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Hey guys,

Just got back from Winton this weekend it was my first of many to come track events and it was awesome!, who went up? saw a couple of peeps from SAU and took my car on the track it was loads of fun!

RIP Dions license :)

Post any pictures and videos ya got from the weekend! :)

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Ill post up a small vid soon

Cheers, Leigh

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I was there and it was interesting, but I couldn't get much grip on the track, I was running street tyres and too higher pressure in them.

Anything much beyond 80 in a corner and I'd understeer, although that was my first time at Winton, great track.

It was a lot further from Melbourne than I thought and I was frustrated that no one would follow the don't pass on corners rule.

It was a little dangerous with people trying to go down the inside during a corner so you both hit the brakes hard so we don't understreer into each other, so we both took the corner extra slow.

The two WRX's I saw were very professional :D

Definitely looking at buying some semi-slicks before next track day (I hope).

I ran street tyres all weekend and found that upping the pressure by a couple of pounds on Sunday reduced my understeer dramatically. Fun day was even more insane than usual, a lot of cars on the track and mostly without a clue, makes it tough when you're flying past everybody in a GT-R and some fool decides to drive down the middle of the track! Sunday was a much better day for serious drivers and very, very well run.

Good to see Winton are still willing to risk the lives and cars of their entrants, by mixing the field with a complete range of driver capabilities/experience and car performance, all on the track at the same time :D

That vid justifies why i will not go to Winton on another one of these "fun days". Even though the vid playback speed has been doubled :), it shows the risks some are willing to take, even on a "fun day". some_cs_student has experienced the risk of the day; i bet some people/cars would cut inside you just to "think" they out-handled a GTR/Skyline round that corner.

Was pretty shocking to see so many cars on the track at one go. If a car in front spins out, there won't be much space for the car behind to react.

In the photo in between the yellow R34 and white 33 is this car which i don't think should belong in the same group. :D

C'mon Al. At least Winton are giving people track time. They should limit the numbers out each session though I reckon.

Heaps better in the afternoon. I only saw 1 stack all day sat and that was from a guy looping and backing into a wall.

Was great to meet so many new people over the weekend. You're all legends!

I'm really happy with a 1min 39 today. With the track as cold as it was I reckon better conditions will bring better times. I love the track.

I've got heaps of vids and photo's and I'll put them up over this week.

that video was more of a busy session, and no it wasn't doubled in speed or anything :s? At the end of the day like last few sessions there was only like 5 people on the track i had so much more space to move and gave it a much better run.

I just let a lot of the doosh's in the older cars go past because of their driving styles..

Oh and Russel please do post up some pics and vids!

I love Winton too, just think these "fun days" could be run safer by loosely "grouping" the cars/drivers. Look at the awful mix of cars in the first pic; you have a 25kw red box and a stripped out racing EB falcon, and everything in between, on the track at the same time!!

lol that red box car was awesome! im pretty sure i saw it pop a wheel in the air at some point.

I was pretty happy with my pretty much standard n/a 33, main problem was getting overtaken on the straights by the turbo/v8 cars.

That lotus went so well around the corners!

Yeah that was probably me that you seen looping and going backwards into the wall, it was right in front of the crowd. Luckily I was able to keep it off the wall. Just come into the corner too close and jumped a bit of the inside and my street tyres didn't want to hold on. Apologies to anyone behind me. I've been to three or four fundays at winton without incident and I am normally the one swearing at the guy running off the track in front of me. So sorry about that.

To the fella with the silver R33 GTR, man that is a nice looking car. I was able to keep up with you on the straight but not a chance in hell through the corners. It did look very impressive. Also the guy with the purple R32 GTR, wow did that thing handle or what. Beautiful car.

All in all for $30 I think it's a pretty good day. (just steer clear of drivers like me :D )

BTW I had the white R33 gtst with gold wheels.

Yeah Brendan that was a close call. Must have only been about 1 metre away from the wall. That was first session so the track was pretty cold.

Thanks Ryan. It was only just a 39 though. 1min39.8sec. I absolutely love the track. Can't wait to get back again hopefully with a warmer track temp.

I'm hoping to make it up to the 6 hour relay to watch. If you and the guys need a hand with pit crew etc let me know.

Most people that go to the fun days ecpect that it is going to be busy in the morning. There always seems to be a few tossers that want to stuff it up the insdie of 3 or 4 cars sitting behind a slower veichle. Just have to be patient. If they limited the amound of cars on the track everyone would have a cry. I got a couple of clear laps behind a liberty rsturbo that was doing 43's on the sunday so guessin my times would be around that. Tryed to slot in behind you russ, to see if i could keep up but traffic f*ked that idea up! 6 hour is a really good event! we should think about putting a team together......:thumbsup:

It would be good to have a all gts-t team for the 6 hour next year. :thumbsup: I think its 6 car teams?

Brendan I was right in front of you for that lose was a scary sight watching you sliding towards the wall.

the more the merrier at pi. it will be an interesting event. winton also do a 6hr so depending on how pi goes we may give that one a try.

Oh I thought the one you were doing was the one at winton. When is the one at PI?

hey, i also went upto winton on the weekend, and absolutly love it, i get a little annoyed with people diving up the inside on corners but i guess you gota be a little patiant with some people. all up i had a ball of a time, would love to get some footage if anyone has any of the day.. or even pics. i was in the white R32 GTR

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