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Survival of the fittest, haha. Very true..........

This is why these track days are so good. Plenty of action in the morning. Everyone out there having a go.

As the day wears on, the inevitable battle scars start to take their toll.

Street tyres are starting to melt. Normal brakes are feeling the strain. Cooling systems & fuel systems start to feel

the pressure. The better your driving gets, the less the car wants to keep doing whats its told.

This is what it is all about. You just cant drive on the street like this.............

By the mid afternoon, those "still standing" will have the track almost to themselves. (Thats why my brother is bringing

Radical SR8 out!) He got stuck at the last "practice day" with a bunch of retarded organisers that made him go out

with cars doing 2 laps in the time he could do one!!! Sure enough, there was a crash on the main straight & someone

went to hospital with a tyre up their ass 'cause they didnt see a "blue flash" coming from behind............

Drive to your ability, & if a faster car is coming, get the hell out of the way..............

It is going to be a great day, I am looking forward to catching up with everybody. Some of the fastest laps dont happen

till the end of the day, so for those that really want a thrill, hang around. You might get a passenger ride if you are lucky!

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....think I'm going to steel my dad's GT-R on the day and try to 'follow', don't think the 32 GTS-t is going to be either setup or have enough power to keep-up lol.

In saying that John, isn't the general rule in most track-days is to 'stick to your line, and let them over-take you?'. Just remember a certain BMW and Porsche incident few years back at a KPM race day when that didn't happen.

Hey guys, I am really keen to get out there & have a blast around the track. The last time I went I was not happy with my brakes, they were

shaking a lot & felt out of balance. The GTR is at the workshop now having this attended too & while the wheels are off I have a new set of

slicks being fitted. These ones being replaced are my first set & I remember how awesome they were when they were new so I can't wait

to get that "new rubber" feeling again. I have owned this R33 GTR for 12 years now, but with such a long time between track days it takes

me a few sessions to get "in the groove" before I can really enjoy it. Once I get the hang of it, I just LOVE driving this GTR.

I will drive my R35 out to the track as well. It will have a few new mods done by the guys at Willall. pause for a minute silence for the white GTR...

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So, while the R33 is cooling down I am going to really try to get a good time out of the R35 (with the $@%#$ tyres that are on it)

This is going to be a bit of fun. It is so heavy compared to the R33 but will have awesome power so be interesting to see what it does.

I am pretty bad with names, but make sure you come up & say hello on the day. Other than the "raffle" winner I may decide to do a few

other passenger rides so dont be shy.... the worst I could say is.......hop in!

Also, check out this link posted by a radical owner. The Blue Radical following is my brother Daniel's which he is bringing out to this tack day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxWt0D4Q30

After this race, once my bro got into the groove he caught him & passed him!

Can I please add a shameless plug to this thread?

Our family caravan & motorhome business ( Camperagent & Winnebago Adelaide)

on Port Wakefield Road at Parafield Gardens has been putting in the hours, 7 days a

week for over 16 years. We have been looking after thousands of local & interstate customers

for a long time who need caravans, campervans, or motorhomes.

We buy, sell, trade, consign, rent & store pretty much anything you can camp, tour, or live in on the road.

We have two websites, www.camperagent.com.au & www.winnebagoadelaide.com.au

We have just started building our facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camperagent-Winnebago-Adelaide/152468064822497

I realise that caravans & motorhomes are not part of the dreams of most of you on this forum, BUT

you all have parents, grandparents, relations etc, that DO dream of this touring lifestyle so

please like us on facebook & pass on our website details to anyone you know that might want to

rent a caravan for on site use (short or long term), sell their caravan or motorhome, buy a new or used

caravan etc.

We have a huge range of stock on display & we are open 7 days.

OK. Speal over.

Dont be a stranger..........................

Can I please add a shameless plug to this thread?

Our family caravan & motorhome business ( Camperagent & Winnebago Adelaide)

on Port Wakefield Road at Parafield Gardens has been putting in the hours, 7 days a

week for over 16 years. We have been looking after thousands of local & interstate customers

for a long time who need caravans, campervans, or motorhomes.

We buy, sell, trade, consign, rent & store pretty much anything you can camp, tour, or live in on the road.

We have two websites, www.camperagent.com.au & www.winnebagoadelaide.com.au

We have just started building our facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camperagent-Winnebago-Adelaide/152468064822497

I realise that caravans & motorhomes are not part of the dreams of most of you on this forum, BUT

you all have parents, grandparents, relations etc, that DO dream of this touring lifestyle so

please like us on facebook & pass on our website details to anyone you know that might want to

rent a caravan for on site use (short or long term), sell their caravan or motorhome, buy a new or used

caravan etc.

We have a huge range of stock on display & we are open 7 days.

OK. Speal over.

Dont be a stranger..........................

hey mr John:)

im trying to talk the old boy into a motorhome. do you hire them out?

im taking the 16th off work and hope you might take me for a lap or two:) we need to catch up and have beers soon too

LOL John, we've gone from Track Days to Winnebagos !!

....so while we're on the subject, :P I sold my luxury monster last week for $65K so I may come & have another look in your yard.

I'm guessing that amount of cash will only be good for a deposit on a new bus :O

I am sure we will be able to find something suitable for you.................be good to catch up.

Hey Munro

Can you take a winnie up Mt Alma next time? I reckon that'd bring the lols. And we could bet on it and give the proceeds to charity.

Just sayin.

(Note to self - dont let munro drive said winnie. Let Blue32 drive the winnie)

-D

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Hi Guys,

I'll be heading out for a look-sie during work in the morning.

Will be good to meet a few people and see some progress on peoples cars.

Unfortunately I'm not entered, and car isn't quite ready for track conditions yet.

See you all there

Jason

MTQ Engine Systems / Sonic Performance

we run groups based on skill levels

so if you feel you don't have skills or have never driven on the race track you can go in the beginner group and feel comfortable that all the people in your group are very similar skill levels

we run groups based on skill levels

so if you feel you don't have skills or have never driven on the race track you can go in the beginner group and feel comfortable that all the people in your group are very similar skill levels

is that what group you are in steve:)

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