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I think I have to thank you BB!!!!You jinxed me so good!! :thumbsup:

I got my hot lap in the Radical and I got it with Garth Walden!!! All I can say is OMFG! It was insanely quick and I have a smile on my face still now from it...That guy knows how to drive a Radical! I so want to own one now there incrediable cars

I got a Hot Lap in the light blue one :

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lol, good stuff. :P glad I somehow 'fixed' it for you. :)

garth sure is a top driver and shows just how much skill you need to drive one of those things at 10/10ths. the speed of reactions needed to keep it on the ragged edge is intense. before I went out with him, I thought, fk this, I'd rather be driving it than sitting on the wrong side. afterwards my eyes were opened. I would need a fair bit of time and instruction in one to get close to the kind of pace he gets out of one. and even then i doubt i have anywhere near enough talent... :P

Yep Garth is a fantastic driver!!

Drives the doors of anything he gets into LOL

Not sure I would go in a Radical with him again tho unless I have my own helmet and strapped in really well..Got a bit bruised from the hot lap LOL

On another note:

Did Race Control at Oran Park on weekend for the last Historic meeting and look what was racing ....The original Skaife car too!

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Sure did the owner was lovely practically pushed me into the car :)

Was pretty cool day..Some fantastic cars there!

So do you guys know who "Kevin Bartlett" is?

I was sitting next to him chatting in Race Control..When I find out at the end of the day once he had left that he was one of the great all time race car drivers in Oz....I was "LIKE WHAT THE! "

I felt bad cause I didnt know who he was but he was lovely all the same! :sick: They are going to point out the retired race car drivers to me from now on :)

Oh Thanks BB!! :rofl: I coped enough of that on Sunday!!!!!

So I googled and found this :

Kevin Bartlett (born 25 May 1940 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales), often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the CAMS Gold Star in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50 greatest race drivers. He placed #15 on the list.

So nice when you have someone like that sitting next to you and they are the nicest people!

Jess

Apart from being a well known driver Keven Barlet is remembered for rolling the Channel 9 Comaro at the top of the mountain at Bathurst one year on the very first lap.

At the time there was a bit of a joke going around about the fact that channel 9 would do just about anything to dominate the channel 7 coverage of the great race, especially all of the highlights of that year's race.

he is also in recent times (retirement) a well known driving instructor and has been for years. i've driven with him a number of times. in his driving days he's also done well in formula atlantic and touring car classes.

Thanks Charles....So that's the great crash they were talking about!

I am sure I will see him again and next time will sit down for a longer chat and get a picture with him! :)

LOL this is what happens when you come from SA...Have no clue who you are sitting next too :)

P.s Two weeks to my next round of Rallying!!! Cant wait :)

When you say you have trouble with reseting the Terratrip, does the person you are co-driving for have a remote zero?? If not get them to either buy one or make one, the plugs they go int oin the back are clearly marked and it us just a temporary contact button you hold (we made our current one out of a momo horn button) and it means you do not have to try to find the reset on the Terratrip on the run.

Have you done pacenotes on tarmac? Does your driver have pacenoting experience?? If the answer to these is no then before going out and doing your first event get in touch, I have done several Pace notes events as a driver (ARC) and my mother who was co-driving for me then has many years of noting experience on dirt, as well as at Targa.

It is a veryt different experience to route instructions, for starters you play a MUCH larger part in the car, if you are good and the driver can be confident they will be driving 80% on what you are saying, and they will go into a corner as fast as possible, which means if it tightens or gets ugly at all that will be the end of your rally.... In the ARC it was at a point where we were driving into corners faster than the car could go around it and using banks/gutters etc to push us back on. If you get pacenotes right it is twice the buzz of route instructions, for the driver at least.

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When you say you have trouble with reseting the Terratrip, does the person you are co-driving for have a remote zero?? If not get them to either buy one or make one, the plugs they go int oin the back are clearly marked and it us just a temporary contact button you hold (we made our current one out of a momo horn button) and it means you do not have to try to find the reset on the Terratrip on the run.

Have you done pacenotes on tarmac? Does your driver have pacenoting experience?? If the answer to these is no then before going out and doing your first event get in touch, I have done several Pace notes events as a driver (ARC) and my mother who was co-driving for me then has many years of noting experience on dirt, as well as at Targa.

It is a veryt different experience to route instructions, for starters you play a MUCH larger part in the car, if you are good and the driver can be confident they will be driving 80% on what you are saying, and they will go into a corner as fast as possible, which means if it tightens or gets ugly at all that will be the end of your rally.... In the ARC it was at a point where we were driving into corners faster than the car could go around it and using banks/gutters etc to push us back on. If you get pacenotes right it is twice the buzz of route instructions, for the driver at least.

Yep Ian the car does have a remote resetting button for the terratrip but it was broken so I couldnt use it for my first round. It has been on the list of things to do. So Round 2 if its working correctly should be a lot easier for me.

The rally series I am currently doing is not pace notes its ...road book. Mark does has a lot of pacenote experience and I will be learning that style with him if I do WRC with him in September *fingers crossed*

Thanks for your input..much appreciated..

Well I am counting down the days till the weekend...Flying out to Tassie Thursday afternoon for Round 2! Getting a bit nervous again as I always do but alot more confident this time cause I know what to expect!

Here some pics of my weekend just gone...A very nice drive at the CAMS state super sprint let me sit in his R35...Whhhooooooooo :)

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Well I have completed Round 2 of my Tassie Rally series - Hellyer Rally.. This round was held in Burnie and was on private logging roads and big thanks for Gunns limited to let us use there roads for this round!! Was a great roadbook with lots of turns and extremely fast straights and crests! Got sdome air on first stage and I hope there was a photographer that caught it!! :)

For my second time being a navigator I was alot more confident cause I knew what to expect and wanted to make sure I had my s**t together.. I am still learning the Codriver responsabilities but I am definatley getting there and improving everytime I go out!

The first half of the day went really well for us and was so happy by the end of Heat 1 to find out we were running in 2nd place!! This was so exciting for us as we dont run as much power as some of the other cars we are up agaisnt in our class and the rally!

With putting on new tyres for Heat 2 we decided to go all out and try and keep hold of our second place and try and give the leader a run for his money!!

Team DSA did so well in Heat 2 and I only lost my notes once in the longest stage (25km) but getting a lot better at finding myself in the book quickly now! I managed to get my "straight on" calls down pat and with the remote reset button for the terratrip sitting firmly in my lap we kept our 2nd place!!!

Mark recieved a Trophy for 2nd place Driver Outright and I received 2nd Place for CoDriver Outright! :bunny: So happy and still cant believe it!! TEAM DSA ROCKS :rolleyes:

Massive achievement for me as my 2nd ever rally and still learning to be a navigator...but with this new incentive that we are really competative....Bring on round 3 in August!!

I will post pics and video tomorrow when I get back to Sydney!

That was a great effort Jessica. It was also a freaking awesome rally best one I have done so far. I want to do it again whereas normally I need a break! Mark is a pretty demon steerer and I hate to think what sort of numbers you were pulling on those l-o-n-g straights as the Charade saw over 150 quite often.

Trophies are fun! See you at Huon (although I still think navigators have a screw loose)

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