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well what a day.... not many skylines but still the usual influx of Honda S2000's, NSX, Clubsport VX, S15 afew Porsches and a nice Cobra !

Highlight of the day would of had to been the Porsche GT3 (proper race car) smashing into the wall at turn 1.

He was on his 2nd or 3rd lap of the session travelling down the right hand side of the main straight (as you do), got the back right tyre out onto the grass in the braking area, tapped the brakes and then next thing I know he's heading straight towards me (im standing on the pit wall). He managed to spin it a full 180 (all whilst doing ~200km/h) then *smack* straight into the very end of the main straight wall, then slid backwards thru the middle of turn 1 and came to rest on the grass just before the big sand pit. Lucky it was a left hand drive car otherwise im sure he would have been taken away in the ambulance.

I was talking to him in the pits 2mins before he went out on that session. He only picked the car up last Saturday and came out today to get familar with the car (Ex Jim Richards Porsche Cup car - still had "Richards" plastered all over it).

Bit of a bummer when he got it back in the pits (on the back of a tilt tray), the entire right side was all smashed in, musta bent the chassis for sure.

Yea Benm,,,what a day....4 Lines on the Track and one nasty prang in T1,,,. Low numbers but less traffic,so I wasn't upset.

OzGTR,,,,Loves the new snails and ran hard running default pfc settings. Interesting indeed,,,I should have used my new one.

White R34GTT,,,,looked like he loved his day,,,Ran very hard ALL day.

Sideways,,,,Ummm very quick car but Lack of Brakes in T2 (thats not a comment made by me).

Us,,,, I scared the crap out of Mel in 1st session. Highlight for us was chucking the keys at Rod Markland and sitting in the passenger seat. He drives a car so much differently to Dan & Duncan. Pity it was SO hot out there,,,the car got hot after 5 laps and spoiled picking on Rexxies.

Oh Duncan,,,love your tyre pressures buddy,,,,41 Hot is spot on. THANKS A TON. Ha Ha,,,made me look like a pro pulling in after 2 laps for adjustments.

Neil.

yes, what a day..

I never drive hard as more then my heart can handle (well, granny type of driving..LOL), so I never really run out my brake, but guess what happen, my brake front fad..and almost lost in T2...but Rod was on driver seat and he handle the situation well, and steered the car back to track...after came back to pit..we notice he just use my last bit of brake..the DBA slot and drill just had my stock pad for lunch..so I am looking for some rb pads now...

The falken RT225 done a good job, very sticky..

:werd:

it must suck crashing your new racing porker on the fastest corner in Oz...

Duncan,,,We were standing on the Straight watching him,,,He got his right rear wheel on the grass at the 100 metre marker and I'll bett that was his braking point. Car does a 180 at what,,,say 240,,,maybe a lttle more,,,car goes into a 180, slams the wall on it's right-hand side just after the Motoconcepts Flag point and ends up on the outside of T1. Very big hit indeed.

Neil.

Yea Merli,,,lucky it's a left drive hey,,,,it slammed hard,,,but being a Porsche means he got out Lightly. Car was squared up on the right side,,but still damage has to be around 40 to 60 grand. Beginning of 3rd lap so his slicks should have been just about up to temp as well.

Neil.

What time did the porsch crash? I was out of their by 11.30, would love to have seen the slap! How long did it hold up the day for?

It was a fun morning, had the track almost to our selves.

The highlight of my day was the first Group A run, spanking that race V8 supper car down the straight and loosing him after 2 laps. After we came in he parked beside me and comes for a chat.

V8 "So what tyres are you running"

Me "45,000 Km old street tyres why"

V8 "Shit that thing goes all right!"

Me "Yeah, its just my company car, I have to drive it to work now"

He was not impressed!

It was a hot day Im glad I stopped before lunch, it was hard work on the body and the cars.

I hope to see you all there next time.

What time did the porsch crash? I was out of their by 11.30, would love to have seen the slap! How long did it hold up the day for?.

I think it met it's demise about 2.30,,,ended up being 20-30 minute delay.

Neil.

The highlight of my day was the first Group A run, spanking that race V8 supper car down the straight and loosing him after 2 laps.

Are you talking about that yellow falcon ?

They were using standard road tyres and I don't even think they got out of 3rd down the main straight. I was tempted to push them out of the drivers seat so I could give it a run... what a waste :D

The red / yellow one with the race numbers on it, he had slicks or semi slicks on in the first session. I dont know what he was doing, but yes it was a waist.

Thanks



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