My G/F is coming too.

;)

its still good Value

Originally posted by Mr R32 M-Spec

so if anyone plans to drive down on the morning. post up so we can meet and go together

A friend of mine will be going down in the morning. I'll tee things up with you guys when we get closer to the date.

Get your girl to tell her parents she is staying at a friends place (or similar flimsy lie) then go anyway, you may find the night at the Loaded Dog more fun than the track day though ;)

Richard

I couldn't ask her to lie. the drive down in the morning would be ok anyways. just have a few CB radios, thats what we did last time, just chatted on the way down. car was warmed up properly when I got there




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