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Howdy Sandgroupers,

I'm heading over to W.A. at the end of the month for a bit of a motorsport weekend getting a feel for the car and the tracks I'll be using for the Dutton Rally later in the year.

There is a practise day at Barbagallo on Sat June 30th and a CMG day at Collie on Sunday July 1st. Can't tell you much else as far as details but it would be great to see some real cars along at one or both of these days and to see what W.A. has to offer as far as fast Skylines go. From what I can tell the only fast cars over there are EVO's (which is what I'll be driving in) and that just isn't on so it would be super to be shown otherwise. :D

Cheers

Snowy

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WAs Fastest Radial tyred Skyline is a DR30 with a basic RB25 lapping(long track) 62.5 with lots of improvements coming followed by a 2wd GTR with low 64s but these wont be at Dutton.Sofar we have not done to well with Skylines in WA in this type of event but the EVOs have been very strong.

I fly in late Friday night and head back the Monday morning. I'll be back later in July for Dutton though.

Well if there aren't YET many fast skylines out there in W.A. but you would like to get into having some legal fun feel free to come along and have a chat. I'm more than happy to talk to anyone that is keen. You guys have some of the best fun stuff you can do over there. Whilst Collie and Barbagallo might not be in the same league as say Phillip Island or Eastern Creek they still look like a lot of fun. And other places like AHG where they hold the regular sprint series and some of the hill climbs you have are awesome and a well sorted GT-R should smoke everyone. I had a play at AHG at Christmas time and its a brilliant facility.

If you get into it you won't regret it - it's the best fun you can have out of bed. :cool:

I own an r32 GTR that is being built for track. Most of my time has been spent at ahg and on the 12th of june i get the chance to run the car at full noise before pulling it apart for new turbos and a few other upgrades. With the sessions at the end of june and in july, can any one attend? What are the car/driver requirements. Oh and hope you have a blast in WA.

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i'm keen to come out and give the gtst a run on the track,

should have my ap brakes in along with the rest of my suspension bits.

may not be fast but im sure i will have fun :)

got anymore details? or just rock up on the day?

edit: ahg is awsome, i had a track day there few months ago, got to attack the long track too

i'm keen to come out and give the gtst a run on the track,

should have my ap brakes in along with the rest of my suspension bits.

may not be fast but im sure i will have fun :)

got anymore details? or just rock up on the day?

Which event?

Wanneroo

www.wascc.com.au

Collie

www.motoringsouthwest.org.au

http://www.wascc.com.au/ - look at the events Calander and it is just listed as a tuning day. Buggered if I know what's needed for one of those - Blaise has orgnaised it. I just have to rock up and drive :)

From memory there is a little more to it than that. I will have to dig out some stuff (or try to find it atleast) when I get home. Because it is a test/tune day there will be proper race cars there & they don't want just anyone on the track without some preliminary lecturing etc.

WAs Fastest Radial tyred Skyline is a DR30 with a basic RB25 lapping(long track) 62.5 with lots of improvements coming followed by a 2wd GTR with low 64s but these wont be at Dutton.Sofar we have not done to well with Skylines in WA in this type of event but the EVOs have been very strong.

The 31 i built did ok in the Classic Challenge this year , 4th out right was ok for a car we finished 3 weeks before the event ..

I will be driving same 31 in the Dutton so im doing the july collie day to get time behind the wheel :P

Ill be down collie on the sunday to watch the dorift, also there the day before doing a private day and re-learning the track in the car ill be pegging at dutton this yr

yay me

Yeah I'm hoping to get down for the afternoon session at Collie on the Sat too. You staying down at Collie for the Sat night somewhere?

I have all your 06 Dutton W.A. vid's on my PC. Some nice driving there and it looks like you guys had a lot of fun. :thumbsup:

What are you guys entering in this year?

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