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  v_s_p_e_c said:
I was going for the 'most original way around the skid pan' award but got upstaged by a reversing a31 :)

AHAHAH i really was having a shocker out there on the semis... but i was having fun most importantly... and yes the improvised reversing through the last few gates was a spur of the moment thing for a laugh!!! :laughing-smiley-014:

Great day and cant wait for the next one!

P.s. Waiting to see these times.... :sorcerer:

Big thanks to Adam, Corinne, Steve, Nick, Duncan, Kel, Nigel, Neil, Steve (doof), Shell, Georgie, Sh@un Ando and Chris and all the other volunteers who I have forgotton!

Thanks for all the help on the day, without you guys it would havent run as well!

Theres alot of room for improvement with running the day and this was a trial and error run, so we were pretty impressed, cant wait to use the big pan in the dry - the wet skidpan sucked on semi's.

I really enjoyed the back track

my 4 runs

1.49

1.43

1.42

1.40.??

anyone can steer an AWD car on a wet pan but the back track is where its at! :)

Big thanks again to everyone who supported and entered.

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Well That was definitely an interesting day.

A few teething problems as this was our first motorkhana style event. Definaltly some things to be improved on.

I want to thanks all the people who volunteered for officialing especially the people out on the back track and all the time keepers, we can run events with out these lovely people who volunenteer. Thanks so much guys.

To the organisers who stepped in and really got stuck in to it. Thanks!

James & Nigel for the BBQ, best BBQ I've had in a long time.

Nick & His cousin for bringing the BBQ down and all the other gear.

Shell for the food and drinks.. Mmmm food..

Tim for organising our accommodation.

Chubbs for helping me out with all the paperwork behind the scenes and with scrutineering sorry I couldn't be there to help.

Ando for Helping Chris out for scrutineering and for not shutting up in the cabins. :)

Duncan, Kel & Neil for the Paperwork frenzy in the morning and for giving me a giggle on the back track.

Everyone who entered I hope you had a great day even though the event didn't go as planned.

If anyone had any constructive criticism, your more then welcome to PM one of the execs and we can talk about it for the next texikhana.

Now to sum it up with a few photos from the night before.

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Kel hiding behind that yellow bush & Duncan hiding behind the branch of twigs LOL!

  evil_weevil said:
Big thanks to Adam, Corrine, Steve, Nick, Duncan, Kel, Nigel, Neil, Steve (doof), Shell, Georgie Ando and Chris and all the other volunteers.

Spell my name right Chris :)

Had a great day... car is absolutely filthy and I got some weird looks on the way to work this morning!

Waiting for photos that I can see at work! Damn youtube being "forbidden" !

  msnismo said:
Had a great day... car is absolutely filthy and I got some weird looks on the way to work this morning!

Waiting for photos that I can see at work! Damn youtube being "forbidden" !

Haha Yup I drove to work through the city this morning with love hearts on my damm window no wonder I was getting weird looks. I totally forgot about them :)

I hope no one washed them off either otherwise I will be very angry and come stalk you and cover your windows in them. >.<

Well - what a great day!

My first time on a wet skid pan and I think I can safely claim the 'queen of understeer' title!!! :action-smiley-069:

Had lots of fun - huge thanks to the organisers and volunteers, awesome job guys! :)

Was great to meet some of the ACT guys too - you guys rock! :D Look forward to seeing you at future events!

Bring on the next Texi!!! w00t!

EDIT: shirts were awesome too! totally stoked to get one that actually FITS lil ol me!!! lol!

Big thanks to all the people who helped organise the day both beforehand and during. Big thanks also to those kind people who came along to help out doing things in such ways as bbqing and especially the people out on the back track. That's a big effort and well appreciated. You guys will have priority entry to the next event.

Thanks LOTS to everyonr involved in making Sunday happen, had a GREAT day.

The back track was AWESOME, it reminds me of some of the "mountain" runs around the out skirts of the ACT... I managed a 1:43.8 in my R32 GTsT on street tyres which puts me up with most of the people using semi-slicks, so Im stoked. :yucky:

The skid pan wasnt really a rush though cos Ive been on it about two dozen times before, but it was still good to watch others and have a laugh :) even though I didnt do very well myself.

Im glad that it was held out at Sutton, its only a 15 minute drive for me and I still had time to wash my car afterwards, sometimes its good to be a Canberran :(

Thanks again to all involved in organising the event and all who came along.

P.S. Im only fast on street tyres cos they're Federal's...... Buy Federal :)

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  D_I_F said:
Haha Yup I drove to work through the city this morning with love hearts on my damm window no wonder I was getting weird looks. I totally forgot about them :yucky:

I hope no one washed them off either otherwise I will be very angry and come stalk you and cover your windows in them. >.<

Ooop. I washed my car this morning, well i didn't but some poor chaps at sydney car wash did

Mick, love that photo of the 200zr... wish it still only that dirty today... !

You can see the SAU stickers Smoky popped on the front wheels too! :happy:

Has anyone got some on the skidpan????? I didn't take a single photo all day :(

  evil_weevil said:
my incar footage is pretty good but pretty big to upload!

and that was my 1.42 run - didnt have memory for 1.40 :P

Yeah watched my incar vids from the runs and it was awesome! Just had an issue with the camera 'freeze framing' due to waaayyyy too much shuddering from the axle skipping at launch!! :)

  evil_weevil said:
where is what? the vid?

on my camera on my desk! :P

Ando - we need to ctach up for beers :)

Yeah fo shiz.... :sorcerer: Maybe compare 'hot laps' on vid from the w/end LOL

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