First Race Meet On The New Eastern Creek This Weekend

[Duncan]

Well the NSW State Champs are on at Eastern Creek this weekend - but the twist is that it is the first race meet on the new, "north" circuit.

$9M of taxpayer funding later, the ARDC can now hire out the track in 2 halves. This weekend's state champs are on the short track but the same price as when the full track used to be used.

The quickest cars are doing the lap in about 1min which is around 2/3 the length of the old track, it has also removed turns 4,5,6,7,8 and changed 9 to a kink.

Results are here: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/10/2011.ECNT

from me.....did anyne race there today, and what did they think?

[benm]

A video I took today...

[benm]

Gaytube, dunno how to embed videos.

I don't agree with the entry cost being the same for half the track although standing at the new turn 4 for 4hrs today it is quite an exciting little section that turns the whole north circuit layout into more of a horsepower track than EC already was. Very bumpy on the entry to turn 4, take too much curb and it will bounce the car around and make it difficult to get the right line into turn 5 which then effects top end speed at (the new) turn 6 kink.

[zebra]

hit share, option, long link

copy pasta

[benm]

bahh it didnt like HD being ticked.

[benm]

[r32-25t]

f**k the ardc! every where they go gets closed and now they ruined eastern creek

[Marlin]

That's f**ked

[zebra]

anyone found onboard video of a lap?

[benm]

The track hasn't been ruined, its just gives another layout option (just like Oran Park had).

[fatz]

yea for the same price as the full circuit

ARDC can eat a fat dick

[Duncan]

anyone found onboard video of a lap?

I was hoping there would be some by now, or feedback from someone who has run the new track

.....it is quite an exciting little section that turns the whole north circuit layout into more of a horsepower track than EC already was. Very bumpy on the entry to turn 4, take too much curb and it will bounce the car around and make it difficult to get the right line into turn 5 which then effects top end speed at (the new) turn 6 kink.

That's exactly how I see it without having tried it yet. It increases the worst thing about the track (dragstrip/power track) while removing some of the challenging corners. In a soft car like mine I guess the new turn 4/5/6 complex will be easy to cut, we approach turn 4 in high 3rd or low 4th gear so we aren't as fast or as stiffly sprung as the radicals in the video. I bet the IPRA guys were cutting like crazy.

The track hasn't been ruined, its just gives another layout option (just like Oran Park had).

Well, to me, Oran Park South was one of the few track that was not really worth running on. I turned down plenty of chance to run there, the OP GP circuit was a totally different matter, its the best track I've run on.

And it at least had the challenges of suttons and the flip flop, EC North has nothing like that (turn 1 is ho-hum once you work out how fast to take it, 2 is just slow, 10/11/12 is the only fun remaining)

[Marlin]

With lap times around a minute, I wouldn't be suprised to see WTAC run the shortened circuit. The 1 minute laps of Tsukuba seem to suit the event format well.

Just throwing it out there!

[zebra]

hooray for making superlap even more of a 1 lap grenade car event

[benm]

but thats all it has ever been, so and addition to the track layout doesn't change that.

[zebra]

ye, but shorter lap means more boost and slighty less having to look after super soft tyres in the 1st half lap

Well its what I would do anyway lol

[evil_weevil]

great - so more suited towards more higher HP cars - f**k that Im not racing on it - unless someone gives me turbo kit!

[Marlin]

Chuck an LS1 at it Chris...... LS1 fixes everything!

[hrd-hr30]

could be worse - look at QR... their most common short track leaves just 3 proper corners. Mind you, they only have 6 to start with. The short track sections are nonsence flip-floppy things through spoon drains.

[zebra]

great - so more suited towards more higher HP cars - f**k that Im not racing on it - unless someone gives me turbo kit!

Chuck an LS1 at it Chris...... LS1 fixes everything!