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We're conducting a High Performance Training and Track Driving Day at Sandown on Tuesday 12th June

We will be running the day as an 'open pit lane' day, but we will also have 4 qualified (Certificate 3 and 4) instructors with lots of experience at Sandown, (they are all old tossers like me !!).

We also provide lunches, tea / coffee / soft drinks / cakes !!, flaggies and Racesafe medical / rescue crew.

You do not need a CAMS or ASSA licence to participate in our High Performance Training and Track Driving Days

The format we run to is: 3 groups of ten drivers, twenty minutes of track time per hour.

Start time is 8.30 am for safety briefing, track is open from 9.00 am until 4.00pm

We normally charge $335.00 per driver, but we'll let you have it for $280.00

If you would like to come along please let me know via email [email protected] or call me 0413 540 197

Please dont send me a pm.

Regards

Kev

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Hi Everyone

We're conducting a High Performance Training and Track Driving Day at Sandown on Tuesday 12th June

We will be running the day as an 'open pit lane' day, but we will also have 4 qualified (Certificate 3 and 4) instructors with lots of experience at Sandown, (they are all old tossers like me !!).

We also provide lunches, tea / coffee / soft drinks / cakes !!, flaggies and Racesafe medical / rescue crew.

You do not need a CAMS or ASSA licence to participate in our High Performance Training and Track Driving Days

The format we run to is: 3 groups of ten drivers, twenty minutes of track time per hour.

Start time is 8.30 am for safety briefing, track is open from 9.00 am until 4.00pm

We normally charge $335.00 per driver, but we'll let you have it for $280.00

If you would like to come along please let me know via email [email protected] or call me 0413 540 197

Please dont send me a pm.

Regards

Kev

Kev - interested, But can you put down what we need to bring? Ie - aside from a helmet - do we need to prepare the car in anyway? Fire extinguisher etc?

Edit - crap its on a working day.....:)

Damn Kev, you better run a few more of these later in the year, when my car is back on the road. :(

PS: Just out of interest.

Is this event classed as a "Driver training day"? Only ask as Shannons covers accidents that have occured on such events :) . Could be my perfect solution, to get back on the track.

A couple more of these after August would be great! :D

Damn Kev, you better run a few more of these later in the year, when my car is back on the road. :laugh:

PS: Just out of interest.

Is this event classed as a "Driver training day"? Only ask as Shannons covers accidents that have occured on such events :wub: . Could be my perfect solution, to get back on the track.

A couple more of these after August would be great! :)

Yes Al, it is classified as a driver training day, my instructors are all fully qualified Certificate 3 and 4 driver trainers.

Im guessing guys that if they were run on weekends then none of us could afford it as Kev woudl have to pass on the additional expense of track hire?

Seriously, put in a day of leave. Tell the boss its in his own best interest, if you ever drive company vehicles. I cant see too many bosses knocking back days of leave for "training"

My problem is car, need tyres and new brake pads :) There is 2k there :laugh:

I'm in for this... only issue being my car decided to dump ALL its water on the garage floor overnight... it looks like its coming out from the sump/steering rack area *eeek*.... if its just a perished hose or fitting I'm there! you have a tentative email Kev

Im guessing guys that if they were run on weekends then none of us could afford it as Kev woudl have to pass on the additional expense of track hire?

Seriously, put in a day of leave. Tell the boss its in his own best interest, if you ever drive company vehicles. I cant see too many bosses knocking back days of leave for "training"

My problem is car, need tyres and new brake pads :) There is 2k there :P

damn....so no chance of the weekend track days for a while atleast - will see if i can get the 12th off and head down.

I'm in for this... only issue being my car decided to dump ALL its water on the garage floor overnight... it looks like its coming out from the sump/steering rack area *eeek*.... if its just a perished hose or fitting I'm there! you have a tentative email Kev

i'm there too bro...sent Kev the email. should be good.

Yeah Chris should be good to get an instructor in the car

car will be fixed in time... I freaked out after I filled it back up with water and drove it to the garage, when I jumped out and popped the hood there was steam everywhere and I'm thinking oh dear... well it turns out there was a pin prick hole in a coolant hard line that was spraying water right onto the exhaust housing of the turbo! interesting way to keep a turbo cool hehe

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