Aussie Supersprint 2011 Eastern Creek

[Roy]

This thread was more fun when people were taking the piss

But being serious for a moment...I am with mlr

I swap and change between what I would love to do. A friend was selling his 944 Challenge car about 3 years ago and it was a top 10 State Series car with room for improvement. I was so tempted to buy it but the fear of $$$ from actual racing and rubbing and wanting to beat others means it would have stretched my talent and worse of all possibly damaged others cars costing them $$$$.

So I passed....thinking about its often cheaper to run in Group Nc and have a car that you can circuit race, tarmac rally and sprint in. Or a class like 944. It isnt always expensive. Who is going to knock you in a twin cam Mk 1 Escort or RX3 etc if you rocked up to a Supersprint.

I think the issue comes when you rock with up with ex FIA/ or National level race cars that I have an issue. Not because they are quicker or wealthier or better steerers...but being just quick enough to generally get thrown in the quickest group means I have to worry about cars that are 4-8 sec a lap quicker than me and they are not always so understanding of others in traffic.

So if put in a different group means that is an extra class to run for the day, being a Sprint round and running a group for race cars will most likely impact the amount of sessions I get (being a slower street car) Just some general thinking.

More than going quick I really try to learn race craft and traffic management. Its part of the reason I jump at the opportunity to sit and drive with a pretty top tier race driver instructor in the UK when I can. I think I have learnt so much from him but work in progress. Understand how to let the quick cars past without ruining my lap times and manage the traffic...which if I ever race will come in handy. But in the meantime it sure helps reduce the stress on busy circuits.

I have noticed many of the race guys who are quick are heavy handed at Sprint days who ignore the stewards requests "only overtake on the straights or when you have been waved through or positive they have seen you" and even though I am looking in mirrors fark me they can come from nowhere pretty quick especially when for the last 5-10 seconds you are observing a car in front looking to pass...then in an instant CLOSE CALL

[260DET]

A long time ago I came to the conclusion that some people who drive cars on a race track are simply hopeless drivers, they apparently don't understand the dynamics involved and don't appreciate what driving in company at high speeds is all about. At a rough semi-educated guess the historic racing lot contain some of the worst but most of the sprint blokes are not bad except for a minority, mostly big egos in eurocars.

In Q anyway there are heaps of genine sprinters without the wannabe racer type blowins, I would love to have shares in Lakeside

[FineLine]

A long time ago I came to the conclusion that some people who drive cars on a race track are simply hopeless drivers, they apparently don't understand the dynamics involved and don't appreciate what driving in company at high speeds is all about. At a rough semi-educated guess the historic racing lot contain some of the worst but most of the sprint blokes are not bad except for a minority, mostly big egos in eurocars.

In Q anyway there are heaps of genine sprinters without the wannabe racer type blowins, I would love to have shares in Lakeside

I would love to have shares in a panel shop at lakeside.