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Well, the Inaugural QR500 has been run. It was a great event and went off with no untoward incidents at all.

14 teams entered, 11 finished and the unofficial,unsponsored SAU entrant finished in 8th place.

The R33GTS25T ran like a train for 127 laps(the winning Monaro did 159) we didn't even use any oil (rev limit set at 6,500). Our one set of Yokohamas lasted comfortably,the Red Stuff pads just made it and the stock rotors are stuffed. One front rim got a small dent when mick51 slid onto the ripple strip in turn 4.

mick51 did his entire driving stint after dark averaging 1.32 per lap,fastest 1.31.

It was a real blast sharing the track with the likes of the Le Mans 962 Porsche, the Monaro, a couple of Group A Touring cars, bunch of Porsche GT3's along with some WRX's and a couple of very nce Alfa GTV's.

We are looking forward to next year

Pics below are the R33 finally ready to race(minus the palm tree), Our pit crew resplendant in white and one of the opposition.

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So who drove and in what order with how many laps under whos belts...

Did you reset the odometer before the race... Would be nice to see how many km's you got to a litre under racing conditions...?

I would assume 25l per 100km's would be a fair sorta effort?

Thanks guys, the whole thing was just a blast.

car mods

We took out everything that wasn't needed, but put the dash back in.

added a just jap 19 row oil cooler(crap) thats it, engine and driveline was stock.

Thanks to GTRgeoff we got the hicas lock bar on in time and removed the hicas.

Suspension was Whiteline springs with DMS fully adjustable shocks.

Wheels Mod 11's 17x8.5 front and 9.5 rear Yokohama Advan -032R 235 40 front 265 40 rear

Speco shift light and short shifter.

didn't check the Klms but we used $370 for the race using the track fuel supply, the "Premium fuel" turned out to be 102 octane unleaded.

It was a team event with up to 4 cars and 4 drivers per team. Some teams had 4 cars ,we had one with 4 drivers. I started the race and ran for 40 minutes(just enough to see the 962 expire) my friend Warren(another pensioner) ran 2nd for about 50 minutes. His son Darren then went on for about 1 hour and mick51(my son) finished it off.Micks entire drive was after dark and he did our fastest race lap 1.31. Either he or Darren did a 1.30 in qualifying

So you don't recommend the oil cooler then????

Nice work guys, shows what a reliable RB can do!!!

No, looks nice but made from very soft alum. Alum adapters screw into the remote and they are very very soft, fittings supplied on hose ends are large and too close together, very hard to tighten up. Braided hose looks nice but is an absolute pain in the car. I got the supposed R33 kit but it is just a generic with 3 very long hoses. Cost me another $90 to get them cut and new end fittings to actually make a rational fit to the R33. My apologies to Just Jap but in my opinion just a waste of money. I will be replacing it soonest with locally bought components.

In all fairness,it did the job and lasted 401.32Klm at race speed with no problem :mellow:

Pic's r up on the qr website guys, goto the left and click on "the track" then "galleries" www.queenslandraceway.com.au

Track was very grippy, it see's alot of action so plenty of rubber down. Bumps at the end of the main straights in the brakeing area's r bad and getting worse. Dosn't bother the skyline to much but the little cars and open wheelers get thrown about pretty bad. I can't imagine how the bikes or go karts go on em!

Sorry Zaffa, I missed the last bit

Entry was $1250.00. You need AASA Race Licence. We upgraded our AASAclub licence on the day doing our observed laps during qualifying. We followed the AASA Requirement list for the car and driver in upgrading ourselves and the car to pass scrutineering

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