Autosports "ultimate Control" Skidpan No#1, March 24th Oran Park

[Nismo_God]

Guys had an absolute ball yesterday. i have heaps of video of everyone, my friend was also filming so i cant wait to see it. good to meet some new faces. so who is going to the next one?????

congrats to Jon and the best hairpin turn and chris for the best drifting of the day around the cloverleaf.

[jeffworld2]

let everyone know when and where the vids go up. cant wait for the next one, it was great to actually drive my car like it wants to be driven. slipping and sliding is great fun. i hit some cones too and they do no damage to even my flimsy fibreglass bar, so all the day cost is petrol, the fee and a bit of rubber

so there is no excuse for not going to the next one lol see you all there.

im hoping someone has a video of my first (and THE first) run of the day as i was all messed up on the skidpan but it was so much fun

[Primordial]

Guys had an absolute ball yesterday. i have heaps of video of everyone, my friend was also filming so i cant wait to see it. good to meet some new faces. so who is going to the next one?????

congrats to Jon and the best hairpin turn and chris for the best drifting of the day around the cloverleaf.

I had a great time too.. I havent ever done any skid pan stuff - only track days where the aim is the keep it under control (ie. STRICTLY NO DRIFTING)! The skid pan was heaps of fun, although I found it too tempting to throw the car in for a drift instead of trying to get the best time possible - especially towards the end of the day. Im not sure how suited the timing system is to a wet skidpan style platform, in saying that though the idea of the day was to drive fast yet maintain control so I guess it makes sense... More self control needed next time!

I have some videos taken on video camera too. im just waiting to get a video capture card off a mate so that I can get the videos onto the PC.. YouTube might be a good place to put the videos - Hosting is free and the site is fast.

I've got videos of you Jeff doing both clover runs. Not any of the other runs you did though unfortunately. I've got a video or two of most other people as well so i'll post them up as soon as i've ripped it off the camera

[jeffworld2]

lol i sucked at the clover though.. didnt like having someone in my car or at least wished he would stop talking. i dont know i know he wants to help but that doesnt really help. the best way to learn something like that is to do it wrong, then think about what happened and try again, not have someone treat you like a robot when half the stuff he is saying is what made you suck the first time..

ie: "the water is the braking point" = facing where i started. if he wants to give me advice he should drive my car first, instead of assuming its the same as everyoine else. mine is one of the cars that spins out heading into a roundabout at 10km/h. he also kept saying floor it but that again is the same thing, too much power so it just spins them up instead and i slide.

definitely liked doing everything but had more fun on the slalom side, that was fun. fast cornering and then some tight slides to come back... awesome

[evil_weevil]

Jon,

very nice work

Yeah, true - sure it was for maximum control - quicker times etc but I couldnt help myself,

I was controlling my car in a powerslide way.... sure wasnt the style of driving for a quick time, but I had more fun hahaha

[MBS206]

I want to go sliding around again!

I had an absolute awesome time out there, and later in the week I'll be able to do the uploading of the photos that I have here that my mate took.

Have photos of everyones cars, in basically everyone single run, with only 1 blurry one!

Photos are HUGE too if people want them once they're up, let me know and I'll send large ones out.

And I'd just like to thank the whole crew that organised the day, it was an absolute great time, and I actually learnt HEAPS when I was out there.

I'll be in for the next one... Will definitely be coming up with a touch more rubber this time too...

Although grabbing the handbrake, plus first, at the same time, then ending it with dumping the clutch at full throttle to pull off a u-turn was hella fun! And knocked 1 second off my abysmally slow time... LOL

Bos was great when I went out with him, showed me where I was going wrong.

I'll be in for the next one, just one suggestion, can someone order the sun to be around 26 degrees not 36 degrees PLEASE!

[evil_weevil]

I think more like 18-20degrees hahah oh, and less sun...

[jeffworld2]

yeah im a bit pink actually

[Nismo_God]

i think we should have smaller groups, i know it will have to cost more, but smaller groups gives u more driving time. maybe they could incorporate some drifting training as well. not just about fastest one around. i ended up being boring and just trying to get the right lines. but at least i got one go of just stuffin around, spun it twice with my foot planted in second gear.....there was heaps of smoke...

[NYTSKY]

i think we should have smaller groups, i know it will have to cost more, but smaller groups gives u more driving time. maybe they could incorporate some drifting training as well. not just about fastest one around. i ended up being boring and just trying to get the right lines. but at least i got one go of just stuffin around, spun it twice with my foot planted in second gear.....there was heaps of smoke...

I too did that,went on a 3rd untimed run at the cloverleaf,was pulling off some nice drifts until i hit the water then around i went with my foot welded in second....Smoke anyone?

[NYTSKY]

Dont know if you guys knew but i organised a skid pan day at Eastern creek.There were only 10 cars there which made for heaps of track time.

[Nismo_God]

how much was it each with only 10 people?

[Risking]

Was a great day!

Dunno bout you guys but I have shreded the edges of all four tires!

Time to sell the XR6 ute and buy an EVO for a 2nd car I think!! GTR just cant cut the mustard on the tighter stuff.

[Primordial]

Heres a couple of videos to get started... Im in the process of ripping and uploading them so bear with me... it might take me a couple of weeks to finish them all...

EvilWeevil Clover Drift:

Primordial Slalom Course - Hairpin Turn (In Car)

Primordial Slalom Course - Hairpin Turn (Outside Car)

[MBS206]

Brendan I think I have a photo of you when you went around with your foot planted.

I'll upload just a couple now and people can have a looksie...

Mianly found the dori dori photos and shrunk em a touch.. LOL

[MBS206]

http://www.southcoastcarscene.com/gallery/skidpan/index.php

[evil_weevil]

best.....video....EVAH!

Nice filming Jon!!!!

[jeffworld2]

hah! there is some awesome footage there... nice clover.

and a nice photo of me sideways too, thanks guys!

[evil_weevil]

Hhehehe

[MBS206]

Jeff, the very next photo in my actual library on here has you in nearly the same spot, facing the opposite way... ROFL!