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Here is the second last run up. rear tyres had totally delaminated from abuse, I could literally pull long trips of rubber off them exposing the canvas. was very loose in the bum, and had a couple of little moments, mostly later in the stage. One at 2:40 was particularly memorable, because it could easily have been a sheer drop or a Gum, yet Tim the loon was giggling. haha Anyway, here tis; And the Prologue, a Commodore had left an epic oil down toward the end.

Thanks Harry! Nothing wrong with John's notes at all in my eyes mate (in fact they're superb), but if time and money were plentiful, then yes, writing our own notes would be awesome. That will have to wait until Tim and I secure a factory drive which would allow for a few weeks writing and checking notes. I know damn well if I was a Tassie local I'd write my own.

Gee, Timmy beat me to it!

Yes, interesting question Snowy. I was interested too to see the difference. First run we attacked as we would any other tarmac rally stage that we would see once, and we did a 4:20. So that's a little over a second a kay slower. On subsequent runs, we still drove purely on the notes, I wasn't trying to remember it, but of course you kind of do anyhow, plus you're 100% confident with the notes after a pass over them. The 4:09 run was our 3rd pass.. Other runs were consistant 11's and 12's. One thing that came out of the weekend was our writing of notes, we only had two passes over the course, wrote the notes, and they were spot on. We gave a copy to Russ and Sarah and they proved the notes were quick. They had different notes last year and mangaed a 4:12 in the time machine R35. Very happy with that

She ok, just a flesh wound Props to the guys to get it going again and continuing for the rest of the day

Thanks guys. And yes, big congrsats to Russ and Sarah, I'm very very proud of them both. It really was the perfect outcome, couldn't have asked for anything better to be honest. Well, actually, it would have been a lot better if Coop didn't spin it and bang up the GTR again.

Our 4:09 run, quite different from Russ's 4:09 run ; Huge well done to Timmy, Russ and Sarah, Coop, Wade, Gary, Peter, we had lotsa fun, and it wouldn't be the same without the fantastic NQ hospitality

For sure mate, and I'm not wishing death on ANY form of motorsport, but one only need to look at the fields for tarmac rallies........., oversubscribed entries, fields of 200+ cars, manufacturer support etc..... and this, despite the typical entry fee for tarmac events being outrageously high compared to a typical state gravel round.

Well, it wasn't really a motorkhana as such, not tight enough to require the handbrake. It was a 1.1klm loop using part of the V8 Supercar track. Would have been an excellent Prologue and sponsor ride course, but hmmm, to travel 1,200klm for one day of it? Not so sure. A perfect world would have seen friday arvo/night passenger and Prologue there, and up to Mt Stuart for Saturday/Sunday Mt Stuart is an awesome challenging piece of tarmac.

Wow, what refreshing honesty! Nice post mate Very very nice looking car too!

All care taken, no responsibility taken for the above post. I was ejeculating when this was written.

Sorry Scott, but a field of 25 is pus. You must becyoung, as giant and I both recall, 70 plus is where it's at. As it stands now, no sponsor worth a vent would place their name on z. aRC car today, because they're the opposite of what today's sportsfans expect, and that's excitement, something that the turf ARC cars just cannot bring. Us mullets need rooosting weapons!!!!

Woo on 2nd trails Newmans by 10 seconds after stupid 9 stages of dinky dye motorkhana crap today. Sunday will bring the mountain, the Skelta looms large behind!

Would be cool to to a "Big John" but it needs more go for it to be worthwhile. I'm thinking an ATTK externally gated RB30 conversion with S6 Hollinger......

The car has a Stilo amp champ. (it rhymes )

*** Unless Timmy says through the Stilo, "Clutch kick it you poofta, they love it!"

My box or his? No reason why it wouldn't last I don't think? Russ was super keen to take the tough 32, but Mark told him he was a dickhead and he had a family! lol Cameras, I don't think so, and fyi, I've never clutch kicked for the camera, only to try and get the laggy thing on boost

Bloody hell Timmy, the crack good down there today? lol It's gonna be a great time, Scrut 6:30 tomorrow night Timmy. The event is going to be a no stress good time for me (hopefully!). I'm disappointed that its not both days running up the mountain, I see the V8 track as a little bit boring for Tim and a little too small, but oh well. Benny, I'm in no way convinced we can!?!? That Evo has more grunt, less weight, more grip, shorter gearing than we do.

One more sleep til you're Queensland bound Timmy! "Townsville - Min 19, Max 26" - OH YEAH!

^^^ And this is why so many clubs are struggling, particularly old school clubs like mine (BSCC who host the APRC in Qld) who have failed to see the writing on the wall for gravel events. Their efforts would be much better spent on focussing on tarmac events where the interest and money seems to be now.

True and agree Dane, I just meant the lack of manufacturer variety isn't a deal breaker for me.

You can't mate. Seems there is a few Gremlins in the system since SAU did a server swap. Mate, I wasn't actually asking for anything, but I'll take whatever you're offering lol

That hurts...... I thought we were Mopar brothers Jeff Edit: Does "trustworthy" mean "slow"?

HAHAHA, I love you Jeff

*** I'm calling Snowy and Jeff now to see who's 35 I can use.