A Day At The Races - 1st Time Wakey [Photos]

[EG5[KRT]]

thats awesome time!!! car looks nice as well

[supersamEK]

thanks dudes.
ill have to back up my times at the track day in july. hopefully can be faster! got some more upgrades in the pipeline, cant wait for it.

1.18 is a great laptime. Join the Supersprints to get some official timing!

supersprints eh?? interesting? can u tell us bit more bout it? website?

[e240]

thanks dudes.
ill have to back up my times at the track day in july. hopefully can be faster! got some more upgrades in the pipeline, cant wait for it.
supersprints eh?? interesting? can u tell us bit more bout it? website?

Supersprint are competitive timed events with competitors running against the clock at different tracks (The Typical 4 - Wakefield, Eastern Creek, Oran park GP and Oran Park South)

Each run consist of about 1/2 lap warm up, 3 timed (flying) laps and 1/2 lap cool down. Typically you get about 5 runs per event, so totalling around 15 laps.

Here's an example of 1 of my runs at Eastern Creek, forgive the driving, it was only my second time at that track and my 4th track visit in 12 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvKzb-daVY

The competitors are very very competitive in these events, unlike a track day, friendly but competitive and you get to see a very interesting mix of machinary and sounds.

Yesterday's event at Wakefield park saw a lady(!!Yeah!!) winning the championship round of that event with a 1:06 in a Turbo charged MX5

I personally feel that it actually brings out the best in your driving compared to just normal track days because it forces you to think how you can get faster.

If you're interested, the next round is on the 1st of July at Oran Park. Tank, myself and a couple of others are with the Honda Car club NSW, drop me a PM and I'm happy to meet you and show you around. Although, I'm pretty new to the scene myself only having seriously started this year.

[supersamEK]

thanks mate, yeah i just found the honda car club just then!
saw u posting in there. might have a look into it, its exactly what i been looking for. i can see track days becoming a bit boring in terms of excitement.

might drop you a line one day soon about oran park. can you still compete if you've missed previous rounds and do you need to set up your car to pass some sort of scrutineering (tow hooks, numbers)?

[e240]

can you still compete if you've missed previous rounds and do you need to set up your car to pass some sort of scrutineering (tow hooks, numbers)?

You only need to worry about previous rounds if you're registered in the championship. No, you can join any one, at any time as long as you're a member of a car club and hold an L2S cams license.

As for scrutineering, there are different classes of cars, for a road registered car, you only need to ensure that your car isn't leaking fluids, everything in the engine bay is secured (especially the battery), your car is in good mechanical order, nothing loose in the cockpit, a fire extinguisher and a blue battery sticker. Simple.

[supersamEK]

Here's an example of 1 of my runs at Eastern Creek, forgive the driving, it was only my second time at that track and my 4th track visit in 12 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvKzb-daVY

what kinda car/setup u drivin... ur car seemed to understeer pretty bad at times in that vid or were u just pushin it real hard. just curious.. cool vid though

[e240]

what kinda car/setup u drivin... ur car seemed to understeer pretty bad at times in that vid or were u just pushin it real hard. just curious.. cool vid though

EG5 B16A

I put the understeer and all the bad shit down to bad driving. At that time, it was only my second time at Eastern Creek with the 1st about 5 months ago, with a total of less than 20 laps under my belt. That day, I couldn't get my lines and driving right...

[supersamEK]

fair enough. i know wat its like.
but thats wat its all about hey!

[Tones]

Come join us at the supersprints. You don't necessarily need a "competitive" car as there are so many classes (based on engine size), type (based on modifications) and groups (based on previous *official* lap times) that you're bound to find someone to compare your laptimes with. There's usually 70-80 competitors! The events are run so smoothly that you'll get a run every hour (which is much more than trackdays).

[supersamEK]

thanks man, yeah im planin on it. paid my membership for the NSW honda club this arvo. will prob see u's at the next event hopefully!

[supersamEK]

i went back to wakefield yesterday for another. was raining unfortunatly when we get there, so track was soaked and hell scary lol. dried up though later on.
i kept getting consistent 1:18's again, even after fitting rear swaybar. dammit cant seem to get faster than 1:18..boo!!
i want to be quicker!

[fatboyz39]

i went back to wakefield yesterday for another. was raining unfortunatly when we get there, so track was soaked and hell scary lol. dried up though later on.
i kept getting consistent 1:18's again, even after fitting rear swaybar. dammit cant seem to get faster than 1:18..boo!!
i want to be quicker!

Need more power.